The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-26
PRESIDENT AGAIN
BOOSTS MR.. TAFT
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was TO express his Judgment as To TIA
legality and propriety of the actto
taken
EtMr Taft satisfied himself Of th
facts and ut once became exccedingl
indignant at such m injunction havin
been issued. He stated that IN his opin
ION the position taken by the court II
issuing the injunction was clearly nm
tenablc. and what was needed was tba
the union should got some flrst.cias
lawyer to represent them and should
bring the case before the higher courts
lie suggested, in response to Mr.. Fry
request, that the union retain MIR, +
n, Judson OF st. Louis who had repre-
scnted the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Fircmen in the Wabash case in 1898
and who, by the way. is the author o1
the review Of the labor decisions o1
Judge Taft, published In the Review oI
Reviews in 1907. Mr. Taft explained
that one of the troubles with unions
was that they so often did not get thc
best type of counsel, SO that their eases
were not properly presented. aud that
in his Judgment Mr. Judson would bc
sure 20 present this case right. He
stated that the decision of the court
ought certainly TO be in their favor
The ease was argued before the United
states circuit court Of appeals hy Mr.
Gudson aud Mr.. Rubin Of Milwaukee for
the uniou. and by MI James NJ Beck,
counsel for the National Manufacturers
association, for the company.
Union Partly Sustained.
"Thc decision of the court was hand
cd down in Chicago on the ei-hth day
0f this month, and it justliies JUDGE
Taft s wisdom, for it sustains the most
important contentious OF ihc labor
unions. The court holds that while
under the facts OF the case the com
pany WAS entitled TO some injunction
relief, the decree went far beyond the
proper limits, 1t struck out of the de-
cree all of the provisions which pre-
vented peaceful picketing or the cxer
else of the right of persuasion in IN
ducinc employees TO Join the strike, and
also all reference to hoycottIng, on the
ground that there was no boycott. as
the members of the union had right
TO refuse TO handle "struck work
that is, the work from factory where
they were on strihe-wherever they
found il. The opinion is important
especially in showing that much can
now be accomplished III getting the
courts 10 correct abuses against en-
ployees in the exercise of the power of
injunction. If such abuses are Ill eff
fective form brought to their attention,
AS, thanks to the advice OF Judge Taft,
"
right of peaceful picketine and persuas
SION, SO that employees may by ~cace-
fnl means induce other employees 10
JOIN them, is fOrcibly set forth in this
opinion, and il bases its decision large
" upon Judge Taft IS decision and upon
the decision III The Wabash Injunction
case. which itself was largely based
2ron Judge Taft s decision; so that
Judge Taft . decision is declared by the
court TO have settled the law as TO. the
substantial rights of the parties. leaving
only the aprlication of the principles
20 declared as new cases arose.
Importance Of Opinion.
Tho -rcat Importance of this opin-
on i t'laa i cOrrects abuses that have
,Toni Mic iniunctions and labor dis.
outes u ''lr federal as well as the state
'ourts. This decision goes far to pro-
Get 'ffr lights OF workingmen. and ii
Ices - because 1T is explicitly based
IRON ihc labor decisions Of Judge Taft;
md this decision was secured only In
consequence of following the advice
<' en- by Judge Taft as 10 the proper
'ourse Of procedure. 4 more striking
rs'ance could not be imagined of the
.s;'ous effort of n public servant, which
Inlge Taft then was, to secure Justice
M workinemcn TO whom he thought in
Justice had been done, although the
natter was not within his Immediate
,ontrol at the time In this one in
.s9nce Mr. Taft rendered to labor q
,regt and signal service; a practical
crvice. which shared the popularity of
dr Taft's other services. for his serv-
ct.s take the form of deeds rather than
# mere words. -
The president refers TO the decision
4 Judge Taft in the famous personal
ninry case of Narramore against the
lineage, Cincinnati Cleveland & st
,nuTs railroad. in which he held that |
N employee, could not by any form of |
ontract exempt a railroad company /
rom the consequence of failure to obey |
be. law, the fault in this case being
Ick OF provision for protection of en-.
,loyees required by law. These two !
ascs: the president saws. have n fur !
her importance when it is remembered !
nat the president soon 10 be chosen |
'ul presumably himself choose n ma.
oritN of the justices Of the supreme |
ourt during the next four years.
Taft's Work on Canal.
President Roosevelt then cites condi |
ions existing among EMPLOYEES Of the |
'anama canal, where. "thenks to Mr.. !
AIT and the care and supervision be |
as exercised, The men on the isthmus
re. better paid, better protected. bet. |
cr cared for than in ariy private indus !
rial enterprise in the United States, -
The president saws that Hopposed TO
hc entire vagueness OF Mr. Brvan's
proposals. Mr. Taft stands pledged TO
he policy of the administration "of |
observing the rights Of the wase-earp-
r." That policy is shown. he saws, in !
he efforts put forth to settle the an
hracite strike and the prevention LAST
pring of n general reduction OF wages
u the railroads OF the country. Con.
inning IN comparison, the president
avs:
Bpt II Mr.. BRYAN were elected 7
ave little doubt that the ensuing in
ustriai chaos. necessitating great re.
uction Of wages end widespread non
mployment. would be beyond the reach
Y such action MS that which. averted |
he Threatened disaster last spring.
Answering the question himself as In
ihr the national government tbrouoh
Is burcau Of labor has not done for tic
"a fagc-earner what through the DEPART
Icnt OF agriculture IL has done for tho !
armcr, the president says:
Time Not Yet Ripe.
"Thc time has not vet come when
his was possible; we have advanced |
n each case Just as fast and as far as
'as possible with the knowledge and
ieans at our command. Between pure
iJcuee or speculative theory and it's
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