Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-22
 ]. BY BRYAN
Comments on Republican ] Injunction Plank.
NOT EVEN GOLD BRICK

It's Plating is Brass, as We'll as It's
 Interior, Declares Nebraskan-Says It
 Means Nothing More or Less Than
 Restatennent of Present Statute-May
 Have Fooled Committee and Conven-
 tion, but Cannot Deceive Labering
 Men or Voters In General, He Says.
 Lincoln, Neb., June 22.-Following up his criticism of the Republican na- tional platform in general, William J. Bryan gave out statement in which he assails in particular the anti-injunc- tion plank of the Chicago declaration, characteriZing 1t as transparent fraud" The statement says: ''The anti. injunction plank of the Republican platform as finally adopted is a trans parent fraud. It is possible that the members of the committee were bun coed by some trust lawyer. That is the only charitable view that can be taken of it. Those who advocated the plank claimed to be doing it as concession to the wage earners and yet if one will read the plank he will see that it is, in fact, an announcement that the Republican party is unalterably op- posed to the laboring mans position.
 The plank begins with an unneces- sary eulogy of the courts. Nobody is opposed to upholding at all times the authority and integrity of the courts. There is no attack upon the courts, and there is no thought anywhere of interfering with any legitimate func- tion of the court
 "The Republican convention puts up a man of straw and then proceeds to demolish it. This part of the plank was written to give assurance to the people who are opposed to the labor ing mans plea. And now let us pro ceed to that part of the plank which was intended as sop to the laboring man. It says: We believe, however, that the rules of procedure in the fed eral courts with respect to the issuance of a writ of injunction should be more accurately defined by the stat ute. Just what that definition shall be is not stated)
 Calls Attention to Wording.
 "That no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice, except where irrepara- ble injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing thereafter shall be granted Note the words.
 "NOte the words except where ire parable injury would result from that delay and compare this exception with the federal statute on the subject and you will find that under the law as it now exists the court is not empowered to grant temporary restraining order except there appears to be danger of irreparable injury from delay. It will be seen that the man who wrote the injunction plank copied the statute al- most word for word and made the ex- ception as broad as the statute. If the convention had been frank in the state ment of its position it would have quoted the present statute and said that it was in favor of enforcing the law just as 1t Is.
 "FooIed Committee and Convention"
 'The men who are responsible for the language of the injunction plank may have fooled the rest of the com mlttee. and they may have fooled the convention, but they cannot fool the la boring men or the voters in general The injunction plank has not even the value of a gold plated brick. for the plating is brass, as well as the interior of the brick. ssN -~r
 Secretary Taft Is known as the fa- 'ther of government by injunction, and his speeches in Oklahoma Last year gave conclusive proof of his adherence 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"