The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-22


it was i'm favor of enforcing the law
just as it is. 1t would have said:
/ Whereas. at present a court or judge
may grant a temporary restraining or
der if there appears to be danger of ir-
reparable injury from delay, therefore
be il resolved, that we are opposed to
changing it
Not Even Gold Brick.
THE men VINO are responsible for the
language of the injunction plank may
have fooled the rest of the committee,
and they may have fooled the conven-
ton, bat they cannot fool the laboring
men or the voters in general. The in
junction plank has not even the value
of a gold plated 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.. Tafts friends
and given out on Tuesday reads as
follows:
We declare for such amendments
of the statutes of procedure in the
federal courts with respect to the use
Of the writ of injunction as will on
the one hand prevent the summary is
sue of such orders without proper con-
sideratiOn. and on the other will pre-
serve undiminished the power of the
courts TO enforce their process. TO the
end that justice may be done at all
times TO all parties.
1t will be noticed in this plank the
declaration in favor of amendments
comes first, and the declaration in IA
VOr of preserving undiminished the
power of the courts 10 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
of a 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 of the courts
to enforce their process shall be pre-
served.
Differences Are Marked.
In the plank adopted this promise
is enlarged and elaborated. In the
original platform amendments are ia
vored. In the platform adopted by the
convention there is no suggestion of
an amendment; they only ask for a
more accurate definition of the rules
of procedure In the original plank
the aim of the party was to prevent
the summary 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 just as it found it,
IF the demand of the labOring man
is unreasonable, why did not the con-
vention say so? Why did it resort to
deception? The Republican party will
find that an honest course would have
been safer than the dishonest course
pursued.
Fraud Will Not Mislead.-
THE fraud which the convention at
tempted will not mislead, because
there is, time enough between now and
election for every one to find out the
facts.
Secretary Taft is known as the
father of government by injunction.
and his speeches in Oklahoma last
year gave conclusive proof of his ad
herence TO the position taken by him
on the bench. He is still in favor of
the use of the writ of injunction N
labor cases. and he is opposed to trial
by jury.
IN a speech delivered i'm New York
last winter he said. in response to
questions, that the law ought 10 be SO
amended as to give a hearing before
the Injunction was granted. and even
consented that the hearing for con-
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