The sun., 1908-10-27


is the friend Of labor. my friends, there I
/ . certain mutually about frisndship. besh
sides have to be consulted, end Mr.. Reese
welt consults only one slae wten he discusses
Mr.. Taft as the friend Of iaba1.L
care not what he mas, say about MI.
Taft's friendship for labof. Mg. Tat'i
record shows that he not In sympathy with
those who toll IN this country. called
him the father Of government by injunc'
tion." ~ N.G
So many people had said II that though
could safely use the term. but be fount
fault with what ! said and denied that h
was the fether Of government by injune
tlon. Well 1 am so anxious TO observe the
prophecies that will not use term tina
he objects to, so ! will not call him father
any more. but he used the writ so offer
and 50 willingly that am sure he 70 bloot
relative Of some kind and ! will Jet him d
the dssfes Of relationship. lApplauss ant
| cheefs.l
Here is something that hope will engage
his attention for the rest of the campaign
II is q decision rendered by him 10 the cast
OF Tomas vs.. the Cincinnati, N. o. q ]. p
Railway Company. reported IN 90 Federal
4 Reporter, page 600, In that case Mr.. Taft
rendered decision authorizing the receiver
to make @ cut Of 10 per cent. In the wages
Of the railway employees. and he rendered
that decision In 1894 when the same cues
tion came before other Judges. The same
question came before Judge Gallwell and
he refused &c ssthoriSe cut ef 20 per cen..
In the wages Of the employees. and when
these employees who were affected by Judge
Tafts decision filed petition, made an
application TO have the wages restored TO
the former Smount, Mr.. Taft In rejecting
their appeal used this language:
Their appeal 10 exactly like that Of an
appeal from an employee to an employer,
except that while the employer may be
moved by considerations OF charity, O
court fis limited in the exercise Of It's dis
cretion to such action as may be consistent
with the preservation OF the property
and it's due administration in the interests
of those who own It.
He denied TO these men any legal right
to appeal, and merely. without setting 9
precedent. psTni ted them to state their
case. and then informed them that an ordi-
nary employer might as q matter OF charity
hear them and heed them, but that In his
court he had to consider the questions OF
property. ask you, Are not questions that
affect the livelihood Of a human being In
the employ of the railroad upon an equal
footing at least with the rights Of property
In that road? The employees ought not to
be put In the attitude of asking charity
when they ask that their rights shall be
considered and that the case shall be de-
cided on its merits
We ask for limitation Of the writ OF in
junction so that is shall not be issued In
labor dispute unless the conditions are such
that would justify IL II there were no labor
dispute. That is our plan. and this the
Republicans opposed; but, my friends. this
is not 80 wild proposition as YOU might
ina gine. They tell you now that any criti-
csm Of the court Is an attack upon our
judicial system; want TO show you how
opinion has change d on this subject.
BoosEvELTIAS EXTRACTS.
There was an opinion expires sed on gov
ernment by injuncu on about twelve years
ago. Let me read you what was then said:
THE men who obi ect to what they style
government by injunction are. as regards
the essential principles OF government.
In hearty sympathy with their remote skin
clad ancestors who lived In caves fought
one another with stoneheaded axes and
ate the hardy and woolly rhinoceros: they
are interesting as representing geneologi-
cal survival but they are dangerous living
factors in our present life
Now, whose classic language is that?
That is the language Of Theodore Roosevelt
In 1905. At that time he did not have very
high opinion Of man who criticised the
courts and objected TO government by in
junction, and yet in December of 1905 In
a MESA ge to Congress he uses this laneua &c !:
yet there are many Judges who assume
as matter Of course the granting OF a pre-
hminary injunction TO the ordinary and
proper judicial disposition Of such cases
and there have undoubtedly been fiagrant
wrongs committed by Judges in connec-
.ion with labor disputes. even within the
hst few years. although / think much less
often than in former years.
Such Judges by their unwise action i'm
mensely strengthened the hands Of those
who are striving entirely to do away with
the power OF Injunction, and therefore such
careless use OF the injunctive process tends
to threaten its very existence. for II the
American people ever become convinced
that this process Is habitually abused.
whether in matters affecting labor or in
matters affecting corporations. 1t will be well
nigh impossible to prevent it's abolition.
In ten years the President learned that
many Judges were guilty Of fragrant abuses
and that unless these abuses were corrected
il would be impossible 70 preserve the writ.
Another one OF our theories which they
condemn Is that we demand the right Of
trial by jury in cases Of indirect contempt.
And this Judge Taft says Is the worst, the
most insidious attack ever made upon the
judicial system. My friends. we simply
indorse q measure that paused Republican
Senate twelve years ago by majority 90
unanimous that they did not call the roll,
and when that debate was being carried on
only one Senator voted against II. Only
one spoke against Il. and that was Senator
platt of Connecticut
Mr.. Bryan talked more Of bank de-
posits, touched on trusts and the panic
and the tariff and then said;
The President has Indicated his choice to
the Republican party with great emphasis.
I do not believe 1t was right; do not be-
love that q President has right to be q
dictator even In his own party as to who
should be nominated to take his place. Jap
plause and oheers.l
Don't tell me that the President is good
man and that he made the appointment
of a good man. IL is too much OF refieo-
ton on the Republican party to say that
the Republicans did not have sense enough
to pick out good man without the Presi-
dent telling them who II is. II II is impos-
sible for the Republicans to make selec-
ton that 10 worthy without the Presidents
help, then the Republican party is likely
to be In sore straits some day. for even good
men cannot live always and what will the
Republican party do when the President
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