The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1908-07-25
THE PEOPLE WIN

H EOPLE WIN
MAN has conquered mammon. "A mar, with nothing vi people be-
hind him. No American should be ashamed that it is so''
"A Walter werman, himself a faithful and consistent reporter for
the interests, thus sums up in his correspondence to the Chicago RecordHerald
the results of the Denver convention. But because he is n American and a
newspaper nan, whhal, MI. weuman is impened to thistr tribute to Bryan and to
the men who nominated him.
Not in half a century has the Democratic party so well fulfilled in its nl
t,onal deliberations the principles and traditions of tre democracy Take the
convention by its candidates. its platform, the speeches delivered and the scenes
enacted, md III whole is eminently satisfactory. AS the Chicago convention in
the selection OF its candidates and lin the framing OF its platform sets itself
souarely n record for an anstocratc order of society," so the Democratic con-
shall be served. And it is well that the ines ares so clearly and so frankly drawn.
From Chicago w have the Statement of Senator Hopkins the weetscente
legislator who is openly charged by Golfers with manipulating and fixing fed
eralc courts nd Judges to his private advantage, that the panks demanded by
LaFonetse of Wisconsin are socalisic and worse. Those Wisconsin pan.s are
all in h Democratic platform election II United States senator o. orecI v0'
of the people, physical valuation Of the railroads. publication Of campaign con-
trnbuuons and a pledge that government by injunction shall be- urbed.
In answer to Hopkins taunt If Socialism we have Chairman Bells key
note sentence. Against the evils OF special privileges. w wge the benefits OF
To the rak and lie If the Democracy. tn working mena and common people
in whose numbers rests the hope Of the party, a study of the Denver proceedings
democratic and the dominant issues are treated with a candor hat is refreshing
While the trusts and their natural mother, the tariff. should be tn para
issues in h campaign it is evident, thu early, that thu btterest fighting
will be waged ver tn socaned labor planks in the respective platforms. Al
ready the Republican press is indicating the line # attack to be pursued by
charging the minority party with an assault upon the courts In It's adoption OF
70 90 70 battle n. Whatever the outcome of next November vote it is certain
that he greats splendid result will be the education of tn masses to tn dangers
WIN .. p'Dp -. Iw ms,ns here is little danrero Of thu evil surviving.
sInjunctions should not b issued in any case in which injunctions would
not issue if 10 industrial dispute were involved So reads thu Democratic
plank. and quite naturally, the interest If workngmen will center upon this
declaration and thu accompanying statement that in all cases Of indirect con
tempt tn right of trial by jury should be accorded the accused.
In the labor plank IS a whole, u especially in these W clauses ne mil
lions VIII live in the sweat of their W faces will read the promise of tn square
deal which has not been accorded them and. by the anne token, Will they con
cede the quality of good faith to the men VINO wrote 'he platform Ni no
IN honest man in whom iii love OF justice breathes entertan any fears or
doubts concerning Democracy's position upon 1.-THE nJunctln question. Nor an
the charge be suNained that this declaration was IN appeal to prejudice or class
1t is right, it is democratic, and TIT evil as it nov exists las con upon us by
acts OF radicals ito whom the constitution and the history of English speaking
people have n 20 meaning.
If re- take te principles # the Common Law fore Jul guide,-and the history
of thu development o. the Common Law is the history of the growth of liberty
we find that legitimate injunctons are issued solely for thu protection Of rights
in property. The establishment # this limitation to the chancery courts powers
was accomplished only afer bitter struggle but tit has remained a fxedp principle
both in ngland an in this country utla few years ago.
Eternal vigilance is the price OF liberty md it is indeed IN tina tn people
should waken to III dangers that threaten Now our courts presume to issue in
juncionsf for the purpose If regulating personal conduct with reference to bar
gaining for the hiring of workers Since thereh has been n o legal property right
in workers in this country inc the Thirteenth Amendment, there AN b. nj basis
for njunctions of that kind.
considered. They are issued upon affidavit, and upon amdavit evidence the guilt
Of the accuses is generally determined, thus depriving him of the right 20 On
and rosexamine witnesses. The accused is denied thu right of trial by
jury and he is prevented from doing the act eve though the act Itself b. lawful
For rim nearly all casesl labor injuncions deliberately define ofenses unrecognized
by ue statutes, actions that no legislature would daeto prohibit in statutory
form. Isl W
The clearcut declaration of the Democratic party OF this question wn
appeal to every right thinking citizen, for. it should be remembered
that al abridgment of the personal rights OF the humbhst citizen constitutes an
attack upon the liberties of thu entire body polite.
In h seection of Bryan IS the party's standard bearer thu common people
have already won a great victory, a fact that is fully testified % by every news
paper writer who attended the convention It should b little short of presump
ton to exton the virtues of Bryan or to enumerate the causesf FOR his tremendous
popularity. It should be borne in mind, though. that his vas the first voice to bel
raised against III evil If government by injunction. Twelve years ago hel
sounded The alarm Then ven in greater degree n volume han now he wsl
charged with advising an assault upon the judiciary. This has proved thu far
sighted wisdom Of the Commoner has justified his words OF warning The
campaign will DC hard fought and bitter, but whether Bryan wins orl
oses, he aus for which he battles will go marching II.
ArEtocracy die hard: democracy never lies ## Mf#### /