Connecticut western news., 1908-09-10
BRYAN TALKS
 TO UNION MEM.
Makes a Labor Day Speech
 In Chicago.
BUSY TIME AHEAD OF HIM

May Continue Speaking Right Up to
 Election Day In His Address He
 Discusses Questions of lnjunctions
 and Proper Trial of Cases of Con-
 tempt of Court - Declares Judge
 Taft's Views of Labor Legislation Are
 Biased by His Long Service on the
 Bench and Calls Him "Father of Gov
 srnment by Injunction"
 Chicago, Sept. 9.-In his address here to union men William Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate for the presiden- cy, discussed the questions of the use of injunctions in labor disputes and the punishment of contempt of court without trial by jury.
 Mr. Bryan will not return to Lincoln until Oct l. Though he is scheduled to spend the last three weeks of the campaign at home, it is now believed that MT, Taft's taking the stump will cause him to continue speaking right up to the election.
 After reviewing the parade, ill which 10000 union men took part, MT. Bryan delivered his set speech. He said:
 Two Questions For Labor Day.
 Labor day is legal holiday, and 1t was made So because the legislators thought the wage earners worthy to have a day specially set apart for the consideration of themes that concern those who toll.
 There are two questions intimately connected with the labor problem up on which the Democratic and Repub- lican parties do not agree, and I. not only feel at liberty to discuss these, but under the circumstances have no right to ignore them. One relates to the issue of injunctions and the other to contempt cases arising under injunctions. The Republican conven- tion did not deal candidly with the la boring man on the subject of the writ of injunction. Secretary Taft has en- deavored to amend his platform in this respect and to make some promises, which are not supported by his plat form, but his promises offer nothing substantial in the way of reform and are not binding on Republican sena- tors and members. The Republican congress has already made record on labor questions, and the Republican party cannot escape from that record.
 Answers Opponents Objection.
 The Democratic platform on this subject copies the language which the labor organizations submitted to the Republican and Democratic conven- tfons. MT. Taft in his notification speech objects to the language. He charges that the anti-injunction plank was loosely drawn" and framed for ''the especial purpose of rendering 1t susceptible to one interpretation by one set of men and a diametricaliy op- posite interpretation by another" AS Mr. Taft has had long experience on the bench and is therefore skilled in the interpretation of language, I ask him to give us, if he can, two opposite interpretations of the language. That plank demands that "all parties to all Judicial proceedings shall be treated with rigid impartiality." Surely he cannot find two interpretations to the phrase rigid impartiality.'
 OpcdhAIS OI Luc platform declares that "injunctions shall not be issued in any cases in which injunctions would not issue if no industrial dispute were involved" How can that language be miscon- strued or misintrepreted?
 Upon the jury question MT. Taft clearly takes issue with us. He is thor oughly aroused by what he regards as menace to the courts. Here is his la ment:
 Never in the history of the country has there been such an insidious at tack upon the judicial system as the proposal to interject a jury trial be- tween all orders of the court made aft CT full hearing and the enforcement of such orders"
 MT. Taft is not an unbiased judge where the jury system is under con- sideration. He is not only known as ! the father of government by injunc ton, but he is prejudiced against the | jury system. Every man is uncon sciously influenced by his environment, and MT. Taft's long service upon the bench has led him to underrate the importance of the jury system.