The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-09

motion for the injunction has been fix cd weeks and months after It's date, could not recur With re- contains no recommendation It's only | Ineligible declaration In regard to Injunction suits Is reiteration of the plank In the platform of 1896 and 1904 providing that In prosecutions for con tempt in federal courts, where the vio- laton of the order constituting the contempt charged Is indirect, |, e., out . side of the presence of the court, there shall be a Jury trial. This provision In the platform Of 1896 was regarded then as a most dangerous attack upon the power of the courts to enforce their orders and decrees and it was one of the chief reasons for the defeat of the democratic aprty in that contest, as it ought to have been. The extended operation of such a provision to weak en the power of the courts In the en- forcement of It's lawful orders can hardly be overstalcd Under such a provision a rccalcitrant witness who refuses 10 obey d subpoena may Insist on a Jury trial before the court can determine that he received the sub
 poena, A citizen summoned as a juror and refusing to oDey the writ when bought into court must be tried by another jury to determine whether he ! got the summons. Such provision applies not alone to injunctions, but to | prUpp IN hipb h. against persons. '. say l without hesitation that such change | will greatly impair the indispensable ! power ana authority of the courts.
 Those who advocate this Intervention or Jury m such, cases seem to sup pose that this change in some way will inure only to the benefit of the poor working man, As a matter of lact the person who will secure the chief advantage from 1t Is the wealthy and interruptions defendant. able to employ astute and cunning counsel and
 anxious to avoid justice.
 T have been willing in order to avoid popular but unfounded impress
 sion that a judge in puniehlng for con
 tempt of his own order may be af-
 fected by personal feeling, 10 approve
 law which should enable the con
 temnor upon his application to have
 another judge sit to hear the charge
 of contempt. but his. with so many
 judges as there are available In the
 federal court. would not constitute a
 delay in the enforcement or the pro- cess The character and efficiency of , the trial would be the same. lt Is the , nature and the delay of jury trial in
 such cases that those who would wish , to defy tho order of the court would rely upon as reason for doing SO
 Tho administration of justice lies al
 the foundation of government The maintenance of the authority of the , courts Is essential unless we are pre-.
 pared to embrace anarchy. Never ir
 the history of the c.dntry has there been such an insldous attack upon tho judicial system as the proposal to In terpect jury trial between all orders
 of the court made after full hearing
 and the enforcement Of such orders"
 regret that I have not the time tt
 quote every word that Secretary Taf, says in his comprehensive and abl' letter of acceptance concerning thu . right of labor. No fair minded man be he laboring man or capitalist. cal read the secretary's words withou having the conviction borne home upon r him that with William Howard Taf l as president the rights of every citi | zen of thls great republic will bt 2 amply and jealously protected
 Rights of tho CoIorcd Man.
 Tho republican party since It's or
 ganizatlon has been the consisten , friend of the coored man It conducted q the Civil war largely in his behalf. II ii placed the Thirteenth. Fourteenth an,
 Fifteenth amendments In the coneti.
 tuition of the United States for hi
 presentation We are confident of hi support in this campaign, Our part,
 has always stood for equal justice [ il, all men without regard to race o ', color. and we shall continue our m
 remltting efforts in his behalf
 The Supreme Court.
 One of the most momentuous issue il of this campaign-and in the judg
 mont of many competent observers n the most important issue of all, is tn fl preservation in all It's pristine purity F integrity and vlgor of that greatest Q :, all pudicial tribunals, the suprem A court of the United States. More tha A upon the executive branch of govern :, ment, much more than upon the legis
 lative branch Of the government, th A final destiny of this country, and tn h lives. liberties and property of It's in o habitants depend upon the constitu ,s ton of the supreme court of the Unit cd States. The members of this grea :, tribunal are nominated by the presi dent and confirmed by the senate. Tn
 winds of passion may blow dema
 gogues may rage and seethe; crise
 may come. political leaders may los - their bearings. and political chaos ma |, seem imminent, but as long as tha , great tribunal-calm, majestic, an urmoved by the strife and the tul n mol lnstigated Jby agltators an
 IdnHeu ny htSptIdtt niei-olldll sil interpret the laws under the const <, tuition, so long the good people '. this country may rest assured that til
 government which we Inherited. frol " our fathers will he transmitted to pos 'e terity inviolate. To whom do the pei .. pie of the country desire to delegat ,o the power to nominate the judges ., the supreme court Of the United State -, to William J. Bryan or to Villa ,, Howard Taft?
 The Currency.
 ce We are emerging from a inancit
 etrngency which has been world wid le and was caused by extension