The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-16
Tuesday, June 10. 1908.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
 It grows more and more manifest | that the live interest In the republican | convention, which meets to-day at Chicago, turns about the platform to be adopted. and that with regard to the proposed anti-injunction and tariff blanks. The nomination for president will be Mir. Tafts or 1t will be Mir. Roosevelt's If 1t Is Mir. Taft's, as seems likely, tho vice presidential nomination may so anywhere; If IL is MT. Roosevelt's his running mate will be MT. Fairbanks.
 The controversy over the proposed anti-injunction plank Is intense. The officers of the national federation of labor are present upon the scene pressing the views of President Roosevelt and their own, and are met squarely by the officers of the Ma tional Manufacturers association. The following Is declared to be the text of the anti-injunctlon plank as outlined by the administration: We declare for such an amendment of the statutes of procedure In the federal courts with respect to the use of the writ of injunction as will. on the one hand, prevent the summary issue of such orders without proper considera- ton, and on the other. will preserve undiminished the power of the courts t enforce their process, to the end that justice may be done at all times and to all parties"
 The principal objection to any such plank as this ia that 1t Is two parts pure humbug and one part unadulter- ated deceit. If adopted 1t will serve the only purpose 1t is calculated to serve, namely of reinforcing the sup porters of the anti-injunction princl- pie in their demands upon the Den yer convention to see 1t and go 1t thousand fold better. If the repub- lican party, or the democratic party, believes In the elimination of the writ of injunction as 1t applies to organ ized labor It should have the honesty to say so. If, on the other hand, 1t believes that In this regard the inter ests of organized labor and the inter ests of organized capital should stand upon the same level before the courts of the land, 1t should say so with equal courage. The proposed plank which we have quoted above is built on the ferryboat principle and Is cap able of running in either direction It ought not for & moment to receive the respectful attention of the con vention as 1t is sure not to receive the approval of the voters at large.
 In reality the proposed plank Is an insulting reflection upon the integrity of the court, In spite of the closing part of 1t. Here and there the courts have erred in too hastily issuing writs of injunctions and in enjoining to sweepingly, Just as all courts have from time to time erred in their de- cisions, but there have been no such errors in judgment as to warrant the suggestion that on the whole their conduct has been of a character to make warning necessary in the man ner determined upon The truth Is that on the whole the courts have avoided summary issues and exercised proper consideration while they have preserved both the dignity and integ- rity of the judicial department of government. They will continue to do so If the practical politicians of the country leave them alone, and, by interfering not at all with their con- duct as provided in the constitution, escape the unwarranted impression that the hand of party rule is upon them. The rational point of view in this connection demands that the writ of injunction shall lie against all with equal power and like impartiality. All men must remain equal before the law or chaos will result Of all men in the world to stand upon any other in depreciation of the national spirit Will liam Fl Taft, former judge, Is the last, and if the convention fails to see 1t before the resolutions are adopted, he will later and govern himself ac-