The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10
FROM THE
REPUBLICANS DEcElvlNe LABOR
MIR. BRYAN'S PAPER

publican platform, as finally adopted
is transparent fraud. 1t Is possible
that the members Of the committee
were buncoed by some trust lawyer
that is the only charitable view that
can be taken of it. Those who auVo'
Gated the plank claimed to be doihs
1t rs n concession to the wage earn
ers. and yet IL one will read the plank |
he will see that II is in fact an an |
nouncement that thu Republican party |
IS unaltcrably opposed to the laborlns
mans position. The plank reads as
follows The Republican party VIII
uphold at all times the authority ana
integrity of the courts. state and red
eral, and will ever insist that their
powers to enforce their processes and
TO protect life. liberty and property
shall be preserved inviolate. We be
licve, however, that the rules of pro
cedure in federal court, with respect
To the issuance Of 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'
reparabe injury would result from de.
lay. In which case speedy hearing
thereafter should be granted.
IT will be seen that the plank begins
with an unnecessary eulogy 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 ana
property The plank assumes 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 legiu'
mate function of the court The lie
publican convention puts up man oil
straw and then proceeds to demolish
IL. Il suspects an unhOly assault upon
the judiciary and its righteous indlEna
ton at once finds expression in .
hoastful assertion of its innocence Of
participation in any such suspected
assault. This part of the plank was
written to give assurance to the PEG
pie who are opposed TO the laborlnt
mans plea. And now let us proceed
10 that part of the plank which wa
intended as a sop to the laborlng man
II says: I'VE believe, however, tina
the rules of procedure in the fedora
court with respect TO the issuance OF
writ of Injunction should be more &C
curately defined by the statute" tJus
what that definition shall be is no
stately THAT no injunction or ten
porary restraining order should b
issued without notice, EXCEP'
WHERE IRREPARABLE MUIR
WOULD RESULT FROM DELAY, /
which case speedy hearing there
after should be granted. Note tn
words in capitals tEXCEPT WHER
IRREPARABLE INJURY WOuL
RESULT FROM DELAY, and con
pare this exception with the FEEDER;
statute on the subject and you wi
find that under the law AS 1T NOV
EXISTS the court is not empowert
To grant temporary restraining q
der EXCEPT THERE APPEARS 7
RE DANGER OF IRREPARABLE l.
JURY FROM DELAY" 1t will
seen that the man who wrote the !
junction plank copied the statute
most word for word and made the g
ccpton as broad as the statute.
the convention had been frank in q
statement Of its position it would ha
quoted the present statute and sa
that it was in favor Of enforcing {
law JUST AS IT Is, It would ha
said. whereas. at present, court
Judge may grant temporary
straining order II there appears TO
danger of irreparable injury from
Law therefore be 1t resolved that
are opposed to changing it,
The men who are responsible for t
language of the Injunction plank m
have fooled the rest of the commit
and they may have fooled the c.
ycntiun, but they cannot fool the
boring men or the voters In genei
The Injunction plank has not eN
the value OF a gold.piated brick
the plating Is brass. as well as the
terror of the brick.
The fraud which the CONVENTION
tempted viii not mislead anyone
cause there is time enough betw'
now and election for everyone to
out tho facts.
Secretary Taft is known as the
Their of government by injunction
his speeches in Oklahoma last
gave conclusive proof of his adhere
TO the position taken by him on
bench. He is still in favor of the
of the writ of injunction in labor ca
and he Is opposed to trial by jury.
In speech delivered in New Y
last winter he said. in response
questions, that the law ought to bt
amended as to give hearing bel
the Injunction was granted and c
consented that the hearing for
tempt should be before diffe,
Judge from the one who granted
Injunction Int when he came to