The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-29
HON, JOHN ], CON|FF ELECTED
PRESIDENT Of WEST VA. BAR.

ness or many who's" tastes have not yer
been adjusted L. tive statutory "hc-ha'I
uf on" per cent. The passage rt Inc
Nineteenth Amendment seems hnt
matter Of DAYS. and with the delivery
Of hallo: into ;hH hands OF the female
oE the species" who can say now long
liberty VIII survive 70 US IN" Qu"s-
t'uu naturally suggested by ieEiSlat
and DECISIONS such as these Is whether
80 - 'voth living. with happiness gone
and l.trrty vanishing.
Pictured on walls.
In a great chUrrh NOW building IN
New York there are e SERIES ~ Tres
Goes alonE the walls representing cur
rent events. Intended. doubtless. |" re-
mind after generations o. IN" pr"h'"nNS
81 the ycNcd days ~ the hul!H"rS al me
cathedral ON. uf these DECORATIONS
pictures Prohibition "N"rthr"w!nE hac-
chuS. another shows capital ana labor
rigac"d In binding ~" Public win
chains pr,pn~c to consider the
rights and remedies O.: the Victim. aud
shall cndcaNvr 10 discuss some OF IN"
legal aspects Of on" Of the problems
which a great war has left IN IS wake
The bitumnous coal strike. SUI. 'r"Sh
IN our minds. called last NnN'iNnrf .!
the officials Of tn" United Mn" Work.
l,rs Of America. furnished good Illus
t~Ation of the extent to which n" pup
IL. safety. and oven The functions OF
the government itself. may Il" leopard
iz"d by 4 controversy between employ
crs and employees engaged m one OF thc
basic industries: and the action or the
District Court OF tn" United states Tor
the District OF Indiana IN cnjoininG the
prosecution ~ the strike shows mat the
courts recognize that the pubic T'Eht
- involved in such controversies and
that they possess and VII. exercise thc
power TO protect II.
Tho effect Of the injunctonS award
oil by Judge Anderson III the sum
brought at Indianapolis by the United
States OF America ~. Frank !. ha%e'
and others national and district oil
Gals Of the United Mine Workers Of
America In November. 1919. was TO
prevent one Of IN" most powerful com
b!uat!ons existing in the country from
carrying out its threat
To ParalyZe Industry.
This threat was L. pHrd!yZe the
TRANSFORMATION Of the country and 10
shut off its supply Of fuel by calling
strike OF Al union miners ana mihc
workers employed in the production OF
hituminous coal In thu tinted states:
unless tho demands q: ~" miners
union were granted.
The governments mot'on for r"-
stra!u!ng order was resisted nv the
union upon tn" ground that IL hRd II"
right TO interfere III The controversy pc
tween the miners and the operators be-
4 II
with whom the miners had contracted.
and there was. therefore. lack OF inter
est in the plaintiff I" maintain N" SUN
In other words. the r;Ght 90 the pubic
- be heard was denied.
Another ground was that the in)uhr.
,ion was contrary - the provision or
the Clayton Act that no injunction
should be issued denying ;hC right I"
strike IN a controversy between "n-
plnyCr and employees. ThcS" o0JecNohs /
and others were ONCrru'cd ana mahua-
rory Injunction awarded. requiring the
Withdrawal and cancellation Of tho
strike order which had been sent out ON
October 18TH. notwithstanding the pro-
test OF President Wilson that the ca :
Ing ~ the strike was not only unluSN-
fable but unlawful
NO Extreme Measures.
Mr.. Sptlman then went on t" anaIyze
tho situation from the viewpoint Of his
subject. the rights OF the pubic IN
thcs" contentious hftweHn labor and
capital and IN his concluding remarks
voiced his opinion and that OF many OF
his crntcres when he said:
II take il that as lawyers we are n"t
ready - abandon the old fashioned
pr!nripie of the constitution for any
nostrums or experiments "t advanced !
socialism. We believe that the poiSonS |
of which these cores are empoundeu
must soon work dissolution. Nor Is the
situation such as "a require resort I"
such extreme measures. The NATION
has wca thcr"d other wars ana served
the problems of reconstruction whICh
followed them. before to-day. without
disaste: to the Constitution.
1t Is not necessary that the Amer!-
can form OF government must commit
suicide in order to give industries bc.-
.sr and more satisfactory organization.
Tho grace that has saved us before will
save us again. II lies In the awakening
of common sense. fairness and courage
OF the American people.
New Officers Elected.
The election OF officers for the cnsu-
INK year then took place with the fol-
lowing result:
]. ], Conift. Wheeling. President.
I'rlah Barnes. Charleston. Sccrc tary.
charles A. Krcps. Parkersburg. Treas
urer.
Vice Presidents:
NJ. II. Wallis. First district.
f.. A. Bowers. Second district.
q. NJ. Fleming. Third district.
s. u. Turner. Fourth district.
Henry Scheer. Fifth district.
w. D. Lee. Sixth district.
Executive CounCil-NelSon {. Hub
bard. Wheeling; Robert $. Spilman,
charleston: II. G. Jones. MOrgantown:
G. F.. Martin. Mart!nsourg; Kendall
White. wellSburG.
Next IN order WAS the election OF del
crates 20 the American Ear Association
convention 10 take place In st. Louis
next fall Those elected were Samuel
4 Woods James w. Ewing and b.
Randolph Bias. Delegates 10 attend the
State and Local Bar Association meet
ing at the session Of the American TAR
Association were. judge w. W. Millcr'
Of Charleston. and General I. ;. k!'ey'
Wheeling.
Charleston Is Chosen.
There was rivalry between the Giles
Of Huntington and Charleston. w. Va,
a. the meeting place for the next con-
vcntiun and on a vote Charleston won
gat,inC 40 ballots while Huntington re-
Cciyed but II votes. one lone attorney