Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-30

great funds that are subsequently in
vested in plants. Now unless you as
sure the capital return; unless you
can bring about that confidence In
what is to be done, you may be GER
tain that the return to prosperity
which is now gradually assuming a
definite form, will halt again.
I'm this great development of
wealth, this magnificent stride on
ward and expansion of material pros
perity there crept in abuses growing
out of the greed and unscrupulous
character of some of the prominent
men in business, They violated the
antitrust law and they violated the
rebate law and the railroads extend-
ed to the largest shippers, the So
called trusts, means by which they
could drive their competitors out of
business by secret rebates. All this
was revealed early in this administra-
! ton and Mr.. Roosevelt and the re-
/ publican party took hold with a de-
! termination to stamp 1t out. Now I
| ask you gentlemen, heart to heart.
] whether the action which Mr.. Roose-
! welt took in either the rate bill, which
! the republican party passed. whether
the pure food bill and the meat in
! spection bill, and all those great
measures of a republican congress
were not an indication and follow
! ing of the moral awakening among
the people in order to make the cor
] porations understand that they must
obey the law We do not wish to
destroy these great organizations that
| have a large wage fund when they
are prosperous and~that add greatly
| to the prosperity of the country, but
what we wish to do is to keep them
within that law. That is what the re-
publican party stands for and that is
what the republican party intends to
do. If you give them an opportunity
by your mandate to make the power
| "But | am asked, what is the rela-
ton of the republican party to labor?
| want to make one statement first;
THAT never in the history of this coun-
! try has there been an administration
that has passed more measures direct
! ily in the interest of the latOring
classes than the present.
Take the employees liabilities act,
Congress has passed a law now by
which railroad men engaged in inter-
state work shall be put on a level with
the corporation dealing with it in re-
spect to the damages that they sus-
tain growing out of their employment.
This measure, which for a techni-
cality was thrown out by the supreme
court, has been re-passed In lawful
| form by the present congress. Then
there are also all of these safety APP
pliance acts which 7 hope viii tend
to reduce the awful sacrifice of life
of the employees of the railroad com
panies. Then, too, there are other
| o.
compensation for injuries act and the
act which requires interstate com
merce employees to serve only er-
| tain number of hours and forbi1 2.
service longer. .and
| Now I come 10 the question sale \
junction. In the first place | III I
stand that my own personal attit Sp
towards labor has been represented
as a man who thinks and SAYS that 4
dallar.4a daN Is enough fer any man
| Well there is one short way of deal
Ing with that statement and 1t is that
1t is a lie. never said it, and do not
think that it argues intelligence in
any man who believes the statement
J for what under the sun would induce
me or any one else to say so.
TN the second place, they say
lam the father of the iniunctions in
labor cases / have issued injunc-
tons in labor cases. there is no doubt
of that and / have done it because the
rights of the plaintiff entitled him to
an injunction and when | am on the
bench and enforcing the law, l enforce
It, and I don't make any apologies for
it. 1t has been my lot to sit in labor
cases, TO sit in antitrust cases
When I am a Judge of the bench, in
sofar as I can, | decide cases accord
ing to the law and the facts no mat
ter whom it hurts. because I believe
1t to be my sworn duty.
Now it has been my lot to lay
lown the rules with respect to the
rights of labor in two or three cases
land I refer to those cases as a full
statement of what I believe the rights
of labor to be with reference to its
employment. Labor has the right tC
unite in organizations for the purpose
of looking after the allied interests
of labor in its controversy with capi.
tall for IL II did not unite ii would liz
helpless. Laborers have the right moi
only to unite but to contribute funds
which, i'm times when they wish tC
leave the employ of their employer
when they did not like his terms. may
support their fellow members. They
have the right to appoint officers thai
hall control their action If they
choose. They have the right to in
vite all other lahorers to unire with
hem in their controversy and to with
lraw II they choose from association
with their employers, but they have
aot the right to injure their employ
er's property, they have not the righ
BY what it Is called a secondary boy
lott' intimidate a third party b!
unless he assists them in the fight
rhls fight is between the employer anC
he threat Of boycott on hin
hey must fight 1t out between them
elves and they must not involve tn,
rest of the community in ii by sys
tenn of duress. This law | believe 1
fair law and, being a fair law whei
II was on the bench / attempted t
enforce 1t.
1T Is said introduced the iniunc
tion first in labor cases. That give
:me too much credit for ingenuity ant
90 great honor as an inventor of ju
dicial proceedings. If you will examin
authorities you will find that ther
were a number OF such cases before
issued any injunction at all, and tina
merely followed precedent in doini
so. | am not apologizing for that
What | believe, gentlemen, Is tina