Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-09

liens together. forcing them To Stah'
bv all the Judges competent and IN
competent alike. rather than to Sc"
the wheels OF justic" stopped.
| The wEgeWCrkers. the workinem"n.
IN" laboring men OF tn" country by
the way in which they rcpud'atrd tn"
lCfiort to get them to cast their votes
in response to an appeal TO class hat
red, have emphasized their sound pa
uiotism and AmerlCanNm The whole
country has cause To feel pride IN
this attitude Of sturdy indrpend.
cnc", IN this uncomprising insistenr"
upon acting simply rs good citizens,
as good Americans. without regard
to fanciri and imprCper-clasS in
trrCsts. Such an attitidc is an Oh
j"ct-lrSson in good citizenship to The
entire nation.
On the Other Hand.
But th,. extreme rraCtionaries. the
PERSONS vino blind themselves 10 the
wrongs now aud then committed by
the courts ON laboring men, should al
SO think seriously As to what such
Il movement aS this rortendS. Tn"
Judges vino have SHOWN themselves
able and willing effectively to check
the dishonest activity ri the very rich
man who works iniuuily by the mis-
management Of corporations. VINO
have shown themselves alert 10 do
Justice to the war"wOrk"r. and
J sympathetic with the needs of III"
mass of uur people, so that the
dWollCrs in the tenement houses, the
man who practices a dangerous trade.
the man who is crushed by eNccssiv"
hours of labor. feel that their needs
are understood Nv the ourl3-th"sc
Judges are the real hulWark OF the
courts: these judges the judges Of the
stamp OF the Prcs'ient-clect, who
have been fearless in opposing labor
when IL has gone wronr. hut fearless
also in holding 10 strict account cor
p0rations that work iniquity, and far
sighted IN seeing that the working
man gets his rights. are the men
! of all Others 20 whom W. owe II
| that The appeal for SuCh violent and
mistaken legislation has fallen on deaf
ears. that the agitation for its pas
sage proved to be without substantial
| basis. The courts arc jrnpardizcd pri-
marilv bv the action Of these Federal
| and State Judges who show Inability
or unwillingness to put stop TO TN"
wrOn edOing CT very rich men under
mo Tern industrial conditions. and
inability or unwiliineness to give re-
| lief to men OF small means or wage
| workers who are crushed down by
| these modern industrial conditions:
| who. in other words. fail to under
stan and apply the needed remedies
for the new wrongs produced by the
new and highly complex social and
| in(.u Strial civilization which has
| grown up in the last century.
| What would have been an infringe
ment upon liberty half a century ago
may be the necessary safeguard OF
Ilihorty today. What would have been
an injury to property then ntay be
necessary to the enjoyment of proper.
ty now.
| There is also. I think. ground for
the belief that substantial injustice
is often suffered by employees in
| consequence of the custom of courts
issuing temporary injunctions withour
notice to them. and furnishing them
for contempt of court in instances
where, as a matter CT fact. they have
TO know dye of any proceediItgji.
Outside of organized labor there is
a widespread feeling that this system
often works great injustice to wage
| workers when their efforts to better
| their working conditions result in in
dustrial disputes. A temporary in
junction procured ex parte may as
matter of fact have all the effect
ICf permanent injunction in causing
| disaster to the wageworkcrS' side in
such dispute. Organized lat'or is
cha fing under the unjust restraint
which come from repeated resort to
this plan of procedure. Its discOn-
tent has been unwisely. expressed.
and often improperly expressed. but
there is a sound basis for il. and the
orderly and law-ahiding people OF 4
community would be in far stronger
position for unfolding the courts II
the undoubtedly existing abuses coull
he provided against '<'
We stand aIoof from the reckless
agi:ators who would make the Judges
mere tools of popular preju-
dice ard passion: and we stanI aloof
from those equally unwise partisaps
1.-THE proposition that. inasmUch as
judges are chosen TO serve the in
ltereSts Of the whole people. they
should strive to find out what thos"
interests are. and so far as they con
lscientiCusly can. should strive 10 give
Ioffcct to popular convictions when de-
liberateiy and duly expressed by the
lawmak;ng body. The courts are 70
he highly commended and staunchly
Iupheli when they Sc. their faces
against wrordoing or tyranny by a
majority: but they are TO be blamed
when they fail 10 recognize under
n government IKE ours the deliberate
judgmcn, Of the majority as to a
matter cf legitimate policy. when
lduly expressed by the Legislature.
Such lawfully expires ed and DELHI
icrate Judgment should he given eff
feet by tn" CcuTts. save in tn" eN-