The Cairo bulletin., 1908-06-23
ELLIS DEFENDS
THE PLATFORM
MAKES STATEMENT IN REPLY TO
CRITICISM OF WILLIAM j.
BRYAN.
THE INJUNCTION Pl ANK
Not Designed to Deceive Laborin9
Man, Declares Chief Author of
Docume ment-eays Bryan Was
Reckless.


Ctmmhus. Ohio, June p At orney
General Ellis, cf Olio, chic thor Of
the Republican national pll + rm in
statement tonight replies to Brya1s
criticism of the pattern. TIE 1T
torney generals statement in Iaft
/ blows
"Omissions" Not Issues.
"Of the seven omissions ne (Bryan)
refers to-, six are in no sarse / S es
before the people at this time, nor
has there been any attempt to make
them such by the administration nor
Iby any other influential element in
the party The seventh concerns in
functions Upon this subject Bryan's
criticism exhibits his usual reek ess-
ness of statement and readiness to as
sumo that his own lack Of information
must he the prevailing condition
The charge that the Republican
declaration with respect to the use
of the writ of injunction was designed
to deceive laboring men is unworthy
of a candidate for the presidency, and
furthermore that this plank merely
declares the existing Jaw and will give
no relief in those cases in which
there has been an abuse of the discre-
ton or apprehension of it, is un-
worthy of any lawyer who has ex-
amined this question.
Frank, Clear, Statement.
"The anti-iniunction resolution Is a
frank, clear statement of the Republi-
can party's position on the question
on which others have been attending
to deceive labor The sole bas' s OF
any rational complaint as to the isste
ance of iniunctions in labor cases has
been the use of the writ without
notice and long delays In some in
stances which have interviewed before
the hearing of the case. The present
statute does not require any metre
at all before the granting Of tam-
porary order, and it IS entirely within
the discretion of the court to post
pone to any time the judge may see
fit, a hearing upon the questions OF
injunction. The Republican plank
simply declares that notice shall al
wavs be given unless irreparab.e in
iurv will result from the delay, and
in that case, there shall be speedy
hearing provided In other words, the
platform declaration is designed TO
give assurance that what is now the
general practice in the federal courts
shall be made universal by statute, in
order that hereafter no cause of com
plant or misapprehension shall re
main This may not satisfy the eX-
tremists on either hand but it was net
expected to do that. 1t will meet the
approval of every right thinking man,
whether employer or empioye. NO
party can lose by bravely taking
stand for what is right, who ever com
plains, just as none can profit by tax
ing the stand for waat is wrong
who ever applauds.
Will Resent Attack.
BRYAN objects further to the phase
in the injunction plank which pro-
claims confidence in the integrity OF
the courts. 1t is true perhaps, that
the convention which is yet to meet
at Denver rather than that which has
lust adjourned at Chlcago, should eX-
press faith in the integrity OF courts
but in view of the Democratic attack
in 1896. and the fact that the same
forces which then controlled that
partv are once again in supreme COM
mand it would seem entirely appro-
pirate for the Republican party not
only to remove any pussible cause OF
complaint in the use of the writ OF
Injunction. but to make it clear that 1t
would resent again, as 1t did in 1896,
anv ATTEMPT to assail the judiciary.
"All that any one wants is that the
movers of the federal courts with re-
snect to the use OF the injunet on
shall be accurately defined by statute,
to the end that all occasion for COM
plaint i'm labor cases, which happi'y
have been rare in the past, shall dis
appear altogehtre IN the future. the
Republican plank points to the simple
and straightforward way of achieving
the purpose"