The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
BRYAN ATTACKS TAFT
ON INJUNCTION PLANK

lawmaker and public prosecutor as
well as the Judge. 1t Is the judges
order which is accused is charged
with violating, and it is the Judge
who appears to prosecute the case,
upon which he is to render a
decision.
I'm our federal and state consti-
tutions we have carefully separated
the three departments of govern
ment. and each department is jeal.
GUS of any encroachment upon it's
sphere of activity. The Judge re-
sents any attempt of the legislator
or OF the, executive to usurp the
functions Of the court; the execu-
tive PRESENTS any. attempt of the
court or of the lawmaker to enter
his domain, and the lawmaker is
equally insistent upon the preserva-
ton of his independence. If there
is any time or place where a jury
is needed it is in a case of indirect
contempt. 1t is not strange that
abuses have crept in, for a man
would be more than human to
unite in himself the deliberation of
the legislator, the zeal of the public
prosecutor and the impartiality Of
the Judge.
while the laboring men have
been the first to complain of this
denial of the right of trial by jury
in cases of indirect contempt, it
ought not to be considered a labor
question. The jury system is so
essential to the administration of
justice that the subject ought to
appeal to all who make a study of
the science of government. If citi-
zens would only be on their guard
against the beginnings of evils, it
would be very easy to apply nee
essary remedies, but in the strug-
gle for existence the voters are
often Indifferent to the application
of an erroneous principle until re-
peated applications establish a Gus
tom, and in time a custom crystal
Lies into law.
ut bahooves us, as lovers of our
country and as the friends of lib
ertyi to insist upon the independ-
enre Of the different departments
of our government and upon the
maintenance of the rights which
have been shown by experience to
be- essential to freedom and self
government. The jury system must
be preserved, and we cannot hope
to- preserve it if, for any reason or
under any pretext, we permit any
citizen to be denied the protection
which it furnishes.
According to the declaration of
independence, governments are in
stituted among men to secure to
them the enjoyment of their in
alienable rights. Among these in
alianable rights, three are specific
ally enumerated-life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness. The Sec
ond and third, however, are really
parts of the first, for life means
nothing to the individual If it is
confined to mere animal existence.
Man is distinguished from the
brute in that the latter merely eats
and sleeps and dies, while man is
endowed by the Creator with in
finite possibilities. Liberty is nec-
essary for the realization of man S
possibilities. His conscience must
that he may scatter seed thoughts
to the uttermost parts of the earth
and leave to posterity a record of
his work. He finds in government
the cheapest, as well as the surest,
protection of this liberty, to be, to
think, to speak, to act.
"And what constitutes the pur-
suit Of happiness? Men must have
home and Enthusiastically and So
ciety. He must have food or he
will starve. He must have clothing
and shelter; he must have books,
he must have instruments with
which to work. He must provide
be left free that he may fix for
himself the relation between him
self and his God. His mind must
be left free that he may devise and
plan for himself, for his family and
for his fellows. His speech must
be free that he may give to the
world the results of his investiga-
tons and present to others the
ideal which he is trying to realize
in his work. His pen must be free
during the period of strength for
the years when age dulls his ener-
gies and benumbs his hands. He
may have ambition, he may have
Willingness to work and an envi-
ronment that spurs him on; but
the government may encourage or
la may discourage his efforts. Gov
eminent may bid him hope or
leay e him In despair.
'-lf the government does not as
sure to the individual the enjoy
ment Of the result of his effort,
there is no stimulus to industry.
I'VE have the best government