The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29

Wr. ats Last Shot.
As SecretGlr Taft vas passing out
of Puget sound into thr Pacific ocean
on his way 70 MHnila he reluctantly
unbent long enough to give Il CORE
spondent an interview Il column long
on what he thinks about government
by injunction. The interview was
rather long. but if. as is entirely i'm
probable, Mr.. Taft should be the Re
publican nominee for the presidency
he will have to say much more on
that subject than he yet has. for as
federal Judge he was one of the first
TO utilize what he calls the right of
injunction TO break down strikes and
to aid employers whose wortingmen
were struggling for Il hcttcrment Of
their conditions. Mr.. Taft thinks that
the attack Oh government by injunr
ton should be an attack upon the
abuse of tho right of Injunction"
Possibly SO, bat he. together with the
somewhat notorious Judge Woods. laid
foundations upon which this abuse has
been built. As each court has gone
a little beyond the earlier presidents
there has been built up n yoiIme Of
judge made law tha; HIS made it al
mosts Impossible for working proplr 10
conduct their uuT form pf campaign
against inst conditions Of employ
m@nt- namely. tAc STRIKE" FIT 2.g
TAFT goes further Apriau!ing in care
fully chosen phrase the Injunction
Which aids the employer. he drno1ncrs
the boycott. which is the Last weapon
left to the WorkingnHn. l!c.r"ndon'i,
the bill introduced ~ the request of
Mr.. GompcrS OF thr Federation Of La
Dor because ii ie@alilps the boycott
THE boycott is ;'n n-Amcriran w"ap-
on, he says. "and / do not think that
the American people will sanction any
measure that makes it legal
Perhaps that is true. The easiest
way for u slcl, politician to avoid real
/ discussion of an issue before the PEG
pie is just simply to say it is I'M Amer
lean. But it might have hecn worth
while for the gentleman who inter
viewed Mr. Taft to ask what h.
thought Of another form of hoycotts
/ iiittil. the ''ot tiliS az iitith''t ~
offended employers. or. 10 he Norc OK
plcit what * known rs the blacklist
Every student Of Ia Dor conditions
knows that this system Of ruling men
out of employment is becoming more
| and more common. Every working
man knows aud breads it,
Mr.. Taft'S last message 10 the Amer
! lean woriing,ran before. sailing in
high state at public. expense on y tour
Ground the world was a defense OF
government by injunction. al attack
upon the boycott ana an implied ap-
prevail of the blacklist
The Money Issue In the Can1pcirn.
In 1908 it is not going to be free
coinage of silver. So far as money is
going to be talked about it will he an
endeavor to determine whether Theo-
dore Roosevelt and George +. Cortel-
you acted hOnorably in accepting more
than a quarter of Il million of dollars
from men and corporations rlil; hal
favors to seek from the government in
the last week of the campaign of 1904
Probably most people are familiar
with the story of this most diSgraccftl
sale of the power of an administration
These are the facts briefly summa
rized:
Mr. Roosevelt was president by in
heritance.
Mr. Corteyor had been secretary Of
commerce and labor. intrusted with
.1,,fy i'm tiUa IN 81 n n
big corporations Mr. CorteIyou was
also chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee intrustcd with the
duty Of raising funds for Mr. Roose-
velt's campaign.
+. H. Hartman was a Wall street
manipulation of railway stocks and was
invited to come to Washington and dis
cuss political matters with Mr.. Roose-
welt as Zone practical man with an
other" f&
Mr.. Hartman returned to New York
and with the aid of Senator Depew
and Cornelius n Bliss raised $4,000.
all from Wall street men who as the
owners of railroads would have new
contracts TO make with the United
States government or as bankers cast
avid eyes upon the deposits which it
is in the power of the secretary of the
treasury to make in favored banks.
The S260.OOO was paid 10 Mr.. Cortol-
YOU as chairman of the national com
mittee. Mr.. Cortelyou kept 100000 for
the use of the national committee ana
gave 100000 to Mr. Odell. chairman
of the New York state committee.
This was one week before election.
and what Odell could do then with
$500, 0O0 any one who understands New
York politics can imagine. It was not
used for purposes Of education.
Judge Parker accused Mr.. Roosevelt
of accepting money from the trusts
and was met by n denial in the truly
Rooseyeltian style of abuse
The truth of Judge Parker's allcga-
ton was proved first in the insurance
Investigation conducted by the present
Republican governor of New York.
Mr. Hughes. and is now admitted.
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