Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-09

months earnings m this respect the
generosity pf the United states towards
ita tmriosta compares most unfavofn.
bly, with that ~ every country IN Hus
rope--tvtn the poorest
I renew my recommendation made IN
. previous message that haif-holdays
be granted during summer 10 ali wage.
workers IN government employ
also renew my recommendation that
the principle ~ the rlght-houf day
should NJ rapidly and nA Far az practi.
cable ne extended 10 the entire work
being carried on by the government,
the present law should be amended 20
embrace contracts on those public
works which the present wording OF
the act seems 10 exclude
Would Double Salaries OF Judges.
I most earncetly urge upon the COM
gress the duty Of Increasing the totally
Inadequate salaries now given 60 our
Judges On the whole there In no body
OF public servants who do rs valuable
work, nor whose moneycd reward In no
INADEQUATE compared TO their work. lie.
ginning with the supreme court the
Judges should have their salaries dou.
bied. II Is not hcftiing the dignity Of
the nation that IL most honored public
servants should be- paid sums 40 small
compared 10 what they would earn In
private life that the performance OF
public service by them implies an OK.
ceedlngly heavy pecuniary sacrifice.
II IN earnestly TO be desired that some
method should be devised for doing
away with the long delays which now
obtain In the administration % Justice.
and which operate with peculiar sever
lily against persons OF small means. and
favor only the very criminals whom n
In most desirable 10 punish. These
long delays In the anal decisions OF
cases make In the aggregate crying
evil; and remedy should be devised.
Much OF this intolcrablo delay Ia due
10 improper regard paid 20 technicaii.
ties which are mere hinderanoo 60
Justice. In some noted recent GASES this
over-reKard for technicalities has re-
suited In a striking denial OF Justice,
and fragrant wrong Go the body polite.
Labor Leaders Criticised.
AZ the last election certain leaders of
organized labor made violent and
sweeping attack upon the entire Judi
ciary OF the country, an attack couched
In such terms ~ to include the most
upright honest and broad.minded
judges no less than those OF narrower
mind and more restricted outlook.
Last year, before the house COM
iaho, i..a.,s Formulated ,ho,. AZ.
,nana. snari,,ing he nj, M" ne,
aa.at 49," ' W."
,a,sa a,a,ir. ,h,v ,v,.hnd 49,. oJp,v.
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nrotact nroner,v rIgh, ana anan'c.,
u, nro,tsaa ,ha, ,i,,, ~ 'pe.,n'",.
i,,gIncss shouiS ~, ha w., ~ IVA 'n
nronerty rieht, and IN n second n,ov,s'
inn ,hei, III, ,,aaa ,aaai ,n y 49,. AZ
nn,a nny 49,, nr o,reaa, a'os us
tween two or ,,oro norsnns ,hs, o,,,,
NO, have hoen ,,ni.,,t,,, A, 1'na 49," 49,,
,',n,,,a ,,ar.n,, ~, 49, u'.I
hia,,,ids,Ins ~ h, snas ~,
Ia 'oyorv ,orr, ,a,aitstna ,o, tn.,a.e
,hosa eorn,s -, ~" sane,a ,o, "'s' ,,.
which tbn an,brac,t. Coal ",r,r ooS so,n
mission 40 unresorvedlv Condemned,
whIlo Tho r,uht IN cnrrv N, N hnsincs.
was expIicltly taken OUT from under
that protection which the law tbrovs
over nropertv The demnnd WINS mada
that there should be trial by Jury IN
contompt eases. thereby moat seriousiv
lmpairlnn the authorltv az Tho eourts
All this renrosontod n co,rso ~ noiicv
which, II carried out, would mean tho
OF class privilege In its
crudest ana most brutal form, and the
destruction or one or the most essen
tinl functions OF the judiciary In all civ
lnzsd lands
inc violence OF the crusade Tor this
legislation, ana its complete failure
Illustrate TWO truths when u ~ essen
tial our people should learn In tho
nrst plhee, they ousht 10 tcach the