The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-21

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ence.
With such official encouragement OF
lawlessness is II strange that both SAM
UKL GoNPRRs and JOHN MITCHELL freely
and openly defy injunctions and put the
majesty Of the law "tO an open shame?
In his book on organized labor JOHN
MITCHELL says;
" Moreover. when an Injunction, whether tenn
poraU or permanent. prohibits the doing Of thing
which is lawful | believe II Is the duty Of patriotic
and lAwAbldlng citizen to resist or Al least disregard
the injunction
That this was no idle threat is shown
by the action of Mr.. GOMPRRs and his
associates in defying the injunction
granted in the Bucks Stove and Range
case against their unlawful boycott.
Anticipating the granting Of the injunc-
ton, Mr.. GOMPERs in an editorial in the
FederdhoRist Of October, 1907, said;
&" They 1.-The Federatlonlstsl have a lawful hight
to do as they wish, all the Van Cleayes. an me
ingunoioHS, all the fool or vicious opponents to the
contrary Notwithstanding
And to this he profanely added;
" Go to - with your lnJunctlons"
Since the injunctions were granted Mr..
GoMPERs has lost no opportunity to
convey to his followers-sometimes by
innuendo and sometimes by direct state
ment-his wish that this vast ~organiza-
ton of nearly 100000 members shall
continue its attempts to ruin the Bucks
Stove and Range Company by making
its product unstable, Only last Sunday
night Mr., GoMPERs said:
" am not able to tell you that the Bucks stove
and Range Company is unfair for I would he In
trouble when I got back to Washington; but there
Is no law to compel you TO buy one Of those stoves
or ranges or to buy any thing else without the union
label"
IL the meaning Of this statement even
doubtful?
4 month after the preliminary injunc-
ton which prohibited the boycott was
granted a constituent body Of the fed
Grafton, the United Mine Workers Of
America, held its annual convention at
indianapolis, with JOHN MITCHELL in
the chair, and unanimously passed a
resolution to place the Buck stoves
and ranges on the unfair list, and any
member Of the United Mine Workers Of
America purchasing a stove of the above
make be fined five dollars, and failing to
pay same be expelled from the o~rganiza-
ton"
When the law Of the land can be thus
defed with the avowed and deliberate
%connivanCe Of those sworn to execute it
a state Of anarchy prevails more in-
sidious and therefore far more danger
Gus than the sporadic outbreaks Of
fanatical bomb throwers. Society can
measurably guard itself against dyna-
miters, but society has no protection
when THEODORE ROOSEVELT and SAMUEL
GOMPERs can join hands in a conspiracy
10 nullllN Il INV bN uulllOl lldNlNtlg hlttl-
preted by the Supreme Court of the
United States.
The Supreme Court is also behind the
times in its belief in the Constitution Of
the United States, Mr.. ROOSEVELT does
not believe in many Of its provisions.
He has openly advocated the destruction
of portions of the Constitution by PEN
alizing any railroad which ventures TO
question in the courts the unconstitution-
atty of an employers liability bill. This
subyersion Of a constitutional form Of
government by indirection Is the UNI
questioned spirit of the times" The
Supreme Court is, as Mr.. GoMPERs init
mates, not in accord with such spirit.
The vital question remains, whether
the American people have 81 far adj
vanced with Mr., ROOSEVELT as to be
beyond either their Constitution or the
Supreme Court or whether a large ma
iority still prefer to keep step "to the
music Of the Union" as constituted by
the Constitution and interpreted by the
Supreme Court,