Inseparably connected with the
title to property, is the legal right
to use it; and the use of property,
in many instances, is synonymous
with “business.” The natural use
of farm land is the “business” of
farming: the natural use of mer
chandise kept in a store is the
“business” of selling it: the natural
use of a cotton mill, equipped with
looms, etc., is the “business” of man
ufacturing. Now, the Pearre bill
seeks to deprive the Courts of the
power to protect a man’s “business.”
Consequently, the bill strikes at the
title, and confiscates at least a part
of the value of the property. There
fore, the Courts would hold that the
Pearre bill deprives the citizen of
his property without due process of
law.
There isn’t a Constitutional law
yer in America who will differ from
me on this proposition.
(3) Again, Mr. Gompers wants
the sanction of the Farmers’ Union
to his defiance of the Courts and of
restraining orders. Through the
officiousness of the bank-wrecking
lawyer C. T. Ladson, Mr. Gompers
got it, —by telegraph, at that.
