The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-09-17

friendSa fairer and truer representa-
tive, they cannot find within the bor-
ders of the United States. He will do
everything in his power for them, ex-
cept to do that which is wrong; he
will do wrong for no man, and there
fore can be trusted by all men. Dur
ing the ten years of my intimate &C
quaintance with him, since ! have my
self, as governor and president, been
obliged to deal practically with labor
problems, he has been one of the men
upon whose judgment and aid could
always rely In doing everything pos
sible for the cause of the wage worker,
of the man who works with his hands,
or with both hands and head.
Record on Bench.
Mr.. Taft has been attacked because
of the injunctions he delivered while
on the bench. l am content to rest his
case on these very injunctions
He will not consent to limit the pow
er of the courts to put stop to wrong
doing wherever found. This very fact
should make the labor people feel a
peculiar confidence in him.
| His actions and decisions are part of
the great traditions of the bench. They
guaranteed and set forth in striking
fashion the rights of the general pub
| lie as against the selfish interests of
any class, whether of capitalists or OF
laborers They set forth and stand by
the rights of the wage workers to or
ganize and to strike, as uneQuivocally
as they set forth and stand by the doc
trine that no conduct will be tolerated
that would spell destruction to the ma
| ton as a whole
Right Principles Laid Down.
| No responsible organization would
now hesitate to condemn the abuses
against which Judge Taft's injunctions
were aimed. The principles which he
therein so wisely and fearlessly laid
down serve as charter Of liberty for
all OF us, for wage workers, for en-
ployers, for the general public; for
they rest on the principles OF fair
dealing for all, for even-handed justice
for all. They mark the Judge who
rendered them as standing for the
rights of the whole people; as far as
daylight is from darkness, so far Is
such Judge from the time-server, the
trucker to the mob, or the cringing
tool OF great, corrupt and corrupting
| corporations.
Employers Liability.
IL OuC VI HIS ucClSlOuS upon the
bench Judge Taft upheld in the strong
est fashion, and for the first time gave
full vitality to the principle of the en-
ployer's liability for injuries done
workmen.
This was before any national law on
the subject was enacted. Judge Taft's
sense of right, his indignation against
oppression in any form, against any
attitude that is not fair and just drove
him to take position which was vio-
lently condemned by short-sighted
capitalists and employers of labor,
which was SO far in advance of the
time that 1t was not generally upheld
by the state courts, but which we are
now embodying in the law OF the land.
Judge Taft was 4 leader, pioneer,
while on the bench, in the effort to get
justice for the wage worker, in jealous
championship Of his rights: and all up
right and far-sighted laboring men
should hold It to his credit that at the
same time he fearlessly stood against
the abuses Of labor. just as fearlessly
as he stood against the abuses Of cap
ital
VIII Be President Of All.
II elected he has shown by his deeds
that he will be president Of no class