The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-22

uiLHinlsneo the power of the courts to
enforce their process, to the end that
Justice may be done at all times to ali
parties
1T will be noticed in this plank the
declaration in favor of amendments
comes first and the declaration in
| FAVOR OF preserving undiminished the
power of the courts to enforce their
processes comes afterward. In the
plank which was adopted by the con-
vention the declaration in favor of the
courts comes first and the discussion
or change in the law comes after
ward. 1t will also be noticed that in
the first draft of the platform the
pledge is that the power or the courts
10 enforce their process shall be pre-
served. In the plank adopted by the
convention this promise is enlarged
and elaborated. In the original plat
from amendments are favored. In the
platform adopted by the convention
there is no suggestion of an amend
ment; they only ask for more ac-
curate definition of the rules of pro-
cedure In the original plan the aim
or the party was to prevent the sum-
mary issue of such orders without
proper consideration whereas in the
| plank adopted in the convention an
exception is inserted that nullifies the
promise. because the exception leaves
| the subject as il found it.
IF the demand of the laboring men
| is unreasonable, why did not the con-
| vention say SO? Why did 1t resort to
| deception? The Republican party will
find that an honest course would have
| been safer than the dishonest course
| pursued.
Will Not MisIead.
THE fraud which the convention
| attempted will not mslead because
| there is time enough between now and
| election for every one to find out the
| facts.
| Taft is known as the father of gov
eminent by injunction and his
| speeches in Oklahoma last year gave
conclusive proof of his adherence to
the position taken by him on the
| bench-he is still in favor of the use
of the writ of injunction in labor cases
and he is opposed to trial by jury.
I'm a speech delivered in New York
| last winter he said in response to
questions that the law ought to be so
amended as to give a hearing before
the injunction was granted and even
| consented that the hearing for con-
| judge from the one who granted the
| injunction but when he came to pre-
pare a plank for the convention, he
| did not go SO far as he went in his
| speech. The plank that went before
the convention as his plank was so
| weak that it amounted to nothing, but
1t was even then too strong for the
| convention and the convention adopt
1 ed plank which not only does not
grant any concessions to the laboring
man, but really emphasizes the posi-
! ton taken by large corporations by
hurting anathema at those who are
| suspected of desire to modify the
| law relating to injunctoins. This is
the treatment received by the wage
| earners from the national conference
of the Republican party. If this is
| the position of the party before the
| election, what reason has the laboring
man to hope that the party will do
better after election?"
Touches on Other Points.
The Republicans who attended the
national convention as spectators and
Joined in the demonstration in favor OF
President Roosevelt and Senator La
they watched the panic stricken dele
gates running over each other in theil
effort to get away from the Ls
Toilette reforms, some of which hal
been Endorsed by the president him
self. -ef
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin
reporting for the LaFollette men
brought in minority report signed BY
himself alone Fifty-two members o
the committee signed the majority re
port, and one signed the minority re
port. The Republican party will FIND
| the ratio of 50 to l a very emba ssins
one to deal With in the coming cam
paign.
) Mr.. Coopers report contained a de
! claration in favor of publicity t.
campaign funds, now lost by a vote o
7 $50 to "a. more than nine to one, ant
yet the president has been advocating
5 legislation in favor of publicity of cam
paign contributions and Secretary TAT
wrote a letter to Mr.. Burrows advo
: eating the passage of such bill How
, fortunate that Secretary Taft's lette
was finally discovered and published
Senator Burrows, the man to whom
the Taft letter was addressed, was tn,
, temporary chairman of the convention
. and the convention over which he pre-
sided turned down the publicity planl
by a vote of nine to one. Who will
, deny that, this subject, the Repub
lican party is retreating?
Another plank of the LaFollett'
platform authorized the ascertaining o
!. the value of the railroads. This planl
| 10 to l, and yet President Roosevelt
has advocated this very proposition
Here is a retreat on the railroad Ques
ton.
Calls 1t a Retreat.
! 1.-The injunction plank adopted by thu
Republican convention is a retreat from
! the position taken by the president and
Taft in his speeches, although neithe
of them went as far as they ought tt
have gone in their effort to proven
what is known as government by In
junction. Here is the third retreat.
1.-The president. has advocated the
income tax as a means of preventing
swollen fortunes and of equalizing the
burdens of government. The Re-
: publican platform is silent on the sub
: ject. Was the president right in the
position he took? If SO, then the con-
vention was wrong in not indorsine
him. Will the Republican voters fol
low the president in this just demand
or will they follow the Republican
| organization in retreating from it?
The president advocated an in
, heritance tax. but the Republican
5 convention is silent on that subject
2 Was the president the head of the Re-
publican party in advocating this re-
8 form, or has the Republican party re-
: ceded from the presidents position
Did the president give a false alarm
a L liz. i,,a ha ho TT,