The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-06-23
William Jennings Bryan
Shows Fallacies of G. Q.
p. Labor Plank.
WHY PRACTICE
VAIN DECEPTION
IF Labor People Demanded
Too Much Why Weren't
Republicans Frank Enough
to Answer?-Bryan Now
Has us Per Cent. of the
Delegates.
BY Associates Press.

BY Associated Press.
Lincoln, Neb., June 22.-Following
up his expression of yesterday in crit
icism of the Republican national plat
form In general. w. j. Bryan gave
assails In particular the anti-injunc-
ton plank Of the Chicago declaration,
characterizing it as a transparent
fraud" The statement follows:
The antiinjunction plank of the
Republican platform as finally adopt
ed is transparent fraud. II is pos
sible that the members of the COM
mittee were buncoed by some trust
lawyer-that is the only charitable
view that can be taken of it, Those
who advocated the plank claimed to
be doing 1t as a concession to the
wage earners, and yet if one will read
the plank he viii see that it is in.
fact announcement that the Republi-
can party is unalterably opposed to
the laboring mans position. The
plank reads as follows:
The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority and integri-
" OF the courts. state and federal,
and will ever insist that their power
10 enforce their processes and to pro-
tect life, Liberty and property shall be
preserved inviolate. We believe.
however, that the rules of procedure
in Federal courts with respect to the
issuance OF injunctions should be
more accurately defined by statute;
that no Injunction or temporary
straining order should be issued with
out notice, except where irreparable
injury woald result from delay, IA
which case a speedy hearing there
after he granted
Mo Attack on Courts.
1T will be seen that the plank be.
gins with an unnecessary eulogy of
the courts. Nobody is opposed to up
holding at all times the authority and
integrity of the courts. Nobody is
objecting to the enforcement OF their
processes or of the exercise of their
powers 10 protect life. liberty and
property. The plank assumes that
somebody Is attacking the courts. and
that the courts are in danger of los
ing support or OF having their powers
weakened There is no attack upon
the courts and there Is no thought
anywhere OF interfering with any le-
climate function OF the courts. The
Republican convention puts up a man
or straw and then proceeds to demol-
1sh II. This part OF the plank was
written to give assurance TO the peo-
pie who are opposed to the laboring
mans plea. And now let us proceed
TO that part of the plank which was
intended as sop to the laboring
man. II says:
We believe, however, that the
rules OF procedure in the Federal
court with respect to the issuance of
a writ of injunction should be more
accurately defined by the statute
just what that definition shall be is
not stated.
That no Injunction or tempo
rary restraining order should be is
sued without notice except where ir-
reparabie injury would result from
delay. in which case speedy hear
Ing thereafter should be granted
Note the words except where ire
parable injury would result from de-
lay and compae this with the
Federal statute on the subject. and
you will find that under the law as
II now exists the court is not empow-
cred TO grant temporary restrain
Ing order except where there appears
to be danger of irreparable injury
from DELAY
THE STATUTE COPIED.
1T will be seen that the man who
wrote the Injunction plank copied the
statute almost word for word and
made the exception as broad as the
statute. II the convention had been
frank in the statement OF its position,
IL would have quoted the present
statute and said that it was in savor
oil enforcing tne law just as it is 1t
would have read, whereas at present
a court or iJ.dge may grant a tenn
porarily restraining order IF there
appears 10 be danger of irreparable
anJury from delay therefore, be II re-
solved that we are opposed to chang
ing IT,
The men who are responsible for
me language of the injunction plank
may have fooled the convention but
tney can not fool the laboring men
or the voters in general. The inJunc-
non Plank has not even the value OF
a gclt-plate brick, for the plating is
brass as well as the interior of the
brick
The plank. as prepared in advance
OF the convention by Mr.. Taft-s
friends and given out on Tuesday,
read as follows:
We declare for such amend
ments Of the statutes OF proceduer in
the Federal courts with respect to the
use of the writ of injunctions as win.
Ion the one hand, prevent the summary
. (Continues on Pace FourN