The labor world., 1922-10-14

clause in the appropriation bill
law prosecution.
o Violated the Law.
Attorney General Daugherty was
charged by Mr.. Gompers with wan
tonlyi violating the law when he
sought an injunction from Judge
! Wilkerson, whose mind he knew"
| If two men can violate the law"
said Mr.. Gompers, I'VE will, in real
| ity, have a government Of two men
| who could control the destiny Of
millions, set up a, government Of their
own and deny to the people the right
| Of trial by jury.
| The following is sample of resos:
| 1utions being passed by various Ia!
Dor bodies:
Strong Resolutions. :
whereas, the office of attorney.
| general should be an office for the
upholding of law and the constitu-
tion, instead of for their destruction,
or partisan enforcement, and it IL
intolerable and unthinkable that it,
should remain otherwise; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we. workers aud
citizens Of the United States, be-
ieving in the constitutions; being de-
voted to its high principles and guar
antees; being determined that right
and Justice and integrity shall pre-
vail in the enforcement Of law; be-
ing committed to the principles Of
a.,
of judicial usurpation, or usurpation
by an officer of the government OF
dictatoria1 powers in defiance of the
constitution, and being determined
that there is great malfeasance In
the failure 10 bring scores of war
grafters and proflteers to the bar Of
,, justice, demand the removal from Of
flee Of Harry M. Dausherty; and be
it further
Resolved, That we will do all In ?,
our power to bring. success to tbs.
effort to sustain the impeachmsnt
OF Harry n. -Daushefty; individually
and through our organizations, to
the end that he department OF 3n4-
tice may be purged and purified OF
an influence which has besmirched
it. and degraded it in the eyes Of all
right-thinking men and women who
know the facts -.,-'. 49, -, ;
Want Him Suspended.
Supporting organized labor the
Committee of 48, through its execu-.
tive council, has: written President
Harding demanding that he suspend
Attorney General Daugherty from
exercising the duties Of the office
pending the outcome of the fmpeach-,
ment proceedings on the serious
charges made against him by Rep
resentative Keller of Minnesota.
"There is no more fitting time for
American citizens to address the ex-
ecutive head d. of their government.
than when we are face to- face with
national emergency" says the COM.
mittee's letter to the president.
"such an emergency now exists"
|it continues. 1--WE are confronted with
a situation which strikes at the root,
of our national liberties and threat
ems to. destroy the civil rights for
which our forefathers fought and
which are guaranteed, by the Constt-:
tuition of the United States.
Not to- Corruption:
1--WE do not refer to the amazing
corruption which has gradually per-
meated our legislative halls.
I'VE do not refer to the restric-.
tive elections laws which make It
difficult for the voters of the United
States to freely nominate and elect
Independent and Progressive repre-
sentatives at Washington and at our
state capitols. D..
I'VE do not refer to the fact that
as a result of suc': restrictive legis-
lation the character of our legislators.
has deteriorated far below any rea-
sonab1e standard Of propriety and
intelligence. Il 49, !
''Wedo net refer to the rules and
methods of the congress which have;
rendered, it weN nigh impossible to-
bring before it the legislation de-.
manded for the solution Of our
economic and industrial problems.
/ I'VE do not refer to the fact that
our judiciary Is in many instances 50
completely under the dompation Of
the major political parties that 1t 10
impossible for the average citizen to
secure Justice through the tribunals
established for this purpose.
-. Not to Wall Street.
I'VE do not refer to the control
Of our political machinery by q small
group Of financiers who exercise this
control for. the attainment of special
privileges by which their own selfish
interests are advanced at the expense
Of the public welfare. s.. 5
I'VE do not refer to the profiteer-
ing which has resulted from this
control both before, during, and since
the World war, nor to the fact that
no. earnest effort has been made to
punish those responsible for this
proftteering. Nor do we refer to the
many other instances which va
might ! cite to similar occurrences
which have already become public
scandals and have destroyed repre.s
sentative government In .Americ
These are the contrib ibuting causes
which; have led up to the situation
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