The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-13

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ance of injunction without notice very i'm
probable. II requires that no injunction
shah be issued without full notice and
hearing, unless To prevent irreparable in
jury, and that In such case the court
snail make finding from the evidence
adduced pointing out what the injury an
ticiDated is and why irreparabe, and
why there is not time TO give notice, and
after the Injunction shall be issued with
out notice it Is provided that such injunc
ton shall lose its force at the expiration
Of five days unless a hearing is had
Statehood Promise Kept.
THE platform also promised Statehood
10 Arizona and New Mexico. and the bill
providing such Statehood has passed the
House and has been favorably considered
by the committee Of the Senate SO that
there seems to be no reasonable doubt
that this promise will be fully kept.
The Republicans. in their platform.
spoke further. as follows:
We indorse the movemen; inaugur-
ated by the administration for the con-
seryauGn Of natural resources. We APP
lproye all measures 10 prevent the waste
Iof timber. We recommend the work now
Igoing on for the reclamation Of arid lands,
land reafirm the Republican policy of the
free distribution of the available areas
of the public domain to the landless
Isettler
NO obligation of the future is more
iHsistent and none will result in greater
blessings 60 posterity. In line with this
splendid undertaking is the further duty.
!equally imperative. TO enter upon a sys-
tematic Improvement upon a large and
comprehensive plan. just 70 all portions
los the country OF the waterways. har-
bors and Great Lakes. whose natural
Iadaptability to the increasing traffic OF
the land is one OF the greatest gifts Of
a benign Providence. Ia accordance with
this plank, measures for the conservation
OF the public domain for the reclassifca-
ton OF lands according u their greatest
utility, and the vesting Of power in the
executive 10 dispose of coal. phosphate
oil. and mineral lands and OF water
power sites in such "a way a. 20 prevent
their monopoly and union Of ownership
been already introduced and viii doubt
less in form approved by the Congress
be made into law. The subject has at
! uacted the widest interest. and its i'm
lportance is becoming more and more
impressed upon the American people.
Plans Of the River Bill.
/ The river and harbor bill. which has
just been reported by the River and Har-
! Dor Committee of the House. has been
! framed with view 10 complying with
/ the plank Of the platform I have Just
/ quoted. IL has taken the plan for the Inn
provement OF the Ohio from Pittsburg
/ to Cairo az project to be carried out in
a certain number Of years. and # has
T treated similar projects for the improve
ment Of the Missouri from Kansas CITY
/ TO 81 Louis; for the improvement OF the !
! Mississippi from St Paul TO S.. Louis. I
and Of the same river from St Louis 10
Cairo. and hy continuing such acts and
Irregular appropriation these projects will .
I 80 on until they are completed This IS
a change from the previous plans and is |
/ the result Of an extended popular agita- /
/ ton iu favor OF such a system
Following the panic Of 1907. the govern :
mental revenues fell Of and the expendi- !
! lures continued as before. leaving a def I
| cit for the wears l17. 1905 and 1893 There
was. however. no deficit in the whole adj /
mnistration Of Nj Roosevelt when the /
| expenses are compared with the revenues /
In deed. 81 viii be found that under the /
operation of the Dinglev bill. which COW
ers most of his administration and the F.
first six months Of the present admins /
+ traton, the surplus, on the whole was /.
/ about S-J0G00.p0 At the beginning 81 the 4
administration, however. Il was evident /
that with expenses increasing and reve- |
nues decreasing there would be "a con- I
tinuous deficit. and this the Republican
party with its majority in Congress and
the responsibilities placed upon it, has |
proposed TO meet by reducing expendi- !
I lures and increasing revenues.
Il have already shown what the IN |
crease In revenues has been. The pres
ent administration. in its estimates for /
the Year ending June 20. 1911, cut them
some forty odd million dollars below the
actual appropriations Of the year before. /
and now il is proposed 70 appoint a joint /
commission, consisting Of Representa-
tives. Senators, and members appointed
by the Executive who shall examine the /
organization of the various departments /
and bureaus. and by the elimination of /
duplication. the consolidation Of bureaus.
ana the increase in efficiency Of the in
diyidual civil servant shall decrease the
regular permanent cost OF governmental
operation.
Fight for Antitrust Law.
with respect to trusts. the Republican
party spoke as follows in its platform;
The Republican party passed the Sher-
man antitrust law over Democratic Op-
position and enforced after Democratic
derelctiOn. 1t has been a wholesome in
strument for good IN the hands Of a wise
and fearless administration. But expert
ence has shown that its effectiveness can
be strengthened and It's real objects bet
ter attained by such amendments as VIII
give TO the Federal government better
supervision and control over and greater
publicity in the management OF that
class of corporations engaged in inter
state commerce having power and OppOr-
tunity 10 effect monopoles
Since this plank was adopted prosecu-
tions of the tobacco trust and the stand
ard Oil trust, begun in the last admins
tration, have gone on and have resulted
in DEGREES In the Court Of Appeals Of the
Second and Eighth circuits which are
now pending on appeal in the Supreme
Court The DEGREES in each case tear
apart the congeries OF subordinate cor
porations which united by holding COM
panies make up the trust IN each case
and enjoin individuals from a further
maintenance of the nIeaaI combination |