The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-02-27


to rise to its feet.
"6a!'at a Your Wsapea."
Your have the weapon in YOUR
hands. It is not the bomb. it is not
the gun. There is no need of using
force at all. The ballot is your
weapon, And the man behind the
ballot must be like the man behind
the gun: he must know where to nut
IT, to make 1t effective. applause
That Is your remedy, and II you don't
adopt It, whose fault Is it? It is
Your own fault.
You complain about Judges. WAY
should you complain about judges !?
no You elect any judges? You re-
member the letters that were read in
the last campaign telling how judges
were named because Mr.. ARCHIBALD
wanted them named; how one eon=
kreasnaa:H was put cut In Pennsylvania
ana another was PVT in because Mr..
AreFepold wanted the change. -.
FeN know the Judges elettea to tho
court OF appeals. OF those dve JUDGES
elected in the last feur yearsSyou have
hal nothing to say at AL. They TeFe
pnt On by the committees of both
parties. tha hlFgain was made and
you had nethtnG "a say about it. So
,seu needn't complain aheut the JuaEes,
Courts A'wa4e Wsre Auteeratie.
Ths nsuspatien Of the legislative
junction hy theeourts II no new thips
~ hlatary.. Fl is q logical consequence
al tho diviaienss Of tho peeple Into
classes 4y :tha twneFshln on the part
at q comparative few OF the material
resources upon which the lives Of the
many depend.
When by the operation Of special
privilege such q condltian is brought
about and the legialataF politicians
who may be turned cut by an aroused
peanle NO longer dare to do the ruth
less will Of the owning class; the
courts are called upon to make, to
interpret, and, II need be, to execute
the lay. The historic bred Scott de-
ctsion and the income tax decision
are both notable instances of judicial
response to the mandate Of property
interests.
It Is not, however, my intention to-
night as spokesman Of the pro-
ducing classes to visit upon the courts
any Incorporate criticisms. The re-
cent lashings Of these bodies by the
president Q fthe United States; the
sneering attitude Of contempt mani
tested by Mr.. Edward II. Hartman
and others, and the shocking perform
ance Of the Standard OH company,
which, while on trial before the SUI
preme court Of the state of Ohio,
burned its books and spat In the faee
OF that body; these judicial hunilia-
tions are quite sufficient to inspire the
courts to seek some culprit sufficiently
defenseless to receive their mandates
In an attitude Of respect.
And If the courts are going to be
allowed to nnllify statutes unanimous
~ approved by the elected delegates
Of the people and the elected president
Of the peepie and public opinion and
public sentiment On the ground that
ia their opinion, the opinion Of ave
OLD gentlemen sitting ia Washlngtea
holding 2 nparesis, trembling In their
feef, tfKlne to keep " appearances Of
being still alive; eoipe te slesp when
even @9senh Choafe is arguing befere
tnem-an act Of cengrese unanimously
approved by the peaple and the dele
oates Of The people, In Al aeceunt Of
some technicality void and unenfarce-
able and to be dlgoheyed' by the courts
and Mr.. Rockefelier and others, then
! SAY that when the constitution is
an tae side Of the people: it IL I'M
anttely Haars sacred, and ve are cow
ards, We are peltroess if we allow
the principle Of constitutional pre-
qominance and sacreAness to be i'm
naireA when It stands for the people,
and tolerated when it sees against the
people.
From nobody must we tolerate
tyranny. From nobody must we allow
2 government Of anything but law.
No law which the people can't under
stand and approve y good law, TAP
plause:1 The people are the only
source on this earti, Of authority.
Capitalize clas. on Triai,
It u not gpHpers ana Morrison and
Mitchell who are on trial. Il is the
entire class which would send then,
to jaii that 10 on trial; the class that
lives in dull content on Fifth avenue
while on the Rast side $4,000 chill
dren 90 supperless' to bed; the class
that thinks only II its profits. while
the white plague raYagas it, tene-
naents; the class which clutches the