The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-09-24

swayed from the path of duty by any
| argument, by any considera ton. who will
wage relentless war on the successful
Wrongdoer among railroad men as among |
all other men, who viii do all that can be
done to secure legltiulately low rates to
shippers and absolute evenness among |
the rates thus secured but who Will nei- |
| ther promise nor attempt to secure rates |
so low that the wage Garner would lose
his earnings and the, Shareholder, whose !
money built the road. his profits lie !
| will not favor ru!nous experiment like |
government ownership of railways He
will stand against any kind OF contsca-
ton Of honestly acquired property, but
he will work effectively for the most et-
fcient type OF Igovernment supervision
| and control of railways, so as to secure
Just and fair treatment of the people as
| q whole.
What is here said as to his attitude on
the railway question applies to the whole
question of the trusts. He will promise
nothing on this subject unless he FIRMLY
believes he can make his promise good.
He will go into no chimercal movement
to destroy all great business combinations,
for this can only be done by destroying
all modern business but he will In prac-
tical fashion do everything possible to Sc
cure such efficient control on behalf OF
the people as a whole over these. great
|
power to work evil, Mr.. Tafts decision
in the Addystone pipe line case while on
the bench is proof by deeds not by words.
of thu farsighted wisdom with which he
serves the intars1Ee9f the whole people
even when chose ct The most powerful
corporations are hostile thereto
If there is one body of men more than
, another whose support l feel | have
right to challenge on behalf of Secretary
Taft 1t Is the body Of wageworkers OF
the country. stancher friend. d falrer
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 do that which is
. | wrong He will do wrong for no man
and therefore can be trusted by all men,
: During the ten years of my intimate ac-
quaintance with him, since have myseH
; | as governor and president been Obliged 10
deal practically with labor, problems ne
II ! has been one of the men upon whose 1udg-
ment and aid could always rely In do
e ing everything possible for the cause OF
u the wageworker, of the man who works
- with his hands or with both hands and
head.
y. Mr.. Taft has been attacked because ol
- the injunctions he delivered while on the
l. bench | am content to rest his case or
y these very injunctions maintain tha'
h they show why all our people should be
ST grateful to him and should feel it safe tC
10 intrust their dearest interests to him. MOS
III assuredly he never has yielded and never
&c will yield to threat or pressure OF an1
" sort as little IL II comes from labor as i
u il comes from capital He will no mor'
Is tolerate the violence of a mob than TN
ID corruption and oppression and arroganc
~ of a corporation or of a wealthy man. III
will not consent to limit the power or IN
~ ~ courts to put a stop to wrongdoing WheF
re ever found. This very fact should max
We the labor people feel peculiar contidenc
oh in him He has incurred the bitter hosti
ho ity of foolish and bigoted reactionaries b
IL his frank criticism of the abuse OF tn
ss poWer of Injunction in labor disputes, an
vi he is pledged to do all he can TO put
stop to the abuses in the exercise of tn
hu power of injunction. He will never prom
% ise anything that he will not do all IN nj
IA power to perform. He can always L
re trusted to do little better than his wore
an and the fact that before election he wi
/ not promise the impossible Is in itself
- guaranty that after election all that
~ possible will be done.
TN His record as u judge makes the who
~ country his debtor. His actions and d
~, cisions are part of the great traditions
' the bench. They guaranteed ana set lori
- in striking fashion the rights of the gel
%, eral public as against the selfish interes
~ ~ of any class. whether of capitalists or
"Il' " laborers They set forth and stand by Il
81 rights of the wageworkers to organize al
~ to strike as uneQuivocally as they
~ forth and stand by the doctrine that I
w w conduct will be tolerated that would sp'
~" destruction to the nation as whole.
NV as' for the attack upon his injunctions In |
III IL bor disputes made while he was on t
~, bench, | ask that the injunctions be car
- fully examined ! ask that every respo
- sible and fair minded labor leader. eve
~ | responsible and fair minded member OF
rlr labor organization, read these lnJuncuo
- for himself If he will do so, instead
Nv condemning them he will heartily appro
, 81 Of them and will recognize this furtf
80 astonishing fact that the principles ls
NV down by Judge Taft in these very injuI
he tions which laboring people are asked
, ia condemn, are themselves the very prlh
~ ples which are now embodied in the la
,tch or practices Of every responsible labor
,ant | ganization. No responsible organizat
nor would now hesitate to condemn
,,,IS abuses against which Judge Taft's injul
,ant tions were aimed. The principles VIII
Vic he therein so wisely and fearlessly l
of down serve as a charter of liberty for
tho of u.s. for wageworKers, for employe
sins fer the general public for they rest on
principles of fair dealing for all, of e'
handed justice for all. They mark
"a Judge who rendered them as standing
- the rights Of the whole people. AS far
80. daylight is from darkness so far is sue
ldg- luuSe Holu tno ~ ~ rtno,ng tool oT or,
ded- 20 sie my ~ norrnnting cornora n,
ia Judge Taft on the bench--as since. in
: an. Philippines in Panama in Cuba. in
,oint WaI uepar "a az ,,nr,ght sarvant
Is to M'so, q teA' oo,ta vvhosa sery,ces 10
nei- tne "noIe peop.o ''pro ho,,ond. ali nrice nj,
: e'at ~ ever, let all good citiEens remember
ho.h he rendered these services not wheT
OVsn ~ was easy to do so. but when lawless
TSh TSs lenOe was threatened, when malice,
Iis II nlestN an anu s.A.'o 80 - onr government
not sne ~ ,s..',r. NM .;or ITis ac+tons shovtsd
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