The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-02
The Pulse of the Nation
DOUBT KANSAS INDUSTRIAL COURT
WILL BE ABOLISHED.


| Whether or not Governor Aliens
dream Of industrial peace" is to be listed
among the casualties resulting from the
Sanguinary engagement of November
seems to be as much a matter for edi-
| torial argument as in the Kansas Indus
| trial court itself. The governor-elect has
declared that by electing him chief exc
| cutive the voters of the state have de-
cisively repudiated the court and that its
abolition is assured. There are elements
| in the case, however, which lead editors
to doubt that Mr. Davis election can be
interpreted comforting such a man
date, or indeed, that it will even come to
pass.
''Mr. Davis IS apparently not without
warrant in the declaration of his inten-
ton" to abolish the industrial court, the
Christian Science Monitor (Boston) con-
cedes. since This party has for some time
stood in opposition to that particular en-
actment. But there are some rea-
sons to suspect that the significance Of
the issue may be misunderstood" and cit
! is not entirely clear that the desire has
been unequivocally expressed to take
what many regard as backward step"
Interpreting his victory over his Re-
publican opponent, who was vigorously
supported by Governor Allen, as repudia-
ton of the industrial court seems to the
New York Evening World "a reasonable
View for the governor elect to take be-
cause 1.-The industrial court was big is
sue in the Kansas campaign" a point
which Governor Aliens paper, the Wich-
tia Beacon, comedies. But there were
other issues and other elements, editors
note, which raise the question put by the
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger,
will Kansas do it?" when it comes to
actual discontinuance of the Kansas sys-
tenn.
In the opinion of the Minneapolis Tri-
bune, at is going out of the way to say
that the electorate of Kansas has set the
seal of it's disapproval on the court and
furthermore eft happens that Mr.. Davis
hasn't great deal to say about the fate
of this much discussed tribunal. From
a nearer view the Kansas City Times de-
clares unequivocally that Mr.. Davis
was not elected to repeal the industrial
court law and he "is not going to do IT"
The Times gives it's reason for making
this statement somewhat infinitely.
1.-THE voters who elected Mr.. Davis did
not have the industrial court law in
mind" it says, otherwise they would
have manifested that fact. The
farmers of the state elected Mr.. Davis,
and elected him because he is farmer.
But while voting for a farmer for
governor, who was running on a platform
declaring for the repeal Of the industrial
court law, they elected Republican leg
islature on platform declaring for the
maintenance and enforcement OF the IN
dustrial court law. There was
nothing whatever in the Kansas vote to
indicate that the farmers of the state
wanted the Industrial court changed or
repealed. And they took the precaution
to elect a legislature that would not
or raDeai 1t,
There Is no indication" the Spring
field Union adds, that the Republican
legislators are inclined to overthrow an
institution from which much public bene-
fit is expected" and the Boston Trans
cript is confident that 1--WE need not look
for any reversal of the record.
Nevertheless, the precise meaning of
tho election seems to be matter of opin-
ion and Interpretation, for the first time
have spoken their mind on the Industrial
Court at the polls They want none OF
it," ct is quite possible as the Louis
willie Post sees 1t, that 1t was the re-
action in national politics and not the I'M
popularity of the Industrial Court that
dragged the Republican party down In
Kansas. But, so far as the thing may De
registered at single election, the voters
of Kansas seem to have given a mandate
for the abolition of the Industrial Court.
ut will be thrown OUT, the Mobile
Register predicts. land there win be few
mourners."
Mourners there are, however. To the
philadelphia Bulletin abandonment of
the tribunal at the present time would
be an unfortunate outcome of freak
election" While probably the Kansas
court has made mistakes" and possibly
has become unpopular" still in the
opinion of the paper sit is worth longer
trial and even if ii SHALL be abandoned
at this time it may be expected to re-