The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-09-24
REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY
AND LABOR UkI0NIST
Scores Taft In Labor Day
Speech For His Injunc-
tiOn Record.


ley Labor Day association Is COM
| posed of the Indiana cities of Latay-
| cite. Wabash, Logansport, Peru, Hun
| tington, Kokomo and Elwood. These
ton this year at Lafayette. George
W. Bope of Columbus, Republican
Of the Foraker school high official
| In the American Federation of Mu'
slcians, which Is affiliated with the
A. F. OF L., whose reply to Wade II.
Ellis defense of the injunction plank
of tn eRepublcan platform remains
unanswered, was one Of the chief
speakers. He was asked to discuss
the political asI ect of the labor move
ment Following are a few extracts
from his address,
l have always been a Republican, and
| am Republican now. But when my
party nomnates for the high office of
President candidate whose record as a
feaeraI Judge was prejudicial to the
wsg -earners of this country; when my
party promulgates a declaration of prin-
ciples part of which was dictated by
Mr. Van Cleave; ard when my party re-
fuses to incorporate in its platform GER
tain remedial matter necessary to the
welfare of those who have imposed in
me certain trusts, then it Is my Amer
lean duty TO raise my voice against it.
few days prior to the state election
in the fall of 1906, Secretary Taft, as the
mou hi iece OF President Roosevelt. came
into Ohio and, in his famous Akron
SIP ech advised us Republicans, in the
name of decency. to bolt the Ohio Re
re those
in control of the party machinery were
vicious and corrupt. these same men
are now managing Mr.. Taft's Ohio cam
ptisn. In the name of that same decen-
cy what Mr. Taft. shall we do this year?
Four years ago, believing that you
were doing what you ought to do you
Democrats came over and voted with us
koos welt boys. And this year the
Eo-s welt Republicans will find it their
duiy TO go over an. vote with you Bryan
boys. we will return the compliment
In a matter of courtesy we do not like
to be outdone
Roosey 1t declared for reforms. Wall
street broke for the storm cellar. Taft
de eclareS for the same policies, and the
trust brigade parades with brass band
rla, ing Hail to the Cniei."
Judge Taft on numerous occasions
from the bench in effect has said You
Shs1 lot p rsuade your felowman. for
y
wi send you to Jail
You shall not have the right of peace
al Il asse bly, for that is strike,
which ! viii entoin''
The right of peaceable assembly was
one of he demands we made at the foot
Of the Hri.ish crown, and because We
did rot get it, we went to war.
Judge Gro soup reversed Judge Lands
$4,000 001 fine and dismissed the Stand
ard Oil company from the suit for the
res SON as he said, that ii had not had
i day in court. This day in court
proposition has come to be amusing.
Judge Taft in the Ann Arbor case said
that ,030 members of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers had their day
in courl' for the reason that P. M. Ar
thur as grand chief of the brotherhood,
had been served with summons, and Ar
ihlir only. Rut the engineers carry din
ner buckets and wear greasy overails.
Thus YOU the rule to a day in
court" had one Interpretation under Fed
eral Judge Taft when the interests de-
manded that it be Interpreted in great
railway strife. But the same rule had
A diametr ally opposite Interpretation
app i to il on the same question, under
Federal Judge Grusscup, when the same
interests so demanded in the Standard
Oil suit.
Secretary Taft is now a candidate for
"a Stat s. II -rosscup was wrong in his
Standard decision, why does not Taft
have the courage to say so? Or if Gross
cup was right, why does not Taft so
state, ard thus have the manhood to
confess that he, Taft, in his famous Ann
Arbor railway decision, was wrong, and
thus relieve labor Of a burden that even
the star dard could not carry?
For II years Secretary Taft was u
judge the federal bench. As judge
ne was clothed with more power to en-
force the la" AID thus bring about the
reforms he now advocates than he will
have as president. AS such Judge for
these IL years it was his duty, and he
did, charge three federal grand juries
annually.
In addition he was empowered to cali
a special federal grand jury at any time
During the y years the abuses, which
Candidate Taft now says must be cor
rected, were extant. Did any one ever
hear or know of Judge Taft specifically
instructing federal grand jury 10 look
iGto the oor?apt practices of the male
factors CT gellth?"
Why he winked at these evils as a
judge. but sri out glinst them as a
candidate, | leave with you to answer.
Having had fall power to act, and
having refus d 10 act. why should you
and | have any faith in his present elev-
enth-lo Or dsathbed repentance. especial
ly wren thore is an Interior motive and
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