Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-12-11

80 T"htNffrr tue
the iaboging men u the country. BY
the way tn which they repudiafed the
effort 10 get them 10 cast their votes
IN RESPONSE 10 an appeal 20 class
haired have emphasized their sound
Patriotism and Amerlcanlam Tho
whole country has cansc 10 feel pride
a. this attitude ~ sturdy lndcpcna-
cnce. 10 this Incorporating Insist
enee npon acting simply as good cti-
Gems. ~ good Americans. without re-
gard 70 fancied ana Improper class ln-
forests. such an attitude d an object
lesson ls good citizenship 10 the en-
tire nation.
Bot the extreme renctionnfies. The
persons who blind themselves 90 The
WRONGS uow and then committed by
the courts on lHbofing men. should
also think seriously az ~ Whai such q
movement as This poricnds The
judges Who have shown themselves
able ana Willing effectively to check
the dishonest fiylty Of tie very rich
man Who WORKS iniquliy by the mis-.
management ~ corporations who
have shown themselves aiert to do
Justice 20 fhc WagcWorkcr and sym
pathetic with the needs 81 the mass
ef our people 80 hat the dwellcr IN
the tenement houses, the man who
practices dangerous trade. the man
who Is crushed by rxeessiye hours If
labor, feel that their needs nre nnder-
stood by the courts these Judges are
fbe rial buiwnrk ~ the courts. these
Judges the judges 81 the sfamp az
the president elect. who have been
fearless Ia opposing labor when II has I
gone wrong but fearless also IN hold. |
fng 10 strict account corporations that T
work iniquliy. and farsighted IA see.
ing that the worklsgman gets bis
sights. are The men of all others 20
whom we owe Il that the appeal for
snch violent and mistaken legislation
has fallen on dear ears. that the agl-
taiion for its passage proved TO be
without substantial bnsis. The courts
ore jeoparded primarily by the action
81 these federal aud state judges who
show Inability or unwiliiugness to put
step 70 the wropgdoing ~ very rich
men nader modern Industrial condI
fions aud inability or unwillnguess TO
give relief Ia men of small means or
wRge~orkers who are crushed down
by ihe-e modern Industrial conditions.
who. ia olher words. fail 10 under
stand and apply the needed remedies
fr the new wrongs produced by the
new aud highly complex social aud
Industrial civilization which has
~, lft h.
The rapid changes IN our Sal and I
Industrial life which have attended I
Ihis rapid growth have made II neces. ,
'ary that Ia applying "a concrete eases 4
he great rule ~ right laid down in h
'ur constitution there should lie full u
aud appreciation of the Il
'rw conditions to which the rules are h
o be applied What would have been .
"a Infringement upon liberty half a a
CENTURY axe iupy be The necessary safe
'uard of liberty to-day. What would
ave been au injury 60 property then
aay DE necessary IA the enjoyment of
ropefty now Every judicial decision
wolves tHo teri0s-DNe an interprc.a. V
lpu ~ The law the other the under.
landing ~ ihe faciS to which Il Is 10
. applied. TIE grcai mass ~ cur ia. q,
lciai officers arr. ! believe. alive 10 ~
iese changes ~ conditions which 10 =, !,
Ialrrally ancet tile performance Of ~
ieir Judicial DUTIES. our iudi,i al sss ~
~ z, sound ard effective at core. ANA -.
frirains and muSt ever ice main y,
lined as the safeguard - those lrin. ~,
plies of liberty aud justice which IN
ana az The foundation OF American ~.
Siitutlaifs. Tor, as Burke flnely said. -
ben liberty and Justice are separated h,
llhcr = safe There are. however \.
nae members ~ he judicial body ~
By have LACKED behind Ia their un. ~,
rsididine ~ these great aud vital 80
sngps Ia the bosly polite, whose nd
nds have never been OPENED 10 the 4 !
" applications ~ the I'D principles ON
dc necessary by the pew conditions on,
dyes ~ this stamp 10 lasting harm a.,
tAeir decisions. hecfuSe they con- y,s
ee Iasr men On a.cd ~ protection az.
z tie courts - the land are pro. ~,
uaia igaofani - ard ent % ssm. sto
by With their uee,is and prafoundly visI
invrent ~ b.,Siiic 70 any propoSed tl,t
49, "tt' n fNN''tN 20 NNN'fNN "a AfufI [ f-ri
.Arff e have any court decide whl
inst thnla cu Che ground that 1t de. vls
= y preserve liberty "a. a purely Ing
anieai f0fHf ~ Withholding liberty he
int reai AID constructive sense. IL aud
3eeiguble THAI ihr icelslagipc body ing
uid possess and wherrptr n,scs. sion
exercise tbe power % Seiefialne aud
'iaer - eiten case employers ever
r.arlefses IRE not on 40 egGai the
ifr - laat the necessities az tho anr-
er compel them ~ Submit 40 sneh 70
ihiN ~ - hours ard conditions actt
labor IS paduiy % tax their that
hih end Only missh ies can result amli
2 sich dissemination j. upset On IN
srtusl that there must te ne lin. may
crence with De liberty to con. caus
--9fien a merely academic alii- thor