The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-28
POWER OF INJUNCTION;
CONTROL OF TRUSTS
Mr.. Roosevelt, in Special Mes.
sage, Urges Necessity Of Re-
stricting Use Of Injunction
j and Of Making the Anti
trust Law More
Effective.

NH1u6 MS Vows asKto Legislation,
which was sent to Congress to-day, re.
sage arrived late in the day and the
House was SO tied up under its new
rules that Il could not officially receive
the message. while the Senate was in
the midst OF the consideration OF the
naval appropriation bill under the ten. !.
minute rule. when the document reach.
ed that body. The Presidents secre.
tary, Mr. Latta, who had waited for
an hour In the corridor. was turned
! away with the message under his arm.
ana made his way to the Senate.
Unlike tho House the Senate per.
mitted the formal presentation of the
message, but 1t could not at that time
be laid before the Senate, and by the
time the naval bill had been disposed
OF the hour was so late and the at
tendance so small that no attempt was
made to read the document. The first
few lines only had been pronounced
by the clerk when 1t was suggested
that the further reading should be
postponed until Tomorrow. This suc-
gestion was adopted. and the Senate
adjourned.
The NIe.sage.
The message follows:
TO the Senate and House OF Represen-
In my message .,aa.g to the. Congress OF
measures m n,. sa,s, which believe the majority
acted into law at this time. These
measures do not represent by any
means all that / would like to see
done II thought it possible. but they
be done II an earnest effort toward
this end is made.
Since ! wrote this message an em-
ployers' liability. law has been enacted
which. II is true. comes short OF what
ought to have been done. but which
does re represent real advance. Ap-
that there will be further Legislation
providing for recompensing all en-
pioyes who suffer injury while en-
gsned e.. In the hs. public service that there
the District. OF Colnmbia: that the
tinued with sufficient financial sup
be taken to provide for such investiga-
ton into tariff conditions, by the APP
propriate committee of the House uf
perts IN the executive Service. as viii
secure the full information necessary
for immediate action In revising the
e,sdfsd earl at the hands Of the Congress
financial legislation will be enacted
providing for temporary measures for
meeting any trouble that may arise
commission OF experts who shall thor
oughly investigate the whole matter,
both here and In the great CONNER
cial countries abroad. so as to be able
put our financial system on an efficient
and permanent basis. 1t is much to be
wished that. one feature of the finan-
cial legislation of this session should
be the establishment of postal saw
ings banks. Ample appropriation
/, should be made to enable the Inter-
out the very important feature OF the
Hepburn law which gives to the COM
mission supervision and control over
the accounting systems of the rail-
inc the books of the railways would
amount TO an attack on the law at It's
most vital point and ooY11 M1%ld benefit
those railways which are corruptly or
incompetenty managed. Forest re-
serves should be established through
out the Appalachian Mountain region
will have direct and real connection
with the conservation and improve.
ment OF navigable rivers.
about two Of the measures I have
recommended the measure to do away
with abuse OF the power Of Injunction
ures to strengthen and render both
more efficient and more wise the con-
troll by the national government over
the great. corporations doing an inter-
state business
Power of Injunctions.
First, as to the power Of injunction
contempt cases. save where immed-
ate action is imperative. the trial
should be before another Judge; AS
tiation as that / have previously rec
Commended should be enacted. They
are blind who fail to realize the eX-
treme bitterness caused among, large
bodies, OF worthy citizens by the use
that has been repeatedly made. of the
power OF injunction in labor disputes.
Those in whose judgment we have
at rfh Me 70 nue 5raat afe a IF the SpaS
yet that it is unquestlon-.
ably true that in a number OF cases
Injury Of the rights Of iaboring men,
] ask that it be limited In some such
way as that I have already pointed
out IN my pfeyto4s tes messages., for the
an embittered effort made to destroy
it. 1t is unwise stubbornly to refuse
to provide against a repetition of the.
unrest. In democracy like ours. 1t
is idle to expect permanently to
thwart the determination of the great
body Of our citizens, ,iti:Ss Il may be, ana
4 Legislature, or. an executive. to re-.
sion; and most certainly no public
servant. whatever may be the conss-
quences to himself, should yield to
what he thinks wrong. But In a .ques-
ilio policy, the policy which the public
demands is sure In the end to he
adopted; and a persistent refusal to|
grant to a large porttonof our. people
what is right is only. too apt in the
end to result iii causing such irrtu-
tion that when the right is obtainal
st, is ATTAINED in the course Of a move
to be accompanied by much that is
wrong. The process OF injunctionH In
labor disputes, as we'll as where State
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