Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-03-05

6sL0t 1nEsFfGEe#AH5th the ease ana Y
q facility with lichs The local govern
@ment business can sslbe done Dy the
5pointea iss of# suf1c lent benefit by way
lot encouragement lei race to OUT
weigh the recurrence and crease OH
race feeling which such AN appoint
I ment Isl likely to engende lei. I1h erefore
The executive ins recogn izing3 the negro Il
race by appoin ents must exercise d &
careful dfscr etion not thereby Us do Sit h
!. more harm than ood.. On the other
! hand we must eful not to en-
courage the mere preisnse sof race feel
Ing manu- fractured In he interest ofs lii HI
ividual official amb1ti 81.
1 d No Race Feeling hite Ii Il use. sa3
I Personally 4 LAY not the slightest
race :prejudic EorS feelin &, and Isecogni3
\ ton of Its existence $oo,nl ID Wakens lii q
my heart q deeper sympathy FOR those
Il who have I'D bear 1t Of ssuffer from HI.
and 4 question the wisdom of b policy
which rs likely to increase IT. Mean
time, II thing II done to prevent a.
better feeling between the negroes ana !
\ the b u whites Hi the south viii con anue
to grow, and more and more 81 the
white people VIII come to3S realize that /
the future OF the south Ills Ito be much 4
benefited BY the indus trial and 1 intel
lectual progress Of the negro !. he ex4
ercise Of political ! chises byS those "
+ OF his race who n are INTEL gent and II
well to do Will be acquiesced III. and 4
the right to vote will be withheld vi y:s3
from the b. Ignorant and irresp onsibles of 1
4 both races. RI u
s5.s u, The Labor Question
! There is one other matt ter to which Il 4
shall refer. Tt was made the. subject.
Eof great controv during the cleo
lion s end calls a for at least passing
reference ret g now Is MY 1isting uished pred
ecess $50 has given much a tention to
/ the cause Of labor ith whose strug-
gle Tor better things he has shown the !:
sincerest sympa thy. AT his instance
congress has passed the bin fixing the
liability Of Interstate carriers to their
EN- employees for injury sustained iii the
course Of employment, polishing the
ruleaof fellow servant and the common i
law rule as to contri butory negligence J.
I and az substituting therefor the so called \:
rule Of comparative negligence. 1t has B
also passed q law fixing the compen- IS
50 ton Of government employees for i
injuries sustained III the employ 81 the b
government through the negligence 81 4
the superior. It also passed a model
child labor law for the District of Co
iumbia. In previous atd Ininist ira ions 4
( Q! an q arbitration law for interstate col
merce railroads and their employees 4
and laws Tor the; applic lea ion of sal ETY.,
devices to save the lives and limbs of 4
employees Of Interstate railroads had Il
been passed. ditional legislation :of !
this kind was; passed BY the outgoing
congress- VII $ SSs1
5ssssI wish to say that, in SO far as il can.
b Il hope to promote the enac tnesnt of I
further Y legisiaH ion Of 81 this charac ter.
~ am strongly convinced that The gov
eminent should ma Ike itself as respon-
stble to employees injured In its en- /
pfoy as an terstate railway corpora
4 tonl is made responsible by federal 1
law, to its emplo yees, and / shall be !
glad, whenever any adj stional easona-
BILE safety device can be invented to !.
reduce the loss OF, life and limb among
i railway employees, to urge congress
TO-, require Its adoption BY Interstate
railways. II Il; ID Il YIN III
~ &. Use 81 lnjunctions Necessary. II
Another labor question has arisen
!. which has awakened the most excited &
discussion That Is Id respect toS the 4
4 power OF the federal courts to issue 3
tnjunc lions in indust trial disputes &. AS i
to that, my convictions are dxed. Take !.
1 away from courts, If 1t could be taken
away, the power to issue injunc tons
" labor disputes, and 1T would create
- privileged class among tie Iaborers
and 9 1ttl save the lawless among their mum.
Der from q most needful remedy avail
B able TO all men for the protection ofI
their business against lawless Invasion. !.
&The prop sition that business Is not 81 !
property or PEI uniary right Nv hich can j
be protected BY equitable injunctt ION III
utterly without foundation In prece-
I dent or reason. he pro ion lis
usually linked with one tos make the "
ndary boycott law full. such /. i
prop sition :is lat Yariance WITH the 4:
American instinct and viii and 10 q
@support, in my judg ment, when submit
led ted to the rican people. The sec
0ndary boycott IS an instrument Isl !
tyranny and ought not to- Be made /
Legitimate .5ssS
s me las Issuing Of g temp orary restrain
3 ing order hout mott Ice has ii several
& ins sfa az been abused by Its neon
!: siderate exercise, ana to rermed In thiss
the platform upon which q was was elect B
ed recon fnrlends the formula tion5 III : ~
/ sta tute Ssof the condi ions under whic
4 such n g temp orary restra lining order
gu light 10 issue A sta tute can and
ought to be framed ito embody the best
\ modern aetice and can bring the sub
a5ect 40 cIose1y Ito the at ten ION Isl tf,e8ssS4
court as abuses Of the proc ISL I
uni ely n the future Ameriea n PEG
PFC. H IND them Insist that i
the &aylt fOI,if 81, u a II