The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-22
APPROVES MANNER
IN WHICH TAFT
SPEAKS OF LABOR

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his own position in relation to a mat
ter which concerns not only business
men and every decent, law-abiding
citizen, whether a wage worker or not,
just~as much as 1t concerns Mr.. Com
pers and that part of organized labor
that stands with him.
Confine Himself to Plank.
There is no need of generalities, of
vague expressions of sympathy for Ia
Dor. Let Mr.. Bryan simply confine
himself to the anti-injunction plank Of
his own platform and tell us publicly,
definitely and clearly whether he &C
cepts or rejects the statements of Mr..
Gompers that this plank pledges him
to the principles of the bill for which
Mr.. Gompers stands, and whether, if
elected, he will endeavor to have this
proposal enacted into law.
This is asked honestly, in the inter-
est of that large voting public which
believes sincerely in the promotion Of
every legitimate right and interest of
labor, but which believes also that
from the standpoint of the best inter-
est of labor, it neither requires nor is
entitled to more than justice, and
that the right to destroy business
should not be formally recognized in
the law of the land.
feel that have the right to speak
frankly in this matter because
throughout my term as President it
has been my constant object to do
everything in my power, both by ad-
ministrative action and by endeavor
ing to secure legislative action to ad-
vance the cause of labor. protect 1t
from unjust aggression and secure to
it it's legitimate rights.
have accomplished something; I
hope to accomplish something more
before leave office, and have taken
special and peculiar interest in Mr..
Taft's candidacy because believe that
of all the men in this country he is the
man best qualified for continuing the
work of securing to the wage workers
of the country their full rights. I will
do everything in my power for the
do what is wrong.
will do wrong for no man and with
all the force in my. power I solemnly
warn the laboring men of this country
that any public man who advocates do
ing wrong in their interest can not be
trusted by them, and this whether his
promise to do wrong is given knowing
that it is wrong or because of levity
and lack of consideration which make
him willing to promise anything with
out counting the cost, If thereby sup
port at the moment can be purchased
Just as have fought hard and shall
continue to fight hard to bring about
in the fullest way the recognition of
the right of the employe to be amply
compensated for injury received in the
course of his duty, so have fought
hard and shall continue to fight hard
to do away with all abuses in the use
Of the power of injunction. l will do
everything / can to see that the power
of Injunction is not used to Cypress
secure them full and equal justice.
Therefore, in the interest of all good
citizens, be they laboring men. bust
ness men, professional men, farmers
or members of any other occupation,
so long as they have in their souls the
principles of sound American citizen
ship, l denounce as wicked the propo-
sition to secure a law which. accord
ing to the explicit statement of Mr.
Gompers, is to prevent the courts
from effectively interfering with riot
GUS violence when the object is to de-
stroy a business and which will legal
ize the blacklist and the secondary
boycott, both of them the apt instru-
ments of unmanly persecution.
Seek to DeIude Their Followers.
But there is another account against
Messrs Bryan and Gompers in this
matter. Ephraim feedeth on wind.
Their proposed remedy is an empty
sham. They are seeking to delude their
followers by the promise of law
which would damage this country sole
" because of the vicious, immoral pur-
pose that would be shown by putting
it upon the statute books, but which
would be utterly worthless to accom-
plish its avowed purpose.
have not the slightest doubt that
such a law as that proposed by Mr..
Bryan would, if enacted by Congress.
be declared unconstitutional by q