The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-24

nnal order and It's enforcement and between
the routine orders bringing witnesses and
Jurors into court would go hamper the ed-
mlnistratlon OF Justice as to make the courts
q laughing stock. II may be popular to
such a change. It may attract
the support and approval Of those who
not understand Its real effect; but go long
ss ] have power Of expression. and without
to how It may affect me politically.
I shall lit my voice In protest against such
q destructive step In our judicial procedure.
TAET's REAL LABOR ATTITUDE.
It has been sought to give the impression
that this record OF mine as a Judge shows
that l am unfriendly TO labor. Nothing
could be further from the fact. No one
that I know has more sympathy with the
laboring man, no one I at ] know Ia more
anxious for legislation which will enable
the wage garner TO maintain himself In
the struggle for q livelihood and In his re-
lations with a powerful employer. My
relations to labor have not been confined
to decisions upon tn bench. As the ex-
ecutive In charge Of the work IN the Panama
Canal / rave had under me for four years
upward Of thirty thousand laborers.
| have had occasion In he Philippines
to deal with labor questions there. and
feel very confident that nc n at all cog
infant Of the situation will charge that In
my administration OF the office OF Governor
Of the islands l was not fully alive to the
interests of the laboring man.
WHERE STANDS BRYANT
The question which organized railroad
labor men have to answer Ii whether. for
what 10 to-day an academic reason and
one which really Affects their relations to
their employer In no substantial way at
- 49, o~1,oa ~ mt In Fnwaf N n0titiCal
party with q leader whose election will be
regarded by all business men a. a menace
to their interests and O threat against re-
turning prosperity. Now that this Is a
fact there Is not the slightest doubt. You
may ascertain It by inquiry. and the reason
for the fact Is not far to find.
MIR. Bryan's public career began a. q
member OF Congress In the sessions from
ps to 90. In the first session OF his ser
vice was enacted the Gorman-WNson tarfh
bill, and he wa very prominent In urging
lite adoption and very jubilant over its pas
sage. The result Of the Wilson
tariff bill was to PROSTATE h industries
Of the country. and we had o four years
depression lasting up to 1897. the like oil
which had not been seen for years In this
country. Wages went down. strikes fol-
lowed, and an industrial depression that
leu 10 kT6ut buhcfthks OopSShobs N
part Of the wage Garner. Mr.. Bryan then
came forward and announced that while
protection had killed Its thousands! the gold
standard had killed It's tens Of thousands.
and proposed that we should depart from
the gold standard and adopt a silver dollar
which would enable US to pay all u debts
In Just half the amount In which they were
contracted.
The direct effect Of this would have been
to cut wages one-half. and In the genera
disaster and paralysis following there would
have been q constant conflict on the part
OF labor with employers In order to restore
wages to a proper equivalent under the
gold standard. Mr.. Bryan prophesled that
II we continued on the gold standard and
did not adopt the free coinage Of silver
IL would result In the greatest In jury Ia
labor. His prophecies were entirely re-
futed, There came on after the adoption
oil the gold standard. after the repeal OF
the German Wilson bill and the passage
OF the Dingiey bill such a period OF pros
perity for twelve years as had never been
seen In the world before. Wages and the
standard OF living Of the iaboring man
were never SO high.
40 GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP o TAFT,
do not know how the railroad employees
would like Government ownership. ]
should think that they would view such q
suggestion with great alarm. ! am IN
alterabiy opposed to II. II would place toe
vast a power In the control OF the President,
1t would lead to Q mana cement OF railroads
not nearly 80 effective as that which we
have under private ownership and II would
involve the Government ln an enormous
debt. II would make railroad employees
Government servants and would subject
them to the dangers Of political supervision
In a way that certainly would be most
inlmical to their interests. 1t would revo.
lutionize the whole vast railroad system
Of the country.
The whole country is dependent upon the
prosperity Of the railroads. We are
interested that legislation against the rail-
roads should be just and only properly re-
strictlve.
Mr.. Taft had an hours conference be.
fore the meeting with National Chairman
Hitchcock. Hitchcock accompanied him
to the meeting and sat on the platform
Mr.. Taft left here at midnight. He viii
speak tomorrow In Wisconsin, ending
the day with a rally at Milwaukee in the
evening.