The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-29

swayed from the path of duty by any
argument, by any consideration, who Will
wage relentless war on the successful
wrongdoer among railroad men as among
all other men, who will do all that can be
done to secure legitimately low rates to
shippers and absolute evenness among
the rates thus secured. but who will nei-
Their promise nor attempt to secure rates
30 low that the wage Garner would lose
his earnings and the shareholder, whose
money built the road, his profits. He
will not favor a ruinous experiment like
government ownership Of railways. He
will stand against any kind of confsca-
ton Of honestly acquired property, but
he will work effectively for the most eff
f1cient type Of government supervision
and control of railways, so as to secure
lust and fair treatment of the people as
q whole.
What is here said as to his attitude on
the railway question applies to the whole
question of the trusts. He will promise
nothing on this subject unless he firmly
believes he can make his promise good.
He viii go into no chimerical movement
to destroy all great business combinations,
for this can only be done by destroying
all modern business, but he will In prac-
teal fashion do everything possible to Sc
cure such efficient control on behalf Of
the people as a whole over these great
combinations as win deprive them of the
power to work evil Mr.. Taft's decision
In the Addystone pipe line case while on
the bench is proof by Deeds not by words.
of the farsighted wisdom with which he
serves the interests OF the whole people
even when those of the most powerful
corporations are hostile thereto.
If there Is one body Of men more than
a
right to challenge on behalf of Secretary
Taft it is the body Of wageworkers of
the country. A stancher friend, a fairer
and truer representative, they cannot
find within the borders of the United
States He Will do everything in his pow
er for them except to do that which Is
wrong He will do wrong for no man
and therefore can be trusted by all men.
During the ten years of my intimate ac-
quaintance with him, since have myself
as governor and president been obliged to
deal practically with labor problems, he
has been one of the men upon whose 5udg-
ment and aid could always rely in do
ing everything possible for the cause Of
the wageworker of the man who works
with his hands or with both hands and
head
Mr.. Taft has been attacked because Of
the intunctions he delivered while on the
bench. / am content to rest his case on
these very inJunctions. l maintain that
they show why all our people should be
grateful to him and should feel it safe to
intrust their dearest interests to him. Most
assuredly he never has yielded and never
will yield to threat or pressure OF any
sort, as little If 1t comes from labor as II
it comes from capital He will no more
tolerate the violence of a mob than the
corruption and oppression and arrogance
of corporation or of wealthy man. He
will not consent to limit the power of the
courts to put stop to wrongdoing wher-
ever found. This very fact should make
the labor people feel peculiar confidence
In him. He has incurred the bitter hostil-
ity Of foolish and bigoted reactionaries by
his frank criticism of the abuse Of the
power of Injunction in labor disputes, and
he is pledged to do all he can to put
stop to the abuses in the exercise of the
power Of injunction. He will never prom
Use anything that he will not do all in his
power to perform. He can always be
trusted to do little better than his word,
and the fact that before election he will
not promise the impossible Is in itself a
guaranty that after election all that is
possible will be done.
His record as judge makes the whole
country his debtor His actions and de-
cisions are part of the great traditions of
the bench. They guaranteed and set forth
in striking fashion the rights of the gen
eral public as against the selfish interests
of any class, whether of capitalists or Of
laborers. They set forth and stand by the
rights of the wageworkers to organize and
to strike as unequivocally as they set
forth and stand by the doctrine that no
conduct will be tolerated that would spell
destruction to the nation as a whole. AS
for the attack upon his injunctions in la
Dor disputes made while he was on the
bench / ask that the injunctions be care
fully examined. l ask that every respon-
sible and fair minded labor leader. every
responsible and fair minded member of
labor organization, read these injunctions
for himself If he will do So instead of
condemning them ne will heartily approve
of them and will recognize this further
astonishing fact that the principles laid
down by Judge Taft in these very injunc-
tons. which laboring people are asked to
condemn, are themselves the very princi-
pies which are now embodied In the laws
or practices of every responsible labor or
ganization. No responsible organization
would now hesitate to condemn the
buses against which Judge Taft's injunc-
lions were aimed. The principles which
he therein so wisely and fearlessly laid
down serve as a charter of liberty for all
of US. for wageworkers. for employers.
for the general public. for they rest on the
principles of fair dealing for ALL of 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.
Judge Taft on the bench--as since. in the
Philippines. In Panama. in Cuba. in the
war departrnent-showed himself to be
.77ise, a fearless and an upright servant of
the whole people. whose services to the
whole people were beyond all price. More
over, let all good citizens remember that
he rendered these services not when It
was easy to do so. but when lawless vio-
Ience was threatened. when malice, do
nestle and civic disturbance threatened
the whole fabric Of our government and
of civilization. His actions showed not