Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-08
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most unfav0rably with that OF every
country in Europe -even the poorest.
The terms OF the act are also a
hardship In prohibiting payment IN
eases where the accident Is In any
way due TO the negligence OF the en-.
ployee. 1t 10 inevitable that daily IA.
miiiaFity with danger win lead men 10
take chances that can be construed
into negligence.
| ! renew my recommendation nada
IN previous message that half hoIl.
days be granted during the summer 20
oil wageworkers in government en-
ploy.
l also renew my recommendation
that the principle Of the eight hour
day should as rapidly and as far as
practicable be extended to the entire
work being carried on by the govern
ment.
The Courts.
] most earnestly urge upon the con-
gress the duty Of increasing the totally
inadequate salaries now given 10 our
judges On the whole, there ia no
body Of public servants who do az
valuable work nor whose moneyed
reward Ia 10 inadequate compared TO
their work. Beginning with the su-
preme court, the Judges should have
their salaries doubled.
Il Is earnestly to be desired that
some method should be devised for do
Ing away with the long delays which
now obtain in the administration OF
Justice and which operate with pecuI-
iar severity against persons OF small
means and favor only the very crimi-
nails whom II IL most desirable to pun
fish.
At the last election certain leaders
or organized labor made q violent and
sweeping attack upon the entire ju-
dietary Of the country, an attack
couched in such terms as 70 include
the most upright, honest and broad
minded judges no less than those Of
narrower mind and more restricted
outlook. Last year before the house
committee on the judiciary these same
labor leaders formulated their de-
manda. specifying the bill that con-
tained them, refusing all compromise,
stating they wished the principle Of
that bill or nothing They insisted on
a provision that in a labor dispute no
Injunction should issue except to pro-
tect a property right and specifically
provided that the right to carry on
business should not be construed as d
property right, and In a second pro.
vision their bill made legal in labor
dispute any act or agreement by or
between two or more persons that
would not have been unlawful II done
by a single person. In other words,
this bin legalized blackllsting and boy.
cotting In every form. The demand
was made that there should be trial
BY jury In contempt cases, thereby
most seriously impairing the authority
OF the courts. All this represented a
course Of policy which, II carried out,
would mean the enforcement Of class
privilege In It's crudest and most
brutal form and the destruction OF
one OF the most essential functions Of
the judiciary IN all civilized lands.
The wageworkers, the wOrklngmen,
the laboring men Of the country. by the |
way In which they repudlated the Of.
fort to get them to cast their votes In |
response to an appeal to class hatred /
have emphasized their sound patriotism
and Amerlcanlsm.
Courts lmperllsd BY Judges.
But the extreme reactIonarles, the |
persons who blind themselves to the /
wrongs now and then committed by /
the courts ON laboring men. should |
also think seriously as to what such a
movement as this portends. The
courts are jeoparded primarily by the
action OF these federal and state
Judges who show inability or unwlll-
lngncss to put stop to the wrong
doing Of very rich men under modern
Industrial conditions.
There are certain decisions by va
rious courts which have been exceed.
lnRly detrimental 70 the rights OF
wageworkers. This Is true OF AL the
decisions that decide that men and
women are by the constitution guar.
anteed their liberty" 60 contract to
enter a dangerous occupation, or to
work an undesirable or improper num-
Der Of hours. or to work IN unhealthy
aud therefore cannot re-
sOyer damages when MANNED In that
aud cannot be forbidden
10 work what the legislature decides u
~ excessive number Of hours, or to
AIRY ON the work under conditions
which the legislature decides 20 be un-
healthy. II
There is also. think. ground for
ne belief that substantial injustice 4
'ften suffered by employees IN conse-
Iuence Of the custom OF courts fssn-
ng temporary lnjunctions without no !
Ice to them and Furnishing them for
ontempt of court IN instances where.
. q matter Of fact, they have no
Of any proceedings. Pro.
ision should be made that no in1unc-
lon or temporary restraining order
sue otherwise than on notice. EXCEPT 9
there irreparable lninry would other.
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