Mountain advocate., 1908-10-02

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| argument, by any consideration who will
| wage relentless war on the successful
| wrongdoer among railroad men as among
| all other men, who will do all that can be
! done to secure legtimately low rates to
| shippers and absolute evenness among
/ the rates thrs secured but who will nei-
thcr promise nor attempt 10 secure rates
/ so low that the wage Garner would lose
/ his earnings and the shareholder. whose
/ money built the road. his profits, He
! will not favor Il rulnous experiment like
/ government ownership of railways. He
/ will stand against any kind Of confisca-
/ ton of honestly acquired property. but
| he will work effectively for the most ef
| ficient type of government supervision
| ard control Of railways, so as To secure
just and fair treatment Of the people as
Ii whole.
What is here said as to his attitude OH
the railway Question applies to the whole
/ question of he trusts. He viii promise
nothing on this subject unless he firmly
believes he can MAKE his promise good
/ He viii so into no chimcrical movement
/ 20 destroy all great business combinations
for this can only he done by destroying
4 all modern business. but he will In prac-
tical fashion do everything possible to Sc.
cure such efficient control on bclaf Of
! the people as a whole over these great
! combinations as viii deprive thorn of tho
power to wor,i evil Mr. Taft's decision
] III the AduNStOne pipe Hne case WIlle on
the bench is proof by deeds, not by words
| Of the flrgighted wisdom with which he
| serves the interests of the whole people
/ even when those of the most powerful
/ corporations are hostile thereto
If there Is one body Of men more than
| another whose support | feel | have
/ right TO challenge on behalf Of Secretary
/ Taft II is the body of wageworkers of
| the country. A stancher friend, "A fairer
| and truer representative. they cannot
| find within the borders Of the United
/ States He will do everything in his pow.
| er for them except to 90 tnat which Is
/ wrong. Ee will do wrong for no man
/ AMI therefore can Se trusted by all men
! During the ten years of my intimate ac-
| uuiintance with him. since ! have mvsCt
as governor and president been obliged to
! deal practically with labor problems, he
! has been one Of the men upon whose judg'
! ment an1 aid ] coU.d always rely In do
! ing everything possible for the cause Of
! the wageworlSer. Of the man who works
| with his hands or with both hands ard
4 head.
Mr.. Taft has been attacked because OF
| the injunctons he delivered while on the
I bench ! am content to rest his case on
these very injunctions, / maintain that
| they show why all our people should be
grateful to him and should feel ii safe To
/ intrust their dearest interests to him. Most
assuroGly he never has yielded and never
/ will yield to threat or pressure OF any
| sort as little If II comes from labor AS II
! it comes from capital. He will no more
! tolerate the violence of n mob than the
/ corruption ard oppression and arrogance
/ OF corporation or OF a wealthy man. He
/ will not consent to limit the power OF tho
courts to put stop TO wrongdoing wher-
J ever found. This very fact should maize
! the labor people feel peculiar confidence
in him. lie has incurred the bitter hostil'
ity 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 a
stop to the abuses in the exercise Of the
power Of injunction. He will never prom
ise anything that he will not do all in his
power to perform. He can always he
trusted To do little better than his word.
and the fact that before election he will
not promise the impossible is in itself a
guaranty that after election all that Is
/ possible will be done.
/ His record as judge makes the whole
country his debtor His actions and de-
cisions are part OF the great traditions OF
the bench. They guaranteed and set forth
in striking fashion the rights of the gen
eral public as against the selfish interests
OF any class. whether of capitalists or of
laborers. They set forth and stand by the
4 rights OF the wageworkers 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. As
for the attack upon his injunctions in la
bor disputes made while he was on the
bench | ask that the injunctlons be care
fully examined. | ask that every respon-
sibe and fair minded labor leader every
responsible and fair minded member of n
labor organization. read these injunctions
for himself. If he will do so. instead of
condemning them he will heartily approve
Of them and will recognize this further
astonishing fact that the principles laid
down by Judge Taft I'm these very injunc-
tions. which laboring people are asked to
condemn. are themselves the very princi-
pies which are now embodied In the laws
or practices OF every responsible labor or
ganization. No responsible organization
would now hesitate to condemn the
abuses against which Judge Tafts injunc-
tions were aimed The principles which
he therein so wisely and fearlessly laid
down serve as n charter OF liberty for all
Of us. for wageworkers. for employers,(
for the general public. for they rest on the
principles OF fair dealing for all OF even
handed Justice for all. They mark the
Judge who rendered them as standing for
the rights OF the whole people. AS fer as
daylight Is from darkness so far is such a
Judge from the time server. the trucker
to the mob or the cringing tool OF great.
corrupt and corruptlng corporations
Judge Taft on the bench-as since In the
Philippines, in Panama, I'm Cuba in the
war department-showed himself to be a
wise. fearless and an upright servant OF
the whole people. whose services to the
whole people were beyond all price. More.
over, let all good citizens remember that
he rendered these services not when II
was easy to do so. hut when lawless v,o-
lemon was threatened. when malice. dc.
nestle and civic disturbance threatenod
the whole fabric of our government ard
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