The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-28
Workingmen Have Right of Organi-
cation, Strike and Direct Boycott.


of this question it is the duty of
, citizen and legislator to view the
, subject from the standpoint of the
, man who believes himself to be
unjustly treated as we'll as from
that of the community.
81 have suggested the remedy of
returning in such cases to the
original practice under the old sta
tute of the United States and the
rules in equity adopted by the SUI
preme court, which did not permit
the issuing of an injunction with
out notice. In this respect the re-
4, publican convention adopted an
| other remedy that, without going
so far, promises to be efiicacious in
securing the proper consideration
in such cases by courts by formu-
! lating into a legislative act the
best present practice.
with respect to notice, the DEM
ocratic platform contains no rec
ommendation. It's only ineligible
declaration in regard to injunction
suits is the reiteration of the plank
I in the platforms of 1896 and 1904
providing that, in prosecutions for
contempt in federal courts where
violation of the order constituting
contempt charged is outside the
presence of the court there shall
be a jury trial.
1.-THE extended operation of such
provision to weaken the power
of the courts in the enforcement
Of lawful orders can hardly be
over-stated. The administration of
justice lies at the foundation of the
government. The maintenance of
the authority of the courts is es-
sential unless we are prepared to
embrace anarchy. Never in the
history of the country has there
been such an insiduous attack upon
the judicial system as the proposal
to interject jury trial between all
orders of the courts made after a
full hearing and the enforcement
of such orders"
In discussing interstate regula-
lions Taft said:
when employees of an interstate
railway enter upon peaceful
strike to secure better wages, in
common law this Is not restraint of
trade or violation of the rights of
the company or the public. 1t
ought not be made violation OF
the antitrust law.
"In the matter of putting
limitation upon Asiatic immigra-
ton referred to in the democratic
platform it Is sufficient to say that
the present republican administra-
ton shows itself able to minimize
the evils suggested and the subse-
Quent republican administration
can be counted upon to continue
the same policy.
"If elected ! snail urge upon con-
gress that law be passed requir-
ing the filing in federal office of
statement of contributions re-
ceived by committees and candi-
dates in elections.
I'm my Judgment an amenH>eent
to the constitution for an income
tax is not necessary. With respect
to the ELECTION of senators by the
people, personally ! am inclined to
favor lit, but it is hardly a party
question.
THE democratic platform rec
ommends tax on national banks
and such state banks as may come
In, in the nature of enforced in
surance to raise the guaranty fund
to pay depositors of any bank
which fails. The proposition is to
tax the honest, prudent banker to
make up for the dishonesty and
imprudency of others. If the pro-
posal were adopted exactly as the
democratic platform suggests 1t
would bring the whole banking
system of the country down in
ruins"
Taft enumerated the violations
of business honesty and fidelity
that crept into financial affairss in
the past 10 years, crediting Pres.
Roosevelt with leading the move
ment for reform and laying down
the doctrine that the rich violator
of law should be as amenable to
restraint and punishment as the Of
fender without wealth and infiu-