The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-10-02

| argument. by any consideration, who will
| wage relentless war on the successful
wrongdoer among railroad men as among
all other men. who will do all that can be
done to secure legitimately low rates to
| shippers and absolute evenness among
| the rates thus secured, but who will nei-
! ther promise nor attempt to secure rates
30 low that the wage Garner would lose
| his earnings and the shareholder, whose
money built the road, his pronts. He
! will not favor a ruinous experiment like
government lwnership OF railways lie
| will stand against any kind OF confisca-
! ton OF honestly acquired property, but
! he will work effectively for the most ef-
| ficlent type Of government supervision
and control OF railways, so as TO secure
just and fair treatment of the people as
| q whole.
| What is here said as TO his attitude on
! the railway question applies to the whole
| question OF the trusts. He will promise
nothing on this subject unless fre firmly
believes he can make his promise good
He will go into no chimerical movement
TO destroy all great business combinations
for this can only be done by destroying
all modern business, but he will in prac-
Ncal fashion do everything possible TO Sc
cure such efficient control on behalf OF
the people as whole over these great
combinations as win deprive them Of the
power to work evil. Mr.. Tafts decision
In the Addystone pipe line case while on
the bench is proof by deeds not by words
or the tarslghted wisdom Win wnIrn ne
serves the interests Of the whole .S~Nple
even when those OF the most powerful
corporations are hostile thereto.
If there is one body of men more than
another whose support l feel l have
right to challenge on behalf of Secretary
Taft II is the body of wageworkers OF
the country. stancher friend. fairer
and truer representative, they cannot
find within the borders of the United
States He Will do everything in his pow
er for them except TO do tnat which is
wrong He will do wrong for no man
and therefore can be trusted by all men,
During the ten years of my intimate ac-
quaintanec with him, since L have myself
ss governor and president been obliged to
deal practically with labor problems. he
has been one OF the men upon whose Judg-
ment and aid | could always rely In do
ing everything possible for the cause of
the wageworker, of the man who works
with his hands or with both hands and
head.
Mr. Taft has been attacked because Of
the intunctions he delivered while on the
bench. l am content TO rest his case on
these very injunctions. / maintain that
they show why all our people should be
grateful To him and should feel II safe to
intrust their dearest interests to him. Most
assuredly he never has yielded and never
sort as llttle II 1t comes from labor as If
II comes from capital. lie will no more
tolerate the violence Of n mob than the
corruption and oppression and arrogance
OF a corporation or of n wealthy man. lie
will not consent to limit the power of the
courts to put n stop to wrongdoing wher-
ever found. This very fact should make
the labor people feel n peculiar confidence
In him. He has incurred the bitter hostil-
ity OF foolish and bigoted reactionaries by
his frank criticism of the abuse of the
power OF injunction in labor disputes, and
he is pledged to do all he can to put a
stop to the abuses in the exercise of the
power Of injunction. He will never prom
ise anything that he will not do all in his
power TO perform. He can always be
trusted To do a little better than his word,
and the fact that before election he will
not promise the impossible is in itself a
guaranty that after election all that is
possible will be done
His record as Il judge makes the whole
country his debtor. His actions and de-
cisions are part OF the great traditions of
the bench. They guaranteed and set forth
in striking fashion the rights OF the gen
eral public rs against the selfish interests
OF any class. whether OF capitalists or OF
laborers. They set forth and stand by the
rights OF the wageworkers to organize and
to strike as unequivocally as they set
forth and stand by the doctrine that no
conduct will be tolerated that would spell
destruction TO the nation as a whole AS
for the attack upon his injunctions in la
Dor disputes made while he was on the
bench. l ask that the injunctions be care
| fully examined. l ask that every respon-
sible and fair minded labor leader. every
responsible and fair minded member OF
! labor organization. read these injunctions
for himself. IL he will do so. instead OF
condemnlng them he will heartily approve
OF them and will recognize this further
| astonishing fact th;sSs the principles laid
/ down by Judge Taft I'm these very injunc-
tions, which laboring people are asked 20
/ condemn. are themselves the very princi-
| pies which are now embodied I'm the laws
| or practices OF every responsible labor or
| ganization. No responsible organization
/ would now hesitate TO condemn the
| abuses against which Judge Tsft's tnjunc-
I tions were aimed The principles which
I he therein so wisely and fearlessly laid
down serve as charter OF liberty for all
\ OF US. for wageworkers. for employers.
/ Tor the general public. for they rest on the
principles OF fair dealing for all OF even
handed Justice for all They mark the
| Judge who rendered them as standing for
I the rights OF the whole people. As far as
/ daylight is from darkness so far Is such a
Judge from the time server. the trucker
90 the mob OF the cringing tool Of great,
/ corrupt and corrupting corporations
/ Judge Taft on the bcnch-as since. In the
\ Philippines. In Panama I'm Cuba. I'm the
war department-showed himself 60 be a
wise. fearless and an upright servant OF
\ the whole people. whose services TO the
\ whole people were beyond all price. More
l over. let all good citizens remember that
u he rendered these services not when IL
was easy TO do SO but when lawiess vio-
4 lcnon was threatened. when malice. do
4 nestle and civic disturbance threatened
| the whole fabric Of our government and
/ Of civilization. His actions showed not