The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-03-04

N WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, M.
ing our forests, and the great i'm
provement of waterways, are all prop
erly performed. While some of them,
like the reclamation Of arid lands,
are made to pay for themselves. 9TH
ers are of such an indirect benefit
that this cannot be expected OF them.
A permanent Improvement like the
Panama canal should be treated as a
distinct enterprise, and should be
paid for by the proceeds of bonds. the
issue of which will distribute its cost
between the present and future gen.
erations in accordance with the ben
efits derived. 1t may we'll be submit
ted to the serious consideration of
congress whether the deepening ana
control of the channel of great riv-
er system, like that of the Ohio or
of the Mississippi, when definite and
practical plans for the enterprise
have been approved and determined
upon, should not be provided for in
the same way.
Another LABOR question has arisen
which has awakened the most excited
discussion. That is in respect to the
power of the federal courts to issue
injunctions in industrial disputes.
AS to that my convictions are fixed.
Take away from courts, ii 1t could
be taken away, the power to issue in
functions in labor disputes, and it
would create a privileged class
among the laborers and save the law
| less among their number from most
needful remedy available to all men
for the protection of their business
against lawless invasion. The prop
osition that business is not proper
| ty or pecuniary right which can be
protected by equitable injunction is
utterly without foundation in prece-
dent or reason. The proposition is
usually linked with one to make the
secondary boycott lawful. Such a
proposition is at variance with the
American instinct and will find no
support in my judgment when sub
mitted to the American people. The
secondary boycott is an instrument
of tyranny, and ought not to be made
Legitimate.
| The issuing of a temporary re-
straining order without notice has in
several instances been abused by its
inconsiderate exercise, and to remedy
this, the platform upon which I was
elected recommends the formulation
| in a statute of the conditions under
which such a temporary restraining
order ought to issue. A statute can
and ought to be framed to embody
the best modern practice, and can
bring the subject so closely to the
attention of the court as to make
abuses of the process unlikely in the
future. American people, if I under
stand them, insist that the authority
of the courts shall be sustained, and
are opposed to any change in the
procedure by which the powers of a
court may be weakened and the fear
less and effective administration Of
Justice be interfered with.
Having thus reviewed the ques-
tions likely to recur during my ad-
ministration, and having expressed
in summary way the position which
I expect to take in recommendations
to congress and in my conduct as an
executive, I invoke the considerate
sympathy and support of my fellow
citizens, and the aid Of Almighty God
in the discharge of my responsible
duties"
Immediately following the cere-
mony, President Taft proceeded to
the White House to review the colos-
sal military and civic parade, while
ex-President Roosevelt went to the
Union station, where he took train
for his old home at Oyster Bay to
prepare for his African hunting trip.