Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
President Fears Party Disruption

the commission, but maintaining al
ways the principle of competition be-
tween naturally competing lines and
avoiding the common control of such
1 lines by any means whatsoever. We
favor such national legislation and SUI
pervision as will prevent the future
overissue of stocks and bonds by inter-
state carriers
A bill to carry out these declarations
has been introduced in both house and
senate and is now being considered be-
fore the appropriations committees of
these bodies, and there Is every hope
that the bills thus introduced in sub
J stantially the same shape as intro
duced will be enacted into law
Indeed, this railroad measure goes
| further than the promise of the plat
/ form, for. while it subjects the issue
of stock and bonds to the restrictive
supervision of the commission and pre-
vents further watering of securities,
and forbids the acquisition by a rail-
road company of stock in a competing
! line it also puts very much more power
| into the hands of the commission for
the regulating of rates, and it facili-
tates in every way the ease of super
vision by the commission of the rail-
roads to secure a compliance by the
railroads with the rights of the public
and of the shipper
! Siai SRoi w ~ h'SAhJ
| The bill was prepared by the attor-
] ney general after a full conference
with the interstate commerce commits
sion, with representatives Of the ship
| pers and with representatives of the
! railroads and while it was not the re-
| suit of an agreement between all par
4 ties in interest. it was drafted with a
view to meet all the fair objections
and suggestions made by every one OF
them.
| The platform further says:
"The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority and integrity
of the courts, state and federal, and
will ever insist that their powers to en-
| force their processes and to protect
life, liberty and property. shall be pre-
served inviolate. We believe, how
ever, that the rules of procedure in the
federal courts with respect to the issu-
ance of injunction should be more accu-
rately defined by statute, and that no
| injunction or temporary restraining or
der should be issued without notice
except where irreparable injury would
result from delay. in which case
speedy hearing thereafter should be
granted
A bill to carry out exactly this prom
ise has been introduced in both the
senate and house, and will doubtless
come up for consideration and passage.
The bill does not go as far as Mr.. Com
pers and the Federation of Labor de-
mand, but it goes as far as the Repup-
lican convention was willing to let 1t
go, and it was so drawn as to make
the abuse of the injunction writ, with
out notice, very improbable.
| 1t provides no injunction shall be Is
sued without full notice and hearing
unless to prevent irreparable injury.
and that in such cases the court snail
make a finding from the evidence ad-
duced, pointing out what the injury
anticipated is and why irreparable ana
why there is not time to give notice,
and If the injunction shall be issued
without that notice it Is provided that
Injunction shall lose its force at the ex-
piration of five days unless a hearing
| is had.
Another Promise
! The platform also promised state
hood to Arizona and New Mexico, ana
the bill providing such statehood has
passed the house and has been favor
! ABLY 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:
1--WE indorse the movement inaugu-
rated by the administration for the
conservation Oh iOoOuiNNS5 W
approve all measures to prevent the
waste of timber; we commend the work
now going on for the reclamation or
arid lands and reaffirm the Republican
policy of the free distribution of the
available areas of the public domain to
the landless settler. No obligation Oh
the future is more insistent and none
will result in greater blessings TO pos
terity.
I'm line with this undertaking is the
further duty, equally imperative, to
enter upon a systematic Improvement
upon a large and comparative plan.
! lust to all portions of the country, OF
the waterways, harbors and the great
lakes. whose natural adaptablllty 10
incoming traffic of the land is one of
the greatest gifts of benign ProVl-
, dence."
In accordance with this plank, meas
rres for the conservation of the pubic
domain, for the re-classihcatlon OF
lands according to their greatest utll-
ity and the Vesting of power in the ex-
| ecutive to dispose of coal, phosphate.
oil and mineral lands and of water
power sites in such way as to prevent
their monopoly and union Of ownership
IN syndicate or combination have been
already introduced and will doubtless,
in a form approved by congress- pe
made into law. The subject has at
| traCted the WIDEST Interest anu ItS ~
portance is becoming more and more
| impressed upon American people
Objections Overcome
The river and harbor bill, which has
lust been reported by the river and
harbor committee of the house, has
been framed with a view to complying
with the plank of the platform Whlch
l have above quoted.
II has taken the plan for the inn
provement of the Ohio river from
Pittsburg to Cairo as project to be
carried out in certain number OF
wears, and it has treated similar pro
| iects for improvement of the Missouri
from Kansas City to st. Louis; of the
Mississippi from ST. Paul to st. Louis,
and of the same river from st. Louis
to Cairo, and by continuing contracts
and appropriations these projects will
go on until they are completed. This
| is a change from the previous plans
and is the result of an extended pop
ular agitation in favor of such sys-
tenn.
Following the panic of 1907 the gov
| ernment revenues fell off and the eX-
penditures continued as before, leav-
| ing deficit for the years 1907, 1908
and 1909 There was, however, no
deficit in the whole administration of
Mr. Roosevelt when the expenses are
compared with the revenues. Indeed,
! it will be found that under the opera
ton of the Dingley bill, which covers
most of his administration and the
first six months Of the present admin
istration, the surplus, on the whole,
was about $3.50, 100000.
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