Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-21
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! Chief Justice Walter Clark, Of the Nortl
Carolina Supreme Court, without men
tioning his name because Of his advo
cacy Of recall of decisions.
Some who would dlsavow Socialists a:
| such are nevertheless the allies of thi:
| Socialist doctrine" the committee report
ed within the last year Chief Justice
| of one Of the oldest States, in an address
| avowedly intended for the people OF the
| entire nation, held ZIP to derision our
| Federal Constitution, Its makers and its
expounders, as a basis for his advocacy
| OF the decision recall and of other
| changes in our form of Government. His
attack upon the Federal Constitution and
upon our system of government has never
been surpassed in malignant vituperation
| by that Of any Socialist doctrinaire."
PARTLY APPROVE "oHIo PLAN"
Partial approval was given by the COM
mittee to the "Ohio PLAN which pro-
vides that no act of the Legislature, duly
approved by the Executive and not We
toed by the people through the refer
endum, shall be declared unconstitutional
by the State Supreme Court unless at
least six of the seven Judges concur.
we are not advocating the Ohio plan,
but simply suggesting that, for existing
insufficiences which are recognized by
the bar generally, 1t offers some elements
of remedy consistent with our form of
government" the committee said
The judicial recall amendments to be
voted on in Kansas and Minnesota were
singled out for particular denunclation.
These require a separate recall election,
apart from the election of the successor
of the deposed Judge in case the recall
Is successful.
"By eliminating one of tho incidental
objections to the judicial recall these
measures, thus sugar coated, were fed to
and swallowed by the Legislatures of
these two States, where without modi-
hcation the recall of Judges had been
previously rejected" the report read.
Summarizing. the committee said:
"A perceptible change in sentiment
toward the judicial recall is slowly but
surely showing itself among the people
of the different States. In many locali-
ties its true nature is not vet understood.
In most states the averaGe voter has es
yet, insufficient appreciation of its bane-
ful character The work of education
must be continued. The signs, however,
Of increasing enlightenment, due to the
persistent efforts of its opponents, are
everywhere apparent. Former leading
advocates of judicial recall are saying
less about 1t. Some of them are now
saying nothing about IT. Some have
call of Judges and have turned to the
judicial decision recall as a substitute"
DISCRIMINATION is CHARGED.
The report OF the special committee to
suggest remedies and formulate proposed
laws complained that the House judiciary
Committee had failed n keep its promise
20 give II a hearing on antitrust legisla-
ho IL caSI
1T discriminates in favor Of labor or
ganizations. forbids injunctions in labor
controversies which would be granted in
other cases and makes certain acts legal
when done by labor unions which are il
legal when done by others.
I'VE condemn the Standard Oil manu-
facturers for endeavoring in the early
days of their organization to drive conf
pettors out of business What is this
but a boycott? This was considered so
criminal by the Senate that Senators de-
ciared they would rather have their cot
ron destroyed by the weevil than use any
money to prevent the plague.
Yet here we have proposed ac. whi2h
makes it legal for a labor union to per-
suade persons to cease to patronlze or
to employ any party to a dispute. This
, 4 ., .,
Can IL nave occurred 70 the sent'e-
the courts cannot decide these contro-
VERSES peSceaply theS wiz pe aeclueu pS
lorce Inc shockihs results ol ,he lat'er
nethoG we see plaihlS III Colorduo would
u not nave peen petter l" nave tne qu'S,
liohS whlCn nave given rise 10 oloousHcu
mere aeclueu III an oFuerly manner pS |
Inc C"lorado courts!
DEADLY COMPETITION IN
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sanized labor. we freely concede TO
aboring men the same right to organize
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