The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-12

II, 1929
eoncernedts tis report asserted
adding that the SnpTs rne EonEt Of
/ today is far more sgaiishc and
Hess humane m It's a TIL uds and
ltemperament han was the sup
IRENE Court 81 s
ne year is marked particular
!sfys with an increasing hostility Of
the judiciary toward the effort OF
wage earners to prevent detertora-
ton ofSfheir standards of life and
labor, the report con tinued. and
we recommended that an
appeal be made to that higher
court of public judgment, and
that the public conscience be ar
Housed to the great and grave men
ace which confronts the perpetuity
of the constitutional rights and
liberties OF all our people and as
[ origin ally conceived by the found
| ers Of our republic
Instances OF most flagrant
| abuses OF equity power were de-
I clared to be contained in Federal
tJudee Anderson's order at lndl-
tanaoolis, enjoinfng continuance~o1
I fine check Off system OF collect
! ing miners union dues, and s-in
! red eral Judge McClintic's decis-.
| ion in West Virginia ag:Asst
/ strikers of the same union in thas
| state This latter decision as used
(: is devoid of all sense OF fairness
land decency and that our court
tof equity can be turned conTt.S-
| iently into instruments of the
greatest iniquity whenever it viii
Ebest serve the interests of soulless
corporations and mad desire for
wealth.
Possibility Of .relief from the
constitutional use of the writs OF
/ Injunction by legislature action
| lay in the politics field, the rapport
said.
| ed its renewal of nonpartizan pol
Eitical campaign organizing in ad-
| vance Of the fall elections and e&-
| pressed" by every local organ1za-
] rion Of labor.in the effort which
III said proved that mot only the
wage Gamers but the great mass
! of our citizenship are crying for
relief" The campaign effort W.!i
he to focus votes behind a pro-
| gram of Opposition to compulsory
labor law" and Opposition to in
| functions and contempt proceed
! ings as substitute for trial by
! Jury the council said.
1 Congress has proved that only
! those who are well-to-do or con-
! troll great interests can indus It
| to listen" the council said, in de-
| falling the reason why it asked
! the Federation to enter the cans
Epaign for satisfactory Candidates
.These facts are slowly penetrat-
ling the minds Of the pople. They
are beginning to realize the change
they thought they wanted has
been an injury instead of benetlt.
I Unless there is change in the
pers onnel (of the House and Sen
ate) people can prepare tscm-
selves for still greater and greGter
suffering and Injustice
"The idea seems to prevail THAI
the outcome Of the 1920 election
means that every liberty of the
people can be taken away provid-
ed some individual or group OF
| individuals representing the pr1-i
1 f99 i
benefit" the report continued.
/ .The statement is often made that
| if the United States capitol could
be transported to the England of
| the Fifteenth century, half the
members Of Congress would be to
1.-THE manner born"
Legislature Attacked
State legislative bodies also
/ were taken to task in some
1 cases. chiefly in the matter OF
compulsory arbitration laws The
( Kansas industrial court was de-
! scribed as t'an utter failure" and
similar legislation in Colorado was
1 said to be equally as absurd
and fully as dangerous
President Harding was accused
| of having contemplated "a sys-
tenn of: industrial laws similar to
| those which prevail in Kansas
~" when IN his message to Con-
gress last December he declared
THAT Sin the case Of labor orENln-
izatfbns we might well apply sim :
| liar and equally we1l-defined PIN
ciples of regulations and supervis-
Lion Gas he had just previously re-
commended for corporations) in
| order to conserve the public's in
| terests as affected by their oper-
i ATOMS"
ct is hardly believed possible
1.-THE report adds, .that the Presi-
! dent implied that the present ad-
ministration intends to further a
policy which will deny Americas
workers the right to cease work
ling collectively and to determine
! for themselves the conditions un-
der which they will give service :.
/ Yet the language leaves little
room for a different conclusion ="
Labor Board Assaulted
"The decisions Of the Railroad
Labor Board have given satisfac-