The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-08


cane the voice o. the people that the
| president sent a special message to
congress urging the establishment OF
| postal savings banks where the
earnings OF our people might be safe
| ~ deposited UndaT the direct control
and responsibility of the federal
government. and where no peculat-
| ing bank cashier or any member OF
the board o. directors could eat up
| the savings OF years
The United States senate showed
its sympathy with this popular de-
| mand and its profound respect Tor
the president 10y adJOurning the Sen
ate while the message was being
read; while over in the House of Rep
reSeDtatiV5s they refused 10 suspnd
the roll call of the house TO receive
the communication which had been
sent there from the White House
The Chicago platform points with
pride to the passage of child labor
/ law for the District of Columbia Let
the republican party go further than
the enactment of penal laws and In
the name of humanity use its vast
energies for the removal O. the con-
ditIOHs that are forcing Our children
into the labor market.
1t Is the reign of monopoly that IS
emptyinS our school houses and I'LL
ing the sweat shops with child labor
and this same system of monopoly
is fast limiting the opportunities for
independent livelihood among those
WAC are forced into the industrial
field and thus it Is dOUDly OHgIJInS
that hope % youth which il former
stages OF our national growth opened
an avenue of honor and independence
to every child reared upon our soil
|, Republican Injunction Plank
The most paEpalle instance OF th9
insinceTity OF the Chicago platform Is
found in its declaration respecting
! the issuance of injunct.ons- 1t would
nave been entitled to more respect L
it had omitted all mention of it AT
session after session of congress,
labor has pleaded for relief from the
abuses of injunctions, but its appeals
have fallen on deaf ears and there
| has been no indication that remedial
| legislation Of any character wCuld be
enacted. The oliCarcny in House and
Senate has decided that nothing shall
be done to weaken any advantage
| that corporations have gained in Ia
| Dor disputes.
The fact is that all our citizens,
without respect to station or occUpa-
tio1 III life, have a genuine respect
! for the courts and desire to maintain
their integrity.
The charge that the courts are be-
ing aSsailed is simply made for the
purpose OF diverting attention from
the real issue Heretofore it has not
been considered treason or an unwar-
rantabIe attack upon the honor of The
courts to define their jurisdiction.
prescribe their procedure, restrict
their processes and generally to nix
the bounds within which judicial func-
tons shall be exercised.
It makes no difference whether the
courts are acting in excess OF their
Jurisdiction or strictly within their
delegated powers In either case the
people have a right 10 throw addition
al safeguards around human liberty.
There can be no reflection upon the
honesty of the courts in the passage
of a measure that will cOnsine the
equity powers of the federal judiciary
within such bounds as the people OF
the United States. through the leg1S-
IatiEe branches of their government
may detrmine. This democratic con
vention must formally and unequ1vo-
caIly pledge itself to such legislation
as will prevent the writ of injunction
from being converted into an lnStru-
ment OF oppression.
We have something to do in this
convention besides pointing out evils
and taking the republican party 10
task for the part 1t has played In
creating and perpetrating abuses
Democracy is once more called to the
front to battle Cor the sacred pr1ncl-
pies of seif-goveTnment- 1t must
wage an uncompromiSing war Tor
the return of the government TO the
hands of the people, and this means
that the phalanx of special interests
must be broken The triumph OF the
people can come only through the
Democratic party, for the life % Its
chief political opponent is so absorb
ed into the artificial life OF the monop-
olies and trusts that it excludes the
hone that the republican party will
ever be able OF willing to regain
separate existence where it can nom
estly discharge its duty 10 the people.
Revision OF Tariff.
With the power and opportunity 10
carry out democratic principles, We
will be called upon to revise our tarln
| laws in the interests OF the whole PEG
| pie. This issue cannot be disposed
| of by the assertion that the rePubl1-
can party also stands for Erln re-
form. Republican revision and demo
cratic revision are two olHerent
things.
| The democratic idea is that where
the tariff enables the trusts to main
tain a system q eXtCTtiOn the duty
should be removed from all trust
made goOis, so that competition from
abroad may compel reasonable prices
10 our own people. There is vast
| difference between the protection OF
| AmriCan induStTiS and the prOJeCJloH
of criminal mOnOpOIieS-
| The expenses OF our government,