Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-02
Mr.. MOMENTS PLAN
Will Rehearse History of the
Injunction Issue.
REGARDS ISSUE AS VITAL
Following Course Requested by Mr..
Bryan.
DESIRE OF THE LABOR PEOPLE
Sentiment in the Industrial Dis
tricts Of Pennsylvania and
Ohio Described.
ESIRE OF THE LABOR PEOPLE

DENVER, Col, July Frank 8. Mon
nett. formerly attorney general OF Ohlo'
who visited Mr. BRYAN at Lincoln. was
requested by the latter to present to the
resolutions committee of the coming DEM
ocratic convention the history OF the IN
junction issue. In complying with this re-
quest Mr.. Monnett says he contemplates
going fully into the legal history OF the
question, as we'll as the political. He IN
tends to emphasize that the vital essen
tial of notice was eliminated from the
law in 1874. without legislative authority
at the hands of codifying commission
and undoubtedly Inadvertently.
Taft's Position.
The political history of the question
which Mr.. Monnett will present to the
committee will bring Judge Taft into the
case. On this point Mr.. Mcnnett says:
In February last Thomas Lewis. ma
tional organizer for the miners organiza-
ton. wrote Secretary Taft asking for his
views on the three demands OF labor on
the injunction Question-notice, trial by
jury and change OF venue Mr.. TAFT is
this response was received with great en-
thusiasm by the miners Of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. and accounts for the Taft
delegates from this district.
The response stated that the Secretary
was in favor of restoring the federal
statute as it existed prior to 1874; that
he recognized that as the law now stands
an attorney for coal mining company, a
railroad company or other large corpora
ton having an industrial complaint could
complying with all the necessary and
legal requirements as to entitle him to
an immediate Injunction without notice,
that there was nothing left for an hon
est court to do but comply with the stat
ute and grant the temporary injunction.
This, the Secretary further wrote. had
caused great injustice in many instances
to the employees who had no day in court
prior to the issuing of the injunction and
were wholly without knowledge that the
injunction had been issued until they
were hauled into court on contempt pro-
ceedings.'
Mr.. Monnett appears to be thoroughly
impressed with the Importance Of the in
junction issue and predicts that it has
already become the vital question for the
consideration Of the democratic conven-
ton.
Sentiment in Industrial Centers.
Mr.. Monnett said that he informed Mr..
Bryan that Roosevelt's $4,000 majority
from the industrial centers in Ohio and
100000 in Pennsylvania was given be-
cause labor believed President Roosevelt
was with them. particularly on the in
junction demand. This Independent vote, >
as Mr.. Monnett named 1t, would" he
said. surely go to an independent can
didate had one been put in the field, in
the event the democratic party failed
to pledge itself in positive language on
this question Mr.. Monnett, however, is
of the opinion that while the labor ele-
ment Of the country is asking for notice.
jury trial and hearing before another
court. that the question of notice Is the
vital part Of the issue, and that assur-
ance of this much of the demand by the
democrats would be more nearly salts
factory to labor than is the declaration
Of the Chicago platform.