The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-22

"The bill was considered by at least
two sessions of the executive council
of trat' organization and unanimously
approved Ii was considered by two
of its national conventions-the two
latest-and By these unanimously en-
d}rsed And in the face of many prop.
ositions TO amend 1t. ii the face OF
many proposed substitutes, in the face
OF pressure from every direction, from
high sources and sources not so eXalt.
ed. the organization has stood by and
is today standing by this bill without
amendment"
He Sees Blacklist
SO far as the second section Of this
bill is concerned Il Is perfectly clear
that it would legalizc the blacklist and
he sympathetic boycott carried to any
extent It would legalize acts which
have time and again been declared
oppressive. unjust and immoral by the
best and most eminent labor leaders
themselves. Does Mr. Bryan believe
with Mr. GOmpers that he and that
part of the labor movement that
agrees with him has the right morally
and should be given the right legally
TO paralyze or to destroy with impun-
ity the business OF an innocent third
person, against whom he or they have
no direct grievance. simply because
this third person refuses To Join with
them aRgressively In a labor contro-
versy with the real merits of which
he may be utterly unacquainted. be-
cause he refuses to class as his enc
my any and every other employer who
they point ont as their enemy be-
cause he refuses merely upon thO!r
peremptory order. to eXcommunicaie
some other employer by ceasing all
business relations with him.
The blacklist and the secondary
boycott are two of the most cruel
forms of oppression ever devised bv
the wit of man for the infliction of
suffering on his weaker fellows.
No court could positively exercise
any more brutal, unfeeling or despo;ic
power than Mr.. Gompers claims for
himself and his followers in this legis-
lation. which would permit them with
out let or hindranoo of any kind TO
carry on every form and degree OF the
secondary boycott
Tribute to High Courts.
Mr. Bryan's party platform paid g
high tribute 10 our court OF justice II
stated we resent the attempt of the
Republican party TO raise n false issue
respecting the judiciary. II is an Yin.
just reflection upon II great body Of
our citizens 10 Rssamo htat they lack
respect for the courts
The great body OF our citizens" TO
whom this platform refers, is admit
tedly Mr. Gompcrs and his followers.
Mr. Gompers, now Mr. Bryans open
and ayowed ally mas in the letter
herein quoted attacked the Federal
courts in unmeasured terms OF re
prOach because, by long line OF de-
cislons, the equity courts have refused
TO make an outlaw OF the business
man; because mis- right to carry on ?
lawful business under the peace OF the
law has been protected by the process
OF injunctioni because, in a word, one
OF the mcst vital and most fundament.
al rights Of the business world, tho
right of a business man TO carry on
his business, has been sustained ana
not denied by the processes of tho
courts of equity This sweeping at
tack Of Mr. Gompers upon the judi
ciary has hoen made in q frank and
open effort TO secure votes for Mr..
Bryan. Are these attacks made with
Mr. Bryan's conscnt2
Dc they meet with his approval?
Does he endorse them or does he re-
pudiate them!
att rears 10 Speak Out.
Mr. Bryan has frankly questioned
Mr. Taft during the progress of this
campaign and very properly SO, asking
him TO make clear his stand on puDLc
matters on which the public Is en-
titled to be enlightened. I'm turn, with
equal frankness and with equal pro-
pricty Mr.. Bryan should be asked ~
break a long continued silence and
make definite and certain his own 10
sitlon in regard TO the matter, which
concerns not only business men ana
every decent, lawabiding citizen
whether a wage worker or not. just
as much as il concerns Mr. Gompcrs
and that part of organized labor that
stands with him.
There Is no need 1f generalities Of
wages expressions of sympathy for la
Dor Let Mr. Bryan simply confinf
himself to the anti-iniuncti0n plank OF
his own platform aud tell us publicly
definitely and clearly whether he ae
ecpts or rejects The statement of Mr.
Gompers, thai this plank pledgcs hin
| 10 the principles of tlo bin for whici
Mr. Gompcrs stands, and whether. d
| elected he will cndeavOr % have thi'
proposal acted into law THIS is ask
ed honestly, in the interest of lha
large voting public. which believes
sincerely in The promotion of every
Legitimate right and interest OF labor
but which believes also that from
the standpoint OF the best interest 3
labor it neithor requires nor is en-
titled 10 moro than justice, ana tha
the right 10 destroy business shoul'
moi be formally recognized in the ial
of the land
Opinion on Injunction.
On July second, asst, the specil
counsel 10 the Central Association o
Building Trades OF Ncw York, I'd
ward ) Gayolan. submitted to that as
sociation an opinion on De matter .
jiniunctous. an opinion which was on
only endorsed aud approved The sam
dag by the Central Association O
Building Trades Of New York II mi