The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-09-25
TAFT TALKS To
RA|LR0AOERS
GREETED BY TREMEND-
GUS CROWDS IN INDI-
ANA AND CHICAGO
STRAIGHT TO POINT.

CHICAGO. Sept. PA crowd
which blocked the passageway of the
Lake Shore station. who waved blue
flags with the candidates picture on
them. and which fairly drowned the
ed Judge Taft upon his arrival at
Chicago this afternoon. The Repub-
lican standard bearers smile, which
had beamed through the state of In
diana during the earlier part OF the
day, showed no hint of fatigue as he
was escorted through the crowd to
a waiting automobile. Police, both
mounted and on foot. were hard set
to keep the crowd back. All along
the street on the way to the Audi
torium Annex the ovation continued.
Mr.. Taft came from an immense
meeting at the farm of George Ade.
Go after Bryan and give him Hail
Columbia was the admonition of
the audience, and. taking the cue,
Mr.. Taft went after Bryan The
labor record of his opponent. he said,
began when Bryan helped enact the
Wilson German tariff bill, which
brought greater disaster to the labor
ing men of the country than had been
experienced in half a century.
Has he fired Haskell YETI came
another query from the crowd. The
general laugh which followed was
the only answer.
Mr.. Taft expressed his satisfaction
at being able to speak to laboring
men and "show you that ! am not, as
| have been represented, possessed of
horns"
TALKS OF LABOR MATTERS.
He talked of the record of the
Roosevelt administration. which. he
declared. had placed more labor legis-
lation on the statute books than had
been done in a decade. He gave the
Republican party credit practical
ly the entire body of federal laws
which had benefited labor. With this
concluding sentence Mr.. Taft aroused
three hearty cheers for himself.
IF | am elected president. as |
hope and believe | shall be. propose,
and ii will be one of my pleasant du-
ties. to devote my time and all the
ability | have to the construction of
legislation which shall place the la
borer on an exact level and give a
square deal. and no more than a
square deal.
Following is the speech of Mr.. Taft
to the Order of Railway Conductors
In this city tonight:
Il am glad to meet so many men,
bers of organized labor | have ac-
cepted this opportunity to address an
audience of members of the brother
hoods in order that | may take up
question which has been given
great prominence in this campaign.
and in which | must say that every
effort has been made unjustly to
arouse the prejudice of organized la
hor against the Republican party and
its candidate.
LAWS FOR RAILROAD MEN.
In the first place. | wish to af-
firm. without fear of contradiction,
that the Republican party has done
vastly more than the Democratic par
ty. both in state and national legis-
lation. for protection and in the in
terest of labor. 1t passed in General
Harrison's administration the eight
hour law for government workmen.
and gave an impetus to a reduction
of hours in other employment. The
safety appliance acts. by which the
railroads engaged in interstate COM
meree were required to make provi-
sion for the safety of their employees
and thus TO reduce the shocking loss
Of life and limb of railroad employees.
were passed in the same administra-
tion. Amendments 10 this act, maxi
ing more detailed specifications for
improvements in. safety appliances,
including especially the fire pan,
have been passed in the present adj
ministration. An act for the promo
tion of arbitration between the rail
roads and their employees in interstate
commerce is also one of those acts
of benefieence to both employer and
employe. The last congress enacted
a law which was declared unconstitu-
tional. and then in its second session
re-enaeted the law to avoid the con-
stitutional objections. BY this act
railway employees who bring suit for
damages against the company cannot
now be defeated on the ground that
the negligence was the negligence of
a fellow servant. If he is shown to
he guilty of negligence himself In
slight degree he does not forfeit his
right of action, but it is left to the
jury to apportion the damages and
reduce them as equity shall justify.
In addition to this. law limiting
the hours of labor of interstate rail
way employees has been passed. A
bill was also passed by the last ses-
sion of congress providing for conf
pensation to government employees
for injuries received in the govern
ment employ. 1t Is an inadequate
law and will doubtless be improved
by coming congresses. An issue,
however, has arisen as TO the attitude
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