Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-02
TAFT is CONFIDENT.

what the candidate thinks of the effect
of his speech making tour thus far.
The belief is based, Mr.. Taft explained,
on the manner of his reception in
states thus far traversed in which
there was reported to be OBJECTIONS
among the Republican ranks.
Thirteen speeches were made by the
candidate today in a swing around the
southern part of Nebraska terminating
at Omaha tonight with two big meet
ings, one for the benefit of the stock
yards In South Omaha, the other in
the auditorium. Throughout the day.
the crowds were larger than usual at
the short stops.
At Crete, Beatrice, Table Rock and
Nebraska City the voice of the candi
date was entirely inadequate to reach
the limit of the crowds. At several of
the stops Mr.. Taft left his car and
spoke from a platform. Throughout
Mr. Taft confined his speeches to pic
turing conditions under the last DEM
ocratic administration and contrasting
them with Republican rule. He did
not fail to pay his respects to Mr.. Bry-
an. On several occasions he delivered
his labor speech, and declared to be a
lie the statement that he had ever de-
clared that one dollar was enough for
any laboring man.
Omaha's reception of the candidate"
was in kceping with that accorded him
at Lincoln last night
In his South Omaha speech Mr.. Taft
after reviewing the labor decisions he
had rendered, made this interesting
conclusions:
'1 hat is not all; | laid down the rule
that labor not only had the right to
unite but that it ought to unite TO
meet coptal on a level; that they had
a right to appoint officers; that they
had a right to raise funds with which
o sustain strikes; that strikes could
not DC enjoined; that men had the
right to leave the employ of their en-
ployer in concert if they chose, that
they had right to appoint officers who
should direct them what they should
do: that they had the right to With
draw from association with those with
whom they had controversies; that
the1 had the right to induce all their
competitors. all their fellow union men
to withdraw from such association;
| but that they did not have the right
to iriure property Of their employers,
| or declare a secondary boycott against
| them.
"Those decisions / claim have been
| the magma charta of trades unlonlsln
| ever since. The railroad orders used
| that decision in a case before Judge
| Adams against the Gould ROADS,
against an injunction issued, forbid
| ding them to follow the directions OF
| their chiefs They went into the court
and cited my case and Judge Adams
| Withdrew his Injunction The same
| thing happened dow in Cincinnati IN
| der Judge Thompson in similar case
| with respect to Typographical unions
II have not decided all my cases IN
| labor businesses. 1 have had also to
| run up against corporations. AS one
| of the court | wrote the opinion IN the
| first important antitrust case liat was
decided, and it laid down the principles
upon which all the antitrust irosecu-
| tons are now conducted.
| II am not apologizing for anything l
| did; | am only telling you the truth,
when I say that the equality and op-
portunity of men to organize and TO
carry on their organization to the Der
| lection that they reached, raise the
| fund they have raised to bring about
trade agreement to entitle them to re-
sponsible positions that they occupy
now in dealing with their employers,
is as largely due to the law when !
laid down as to any other cause.
II am said to be the father Of in
functions. l issued injunctions. there
is not any doubt about that, and if
went on the bench and the occasion
called for an injunction, | would issue
it again, but ] deny that | lnvehted
iniunctons. Injunctions were ISSUED
long before / went on the bench anu 1
only used a remedy that every man is
entitled to when no Otncr remedy Is
adequate.
Il agree that injunctions have been
issued which have been much too broad
and the reason why they have been TOO
broad is because they have been IS
sued without notice and the judge mas
not sufficiently considered it; there
fore. I have been in favor of requiring
that no injunction should be issued
without notice, but the Republican
convention did not desire to go So far
but said if you put into mandatory
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so define the few cases where tenn
porary injunctions may issue without
notice and require that where tenn
porary injunction is issued without no.
tice, it shall not have effect for more
than AZ hours, so that a man may nave
hearing within As hours, then that
abuse of which they complain, ana OF
| which they rightly complain, because
some injunctions have been ISSUED
temporarily without notice and the
time for hearing has been fixed three
months hence, will be done away with.
It is an outrage and ought not to be
permitted and ] am not defending It,
but what l say is that there are judges
and judges who visit me with respon-
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