The labor world., 1922-10-07
COURT. ASSUMES POWER.

The man who tried to ride two
horses going in opposite directions
had an easy time compared with those
who uphold Judge Wilkerson's in
junction and who insist that hig her
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
unknown lawyer, graduated to the
federal bench with the aid of pluto
cracy's agents in high places.
With lip service these men glorify
the constitution while supporting an
injunction judge who shamelessly
abrogates free speech and free. press.
This royal edict, this denial Of the
constitution, is being discussed, to-
day, in the homes of millions of
workers. In every shop, mill and fac
tory; in the mines and on the ma
tion s great iron highways are work
ers talking of the judicial order that
the courts Of 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 constitutional
How can men applaud a violation
of constitutional guarantees and ex-
pect workers to believe their smear
itv 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 judicial outrage.
They know that it assures jury
trial in criminal proceedings and that
when man is charged with doing
a criminal act he comes under that
provision and not under the juris-
diction 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
nations have always been destroyed
from above, and not by acts of it's
common people.
Nations fall into decay and pass
away because those in control disre-
gard the rights and aspirations of the
people as whole.
Today these wicked forces are on.
Grating in our country. The cycle is
revolving with mathematical Ger.
talnty. 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 a barrier in
their quest for gold and power over
the workers. They would wreck the
constitution while posing as its
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-
splracy they deny constitutional
guarantees. To them the law of the
land is discarded. The law assures
every accused fair trial, while the
injunction process makes this neces-
sary.
Free speech rights, free press rights
and jury rights are nothing to these
modern 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
constitution.
The pretense and hypocrisy of
constitution wreckers must be ex-
posed. Organized labor is the one
force that can-and must-testore
the constitution.
Labor must maintain an incessant
agitation against the forces that have
been permitted to confuse and warp
the peoples mind.
Labor must be as uncompromising
as truth itself. Labor must reiterate
'.and reiterate the dangers Of govern
ment by injunction to a nation that
is dedicated to government by law.
Labor must take the stand that
any one who talks about an injunc.
tion judge enforcing law" is an
enemy of the constitution.
No injunction judge has the right
to "enforse the law,' or to make
additional laws. That power is pro-
vided for in the. constitution.
The Injunction Judge is an usurner.