Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-03-10

| smooth and easy as we can Any
recognition Of their distinguished men,
any appointment to Office from among
their number, Is properly taken as an
encouragement and an appreciation OF
their progress, and this just policy
shall be pursued.
| The Appointment of Negroes.
But it may well admit of doubt
whether in case of any race an APP
pointment of one of their number to
a local Office in 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 APP
| pointee is Of sufficient benefit by way
of encouragement to the race to out
weigh the recurrence and increase of
race feeling which such an appoint
ment is likely to engender. Therefore
| the executive in recognizing the negro
race by appointments must exercise a
careful discretion not thereby to do it
more harm than good. On the other
hand, we must be careful not to en-
courage the mere pretense of race feel
| ing manufactured in the interest of in
dividual political ambition.
No Race Feeling In White House.
Personally I have not the slightest
race prejudice or feeling, and recogni-
ton of its existence only awakens in
my heart a deeper sympathy for those
who have to bear it or suffer from it,
| and question the wisdom of a policy
which is likely to increase it. Mean
! time, If nothing is done to prevent, q
better feeling between the negroes and
| the whites in the south will continue
| 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 intel
lectual progress of the negro. The ex-
ercise of political franchises by those
of his race who are intelligent and
well to do will be acquiesced in, and
the right to vote will be withheld only
from the ignorant and irresponsible Of
both races.
The Labor Question.
There is one other matter to which l
shall refer 1t was made the subject
of great controversy during the cleo
| ton and calls for at least a passing
reference now. Ny distinguished pred
ecessor has given much attention to
the cause of labor, with whose strug-
| gle for better things he has shown the
sincerest sympathy. At his instance
| congress has passed the bill fixing the
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| employees for injury sustained in the
course Of employment, abolishing the
| rule of fellow servant and the common
law rule as to contributory negligence
and substituting therefor the so called
rule of comparative negligence. 1t has
| also passed a law fixing the compen-
| sation of government employees for
injuries sustained in the employ of the
| government through the negligence of
the superior. 1t also passed a model
child labor law for the District of Co
lumbia. In previous administrations
an arbitration law for interstate COM
MERGE railroads and their employees
| and laws for the application of safety
devices to save the lives and limbs of
employees of interstate railroads had
| been passed. Additional legislation of
this kind was passed by the outgoing
| congress.
| wish to say that, in so far as can,
| I hope to promote the enactment of
| further legislation of this character.
| I am strongly convinced that the gov
eminent should make itself as respon-
| sible to employees injured in it's en-
| ploy as an interstate railway corpora
| ton is made responsible by federal
law to its employees, and / shall be
| glad, whenever any additional reasona-
| BILE safety device can be invented to
reduce the loss Of life and limb among
| railway employees, to urge congress
to require its adoption by interstate
railways.
Use Of Injunetions Necessary.
| Another labor question has arisen
which has awakened the most excited
discussion. That is in respect to the
power Of the federal courts to issue
| injunctions in Industrial disputes. AS
to that, my convictions are fixed. Take
away from courts, if it could be taken
away, the power to issue injunctiOns
in labor disputes, and it would create
privileged class among the laborers
and save the lawless among their num-
Der from a most needful remedy avail
able to all men for the protection of
| their business against laWless invasion.
The proposition that business is not a
property or pecuniary right which can
be protected by equitable injunction is
utterly without foundation in prece-
| dent or reason. The proposition is
usually linked with one to make the