The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-05

erly taken as an encouraSemeht' anu
 an appreciation of their progress anu
 this just policy shall be pursued
 Recognition of Negroes.
 But it may well admit of doubt whether, in the case of any race, an
 appointment of one of their number to a local office in a community in which
 the race feeling is so widespread and acute as to interfere with the ease and
 facility with which the local govern
 ment business can be done by the ap- pointee. is of sufficient benefit by way of encoura cement to the race to out weigh the recurrence and increase or race feeling which such an appointment Is likely to engender. Therefore, the executive, in recognizing the negro
 race by appointments must exercise
 careful discretion not thereby to do It
 more harm than good On the other
 hand we must be careful not to en-
 coura ge the mere pretense of race feel
 ing manufactured in the interest Of 1n-
 dividua1 political ambition.
 Personally I have not the slightest
 race prejudice or feeling. and recog-
 hilton of it's existence only aWakens Tn
 my heart deeper sympathy for those
 who have to bear 1t or suffer from IL, and I question the wisdom of a policy
 
 time. If nothing is done to prevent,
 better feeling between the negroes and the whites in the south will con tinue to grow and more and more Of the white people will come to realize that the future of the south is to be
 much benefited by the industrial and intellectual progress of the negro Ihe exercise of political franchises by those of his race who are intelligent and T xx,i1 ba n and right to vote will be withheld only from the ignorant and irresponsible Of both races.
 Labor Legislation.
 l There is one other matter to which | shall refer. It was made the subject of great controversy during the elec- l tion and calls for at least a passing l reference now. My distinguished pre- l decessor has given much attention 10 i the cause of labor, with whose strug- gle for better things he has shown
 the sincerest sympathy. At his 1n- 1 stance, Congress has passed the bill 1 fixing the liability of interstate car
 riers to their employees for injury sus- tained fin the course of employment, abolfshing the rule of fellow servant and the common law rule as to con- tributory negligence. and substituting
 therefor the so-called rule of compara- tive negligence. It has also passed a | law fixing the compensation of govern
 ment employees for injuries sustained in the employ of the government through the negligence of the superior. It also passed model child labor law for the District of Columbia. In previous ad- ministrations an arbitration law for 1n- terstate commerce railroads and their employees, and laws for the application of safety devices to save the lives ana limbs of employees of interstate rali- roads had been passed. Additional leg islation of this kind was passed by the outgoing Congress.
 l I wish to say that insofar as l can, l hope to promote the enactment or 1ur- ther legislation of this character. ] am
 strongly convinced that the government 1 should make itself as responsible to em-
 ployes injured in it's employ as an inter- state railway corporation is made respon- | sible by federal law to its employees; and 1 I shall be glad. whenever any additional
 reasonable safety device can be invented 1 to reduce the loss of life and limb among
 railway employees, to urge Congress to re-
 quire it's adoption by interstate rail- | ways
 Injunction Disputes
 | Another labor question has arisen which 1 has awakened the most excited discus l sion. That is in respect to the power of
 
 industrial disputes. As to that, my con- l victions are fixed. Take away from 1 courts, if it could be taken away the
 power to issue injunctons in labor dis | puteS, and it would create privilege class 1 among the laborers and save the laWless l among their number from a most needful ! remedy available to all men for the pro- 1 lection of their business against lawless 1 invasion. The proposition that business | is not property or pecunary right which | can be protected by equitable injunction | is utterly without foundation in precedent l or reason. The proposition is usually l linked with one to make the secondary l boycott lawful Such a proposition is at | variance with the American instinct and
 will find no support in my judgment when
 submitted to the American people The I secondary boycott is an instrument of l tyranny, and ought not, to be made egiti-
 mate.
 ] The issuing of a temporary restraining | order without notice has in several in 1 stances been abused by it's inconsiderate
 exercise. and to remedy this the platform upon which 1 was elected recommends the | formulation in a statute of the conditions 1 under which such a temporary restraining order ought to issue. A statue can and ought to be framed to embody the best
 modern practice, and can bring the sub 1 ject so closely to the attention of the | court as to make abuses or the process ] unlikely in the future. American people, ! if I understand them, insist that the au- 1 thority of the courts shall be sustained l and are opposed to any change in the pro l cedure by which the powers of court
 may be weakened and the fearless and eff l fective administration of justice be inter- I fered with.
 | Having thus reviewed the questions like | ly to recur during my administration, and f having exDressed in a summary way the | position which I expect to take in recom- i mendations to Congress and in my con- i duct as an executive, invoke the conslo- | crate sympathy and support of my fellow | citizens, and the aid of Almighty God in the discharge of my responsible duties.
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