Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1908-09-18
Every Stage of His Career Sig
naIized by Important Pioneer
ing in Law or StateCraft.
FIRST FIXED RIGHTS OF LABOR
Decided That a Combination of Work
ingmen to Raise Wages or to OBJ
tain other Advantages is Not
Contrary TO Law - First
Made Effective Sherman
Antitrust Law.

William H. Taft is an originator, a
constructive statesman, not follow
er. He has initiative, positive con-
victions and he acts upon them. rms
has been proved by every step in his
public career. He is natural lead
er, progressive and altruistic. He IS
animated by the strongest sense OF |
loyalty and the obligations OF friend
ship when they do not conflict with |
duty or what he thinks and knows Is |
right.
No stage of his progression from a |
law office in Cincinnati to the poruo-
Ito of war has been unmarked by &C
complishment, by important pioneer
ing in the sphere OF law or statecralI'
His career has been self made.
AS Judge of the Superior Court OF
Ohio he laid down the Interpretation
of the law of the secondary boycott,
or a boycott against a person not a
marty to the original trade dispute.
| He outlined and definitely fixed the
rights of labor when he decided that
| a combination by workingmen to
raise wages or obtain other material
| advantages is not contrary to law. In
fine Addvston pipe case, decided by
him when on the Federal circuit
bench he for the first time made eff
fective the Sherman antitrust law,
and showed how it could be success
fully invoked against criminal combi-
nations of corporations. Here he ap-
nlied to the suppression of an illegal
combination of capital the Identical
nrinciples he had previously been
criticised for utilizing in curbing lille
gal combinations of employees.
When he became Solicitor-General
of the United States, at the age Of
thirtv-three, he won for the United
States an all-important international
decision in the Alaska seal fisheries
DISPUTE with Great Britain. He saved
tbe Mckinley tariff bill when 1t was
attacked in the courts by absolutely
proving the legality of the procedure
which had resulted in its passage.
In the Philippines he inaugurateo
the "pOlicy of attraction" when IN
less than a decade reduced the ISL
lands and their 100000 OF conten-
I tious. mixed and rebellious peoples
from a state of chaos to an orderly
: self-sustaining nation, parIiaiIy sen
5 Governing and with the certain pros
= 1ect Of Intimately attaining to com
: n1e+a autonomy by education and ex
i nerience. In this single task alone
? Mr. Taft originated and carried ou'
j measures which admittedly equal th'
Il ACCOMPLISHMENTS of Cromer, Eng
lands great colonial administrator.
e Mr. Taft was at the head and iron
e Of orr Intervention in Cuba, rendered
/ necessary by the revolution OF tw'
: vears ago. He went to Cuba, and b!
Il his Diplomacy, frmness and Tn
0 Strength of his personality induced
y the disDuting factions not to resls
e onr +roops with arms, He devised
y Duo,,isiona1 government and put
II INTO successful operation. Then n
II +oolr I'm the task of organizing per
s. Tnanent government according to IN
~ DIVISIONS of the Cuban Constitution
L He succeeded, and within re-
or months the Cubans will again be glN
y on full control of their own analrs'
10 His guiding hand has peen poleL
= in shaping the fortunes OF the ne
~ Renublic of Panama ana maintain :, y
VI its integrity and stability; AS seer I.
'c tarv of War he became the respoH -
ce HE head of the construction o. u
We Panama Canal. He brought us nls ta
'e- ants as organizer and admlnlsIrat'
nd co hear mon the canal situate
on T,,ban conditions on the isthmus we
LIST discouraging. The success
ar the tbe'I nroiect is now assured, 50 mu,
ice s go that Mr.. Taft has been able TO
OIL op a definite date WIN
,ur ne The work will be completed. 49,,
len u" These are only a few Of the he :, th {,
re- .o,,d and one tasks that Mr.. Tart n
op- Undertaken and accomplished. sol sol
.c[- of them in the face OF obstacles u
atm I seemed insurmountable. Ana IN as
ub- Mr. Taft. as one writer put it. 4
r III. been seeking only results ana
~ ~ personal gloritication.