The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-10
FROM THE
COMMONER
REPUBLICANS DecElvlNo LABOR.
MR.. BRYAN'S PAPER

is a transparent fraud. II is possible
that the members of the committee
were buncCed 10y some trust laWyt'-
that IL the only charitable VIC that
can be taken of il. Those who ahNo
Gated the plank claimed to b. dong
II as q concession to the wage earn
ers, and yet &c II viii road th" PLANK
he will see that It is in fact an an.
nouncomont that the Republican party
is unaltcrahly opposed To tn" laboring
mans position. The plank reads as
follows: "Thc Republican party viii
upheld At all times the authority ana
integrity of the courts. state II fed
eral, and will ever insist that THEN
rsawors 10 enforce their processes and
to protect life, liberty and property
shall he preserved inviolate. We De-.
lieve. however. that the rules OF pro-
cedure in federal court. with respect
To the issuance Of a writ Of injunction,
should be more accurately defined by
the statute; that no injunction or TEN.
porary restraining order should be Is.
sued without notice. except where ir'
reparablc injury would result from de.
lay, In which case a speedy hearing
thereafter should be granted
II will be seen that the plank begins
with IN unnecessary culOgN OF the
courts. Nobody is opposed to uphold.
ing at all times the authority and in.
tegrity OF the courts. Nobody Is oh.
jecting to the enforcement of their
processes or to their exercise of their
powers to protect life, liberty and
property. The plank ssumes that
somebody Is attacking the courts and
that the courts are in danger of losing
support or of having their powers
weakened. There is no attack upon
the courts and there is no thought any
where of interfering with any lesiti.
mate function of the court. The Re.
publican convention puts up a man of
straw and then proceeds tn demolish
1t: II suspects IN unhOly assault upon
the judiciary and its righteous indigna.
ton at once finds expression In a
boustful assertion of its innocence of
participation In any such suspected
assault. This part Of the plank MAS
written to give assurance to the PEG.
pie who are opposed to the laboring
mans plea. And now let us proceed
to that part Of the plank which was
Intended as a sop to the laboring man.
1t says: I'VE believe, however, that
the rules of procedure In the federal
court with respect to the issuance of a
writ of injunction should he more &C
curately defined by the statute (Just
what that definition shall be Is not
stated THAT no injunction or TEN
porary restraining order should be
issued without notice, EXCEPT
WHERE IRREPARABLE INJURY
WOULD RESULT FROM DELAY. IN
which case a speedy hearing there
after should be granted" Note tn,
words in capitals (EXCEPT WHERE
lRREPARABLE INJURY WOULI
RESULT FROM DELAY. and com
pare this exception with the fedora
statute on the subject and you viii
find that under the law AS IT NOW
EXISTS the court Is not empowere,
TO grant a temporary restraining or
der EXCEPT THERE APPEARS T(
BE DANGER OF IRREPARABLE IN
JURY FROM DELAY" II will b.
seen that the man who wrote the In
junction plank copied the statute a
most word for word and made the e,
ception as broad as the statute. .
the convention had been frank in tn
statement Of its position 1t would hay
quoted the present statute and sal
that It was In favor Of enforcing tn
law JUST AS 1T Is. 1t would hav
said, whereas, at present, n court G
Judge may grant a temporary r.
straining order II there appears to l.
danger of irreparable injury from d.
lay therefore be II resolved that "
are opposed to changing It,"
The men who are responsible for III
language of the injunction plank ms
have fooled the rest of the commit,
and they may have fooled the co
%vention. but they cannot fool the !
boring men or the voters in genera
The injunction plank has not ev,
the value Of a gold.plated brick (
the plating Is brass, as well as the
terror OF the brick.
The fraud which the convention
tempted will not mislead anyone |
cause there Is time enough betwe
0 and election for everyone to n
out the facts.
Secretary Taft Is known as the
Their Of government by Injunction n
his speeches in Oklahoma last ye
gave conclusive proof of his adheren
to the position taken by him on {
bench. He is still in favor OF the 4
of the writ of injunction In labor cas-
and he is opposed to trial by jury.
In a speech delivered in New YC
last winter he said, in response
questions. that the law ought To be
amended as TO give "A hearing befC
the injunction was granted and e,
consented that the hearing for G
tempt should be before a differ,
Judge from the N who granted
injunction, but when he came TO 4
pare a plank for the convention he
not go as far as he went in
anonch. Tho nlank that want haf