Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-22
DECLARES IT A FRAUD.
Bryan AssaiIs Republican Anti
Injunction Plank.
STYLES IT A DECEPTION
Says That It Merely Repeats Lam
guagt of the Statue.
EULOGY OF COURT NEEDLESS
Asserts That the Phrases of the Plat
form Are Less Friendly to Labor
Than Taft's Own Expressions.

Than Taft's Own Expressions.
LINCOLN. Neb.. June 22-Following
up his expression OF Saturday I'm cIiti-
cism OF the republican national platform
in general. William J. Bryan gave out
last night a statement i'm which he as
sailed I'm particular the anti-iniunction
plank OF the Chicago declaration. charac-
terizing il as transparent fraud" the
statement follows:
The anti-in junction plank OF the re-
publican platform. as finally adopted, is a
transparent fraud. IL Is possible that the
members of the committee were buncoed
ny some trust lawyer-that is the only
charitable view that can be taken of II.
Those who advocated the plank claimed
TO be doing IL as a concession TO ths
wage earaers. and yet If one will read
the plank he will see that IL is. in fact.
announcement that the republican par-y
Is unalterably opposed to the laboring
mans position. The plank reads as fol-
lows.
The republican party will uphold at
all times the authority and integrity OF
the col rts. state and federal. and will
ove' irsist that their power to enforce
their processes and to protect If. lib
cry and property shall be preserved in
violate. We believe. however that re
rules Of procedure in federal courts with
:eSpect TO the issuance of a writ OF in
Junction should he more accurately de-
fined by the statute: that m Injunction
or temporary restraining order should be
issued without notice. except where ir-
reparabl injury would result from delay,
CAS- "A n at
Should be granted.
Eulogy of the Courts.
'It will be seen the plank begins with
an unnecessary eulogy of the courts. No
boj' is opposed to upholding ut all times
the authority and integrity OF the courts.
Nobody Is objecting TO the enforcement
of their processes or OF their exc 'C.'e &c
their powers 10 protect life. lib. ~ and
property The plank assumes that so'f.e-
body is attacking the courts and that The
couits are in danger of losing support
or of having their powers weakcned.
There is no attack upon the courts. ard
there is no thought anywhere of inter
fering with any legitimate function of the
count. The republican convention puts UP
nan of straw and then pr Dceeds to
demolish IL. This part of the plank was
written to give assurance to the people
who are opposed to the laborng mans
plea.
Language of the Statute.
And now let us proceed to that part
of the plank which was intended as a
sop to the laboring man. II says: We
believe however. that the rules of pro-
cedure in the federal court. with respect
to the issuance OF a writ of injunction.
should be more accurately defined by the
statute Just what that definition shall
be is not stately
That no injunction or temporary re-
straning order should be issued without
notice. except where irreparable injury
would result from delay. in which case q
speedy hearing thereafter should be
granted
Note the words except where irrepara-
BILE injury would result from delay and
compare this exception with the federal
statute on the subject, and You will find
that under the law, as IL now exists, the
court is not empowered to grant q tenn
porary restraining order. except there
appears to be danger Of irreparable injury
from delay. 1t will be seen that the man
who wrote the injunction plank copied
the statute almost word for word and
made the exception broad as the
statute. If the convention had been
frank I'm the statement of its position, it
would have quoted the present statute,
and said that it was i'm favor of enforc-
ing the law just as ii is. 1t would have
said. whereas at present a court or
judge may grant a temporary restraining
order if there appears to be danger Of
irreparable injury from delay. therefore.
he ii resolved. that We are opposed to
changing it,
THE men who are responsible for the
language of the injunction plank may
have fooled the rest of the committee, and
they may have fooled the convention. but
they cannot fool the laboring men or the
voters in general. The injunction plank
has not even the value of gold-plate
brick. for the plating is brass, as well as
the interior of the brick.
Taft's Own Plank.
1.-THE plank as prepared in advance OF
the convention by Mr.. Taft's friends and
given out Tuesday read follows: We
declare for such amendments Of the
statutes of procedure in the federal courts
with respect to the use of the writ Of in
junction as will. on the one hand. prevent
the summary issue of such orders without
proper consideration. and on the other
will preserve undiminished the power OF
the courts to enforce their process To the
end that justice may be done at all times
and to all parties
1T will be noticed that in this plank
the declaration i'm favor of amendments
comes first and the declaration i'm favor
of preserving undiminished the power OF
the courts TO enforce their processes comes
afterward In the plank as adopted by
the convention the declaration I'm favor OF
the courts comes first and the discussion
of a change in the law comes after
ward.
IF the demand Of the laboring man
was unreasonable. why did not the con-
vention say so? Why did ii resort 10
deception" The republican party will find
that honest course would have been
safer than the dishonest course be pur-
sued.
Secretary Taft is known as the father
of government by Injunction. and his
speeches i'm oklahoma last year gave con-
elusive proof of his adherence TO the
position taken by him on the bench. He
is still i'm favor of the use OF the writ Of
injunction in labor cases, and he is op-
posed to trial by jury.
Taft's Views Publicly Given.
I'm a speech delivered I'm New York
last winter he said. in response 10 ques-
tions. that the law ought to be so amend
ed as TO give a hearing before the in
junction was granted, and even con-
scented that the hearing for contempt
should be before different Judge from
the one who granted the injunction. but