The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-10-07
SUPREME COURT
/. C0AVEAES MONDAY
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| .argely ON account OF there not being
full benCa last term, many import
ant cases were set for argument, out
of their turn. for Tuesday. The con
tipuing vacancies may cause the fur
Their postponement of several OF them
The death OF Solicitor General Bow
ers may also result in the postpone
mene OF number of government
cases
The Virginia Dispute.
The first big case set for argument
Is the dispute between the state OF
West Virginia and the common
wealth OF Virginia as TO the amount
of money the former owes the latter
hy reason Of the formation Of separ-
ate governments. Charles +, Little
field, special master OF the court, last
spring reported that the amount va
ried from about s3,000000 TO about
s9,00a,Go0 according to the basis that
might be accepted for a settlement
Some of the most prominent lawyers
lin the country will appear before the
court to argue on exceptions to the
report, which will be preparatory to
final judgment in the case.
Peonage Case.
Immediately following the Virgins
case. the court will hear the famous
peonage eases from Florida. Only
the favorable action Of the supreme
court, it is said, can now save sey
eEal men from going to the federal
|penitentiary for alleged violations o
1.-THE laws against compulsory service
w. s. Harlan. general manager of the
Jackson Lumber company. with bis
mills near Iockart, Ala. has bee,
sentenced to serve eighteen month";
/ at hard labor in the federal peniten
/ tiary al Atlanta, Ga. and to pay fin'
: OF $4,000. Robert Gallagher, loggin'
superintendent, to fifteen months an,
a fne OF $1,000; c G. Hilton and S. Z
Higgins, employees, TO thrice
months and a fine of $1,000, all 70
having conspired to commit the q
sense known as peonage. The accuse
are seeking to he released on writ
lof habeas corpus. the claim being tina
the sentence TO hard labor was illega
and that the trial court had no iurit
dietion and thar the grand jury wa
not constituted according to law
Labor Laws
Scarcely Of less interest in the Il
Dor world viii be the cases iHvolyln
the cons5itutionaiity Of the EMPLOY
ers Liability law of 1898 This LAY
was pas5ed by cong ~ess to take III
place Of the act nuIliied by the 81
preme court because it applied to II
tra.state commerce as we'll as TO ii
Iterstate The present law has bee
attacked along the same lines.
Buck Stove Case.
OF even greater interest is the cas-
involving the contempt proceeding
against the American Federation q
Labec Samuel Gompers, president Q
1.-The federation is under sentence t
serve twelve months in jail job
Mitchell, formerly president of tn
United Mine Workers, nine months
and Frank Morrison, secretary of til
federation. six months, all for allege
contempt Of the supreme court of tn
District of Columbia in that they di
regarded the injunction to cease il
terfering with the business OF tn
Bucks Stove and Range Company {
St. Louis which had brought su
against them 10 prevent them fro
boycotting it. All the points in ii
/ controversy are 10 he laid before II
! court for final decision.
} Two-Cent Fate Law.
| The Missouri two-cent passeng
ate law and the maximum freigI
e rate law OF that state have been s.
. for argument after the contem
!. eases. The constitutionality of the'
laws is attacked Owing 10 the vel
by Governor Hughes Of the Ne
York two-cent fare bill, his attiuc
a