The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-03

two great evils in the execution of our
criminal laws today are sentimentality
and technicality. For the latter the
remedy must come from the hands of
the legislatures, the courts and the law
yers. The other must depend for its
cure upon the gradual growth of a
sound public opinion which shall insist
that regard for the law n the de-
manGs of reason shall control all other
Influences and emotions in the jury
box. Both of these evils must be re
moved or public discomfort with the
criminal law will continue.
injunctions.
Instances of abuse in the granting
of injunctions in labor disputes con
tinue to occur, and the resentment in
the minds of those who feel that their
rights are being invaded md their lib
erty of action and of speech unwar
rantably restrained continues likewise
to grow. Much of the attack on the
use of the process of Injunction is
wholly without warrant, but am con
strained to express the belief that for
some of it there is warrant. This queS-
ton is becoming one of prime impOr-
lance, and unless the courts will deal
with it in effective manner it is GER
: tain ultimately to demand some form
of legislative action. 1t would be most
unfortunate for our social welfare if
we should permit many honest and
law abiding citizens to feel that they
had just cause for regarding our courts
with hostility. 1 earnestly commend
f0 tho ATTENTION of tho nnn GROSS this
matter, so that some way may be de
vised which will limit the abuse of in
functions and protect those rights
which from time to time it unwarrant-
ably invades. Moreover, discomfort is
often expressed with the use of the
process of injunction by the courts.
not only in labor disputes. but where
state laws are concerned. l refrain
from discussion of this question as /
am Informed that it will soon recefve
the consideration of h supreme court.
The process of injunction is an es-
sential adjunct of the courts doing its
work well, and as preventive measures
are always better than remedial the
wise use of this process is from every
standpoint commendable. But where
it is recklessly or unnecessarily used
the abuse should be censured, above
all by the very men who are properly
anxious to prevent any effort to shear
the courts of this necessary power.
The courts decision must be final h
protest is only against the conduct OF
individual judges in needlessly antici
pating such final decision or in the
tyrannical use of what is nominally a
temporary injunction to accomplish
what is in fact a permanent decision.
The president urges the passage of Il
model employers liability act for tbs
District of Columbia and the territories
to encourage corporations to treat in
jured wageworkers better. He en-
p~haticaily indorses the eight hour day.
The president urges the states to
fight Ii child an woman labor evil.
He says:
The national government has as an
ultimate resort for control of child la
Dor the use of the interstate
clause to prevent the products of child
labor from entering into interstate com
merce. But before using this it ought
certainly to enact model laws on the
subject for the territories under its
own immediate control.
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form of government yot-
ing is not merely a right, but Il duty.
and, moreover, a fundamental and nee
esSary duty if a man is to be a good
citizen. 1t is well to provide that cor
porations shall not contribute to presi-
Dental or national campaigns and, fur
thermore, to provide for the publica-
tor of both contributions and expendi-
MO- Tha-D Sc Bou-a-a- W. r- DO.
ger in laws of his kind, which from
their very nature are difficult of en-
forcement, the danger being lest they
be obeyed only by the honest and dis
obeyed by the INSCRIPTIONS, 81 as to
act only as a penalty upon honest men
Moreover, no such law would hamper
an INSCRIPTIONS man of unlimited
means from buying his own way into
office. There is a very radical meas
ure which would, l believe, work a
substantial improvement in our sys-
tenn of conducting a campaign, al
though 1 am well aware that 1t will
take some time for people so to famil-
tarize themselves with such a proposal
as to be willing to consider its adop-
hon The need for collecting large
campaign funds would vanish If con
gress provided an appropriation for the
proper and legitimate expenses of each
Of the great national parties, an appro-
prfation ample enough to meet the ne
cessity for thorough organization and
machinery, which requires a large ex-
penditure of money. Then the sripu-
lation should be mad that nc party
receiving campaign funds from the
treasury should accept more than a
fixed amount from any individual sub
scriber or donor, and the necessary
publicity for receipts and expenditures
could without difficulty be provided.
The Army.
The president recommends legisla-
ton to increase the number of officers
in the army, especially in the medical
corps. The rate of "a of officers
l.