Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-02
REc0MPEMsE TO INJURED
Believes Sixteen-Heur Bill Nigh. Be
Amended.
WILL MAKE NO REPRIsALS
Says That Unjust Attacks Will Not
Turn Him From His Attitude
Of Sympathetic Support.

BUFFALO, y. Y, November Judge
Taft caused this statement to be issued
here las. nigh. as coming from him:
:! have been honored By Mr., Roosevelt
in the las. tou" years In being called in
to assist az an adviser in respect to all
the executive and legislative measures
projected in his administration in the in
terest of labor. and ] have had very
deep sympathy witt, al. that has been
done.
Steps That Should Be Taken.
There are other measures in the inter-
est Of labor that ought to be adopted.
TIE sixteenhou. bill ought probably to
he amended. The compensation for gov
eminent employees act ought to be en-
larged and liberalized with a view to MAX
ing the government liable in the same way
as a private employe for the injury OF Its
workmen suffered while in its employ.
1T is the legitimate and approved prac-
tice of labor organizations to propose leg
islation of this kind to the executive for
recommendation and to Congress for
action, and it will be pleasant
duty on my part, If l ain elected.
as / expect to be, to consider all
such labor proposals and to urge upon
Congress those measures approved in the
republican platform, as we'll as such
others as commend themselves to my
judgment and my desire to aid labor.
The functions of the commissioner of
labor may well be enlarged to make the
bureau more useful to the cause of labor.
and all proposals in that direction will
meet my hearty concurrence
Will Make No Reprisals.
THE bitterness and injustice of the at
tacks made upon me by Mr.. Bryan, by
Mr. Gompers and by Mr.. Fuller will not in
the slightest degree turn. me from my
consistent attitude toward labor of SYM
pathetic interest in it's progress and an
earnest desire to aid in every way that
federal legislation may legitimately do 1t.
Calls Fuller's Attack Unjust.
The statement made by Mr. Fuller
that refused to give hearing to labor
ing men in respect to a cut in their
wages of 10 per cent made by the receiv-
ers of railway company grows out of
his failure to note a full and complete
decision on the subject, showing not only
full consideration. but the fact that
called i'm another judge to help me. as
we'll as the submission of a great deal of
evidence and its careful consideration.
The failure Of the men. having thirty
days notice of the proposed order, to OBJ
iect TO it until the day before the order
was to go into effect led to a refusal to
suspend the order. because there was not
time for hearing. but full opportunity
TO modify or revoke it was given upon
five days notice of the employees to the
receiver, and this opportunity was i'm
proved by them and the hearing had.
"Garbled," Says Taft.
The statements of Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Fuller on this subject include garbled
sentences from one of two opinions. and
give the impression that the court reached
exactly the opposite conclusion from that
which it in fact reached in respect to the
propriety of hearing in such cases. A
reference to the decisions on the subject
In the g. Fed. Rep. II. will confirm this
statement and show the utter injustice
Of Mr.. Fullers attack.
THE case reported later of GO Fed.
Rep. CSC. was memorandum opinion.
which should have preceded the opinion
reported in the e. Fed. Rep, II. and the
real decision reached was contained in
the latter. This may have misled Mr..
Fuller and Mr.. Bryan, but it did not JUS
tify the use of garbled extracts from the
earlier opinion