Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-11

whether; In case Of my . m up.
pointment Of one Of their number to
q local office In q community In which
the race feeling is o widespread
and acute as to interfere with the
ease and facility with which the local
government business can be done by
the appointee, is Of sufficient benefit
by way Of encouragement to the race
to outweigh the recurrence and In
crease Of race feeling which such
an appointment is likely to engen-
der. Therefore, the Executive, In
recognizing the negro race by ap-
pointments must exercise a careful
discretion not thereby to do it more
harm than good. On the other hand
we must be careful not to encourage
the mere pretense Of race feeling
manufactured in the interest Of in
dividual political ambition.
Personally I have not the slight
est race prejudice or feeling, and
recognition Of its existence only
awakens in my heart a deeper SYM
pathy for those who have to bear it
or suffer from it. and I question the
wisdom Of a policy which is likely
to increase it. Meantime, if moth
ing is done to prevent, a better feel
ing 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 in
tellectual progress Of the negro. The
exercise 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 ire
sponsible Of both races.
Labor, and Protection Of Employees.
There is one other matter to which
I shall refer. It was made the sub
iect Of great controversy during the
election, and calls for at least a pass
ing reference now. My distinguished
predecessor has given much attention
to the cause Of labor, with whose
struggle for better things he has
shown the sincerest sympathy. At
his instance, Congress has passed the
bill fixing the liability Of interstate
carriers to their employees for injury
sustained in the course of employ
ment, ab%olishing the rule Of fellow
servant and the common law rule as
to contributory negligence, and sub
shutting therefor the so-called rule
of comparative negligence. It has
49, 10000 1-~r G-.a- H. oo~o~o~
sation Of government employees for
injuries sustained in the employ OF
the government through the negli-
gence of the superior. It also passed
a model child labor law for the Dis
/ trict Of Columbia. In previous adj
ministrations an arbitration law fol
interstate railroads and
. their employees, and laws for the ap-
. plication Of safety devices to saw
: the lives and limbs Of employees OF
interstate railroads had been passed
I wish to say that in so far as
can, / hope to promote the enactment
/, of further legislation of this char
acter. I am strongly Convinced thai
the Government should make Itself
r as responsible to employees injured
in its employ as an interstate rail
way corporation is made responsible
by federal law Of its employees; and
h I shall be glad whenever any add
tional, reasonable safety device cal
s be invented to reduce the loss of lif'
and limb among railway employees
: to urge Congress to require its adop
ton by interstate railways.
. The Injunction.
: Another labor question has arisel
+ which has awakened the most excite'
j discussion. That is in respect to tn
3 power Of the Federal courts te
! issue injunctions in industrial dis
IS putes. AS to that, my conviction:
r. are fixed. Take away from courts
n if it could be taken away, the powe
;e to issue iniunctions in labor dispute
!, and it would create a privileged elias
4 among the laborers and save the Law
u less among their number from a mo-
~ needful remedy available to all me
for the protection Of their bushes
against lawless invasion. The prt
to position that business is not a pr
&c perty or pecuniary right which ca
Is be protected by equitable injunctio
GO is utterly without foundation in pr
II cedent or reason. The proposition
ut usually linked with one to make Il
secondary boycott lawful. Such
+o proposition is at variance with th
~ American instinct and will find n
rs. support in my judgment when SUI
- mitted to the American DeODle. IN
NJ. secondary boycott is an instrume1
in Of tyranny, and ought not to be MAJ
Of legitimate.
If The issuing Of a temporary r.
III straining order without notice has
70 several instances been abused by
IN inconsiderate exercise, and to reme'
this, the platform upon which l W
= elected recommends the formulate
nv in a statute Of the conditions und