Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-21
American Bar Assertion Committee to
Oppose Judicial Recall Finds Perceptib!e
Change in Sentiment Toward Judicial
Recall of Late.
To"E NATURE NOT UNDERSTOOD
IN MANY QUARTERS, rs FOUND
American Lawyers in Convention Hear Re-
port Stating that Same Rule Should Ap-
ply to Injunction in Labor Cases as TO
Other Cases OF Injunction.
BY Associated Press.)

opposition to the judicial recall. n plea that
Congress should apply the same rule TO
Injunction in labor eases n 10 other eases.
and references To Panama canal tolls and
Japanese immigration, are among the ques-
ions treated in reports OF committees pre-
sented today to the American Bar as>ocia-
tion now in annual session here.
Concerning the status of Judicial recall
agitation. the committee 10 oppose judicial
recall reports in part. a follows:
"A perceptible change in sentiment
toward the judicial recall j. slowly bat
surely showing itself among the people of
the different States. In many localities IT.
true nature j. not yet understood. In
most States the average voter has, a yet,
insufficient appreciation of it, baneful
character. The work Of education must
be continued. The signs, however. of in
creasing enlightmcnt. due TO persistent ef-
forts of IL opponents, are everywhere APP
parent. Former leading advocsseS Of judi
cial recall are saying les about il. Some
of them are now saving nothing about II.
Some have apparently given up the idea
of the recall If Judges and nave turned to
the Judicial decision recall "a a substitute.
Others, more adroit, have apparently given
up both the recall Of Judges and the recall
of judicial decisions and have rctreated Ia
positions less a~ntagoni>tic To constitutional
Democracy"
Injunction legislation before the present
Congress receives extended treatment ~
the hands of the committee in charge of
this subject. The provisions limiting in
functions IN labor disputes. originally in
corporated in the antitrust legislation of
the House Of Representatives. and later
amended by the Senate. l. criticised by the
committee, which says:
"Thc provision distinctly requires the
court Ia apply to controversies IN labor
causes a different rule from that which j.
applied IN other eases. To give special
privileges to any class of men j. opposed
not only "a the declaration Of independence.
but to the whole theory Of our government.
On this point all parties agree.
"Can il have occurred to the gentlemen
who propose this legislation that il the
courts can not decide these controversies
peaceably they will be decided by forcef
The shocking results Of the latter method
We see plainly in Colorado. Would il not
have been better "a have the questions
decided in an orderly manner nv the Colo
rado courtSe
Your committee J. not opposed to or
$3.50 II IL.
boring men the same right Ia organize that
their employers POSSESS. We are persuaded
hat IN opposing the proposed legislation
We are the true friends 81 both"
The Panama tolls question and the Jap
ane>e immigration are referred Ia in the
report Of the committee on International
laws. a. follows:
"The discussions arising between the
United States and Great Britain and other
countries ~ to free tolls for c~oasting ve>-
>els Of the United States ha> been amicably
terminated by the repeal If the free tolls
nv Congress by a statute carefully worded
e. prevent the loss of any rights of the
United States.
"our relations with Japan continue IL
he disturbed by the denial of some States
II tins union Of certain rights claimed nv
her nationalI>tS. II j. respectfully sub
mitted that like an matters IL foreign re-
lation> this matter must. Nv the rules az
the constitution and of expediencv alike
be controlled and adjusted by the federal
authorities a. the interests of the whole
country may seem to require"
The International law committee also
approved the proposed International con-
ference for the unitication ~ laws relat-
ING to bills of exchange: and the proposed
International agreement in respect to deck
carcoes exported from the United States
IN the winter time.
The committee an commercial law re-
ports in favor If the continuance If the ma
iional bankruptcy act. and opposes all
Legislation to repeal the act.
Simplicity and clcarne~~ IL laws. - ~
70 ne understood IN the average citizen. i
strongly urged by the spectral committee
on legislative drafting. II refer IN tbi.
connection Ia the ''crowning monstro.itv ~
the income tax act" with it, ..involved
phraseology and no attempt whatever nj
orderly arrangement" The formal defects
az the act are pointed out under nine heads.
one Of them showing "~certain sentences "a
woried n 10 make no sense il literally in
ierpreted." The committee adds:
Though we claim "a h. 4 Democratic
government. our statutes are addressed 10
lawyers and not 10 the people; a layman
can hardly be expected 10 understand their
phraseology. The principal German sta