The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-12-17

feet SO far as its provisions apply to the
District OF Columbia. There should be no
Ambiguity on this point. If there Is any
doubt on the subject, the law should be
re-enacted with special reference to the
District OF Columbia. This act, however,
applies only TO employees II common cur
rlers. In all other occupations the liability
law or the district is the old common law.
The severity and injustice Of the common
law III ms matter has been in some de.
gree or another modified I'm the ma iority OF
our states. and the only jurisdiction under
the exclusive control of the Congress
should hc ahead and not behind the states
hrnsivc employers liability law should be
passed for the District of Columbia
| renew my recommendation made in n
pr nous message that half holidays be
gr.. ted during summer to all wagework-
CrS In government employ
also renew my recommendation that the
principle or the eichthOur day should as
rapidly ana as far as practicable he extend
ed to the entire work being carried on by
the government; the present law should be
amended 10 embrace contracts ON those pub.
lie WORKS which the present wording of the
act seems 10 exclude.
The Courts.
| most earnestly urge upon the Congress
III" duty II increasing the totally made
uUate salaries now given 10 our judges. on
the whole there is no body Of public scry-
ants who do as valuable work. nor whose
mon"yCd reward is 81 inadequate compared
10 ln''L "4rhi l'eIlnmhE W'Ih ,hr supreme
doubled. 1t Is not befttiuE tn" dignity Of
the nation that its most honOrcd public
servants Sn1ulu ne pald S,IHH 50 sunni con-
pared to what they would earn in private
life that tn" performance of publ" service
10y them Implies an exceedingly heavy pc
cuuary sacrifice.
,,itls r1ham ,,iL TO De I'S.rnu W. SUM
with the long delays which now obtain in
the ADMINISTRATION. OF justice, and which
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LrgirnJ nI,nrtIuitv +, snin fErIr rrpuud
iutn n rLan,ntnpsh'p Of inst ir,lgcS who
were MINISTRY ,ssgi'.r IY., wear before
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I'M, iri,,,. ina5crs r.r,r,,Jat.J tErir dc.
pllnds rrraifyin, tna hfl thqf contained
fnrrD refusing gll rowurulIIsr. stating they
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lnLnr djsrnfc ~ inf'rrrior should issuc
,yrcrf TO rrotncf q mTu.rrfy right. ana spc,
riGc1Ilv proyIlod thar the right TO carry
nm Lnsiniss sIonld mot Lr Construed MS n
pronnrty rishf. ana +. n second provision
their hil made legal I'm a labor dispute
any art or npreemGut Iy or between two
ar rnnrr rprsnnS that Vuuld not have been
unlawful If done ly n single person. In
other words this I'm localized haCklisting
and boycotting in every form. lcgahzins,
for instance. those forms of the secondary
loycntt which the anthracite coal strike
commission 50 unrcS,rycdly condemned;
while the right to carry ON business was
explicitly taken out from under thar pro
lection which the law throws over proper
~. The demand WAS made mat there
should be trial by jury in contempt cases,
thereby most seriously impnirng the au-
thOrity of the courts. All TINS represented
course of policy which, If carried OUT,
would mean the cuthroupmrut of class
privilege in its crud ST and most brutal
form, and the destruction of one Of the
most essential functions of the judiciary
in all civilized lands, ,...,.
The violence Of the crusade fer this ieglS-
lntiOn, ana its complete failure, illustrate"
two truths which 1t Is essential our people
should learn. In the urst place, they oWEht
70 teach iNt NOGhlU-N4tIi. INC tID'I'l' 'uN
wagcworker that by demanding what Is
Improper and impossible he plays iIit vhe
hands of his foes. such crude ,anIFi
rious attack upon the courts, even It II were
tpmporariIv successful would inevitably In
fhc end cause Il violent reaction ana would
band the great mas Of citizens together,
forcing them to stand by all the judges
than tn see the wheels of Justice stopped.
\ movement of this kind can ultimately rA
Suit in nothing but damage to those III
whose behalf 1t Is nomlnalIy undertaken
This is a most healthy truth. which it is
wise for all or people to learn Any