The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-17

labor trouble on the law instead OF the
equity side Of the court.
Mr.. Emery said with some
emphasis that his Opponents had for
two years had a standing invitation to
nile with the judiciary committee of
congress all the cases they could find
where Injunction had been misused In
iapor disputes. The result had been
tnat less than month ago Is cases
had been filed. covering a period of
nfteen years, and in only one of
these cases had the injunction been
modified
Mr.: Kellogg began running fire of
questions. when Mr.. Emery had con-
cluded his argument.
what objection is there to requiring
nouce? he said. THAT is the nres-
ent practice" was the answer. "Then
what is the objection?"
Il do not see any reason for enactins
into law what would only be a refiec-
ton on the courts
Who would be hurt?''
The Judges, SIR
Chairman Hopkins of the committee
indicated that time was rapidly lapsing
ana cut the colloquy short.
Negro Claims Attention.
Gilchrfst Stewart of New York, a
negro, next claimed the attention of
the committee to inject a little COLOR
INTO the deliberations, as he expressed
1t. Mr.. Stewart wanted two planks
adopted for the benefit Of the black
man. One to be a declaration which
would answer the question:
snail lily whfteism. masquerading
under the Republican banner, be per-
m1tted to nullify the eighth and f1f-
teenth amendments Of the constitu-
tion?"
The other demanded the restoration
Of the innocent discharged soldiers of
the Twenty-f1fth regiment Of infantry
the Brownsville affair.
A protest against any tariff revision
that would fix such a high minimum
rate as to afford no inducement for
the formation of trade agreements was
made by Judge Samuel Cowan Of Fort
Worth, Texas. in behalf of the Ameri-
can Live Stock association. A revision
OF that character he said would force
such condition that the maximum
tariff could be used only for the pur-
pose of retaliation and thus destroy the
real purpose Of a maximum and mimi
mum tariff.
Congressman Serene E. Payne of
New York presented a protest from a
number. of New York business men
against curbing the independence of
courts in the issuance of injunctions.
The last speaker before the commit
tee was John L. Hamilton of Illinois.
president of the American Bankers
association, who opposed a plank IA
voring the establishment of postal
savings banks Mr.. Hamilton told the
committee that the bankers of the
country believe that the Introduction
of such banks would be poor policy;
that they would take from 40 to 60
per cent Of the deposits now in state
savings banks and similar institutions
and would tend to cause still further
withdra wal in times of financial panic.
He thought the matter might safely be
left to the commission established by
the recently adopted Aldrich act. The
room was then cleared and the COM
mittee went into executive session.
The only business transacted in
executive session was the appointment
of subcommittee which was decided
upon at the beginning of the session
and which was composed as follows:
Hopkins of Illinois, chairman;
Long, Kansas; Crane, Massachusetts,;
Kellogg. Minnesota; Payne, New
York; Adams, North Carolina; Ellis,
Ohio; Crawford. South Dakota; Dali
zell, Pennsylvania; Clark, Wyoming;
Warner. Missouri; Dallinger, Wash
ington; Groner. Virginia. =
The full committee adjourned to
meet at 4 O'Clock today, with the I'M
Outstanding that at that time the SUBJ
committee should be prepared to re-
port.
The subcommittee went into session
at 9 o'clock last night.