The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-23
TAFT SETS FORTH INJUNCTION USE Illustrates by Parable in Edu- cational Talks to Work
 ingmen of Indi-
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RIDICULES BRIBERY TALK
Tclls Biggest Crowd Ever He'll Stick to Ills Belief, Regardless of What Happens Pollt-
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Evansville, Ind. oct, 22-During this, the first of three days he is to spend in Indiana, William II, Taft has talked to more people than on any pre- vious day of his campaign In each of his sixteen speeches, the listeners and applauders have numbered thousands Rejuvenated in voice. energy and en- thuslasm by his one day rest, the can didate handled the campaign with even a greater degree of postlyeness than heretofore, In the very first speech he made he rldlculed Mr. Bryans charge Of bribery in con nectlon with the promises of employers to their employees of more work with republican success, and the orders of business for goods, said to be made contingent on the same result These were not bribes, he said, but business. They did not represent false conditions but facts
 Judge Taft talked to-day to many labor audiences, and it was noticeable that what he said was more education- al than heretofore. At Linton, where he spoke to several thousand coal min CTS, he gave them the history of the writ of injunction, something he has not prevousuly done
 The largest outdoor gathering Mir Taft said he had ever addressed was assembled at Terre Haute when the Taft special arrived there this after noon. There were many in the carload of large politicians who escorted the candidates to the city, that said it was the largest gathering the state had ever had.
 The injunction was the feature of this speech, and after it had been explained and the position of the two parties clearly set forth the candidate declar- cd with great vehemence; That is where the republican party stands, that ia where l stand, and 1 don't care what happens politically, that is where l am going to stand, and l have issued in- functions against awless laboring men who were violating somebody else's rights. If l had not done 1t I should not have the right to he here asking for your suffrages What kind of a judge do you want? Do you want a judge that distinguishes between classes, decides in favor of one class against another? What Is an iniunc- tion? An injunction is merely an order with reference to the prevention of the abuse made before the fact occurs which Is to injure or not iniure the party. Where an injury has been done a man brings suit to recover damages for the injury, but where the injury Is Of a character recurring from time to time in small acts for which you can't recover damages, that are adeuuate. there equity says that a man may have prevention rather than cure, then he may go to court and say This man is going to cut down my tree That tree won't grow in twenty years It belongs to me, 1t Is on my place, and he is my tenant. He is going to injure 1t by wasting that tree He goes into court and asks the judge to issue an injunc- ton to prevent the cutting down of the tree. Is prevention better than cure in such case? Why then, should a 1udge refuse to Issue the injunction? That kind of remedy has been in force for 400 years, and is the most remedial writ that we have. It arose to protect poor men, not to oppress them.
 For instance, the way 1t arose was this: A man borrowed $500 on his farm; he gave a mortgage which in form was an absolute conveyance sub ject to being made void by the pay ment of $500, but the farm was worth $10,000 He failed to pay the $500 on the dot and in law they brought a suit in ejectment and they put the man off the $10000 farm for $500. He went to the king in the old days and he said: This is a fine kind of justice that you are giving me You allow this man to take my St0.000 farm for $500" The king said to his lord keep, who subsequently became the lord chancellor: Here, you, take over this case and see whether there is justice" The lord keep was then an ecclesiast and he sent for the of ficer who had enforced that order, or was about to- and he said, This is un. constitutional, I am not going to per init you to do 1t. l enjoin you from prosecution in a suit That Is to say the injunction came on.
 "The Lord Chancellor said: I am going to enjoin you and you have got to come into a court that l am going to create, and l will enioin you until you see that the farm should be sold that $500 shall be applied on the debt with interest and that $9,5O0 shall gc to this man who owns the farm
 T am not here to apologize fot what l have done in court l am here to say that no decision of mine or such subject has ever been re. versed, and if had not decided as did, and if l had not enforced my in. functions when issued them l should not have the right to come here anc stand before you and ask you to vote for me as a presidential candidate'
 Eugene V. Debs delayed his lecture here tonight that he might attend the Taft meeting in the Grand theater