New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-28
TAFT WINS VOTES
UP HUDSON VALLEY
RECORD BREAKING AUDI
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Cheered by Huge Crozcds of Work.
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York State He has been received with the
utmost courtesy and enthusiasm by record
| breaking audiences which have gathered TO
| greet him at every stopping point and have
| packed the auditorums in which he has aD-
| peared
The most notable meetings OF the day. those
which the experts believe have accomplished the
creates. good. were held in Schenectady late this
afternoon. The Taft special arrived here at
| 40 o'clock. and the candidate was Immediately
| conveyed TO the American Locomotive Works,
where he addressed an audience Of several thou-
| sand worktngmen. Standing on a small plat
| form, with painted efigy Of modern loco.
motive in the cab windows Of which were pict-'
! ures of Taft and Sherman as a background.
Judge Taft explained his judicial decisions to-
one Of the most attentive audiences he has ever
addressed.
When the candidate assembled the platform he
was greeted with a hearty cheer. Then. al.
though the great audience was IN the open air
and standing, the proverbial pin could almost
| ha- been heard had 1t dropped Mr. Taft has
received the closest attention from labor audi
ences but it was particularly noticeable on thin
occasion.
Mr.. Taft first reviewed the labor legislation OF
the Republican party. Then he took up tho
subject of tnjUnctions and began the explanation
OF his decisions. I did grant intunctfons" hs+
said Whenever found that the facts and the
law entitled the plaintiff to an injunction r
granted one. in accordance with my oath OF
Office, and if I had not done my duty as judge
I should not now have the right to stand here
and ask you to intrust me with the importaa1
duties of the Presidency"
Then his hearers sent up a mighty cheer n
cheer all the more effective because OF the pre-
vious silence. So. too as he closed his ex-
planation of the Moore & Co. the Arthur and
the Phelan cases. his words in each case were
heartily applauded.
SWAPS GREAT LABOR AUDIENCE
From the locomotive works Mr.. Taft went to
the works Of the General Electric Company,
which is now employing nine thousand men, its
plant covering floor space Of fifty acres. It
was dark when the temporary stand was reached
and a thunder shower arrived with the cand1-
date. But great audience Of many thousands
of men surrounded the little stand and gave the
candidate the absolute attention which had
Characterized his previous audience.
Mr.. Taft first urged the necessity OF the cleo
tion of the Republican ticket TO insure business
/ confidence and a restoration Of prosperity. and
pilorted Mr.. Bryan as a man whose economic
theories were utterly unavoidable" No sooner
had he begun speaking than all the electric
lights around the stand and throughout the city
went out. Go on" the crowd shouted and he
did. speaking in almost total darkness for sew
was about to close his speech there were cries
of Tell US about intUnctionst" and he told
them. Not with much detail at the loco
motive works, but with equal force and obvious
" as great effect he affirmed that he had merely
done his duty as Judge sworn 70 uphold the
law and the Constitution. and he pointed out
how his decisions had proved far more bene-
fetal than detrimental TO labor
UPHOLDs RECORD ON THE BENCH
The lights had been restored. but IL was still
dark and wet raining steadily. and was long
past the dinner hour OF the men who had done
hard days work, but they were eager for more,
and when the candidate protested that he did
not like to detain them. they again shouted,
Go on" and listened in rapt attention Final
" he took up the latest charge against him,
answering it in these words:
1t is said that I am opposed to labor because
while was the bench, when the receiver OF
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad reduced the
wages OF the on the road 10 per cent. !
would not reverse that order. The circumstances !
were these: The road was owned by the city
of Cincinnati The only property that the rail- !
road company had was leasehold at a rental
paid each month OF $4,000
You remember the time in "a and 's5. when
business conditions were so deplorabIe that
nobody earned anything. The earnings OF the
road were cut down The economies 81 the re-
Cefver went the point OF endangerfnz the
safety of the road for the public use The re-
ceipts fell off from sSSOO0 a month TO $4,000. /.
He could borrow money; he could not do
ANYTHING. He did not own the body OF the road
10 borrow money on, II was only the leaSehold.
and on the IeasehoId he borrowed 100000 on
certificates then he could not borrow any more.
Therefore he had TO reduce 10 par cent II was
not a question Of anything but extremity. and
hold that up against me as a judge on the bench
administering that property is only character-'
istc OF the charges that are made against me.
When Judge Taft closed there was wave after
wave of applause. followed by cheers Then
some one proposed three cheers for the Judge
without fear" and they given with a WILL
After he had climbed into the waiting autonno-
bile the men crowded arond 1t in such num-
bers trying TO grasp his hand. that II with
the utmost difficulty he was finally got away
Later on Mr.. Taft addressed enthusiasts
/ audience in the Van CurIer Opera House. an
other in the opera house at Cohoes. and late
| this evening a great audience at Troy.
! BRYAN AS TRUST SPECIALIST.
In his address at Troy Mr. Taft defined ths
/ difference between his knowledge OF trusts ard
/ that Of Mr. Bryan in the following terms;
! Mr. BRYAN saws that I am too tender with the
/ trusts. every remedy that he proposes I sug
/ sest the impraCtCable character OF Well.
| that is true. but that is not my fault He saws
/ I don't know anything about trusts Perhaps
/ don't But a trust. 50 far We have praCti-
| calv 10 consider II. is a legal entity, the ques-
/ tfon is something that comes within statute
| What is it, \ man who sits on the bench and
/ has 10 punish another for forming a trust IS
| under some sort OF obligation 70 look into the
/ question of what trust Is
/ II is now ten years ago. long before I was
/ running for the Presidency. or ever thought
| should run for the Presidency. that I had to
/ consider the question OF what trust was under
| the antitrust law. That passed in 1890.
us terms were drawn with sufficient vagueness