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una0quainted With the difficulties of sd
n1lnistFation aud unfamiliar with the
complicated forces that move The tro-
nendous Tnaohinery Of our vast indus
cheap and easy remedies 20 cure deep
seated tendencies which require patience.
the considerate wisdom Of men who know
the subject with which they are dealing,
firm and persistent administration and
popular instruction and education. His
tendency is to believe his own ADVERTISE
menta and to kill his patient with quack
remedies. .- .
The business world distriists man OF
that temperament and Justly distruats
him, for he can do infinite harm. The
news OF his election would bring doubt
and distrnet TO the mind Of every man
having money to invest in American
enterprise It would reduce the activity
of all existing enterprises, Lack Of con-
fidence, contraction, business depression.
business failures, the stopping OF interest
and dividends. reduction In the expense
Of salaries and wages. more and still
more workmen ont OF employment. re-
SSsa ,epSSsS fer farm "a he shd U
tory products--ail these in necessary
succession would be the inevitable re-
suit of endowing this dangerous apostle
Of half truths with the, tremendous power
Of the national Government to rule and
to ruin.
But the oourtsi
Would not the courts SGT limit upon
Mr.. Bryan's Interference with the conduct
Of business? Cannot the, business men
Of the country rely upon the courts to
protect them In their constitutional rights?
To that | answer. first. that very little
capital will be invested upon the under
standing that II will be lost unless the
If A.
In litigation. Investments already made
may seek to protect themselves by lid-
CATION, but Investments not yet made will
never be made ct all ON those terms
SERIOUS DANGER TO THE COURTS.
answer. In the second place, that the
possibility. indeed the probability. Of
Mr.. Bryan's control OF the courts presents
follow his election. He hes already given
us evidence. by his public utterancos thf.t
he would il he could reconstitute the courts
In such way thct they should answer to
the demands of what he deems to be
public opinion. III elected President he
tho Supreme Court Of the United Stetes,
which stands as the great and indis-
pensable bulwGrk of constitutional right.
When the next President is inRuRurated
four OF the present Justices Of the Supreme
Court will have pcsse1 the ege OF retire.
ment. One will be 70. second 70, @ third
II and a fourth 20 ye.rs Of .ege, Before
fifth will lack few days Of being u and
a sixth win he in his seventieth year. 1t
is practically certain that the President
e!o3te1 in November will hfve the ep-
pointment of a large proportion Of the
members Of the court to III the vacancies
W hich will occur, gnd.it Is highly probe BILE
thl,t he will have the appointment Of e.
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What protection would constitutional
rights have from the court constituted by
Mr.. Bryan2 .B.. ..
off es witness upon this question
MIR. Samuel GompeTs. On tho 18th of
this month he published IN open lettor
Human Liberty" in WHICH he said:
@The facts are that the judiciary, in
duced by corporations and trusts and
protected by the Republican party, is
step by step destroying government by
laws and substituting therefor govern
mept by Judges. who determine what
In % their opinion pa,is Is wrong what Tin IN their
ion Is guilty and what in their opinion
the punishment shall be. 1t is sought
to make Of the Judges irresponsible des-
pots and by controlling them using this
despotism in the interest Of corporate
power
INC letttT tueu u6SCTlD6u au unBuC-
cessful appeal to the Republican party
and proceeded to say:
"Labor's representatives then vent
to the Democratic party. That party
made labor's contention it's own. Il
pledged it's candidate for every office
TO those remedies which labor had already
submitted to Congress. The standard
William j. Bryan, entered fully into the
essence Of this struggle and declared that
the real issue In this campaign Is: Shall
the people ruler tp.
-fhe Republican party and its candi-
date stands for upholding and further
government vested in the judiciary.
.The Democratic party and its candi-
date stands for government by law vested
In the people,
MIR. Gompers is MIR. Bryan 81 chief ally
In this campaign. The circular was
issued in Mr.. Bryan's interest for the
purpose of attracting to him the labor
been denied, this is to be taken as an au-
thentic statement Of Mr.. Bryan's attitude
toward the courts.
DANGEROUS CLASS LEGISLATION.
= The particular occasion OF these deo-
larations was the refusal Of Congress to
pass bill which Withdrew from the
COuTtS ttic TlBHt W Icottdiu ny thluuCttOu
any boycott, whether secondary or other
wise, however arbitrary. destructive and
unj unsuitable IL might be. by means OF a
provision limiting injunctions to the
protection Of property rights and enacting
that:
ness Of any particular kind. or at any
part ocular place, or at all. shall be con-
strued, held, considered or treated as
property or as constituting a property
lit is too plain for argument and is the
Law that the manufacturer right to use
his machinery the merchant's right to
sell his goods, every mans right to use
his property and carry on his business Is
a property right which constitutes the
chief value OF property .apd that the
legislation thus demanded, TO withdraw
OF the laws would be class legislation Of
the most dangerous and offensive charao-
ter. To this, according to MIR Gompers.
Mr.. Bryan and the Democratic party have
assented.
But the declarations OF the circular 60
-beyond the occasion, which. calls them
forth and set forth the true attitude OF
Mr.. Bryan and his Democracy toward the
courts. In their view II Is not the Con-
stitution as interpreted by the COURTS
IL 10 not the rules Of law and the existing
statutes as interpreted by the courts: but
1t is the viii OF the people at the moment,
expressed In some other way than through
the courts, which Ia to govern; and for
the courts to render their decisions and
issue and enforce their DEGREES In accord
anoe with their opinion as to what the
provisions OF the Constitution and the
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