Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-14
TAFT'S INJUNCTION VIEWS
Statement Given Out in Chicago
Which He Says is Unauthorized.
WILL TREAT SUBJECT IN LETTER
Statement Il supposed 20 he simply
conclusions Of It's Author Drawn
from Taft's Previous
Speeches.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 12,-Judge Taft
was tonight shown the statement given out
by the Taft industrial headquarters In
Chicago concerning the anti-injunctl"n
plank Of the republican platform adopted
at Chicago.
II know nothing Of the statement 20
which you refer" said Mr.. Taft. My
vicws on the subject Of injunctions have
been expressed In my judicial opinions and
in my political speeches and public ad-
dresses. but / have neither made nor au-
thorized on my behalf any expression on
the subject since the Chicago convention.
I What may be said by some advocate OF
nine, based on my opinions or my speeches
Of course | cannot say and would not now
be expected to commen upon. l expect 10
treat OF the general subject in my speech
and letter Of acceptance"
Tomorrow MIR. Taft will begin debating
his speech Of acceptance and will be so
engaged during the coming week. He has
not yet prepared a line of the speech, al
though he has considered various parts of
the document and talked with several Of
his callers about It.
Statement in Question.
CHICAGO, July IA statement given
out by the industrial headquarters estab-
lished by Mr., Taft's campaign managers
and printed today referring to Mr.. Taft's
personal anti-injunction views, says:
The Injunction, as it has been used in
labor cases generally, has been ~repugnant
to our American sense Of fairness. Judge
Taft stands on record with the unions as
opposed to it in it's present form, a position
that many others who had advised against
the Injunction have not cared to take,
u,Htoh gtropgl1, apopba ai1ea the difference
between talking about a matter and being
ready to do it.
He Judge TafO has stated repeatedly
that no Injunction should be granted until
both parties to the case have been heard.
II this suggestion ever becomes law the
labor Injunction will be put out of business.
for the right to leave the service under
certain conditions has been established
firmly. The di solution Of each labor injunc-
ton issued against a strike on the wage
controversies directly between the employer
and the employe proved it."
Hitchcock Not Informed.
WASHINGTON, July 13-Frank II.
Hitchcock chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, had his attention brought
this afternoon to the publication in a Chi
cago newspaper of what was reported to
be an authorized statement issued by the
Industrial headquarters of Judge Taft's
views on the anti-injunction plank Of the
pla torn. Mr.. Hitchcock said that he had
never heard of this statement before and
that he certainly would have been advised
had any such statement been authorized by
Judge Taft.
He declined to make any comment on the
accuracy of the statement with regard TO
Judge Taft's position In this important mat
ter.
1t is recalled by Judge Taft's friends
here that while secretary of war Mr.. Taft
not infrequently expressed himself with
great candor upon the subject of the proper
employment of the powerful legal agency
known as the injunction in disputes be-
tween employers and employees. They point
out that the judge in several public
speeches, notably in Boston, indicated his
belief that the existing court practice
should be regulated so as to admit of the
trial Of contempt cases before other Judges
than those issuing the writ, and that in
other respects he was in favor of liberaliz-
ing court practice in the interest of labor,
never, however, going to the extent of
sanctioning the right Of suspension of such
writs of injunction without notice in cases
where such action was necessary to pre-
vent violence or destruction of tangible
pronerty