Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-10-06
No Injunction Judge Has
the Right to EN-
force Law"

me man VINO Lrleu TO rlQe CW(
horses going in opposite directions
had an easy time compared with those
who uphold Judge Wilkerson's in
junction and who insist that higher
regard for the constitution should be
instilled in the minds of the people
This advice comes from men who
are outraging the constitution and who
cheer the kingly command of an un.
known lawyer, graduated to the fed
eral bench with the aid of plutocracy's
agents in high places.
With lip service these men glorify
the constitution while supporting an
injunction judge who shamelessly alb
rogates free speech and free press.
This royal edict, this denial of the
constitution, is being discussed, to-
day, in the homes of millions of work
ers. In every shop, mill and factory;
in the mines and on the nations great
iron highways are workers talking
of a judicial order that the courts or
no other country in the world would
dare duplicate.
The workers are asking: "How can
men defend this iniquity while posing
as worshippers of the constitution
How can men applaud a violation
of constitutional guarantees and ex-
pect workers to believe their sincerity
when they profess a high regard for
the constitution?
American workers are not blind to
the guarantees of the constitution.
They know that it cannot be used to
shield violence, and that it must not
be used to shield a judicial outrage.
They know that it assures jury trial
in criminal proceedings and that when
a man is charged with doing a Grim
inaI act he comes under that provision
and not under the jurisdiction of an
irresponsible equity Judge who has
assumed powers our forefathers never
dreamed of.
The workers know these things, as
they know the historical fact that ma
tions have always been destroyed
from above, and not by acts of it's
common people.
Nations tall into decay and pass
away because those in control dis
regard the rights and aspirations of
the people as a whole.
Today these wicked forces are
operating in our country. The cycle
is revolving with mathematical GER
tainty. The men who profess their
faith in the constitution are using
their tools on the federal bench to
make the constitution useless as far
as guarantees for wage workers are
concerned.
The constitution is barrier in their
quest for gold and power over the
workers. They would wreck the con-
stitution while posing as it's champion.
They have made such progress that
their judicial agents outlaw a strike
by declaring it conspiracy, and then,
under the guise of stopping this con-
spiracy they deny constitutional guar
antes. To them the law of the land
is discarded. The law assures everv
accused fair trial, while the injunc-
ton process makes this Unnecessary.
Free speech rights, free press rights
and jury rights are nothing to these
modren Neros, who set aside consti-
tuition and law while their secret
hackers deceive the populace with
loud cries: "Our country must pro-
tect itself from those who ignore the
The pretense and hypocrisy Of con-
stitution wreckers must be exposed.
labor is the one force that
can-and must-restore the consti-
tuition.
Labor must maintain an incessant
agitation against the forces that have
been permitted to confuse and warp
the peoples mind.
Labor must be as uncomprising as
truth itself. Labor must reiterate
and reiterate the dangers of govern
ment by injunction to nation that is
dedicated to government by law.
Labor must take the stand that any
one who talks about an injunction
Judge "enforcino law" is an enemy
If the constitution.
No injunction JUDGE has the right
20 "enforce the law" or to make ad-
litional laws. That power is provided
or in the constitution.
The injunction judge is a usurper.
He and his defenders are sappers of
he constitution of which the prophet
c Jefferson spoke.