The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-08

small means to Invest his money ID
stocks ricre must be prohibition OF
chilo labor aiminution Of woman la
Dor. shortening Of hours Of all me-
chanical labor stock watering should
be prohibitc6. nrd stocS gambling, so
Ear as IS possible, discouraged. There
should be a progressive Inheritance
esx on large fortunes. Industrial edu-
cation should L, encouraged.
p-otossior For We s~Orksrs.
There Is one matter with which the
col gress should deaf NJ this session.
There should no longer be any palter-
ins with the question OF taking care
6f@ the wagewrrkers who. under our
present lndusteial system, become kill
ed. crippled or worn out as part Of the
regular inclGante of q given business.
The object sought for could he achiev-
ed 20 e. measurable degree, as far rs
those killed Oh Crippled are concerned.
by proucr employers liability laws
AS far as aonrerrs those who have
been worn ont, [ call your attention 70
thc fact that definite steps toward pro
viding old age pensions have been
taken In many OF our private indus
sries.
Pending thoroughgoing investiga-
si0n anG acfion there % certain leg's-
lation which should be enacted at
once. The law passed at the last SEES
sion Of the congress granting com
pensation 10 certain classes OF EN-
rioyees of the government should be
extended 10 include all employees Of
the government and should be made
more liberal IN its terms. In this re-
spect the generosity Of the United
States toward It's employees compares
most unfavorably with that OF every
county IN Europe-even the poorest.
The terms OF the act are also
hardship On prohibiting payment in
cases where the accident is in any
way due to the negligence OF the en-
pioyee. II is inevitable that daily IA
mlIiarisy with danger will lead men to
take chances that can be construed
into negligence.
I renew my recommendation made
10 a previous message that half hol.
Gsys be granted during the summer TO
ail wngeworkers sn government EN-
pioy.
also renew my recommendation
that tho principle or the eight hour
day should as rapidly and US FAR as
practicable be extended to the entire
work being carried on BY the govern.
ment.
. Tho courts.
I most earnestly urge upon the con
gress the duty oe Increasing the totdlly
inadequate salaries now given to oul
judges. On the whole. there is nc
body Of public servants who do ai
valuable work nor whose moneyet
reward is 80 inadequate compared L
their work. Beginning with the su
preme court the judges should have
their salaries doubled.
It Is earnestly to be desired tina
0oine method should be devised for do
ing away with the long delays which
now obtain ln the administration o
justice and which operate with pecu,
lar severity against persons OF smal
msans and 9avoF only the very crimI
nails whom Il Is most desirable to pun
ish.
At the last election certain leader
of organized labor made violent an
sweeping attack upon the entire ~
dietary of the country, an atiac
couche0 IN such terms as TO includ
the most upright, honest and broa
minded judges no less than those &
narrower mind and more restrlcte
outlook. Last year before the hous
committee on the judiciary these sam
labor leaders formulated their d.
mands. specifying the bill that Coz
tanned them, refusing all compromis
stating they wished the principle {
that bill or nothing They insisted O
g provision that In a labor dispute =
injunction shoulG issue except TO pr
sect property right aud specifcall
provided that the right to carry ,
business should not be construed as
property right. and In second pr
vision their bill made legal In lab
dispute any acc o. agreement by
between two or more persons tn
would not have been unlawful II dol
by a single person. in other word
this bill legelizee blncklistlng and DO
cotting In every form. The demal
was made that there should be tri
by jury IN contempt cases, theTel
moot Rerioualy .mpal-lns the authori
0f the courts. Ali this represented
course OF policy which. Il carried OF
would 1iean The enthronemenf OF ella
privilege s. its crudest and me
brutal Sorm ane the destruction
one OF tue most essential functions
the judiciary IN all civilized lands.
The wagewOrkers. the worklngms
the lsborlng men Of .he country, by I
way IN which shey reDudiated the
fort 20 get them 70 cast gheir votes
response 60 an appeal TO class hatr
have emphasized their sound PATRIOTS
and Amerlcanism.
courto imported By Judses.
But the extreme reactionaries,
persons who blind themselves 10 I
wrongs now and then committed
the courts on laboring men. shot
also think SERIOUSLY as 10 what sucl