The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-02

from a. platform. At practically ev-
cry station the local band was in at
tendance and the cheers which greet
ed the candidate upon his arrival and
departure, came with vim.
Throughout the day Mr.. Taft confin-
ed his speeches to picturing condi-
tions under the last Democratic ad-
ministration and contrasting them
with Republican rule. As he has done
during his two days in Nebraska, he
did not fail to pay his respects to
Bryan whenever he spoke. On sew
eral occasions he delivered his labor
speech and declared to be lie the
statement that he had ever declared
that one dollar a day was enough for
any laboring man.
Omaha's reception Of the candidate
was in keeping with that accorded him
at Lincoln the night before. The Ak
Sar-Ben carnival Is in full sway here
and the added illumination of the
city lent to the holiday appearance.
No parade was arranged. The arrival
Of the Taft special at $3.50 o'clock was
signalized by the footing of whistles
and firing of bombs.
A reception committee awaited the
candidate at the Omaha station. He
was taken for short automobile
ride and then returned to his car for
dinner. The South Omaha meeting
was reached by automobiles and the
return was made shortly after 8
o'clock to the auditorium, where
Senator Dolliver had been holding an
immense audience for an hour.
In his South Omaha speech, Mr..
Taft, after reviewing the labor de-
cisions he had rendered. made this
interesting conclusions:
"That Is not all. laid down the
rule that labor not only had the right
to unite. but that it ought to unite in
order to meet capital on level, that
they had right to appoint officers;
that they had right to raise funds
with which to sustain strikes, that
strikes could not be enjoined, that
men had the right to leave the en-
ploy of their employers in concert II
they choose. that they had the right
to appoint officers who should direct
them what they should do, that they
] had the right to withdraw from asso-
I citation with those with whom they
had controversies, that they had the
right to induce all their competitors,
all their fellow union men to with
draw from such association; but
that they did not have the right to
injure the property of their employers
or declare secondary boycott against
| them.
Those decisions claim have been
the magma charta oftradesunionism
ever since. The railway orders used
that decision in a case before Judge
Adams against the Gould roads, in
which an injunction was issued for
bidding them to follow the direction
OF their chiefs. They went into the
court and cited by case and Judge
Adams withdrew his Injunction. The
same thing happened down in Cincin-
natl under Judge Thompson in
similar case with respect to the ty-
biographical union.
Il have not decided all my cases
In labor business. have had also to
run up against corporations. AS one
OF the court, l wrote the opinion in
the first important antitrust case that
was decided, and 1t laid down the
principles upon which all the anti
trust prosecutions are now conducted.
Il am not apologizing for anything
l did; l am only telling you the truth
when l say that the legality and the
opportunity of men to unite, to carry
on their organizations to the perfec-
tion that they have reached, to raise
the funds that they have raised, to
bring about trade agreements to en-
title them to the reasonable position
that they occupy now in dealing with
their employers, is as largely due to
the law | laid down as to any other
cause.
II am said to be the father of in
functions. I issued injunctions, there
isn't any doubt about that and If
went on the bench and the occasion
called for an Injunction. 1 would Is
sue 1t again, but I deny that 1 in
vented injunctions. Injunctions were
issued long before l went on the
bench and only used remedy that
every man Is entitled to when no 9TH
er remedy is adequate.
Il agree that injunctions have been
issued which have been too broad
and the reason why they have been
too broad is because they have been
issued without notice and the Judge
has not sufficiently considered it;
therefore, have been in favor of re-
quiring that no Injunction should is
sue without notices, but the Repub-
lican convention did not desire to 20
so far. but said If you put into man
datory statute the best present stat
utes and so define the few cases where
temporary injunctions may issue with
out notice and require that where a
temporary injunction Is issued without
notice 1t shall not have effect for
more than forty-eight hours. so that
man may have a hearing within
forty-eight hours. then that abuse of
which they complain and Of which
they rightly complain, because some
fnjunctions have been issued tenn
porarily without notice and the time
for hearing has been fixed three
months hence. will be done away with |
1t Is an outrage and ought not to be
permitted and l am not defending II. |
but what l say is, there are judges
and judges, and to visit me with re-
sponsibility for every abuse that has
been committed and not to look to
my own cases and to know what nv
own cases decided Is not tn o;ya No