The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-11
FOR SECOND TIME THE UNITED
STATES SUPREME cOU7T SETS
ASIDE SENTENCES.
VICTORY FOR PARKER
Former Democratic Candidate for
President, AS Counsel for the fed.
Grafton of Labor Officials Wins Sec
ond Victory.

Washington, d. c., May 1.-THE
contempt sentences imposed by the
District of Columbia supreme cotlt
upon Samuel Gompers, Johr Mitchell
and Frank Morrison, were today set
aside by the United States supreme
court for the second time, as barred
by statute of limitations.
The contempt charges against SAM
uel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison grew out Of the Injunction
issued by the District o. Columbia
supreme court to prohibit the FEEDER
alton boycotting the Bucks Stove and
Range company. Proceeding as if the
contempt cases were part Of the in
junction suit, the district supreme
court held the labor leaders in con-
tempt and sentenced Gompers to one
year in jail Mitchell to nire months
and Morrison to six months. The SUI
preme court of the United States on
May 10, 1911 set aside those sentences,
holding that penal sentences had been
enormously imposed in a civ'l suit.
The day after the sentences were
set aside the District supreme court
began new proceedings against the
labor leaders. A committee was ap-
pointed to report whether there was
reasonable cause for holding the men
guilty of contempt 1t consisted of
j. J. Darlington, Daniel Davenport and
James NJ. Beck, attorneys for the
Bucks Stove and Range company.
The committee reported that the
three men had been guilty of con-
tempt 1t charged that Gompers in
December, 1907, had hurr,t i out an
issue of the American FedCrationist,
containing the name of the Bucks
Stove and Range company on the 1--WE
Don't Patronize" list, so as to have
it published before the Injunction took
effect, and circulated the edition after
the injunction became effective. 1t
charged contempt for the court in var
ious utterances of Gomper5 in speech
es and editorially in the Federationist.
Still another charge was that he print
ed and circulated a paper known as
AN Urgent Appeal for Financial Aid
in Defense Of Free Press and Free
Speech" in which it was contended
that he suggested members of the
Federation might violate the iniunc-
tion and defeat its object provided
they were not within the District of
Columbia.
Frank Morrison was charged with
cooperating with Gompers as secre.
tary of the Federation, in making
these publications. Mitchell was like
wise charged with cooperation in
the circulation of the Federationist and
of the "Uurgent appeal and with pre-
siding over a meeting of the United
Mine Workers on January 25, 1908,
when a resolution was adopted, plac-
ing the Bucks Stove and Ranges on
the unfair list, and providing for fines
for members who purchased such a
stove or range.
The report was approved by the Dis
trict supreme court and the identical
sentences of the first proceedings
were imposed
The District of Columbia court OF
appeals remanded the case with direc.
tion that the sentence of Gompers be
modified to one months imprisonment
and the Imprisonment of Mitchell and
Morrison be changed to a fine of $500
for each man.
The District supreme court COM
mittee insisted before the supreme
court that the court of appeals had
no right TO modify the sentences. Al.
ton b. Parker, recent presidential can
didate and Jackson H. Ralstcn, con-
tended the men had not been guilty Of
lmN c.nLnmnt