Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-12-31
BRYAN and ROOSEVELT utter.
ANCES COMPARED.
President ROOSeveIt's Message md
the Madison Square Speech of
william Jennings Bryan Show a
Surprising Unanimify of Opinion.
Both are Worth Reading.

Many republicans who bitterly criti.
cized Mr.. Bryan's speech at Madison
Square Garden, are now enthusiastic in
their praise for Mr.. Roosevelt's message.
As they could find no good in the Madi.
son Square speech, so they can find no
i'll in The message. For the benefit of
these the HERALD reproduces paragraphs
from the message and the Madison
Square r. h. Republicans particu-
larly are invited to compare these para
graphs.
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
(From Mr.. Roosevelt's message)
OF course, a judge strong enough to be
fit for his office will enjoin any resort to
violence or intimidation, especially by
conspiracy, no matter what his opinions
may be Of the rights Of the original quar-.
rel. There must be no hesitation in
dealing with disorder.
But there must likewise be no such
abuse of the injunctive power as is i'm
piled in fo, bidding laboring men to strive
tor their own betterment in peaceful and
lawful ways; nor must the injunction be
used merely to aid some big corporation
in carrying out schemes for it's own ag-
grandizement.
(From the Madison Square specify
No reference to the labor question is
complete that does not include some
mention of what is known as govern
ment by injunction. As the main pur-
pose Of the writ is TO evade trial by Jury,
it is really an attack upon the jury sys.
tenn and ought to arouse unanimous pro-
test. However. az the writ PHYSICALLY
invoked in case Of strike, the import
ance of the subject would be very much
reduced by the adoption Of system ol
arbitration, because arbitration would
very much reduce, even il it did not en-
tirely remove the probability of a strike.
| EIGHT HOUR LAW
(From Mr.. Roosevelt's message)
call your attention to the need ol
passing the bill limiting the number ol
hours Of employment Of railroad EN-.
ployees. The measure is a moderate
one and can conceive Of no serious OBJ
lection to it. Indeed, so far as it is in
our power, it should be our aim steadily
to reduce the number OF hours of labor
with as goal the general introduction
Of an eight hour day.
(From the Madison Square speech)
The struggle to secure an eight hour
day is an international struggle and it
is sure to be settled in favor of the work.
ingmen's contention. The benefits oil
the labor saving machine have not been
distributed with equity. The producer
has enormously multiplied bis capacity,
but so far the owner of the machine has
received too much of the increase and
the laborer too little. Those who oppose
the eight hour day, do it, am convinc-
ed, more because Of ignorance of condi-
tions than because Of lack OF sympathy
with those who toll. The removal oil
work from the house to the fact tory has
separated the husband from his wife and
the father from his children, while the
growth of our cities has put an iucreas-
ing distance between the home and the
workshop. Then, too, more is demand
ed OF the laboring man now than form
erly. He is citizen as we'll as labor
er, and must have time for the stndy oi
public questions If he is to be an intelli.
gent sovereign. To drive him from his
bed to his task and from his task to his
bed is to deprive the family of his COM
panionship, society OF his service, and
politics of his influence.