The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-03
IN.yUNCTIONS.
Abuses Of This Judicial Institution
SiiCuId Be Stoned.

Abuses OF This Judicial Institution
Should Be Stopped.
Instances of abuse in the granting of
injunctions in labor disputes continue
to occur, and the resentment in the
minds of those who feel that their
rights are being invaded and their lib
erty Of action and Of speech unwar-
rantly restrained continues likewise to
grow Much Of the attack on the use
! of the process of injunction is wholly
without warrant, but l am constrained
to express the belief that for some of
it there Is warrant. This question Is
becoming more and more one of prime
Importance, and unless the courts will
themselves deal with it in effective
manner it is certain ultimately to de
t1and 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 re-
garding our courts with hostility.
earnestly commend to the attention OF
the congress this matter, SO that some
way may be devised which viii limit
the abuse of injunctions and Protect
those rights which from time to time
1t unwarrantably 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 re-
frain from discussion Of this question.
Us an Informed that it will soon re-
ceive tie consideration of the supreme
court.
The federal courts must Of course
decide ultimately what are the respec
tive spheres of state and nation in con-
nection with any law, state or national.
and they must decide definitely and
finally in matters affecting individual
citizens, not only as to the rights and
| wrongs Of labor, but as to the rights
and wrongs Of capital, and the ma
tional government must always see
that the decision Of the court is put
into effect. The process Of injunction
is al essential adjunct Of the courts
doing it's work well. and as preventive
measures are always better than rene
dial the wise use of this process is
from every standpoint commendable
But where it is recklessly or unneces-
sarily used the abuse should be cen
sured above all by the very men who
are properly anxious to prevent any eff
fort to shear the courts of this neces-
sary power. The courts decision must
be final. The protest is only against the
conduct of individual judges in need.
lessly anticipating such final decision
or in the tyrannical use of what is
nominally temporary injunction to
accomplish what is in fact a permanent
decision
Accidents.
The loss of life and limb from rail-
road accidents in this country has be-
come appalling. 1t is Il subject of
which the national government should
take supervision. 1t might be we'll to
begin by providing for a federal in
spection Of interstate railroads some
what along the lines of federal inspec-
ton Of steamboats,. although not going
so far. Perhaps at first all that it
would be necessary to have would be
some officer whose duty would be to
investigate all accidents on interstate
railroads and report in detail the
causes thereof. Such an officer should
make it his business to get into close
touch with railroad operating men, so
as to become thoroughly familiar with
every side Of the question, the idea
being to work along the lines OF the
present steamboat inspection law.
The national government should be