The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-03

TO Injunction. and We rciterate the
pledges OF our platform OF 1895 and
1904 IN favor OF measure which
passed the United states Senate IN
1896, relating To contempt in Federal
courts and providing for trial by juryt
IN cases OF indirect contempt
Questions OF judicial practice have
arisen especially In connection with
industrial disputes We believe that
the parties to all judicial proceedings
should be treated with rigid i'm
partiality. and that iniunctions should
not he issued in any case in which
an Injunction would not issue II no
industrial dispute were involved
The expanding organization of in
dustry makes ii essential that there
should he no abridgement OF the right
of the wage earners ana producers 10
organize for the protection OF wages
and tho Improvement OF labor condi-
tons, to the end that such labor or
eanizations and their members should
not be regarded as illegal combinations
in restraint of trade.
We pladsc the Democratic party to
the enactment of low creating De-
nGrtment OF Labor represented sepa
rately in the Presidents Cabinet. in
which department shall be included the
subject OF mines and mining"
We pledge the Democratic party, so
fas the Federal Jurisdiction extends.
TO an employees compensation aw pro-
vidins adequate indemnity for injury
TO body or loss of life.
Conservation.
We believe in the conservation and
the development for the use OF all the
people. Of tho natural resources OF the
country, our forests, our sources of
water supply. our arabic and our min
cral lands. our navigablo streams and
ali the other material resources with
which our country has been so lavish
j. endowed, constitute the foundation
o. our national wealth. Such add'-
tional legislation as may he necessary
to prevent their being wasted or OBJ
sorhed by special or privileged inter
ests should he enacted and the policy
oi their conservation should be rigid
/ is adhered TO.
The public domain should he admin
stered and disposed Of with due re-
! gard 10 the general welfare. Ecserva-
/ tons should be limited to the purposes
( which they purport 20 serve and no,
/ extended TO include land wholly insult
"a therefor The unnecessary with
/ urawal from sale and settlement OF
enormous tracts OF public land. upon
/ which tree growth never existed and
cannot be promoted. tends only TO re
B tard development, create discomfort
ana bring reproach upon the policy OF
conservation.
The public land laws should be ad-
nnnistorcd in a spirit of the broadesr
liberality towards the settler. exhib
ting a bona nde purpose to comply
herewith. to the end that the invita-
lion OF this govcrnmcrt to the land.
Loss should be as attractive as pos.
siblc and the plain provisions OF til,
forest reserve act permitting home.
tional forest should not be hullihet
amount to Il withdrawal OF great area.
Of the same from settlement.
Immediate action should be tnkel
bS Congress to make available tn,
vast and valuable coal deposits OF
Alaska under conditions that Will be
perfect guaranty agains: their falling
into the hnds of monopolizing corpora
ticns. associations or interests.
We rejoice in the inheritance Of
mineral resources unequaled in OK.
tent, variety or value and In tho dc
Nelopincnt of mining Industry un
cqualcd in its magnitude and Import
ance. We honor the men who. In thei
hazardous toll underground. daily risl
their lives In extracting and preparin,
for our use the products OF the mine
80 essential to tho Industries. tho com
mcrce and the comfort .! the people o
this country. And we riedge ourselve
to the extension OF the work Of IN,
Bureau OF Mines IN every way appro
Iprintc for national legislation with
view TO safeguarding tho lives Of tn,
miners, lessening tho waste OF essen