The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1908-03-27
House Minority Will
Line Up For President
John Sharp Williams, Leader Of the Democrats
in the Lower House Of Congress Says All
That is Necessary for the President to
Do Is to Give ''Sn Support Of 2s
Republics members


n2ply for the purpose of using that
"A as buffer to prevent the serious
Elaboration of other bills before the
A mittee.
have given notice that no legis-
l..s.un shall be enacted by unanimous
consent until the employers liability
bill is at least reported for the con-
sideration of the house,
Respecting the pending bills to pre-
vent the issuing of injunctinos with
out prior opportunity for the enjoin-
ed party to be heard, the minority
leader says:
.Of course, take it that nobody
will understand the president or me
to mean that there should be any
limit upon the temporary restraining
orders when intended to prevent the
Immediate destruction of property,
life or limb. When I say property 1
do not mean judicially construed pro-
perty rights"
Concerning the Boycott.
One Of the vigorous portions Of Mr..
Williams statements regards the boy
cott. After quoting the presidents
declaration that nothing should be
done to legalize blacklist or boycott
that would be illegal at common law
Mr.. Williams says:
'.It is sad commentary upon this
utterance of his that while the fed
eral courts have held that boycott is
combination in restraint Of trade and
therefor illegal, they have virtually
upheld the employer in his assertion
of right to blacklist; because one fed
eral court went so far as to say that
because the employer had the right
to discharge without giving any no.
tice at all, therefore he had the right
to discharge because the discharged
man was member Of the labor un-
ion. It is a poor rule that does not
work both ways.
There are other things in the pres
ident's message" says Mr.. Williams,
which one might naturallyexpect,
considering his education in the line
of Hamiltonism, and his tendencies
toward federalism, cannot meet with
democratic approval. One is his idea
that the attorney general, represent
ing the government, should have the
right to nominate receivers when
common carriers are thrown into the
hands Of receivers. That right ought
to rest in the court in the ex-
|ecutive. .
The presidents utterances con-
cerning the antitrust law are an in
dication Of his inability to see that
which will appear plain to the dem
ocratic mind, to-wit: that anything
approximating private monopoly, is
intolerable and uncomfortable in a free
government. His attempt and that
Of others to classify trusts, as good
trusts and bad trusts Is abhorrent.
There can be no such thing as
good trusts. There u.ay sometimes
be a good trust magnate who uses his
influence and power ibenevolently,
lbut the power is too much frought
with danger to be vested in few men.
We ought simply to provide that Or
ganizations Of labor and Of the work
lingmen for the purpose Of securi
shorter hours or more pay or more
equitable treatment shall not be con.
strued to fall within the inhibition Of
Iany existing law.
The presidents idea Of letting the
substance part Of the antitrust Law
remain as 1t Is, but giving to some
branch Of the executive government
the authority to determine when {
trust is a good trust and when 1t il
q bad one in effect to license on.
and to restrain another is SO very
vicious In Its ultimate effects, i
adopted, that 1t would seem that nj
friend Of we'll ordered government
Icould stand for 1t.
Albany, N. Y, March ~. Cover
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'Inor Hughes yesterday refused to com
mute the death sentence Of Cheste
Gillette in spite Of the appeal of Gil
lIette'S mother This means that Gil