Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-15

dearest interests to him Most as
suredly he never has yielded and never
will yield to threat or pressure of any
sort, as little if it comes from labor as
IL 1t comes from capital.
He will no more tolerate the violence
OF mob than the corruption and
arrogance of corporation or of a
wealthy man. He will not consent. to
limit the power Of the crowds to put
stop to wrong doing wherever found.
This very fact should make the labor
people feel a pecuilar confidence in
him.
He has incurred the bitter hostility
of foolish and bigoted reaCtionaries by
his frank criticism of the abuse of the
power of injunction in labor disputes,
and he Is pledged to do all he can to
put stop to the abuses in the ever
else of the power of Injunction.
Will do Better Than Word.
He will never promise anything that
he will not do all in his power to per-
form. He can always be trusted to do
little better than his word and the
fact that before his election he will
not promise the impossible, is in itself
| a guarantee that after election all that
| is possible will be done.
| His record as a judge makes the
whole country his debtor. His actions
and decisions are part of the great
| u cttlllOHS vi lle DtICil- lity 3 uctl :
antee and set forth in striking fashion
the rights of the general public as
against the selfish interests of any
class, whether of capitalists or of lab
| orers They set forth and stand by the
rights of the wage workers to organize
and to strike, as unequivocally as they
set forth and stand by the doctrine
that no conduct will be tolerated that
would spell destruction to the nation
as a whole.
Examine Iniunctlons Carefully.
AS for his attack upon his injunc-
| ton in labor disputes. made while he
was on the bench / ask that the in
junction be carefully examined. I ask
! that every responsible and fair mind
ed labor leader, every responsible and
fair minded labor leader, every re-
! sponsible and fair-minded member OF
a labor organization, read these in
| junction for himself
If he will do so instead of condemn
ing them, he will heartily approve OF
them and will recognize this further
astonishing fact that the principles
laid down by Judge Taft in these very
iniunctions which laboring people are
asked to condemn. are themselves the
very principles which are now en-
bodied in the laws or practices OF
every responsible labor organization
| No responsible organization would now
hesitate to condemn the abuses
against which Judge Tafts injunc-
tons We're aimed.
Rest on Even Handed Justice
i The principles which he therein sc
i wisely and fearlessly laid down serve
as a charter of liberty for all of us, fol
wage workers. for employees, for the
general public; for they rest on tht
principles of fair dealing for all, even
i handled justic for all.
4 They mark the judge who rendered
i them as standing for the rights of the
people, AS far as daylight is from
darkness, so far is such a judge from
mob, or the criEgirg tool of grea
corrupt and corrupting corporations
Judge Taft on the bench-as since, il
the Philippines. in Panama, in Cuba
in the war Observation-Disclosures him
self to be a wise. q fearless. and al
upright servant of the whole people
whose services to the whole peopl
We're beyond all price.
Moral and Physica! Courage.
Moreover, let all good citizens rem
ember that he rendered these services
F not when it was easy to do SO. bu
! when lawless violence was threatened
when malice. domestic and civic dis
, turbance threatened the whole fabri
+ of our government and of civilization
eli i1i6 nf n,nrs1 oi b,,t Of NV
cicaI COURAGE 90 Vol for his life wa
freely and Violently threatened.
Let all fair minded men, wag
: workers and capitalists alike, conside
yet another fact. In one of his de
cisions upon the bench Judge Taft up
held in the strongest fashion and TO
the first time gave iull vitality of tn
principle Of the employers liabilit
, for injuries done workmen. This wa
before any national law on the sub
: ject was enacted.
Condemned by Capitalists.
Judge Tafts sense of right his in
olsnatloh AGAINST oPpressluh III an
} form against any aIlltuae tnat IS Nc
f iSar ana JUST drove nm 70 TAKE pos
illoh when was VlolehJ!y colaeilpe
r by Shoft-slsnted ca plIallsts aha en-,
| pioyefs OF lapor' Whlcn was SO lar
| advance or the Time mat II was ne
generally upheld by the state court
hut when we are now einpodSlng
5 the law OF the land
: Judge Ia1t was leader plonee
Y "hlle on the pench, III the EFFORT I
5 get justice tor the wage worker,
? jealous championship OF ms rights
ana all uprlght ana lar-sishteu razor
ing men should ho!ds II 10 ms cred