The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-17

II am tired of this man Gompers running around
the country claiming have the labor vote in his pocket
and lying about me.
stuns by the Just criticisms of organized his
unjust decisions against organized labor, and trembling
with fear for because of the almost unanimous
opposition of organized labor William Howard Taft used
the above language while addressing the people of North
Platte, Nebr.
Judge Tafts assertion that Gompers claims to carry
labor around in his pocket is with his
that his decisions in labor the magma
charta of organized labor.
Samuel Gompers has claimed to carry the vote
of union men in his pocket and Judge Taft knows it.
Yet Judge Taft this upright Judge, this honorable
man. repeats the cruel and silly lie hoping that his
repetition of it will deceive few voters
His assertion that Samuel Gompers has lied about him
is false his other assertion.
And Judge Taft assertion that his labor decisions are
really the magma charta of organized labor is the
silliest of ALL
Does William H. Taft imagine for moment that all
union men are pnheaded fools who may be deceived by
smooth words and oily phrases?
just the republican committees are industriously
circulating pamphlet by Frederick n Judson.
happened be the attorney for the railway brother
hoods celebrated Wabash injunction Judson
is republican lawyer, and in his anxiety to help the
of his party he attempts befog the labor issue
and deceive the workers.
It is true that when Mr. Judson argued the Wabash
injunction for the Railway Broherhoods he quoted
a portion of Taf's decision in the Of Arthur and
Sargent using the quotation prove that the railway
within their rights But in that portion of the
trades union ethics pronounced What it that
Judge Taft said that Judson and his political colleagues
Including Taft-call the "magna charta - of trades
unionism? Here is sentence:
1T is benefit to themselves and the public that labor
should unite for their interests and for law
full purposes-they have labor to sell. -
Wonderful exposition of judicial knowledge And Taft
calls that his ''magna charta of labor
The world has recognized that right since Moses
led the first great srketat of the Jewish brckmakers
although Pharoah the Taft of his time enjon
them.
But what does he mean by lawful purposes?' That
is what organized labor is trying to find
Judge Taft says it is not lawful for strike
in order to benefit another He it is lawful
for engineer step down from the cab his
continuing work Injuries his fellows and thus Injuries
himself He says that it is beneficial for laborers O
unite for their interests, and then sends them
to Jail for acting in their interests And that
is Taft s s'magna charta Of abor!''
They have labor to se!'' says Judge Taft. Thanks
for that temporary concession But and then work
ngmen feel that they do sell their labor be-
the sale will njure their future prospects and the
prospects of their fellows Judge Taft in the dec
sion quoted by Judson, declared that under certain
cumstances the laborer had to sell his labor go Jail
And Judge Taft insisted upon his right designate
circumstances
If they stand together. continues Judge Taft they