The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-10
fAk NNfkoYENs LIARrEnsy
Tho P~resident's threat % the RaiIr "a dis
Considered ana Resented.

Considered and Resented.
W.. ". Bald,pin IN ne faAer-Ndtioa WdunAiaA
Political considerstions Led the Congress
90 pass an Employer Liability act. aorc,.
eating the doctrine Of ~contributory uegli-
gence o. applied to Interstate railroads. and
\ courts Of the highest character have held
THAT this was clearly not . subject within
1 eue power OF Congress 90 act. that power
4 being rsstrtgssd by the Constitution TO the
night Ia pass laws to regulate
hctwes ths Ststes.- The decisions Of these
Judges have osss by the o~evernnnsne sp-
Iealsd to the Supreme Court. and the Prcs-
dtpt takes occasion. IN this speech. 10 refer
20 che railway eescisIs who have Questioned
the enthusiastically Of this law es guilty Of
-extrems unwi1dom" and 10 demand that
the law -must be kspt In the ststdte boom 10
drastic and thcrouRhsoins form
Such Q direct and obvious attemps 90 In
fucnce the Supreme Court Ia unusual. BE-.
| much more significant is the threat that II che
supreme Court holds that the relations be-
tween EMPLOYER and employee are not com
l MERGE and ahaYrns these decisions. the Presi-
I dent win feel tusttfed I'm refusing that Federal
| protection 10 their property To times Of riot
\ and disorder TO which he admits they are law
fully entitled. He plainly says shat unless
| they ACCEPT an unconstitutionAl law. unless
,, they accept his peculiar We've upon the sub-
iect Of -osmpsnAStion for Academic. they will
\ Thereby forfeit all rshts to the protection Of
ths Fsdsrsi Government under any circum-
stances
ssl6om hes the country bean moro sharply
prsssntsd with the Issue OF rights are
len to the poodle Of the States TO manage
thsir own aAaiss. such - the relations between
suHpsoyR and smployee.
Tho Prss1dent assumss to de1 with u as
n RrenG mOral 0ueefton. 90 great that he
vonld turn the railroadD over 10 the forces
Of rtyt and Disorder II they disagrss with him
pus. e. The CAsesso Trss~s recently pointed
Out. REGARDING A iAhesttoDcs tax being u
great moral agency, ths 6eatss have ample
power 10 deal with u.
RsEmandtsrtan sMesestioDs proposed. ~
measures Of tustios. 10 compensate and re-
love from suffsrinG those who ara overtskeD
by nisfcrtSne through accident or disease
While ~ tb$ir work. coming from the Presi-
dent OF the United etstss. aSe certain to meet
With favor from many. regardless OF theii
msritS or thsir pspotioAbiity. But We live
'xn Q government of Law and with . legal sys-
tevn perhaps unique but believed TO be wise.
undsy which the people have not yet conferred
upon the G0vernn ant ut Warrington the
power to prescribe rules for the education Of
THAR ohiktren, for the f,ins of their wages.
for tbs d0 cent OF their nroperty. or the rels-
ttors Of en- ployer with employees.
The people can manaEe their own moral
and domestic int sests &C home and through
their own chosen agencies bstter thar through
O washtnston bureau. and fn ordinary times
sud usder ordinary conditions of public opin
ion thev would. l believe, resent any propo-
sitioD for such Federal interference with their
purely domestic concerns.
They have not. In any STATE, proposed TO
make employers Of labor automatically lis
BILE for every accident that CUR regard
less Of the negligence or fault az the person
injured. without rtcht OF ieget Investigation,
and never will. In my Judgment. except u nder
state socialism.