The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-11
TAFT is HEARD AND
Then he IS QU|zZED. |.
Secretary Of War Speaks
IN New York to all I'm
lnense Audience.
ASKED $; <, gu EsTIoN5
ON MANY TOPICS.
Closing His Set Speech, the
Presidential .Aspirant Is Put
Through Good-Natured
Quizzing-Ehe Cause
Of the Recent
Panic.

NEW YORK. January io.---For tic
irat time since lie became q recognized
candidate for the Republican presiden-
.inl nomination. Secretary of War VIII
liam III. Taft tonight faced u New
York audience. set forth In dctatl ms
stand on the pertinent question of the
and capital, and IN turn submitted TO
= rapid fire attack from the audience,
which snuizzed him kcenly and In a
somewhat controversial spirit, accord
Ing to tho practice OF the PEOPLES In
stttute, whose guest he was. The sec.
rotary proved equally effective In at
hack and defense
'Lnrse Crowd 1Icnrs Him.
Not less than 1000 people. its capac-
lty. had crowded INTO Cooper unlon,9
.9iien police reserves were summoned
10 Gear the Walks in front ut the
Diilning. wnerc I..uu or more had con-
.aane Ills way through the throng
-hout of three cheers Tor. the next
PRESIDENT" was the signai fora noisy
ovation that continued until Mr. Tatt
platform. Al least u tnird Of the aud
stors were women. When Charles
spraSue Smith. who presided. sugseEt-'
ed tnat three cheers be given for the
speaker the demonstration continued
Ior three or four minutes After re-
1erring in most complimentary terms
10 his record az q Cabinet officer and
the good influence eSerted By his trip
proud TO Introduce ''thc Secretary OF
tie Navy" When the laughter, be.
gun by the secretary himself. and
Joined In BY the audience. had died
away. slr. Taft said p,ayfully that ne
wished 1t understood that he was the
head of Whit he, at least. considered,
tic more important department
In his prepared address the secretary
pointed out the dependence one upon
iiIe other of capital and labor lie
declared that great .aggregntions OF
wealth. properly employed, widen the
field OF labor. and were to be welcomed.
while wealth improperly used was TO
hcicondemned. He advocated nntnnisnl
in so far as sympathy and the resultant
good. .,41s-..s, -..-5--.st4
At the conclusion. OF his address the
audience had It's turn Chairman sni,l,
read the questions as they were hand
cd UP, whereupon the secretary said he
but understood that only those aues-
lions pertaining to tlie topic. OF the
evening We're to be answered. The
ilrst auestioner desired to know II the
tnre on the attitude taken by the ad-
mi,istratlon on the Brownsville affair.
Secretary Taft declined TO answer the
question. stating that the matter was
Military Affairs. and there had been no
discussion in the senate.
DO YOU think laborer gets enough
moneys" was another question: to
which Secretary TAFT laughing!y re-
plied..l don't know what the ,aborer
gets. don't know what labor he per.
forms. but I do know that some get
moro than they ought to have. and I
th'"k some should get more.
There was n loud shout WHEN the
secretary commenced to laugh. while
nuired why he had changed his a,ti-
tnde toward labor since he left ths.
Ohio bench. Tie secretary declared
that his attitude had not changed. and
that the th'pgs he had said Tonight
he had ALWAYS stood for.
rs no: an industrial situation based
on tariff false one?" The secretary
declared that If the tariff was abolish
all. Further. he said. he would mt
discuss the tariff issue at this timo
Az to Injunction.
\ question concerning the right OF
an employer to bring Injunction pro-
ceedings Induced the secretary TO cite
aloose & Co. had Obtained 4 judgnlen,
of $1,000 against labor union, be
said, and IT took ten years TO obtain
The money. The secretary added tha,
by Moore they would not have suffered
anyauamage. Shortly after asthnmor.
oQsly inclined auditor sentAup the fol-
lowing stion. which caused a gen.
eral laugh: 4,
1T 81. took Moore s Co, ten year.
to collect sl:5Oo, how long Will i \ = taSs ,nSt
the United States to collect S29,0O0.oO,
from the STANDARD Ol?... Ihe. .secretars ret : J
advanced forin5of mathematics, Will
which he was not familiar. ',fs
Grave Question asked.
The questions came to him thick nnC
fast and amid the laughs there was
a query. over which the secretary hes
itated; while his face ass!lmed,,, n s,,,. .
SsoTsn he Tesaa: what is is a man % % who 4.
3 out ofgwnrk in a financial crisis and !:
starving.?I There was an Ruaihs' ..l
rause. God knows" he replied, "'Thes =
can't get work. II istan awful cas- !
when man Is willing to work and u
nut. in this position, s.
a#t tile government rWnerShin OF smine:
srdSrairoatls would make disputes be
tween labor and cnpital easier tn set tie
dnnstSthink So. DO sou real tze w l1a
a power you would put In washing ton
OF one ma n or Sc t Of mtn.that woul,
we'll make YOU trep1his fpr ti,s safe1,
If the renublic,' These anu man,
l,her uestionsswers '|IGa ,tth I'M SEC &c
ciIitH* and great s'nod 'llmnr, fwh!Gl
,rstlacted itself in.thc attitude @ Z a II
guidance. f
C:suse OF the Panic.
puring tho course iof his; speech Sec
retary TAFT made hs@foll6wins s refer
onces to lnpnciar conditions: We ar
suffering now from q panic IVA
eShaustion of rree capital sthe worl
ever, by the lack OF On elastic syS
tenl ofourrepcE. md iplso, hy lacl
of confidence IN our business tabrl
produced in Europe hronGll the e8sreye
istions in n#eArteiaSgrsat trppporatlons .
business dishonesty, corruption and un
laHfnlness. III had been llecessalY TO
MS to rurify some Of our bnsipes
stopsthel pauic II vii, doubtless max
Fl anothergin the far future less lilell
The effects OF the panic arr not owe
We must expect indus lstlepressioi
Tilis may be- fruitful OF lAbor,s c0ntEo
ersies. Il earnestly hope That NOR y!