Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-04

court OF Cincinnati to succeed Judsoh
Harmon, who had resigned to enter
Pres. Cleveland's cabinet.
Marries Miss Helen Heron.
Dan Cupid had done his work well
with big Bill Taft, and in 1886 he mar
ried Miss Helen Heron. daughter Of
Hon. John w. Heron, OF Cincinnati
and she II Is who is now the
first lady Of the land. They have
three children--Robert Alphonso Taft,
who Is junior at Yale and high
stand man there; Miss Helen Taft, n
student at Bryn Mawr, and Charles
Phelps Taft, otherwise known as
Charlie" Taft. who is II years old.
and threatens to keep the White
House in state Of healthy excitement
for some time to come.
The appointment Of Taft to the SUI
perior court was unsolicited, on his
part Gov Foraker had noticed the
work Of the young lawyer and picked
him to fill the place, Notwithstanding
the fact that he was little more than
rs years old. The following year Taft
ran for reelection to the judgeship.
and won easily by more than 5000
votes. He was elected to serve Ave.
year term, but In 1890 he resigned to
become United States solicitor general
under the appointment of President
Harrison. While filling this important
once, II fell to him to construe and
enforce the Sherman antitrust law.
and II became his duty also to defend
the famous act Of Speaker Reed in
compelling a count Of the members
who were present In the House, but
who refused to vote, and his success
In this instance established the new
and progressive legislative procedure.
Why, he pertlnently asked should the
House compel the presence OF men,
bers II they could render futile their
attendance by maintaining silence ?
Another notable success was the
famous Boring Sea fisheries case,
which he won for the United States
over the most eminent counsel repres.
enting Great Britain.
One OF the most important things
during Taft's tenure OF ONCE In the
Department Of Justice was his meet.
ing with Theodore Roosevelt in Wash.
ington. The two men were very con.
genial, and their friendship quickly
ripened, and has continued the warm.
est until the present day.
His Labor Decisions.
Taft was not destined to remain so.
licitor general for long time, and In
March 1892, was appointed by Presl.
dent Harrison, United States circuit
Judge for the Sixth Judicial circuit.
He had before him now tasks for
which he was well fitted. indeed, and
he rendered decisions. dealing with
both labor, and capital, which have
been made the basis Of many decisions
by the courts since he left the bench.
All OF his important decisions have
stood the test OF time and received
the unqualified approval OF the higher
courts. .-.. ,...r.,..
In the superior court OF Cincinnati
Il
In 1880 he sustained the decision OF
lower court, which, In the case oil
Moore brothers against the bricklay'
er's union. had awarded damages
against the union for secondary boy
cott-that Ia, iof boycotting arm
with whom they had no quarrel be-
cause II SOLD goods TO the employer
with whom they were In dispute. This
became leading case ON the law Of
boycott and by reason OF 1t the second
AIRY boycott - the one undertaken
against stranger to pending dis
pute-has practically been abandoned
Al the same time the judge set forth
PLAINLY that labor unions had their
rights and privileges within which
they could not be disturbed by the
law. These findings have been In
dorsed and acquiesced In by all the
representative labor organizations.
showed Iron N.rvs In cri.I.
II was said NJ tho vonnp indigo tba,
be ,aIl,ed dignity, that no Laughed tor
easily Soma nersops Thought him
"easv " and during tho Debs s,rike n,