New-York tribune., 1908-06-22
4 FRAUD, SAYS BRYAN
Descants ON Anh-Injunction PldnE
in RembEcan Platform.

Lincoln Neb June M.-Following his general
criticism of the Republican national platform yes
terday William J. Bryan gave out sta'eiel
night in which he assails in particular the anu
injunction plank characterizing IL as d '!"'''
parent fraud" The statement follo"s'
Tho contamination plank of the Republican plat.
form finally adopted is transpatFe' t con,mittee
Is eood f b Some trust lawyer-that is the
only charitable view that can be taken oI ] IL II
who advocated the plank claimed to pc dong DOL II one ne
concession the wage earners ana yet in ii fart
will read the plank he will see tnal II LIZ IS W IL M
aterably opposed the laboring mans positloh'
The plank reads 2 as follows low ,bod at all times the
The KepnShfa pup ft pS Of M the courts state and
processes protect fe. liberty and property shq
rules Of rrocedre in federal with respect to the
Of writ OF Injunction should 6e nctIon
temporary restraining order shall be issued & Wtn9m1 @
n which speedy hearing thereafter shaIi DC
It will be seen that the plank begins with q 1n an
unnecessary eulogy of the courts; Nopodg - 1 op
integrity of the courts Nobody is objectng to the
enforcement of their processes or TO tTe and nrdn
ertyi The plank assumes that somebody is attack
nf losing SUPPORT or Of having their powers weak
ened There is no attack upon on 5me wh
any legitimate function of the court. Ihe tepuD-
cam nGareSds to demdsh il This part Of plank
written to give assurance to the people VINO are
0PoceG 10 that part of the plank which in
tended sop to the laborlng man. II says; We @Me
believe however, that the rules of procedure IN the
federal court with respect to the issuance , OF
fined by the statute (Just what that definition
shall be is not stately
der should be issued without notice except where where
reparable n5uy would result from d deIdy m IN w1fn
ed Note the words except where lrreparapie
EXCEPTION with the federal statute the subject,
and you viii find d that under the Ia Law va as as 1t now now
porary restraining order except there appears to be
seen that the man who wrote the injunction plank
copied the statute almost word for word and made
venticn had been frank in the statement of its
poSon & YOU'D Fl hs n f26T of the h M
just as it is. 1t woud have said. whereas, at
STdar 9 m to be
rreparable injury from delay, therefore, be it re-
solved that opposed to changing It,
The men who are RESPONSIBLE for the language Of Of
vention. but they cannot fool the laboring men or
not even the value of gold plated brick for the
plating is brass as well as the interior of the brick
tion by Mr Tafts friends and given out on Tuesday
We declare for such amendments the of
procedure in the federal courts with respect TO the use
the issue of such orders without proper
the power Of the courts 10 enforce their to the
r7d that justice may be done at all times and to all
II will be noticed that in this plank the declara-
the power Of the courts TO enforce their processes
comes afterward. In the plank adopted by
the convention the declaration in favor of the
courts comes first and the discussion of u change
in the law comes afterward
If the demand of the labOring man unre8-
sonable why did not the convention say so. Why
did IL resort to deception The Republican party
viii find that honest would have been
safer than the dishonest course pursued.
Secretary Taft is known the father of gov
ernment by injunction, and his speecnes in Okla
homa 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 in labor cases and he is opposed to
trial by jury
In a speech delivered in New York last winter
he said in response to questions that the law
ought TO be so amended to give hearing be-
fore the Injunction was granted, and even con-
Sented that the hearing for contempt should be
before different Judge from the one who grant
ed the Injunction but when he came prepare a
plank for the convention he did not go so far as
he went in his speech The plank tina: went be
fore the convention his plank was so weak
that 1t amounted to nothing but it was even then
TOO strong for the convention and the cOnyen-
ton adopted plank which not only does not
grant any concessions to the laborng men but
really emphasizes the position taken large cor
porate employers by hurling anathema at those
who are suspected of desire to modify law
relating to injunctions. This is the trea tmdnt
received by the wage earnerS from the national
convention and Republican party. If this is the
position of the party before the election. what
reason has the laboring hope that the
party Will do better after election?