The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-03-11


Amendment due process of law, pro-
lection of property and the pursuit
of happiness; and the Fifteenth
Amendment attempted to secure the
negro against any deprivation of the
privilege to vote. because he was
negro. The Thirteenth and Four
teenth Amendments have been gener-
ally enforced and have secured the
objects for which they were intended.
While the Fifteenth Amendment has
not been generally observed In the
past, It ought to be observed, and the
tendency of Southern legislation to-
day is toward the enactment OF cleo
toral qualifications which shall square
with that amendment.
On the race question Mr.. Tart
thinks.
"Of course, the mere adoption of
constitutional law is only one step IN
the right direction. 1t must be fairly
and justly enforced as well. In time
both will come. Hence 1t is clear TO
all that the domination of an ig-
norant, irresponsible element can be
prevented by constitutional laws
which shall exclude from voting both
negroes and whites not having edu-
cation or other qualifications thought
to be necessary for a proper cleo
torate. The danger of the control of
an ignorant electorate has therefore
passed There was n time
when Northerners who sympathized
with the negro in his necessary strug-
gle for better conditions sought to
give him the suffrage as protection,
and to enforce its exercise against the
prevailing sentiment of the South.
The movement proved to be a
failure"
There is in the South a stronger
feeling than ever among the intelli-
gent, well-to-do and influential ele-
ment in favor of the industrial edu-
, cation of the negro and the encour-
; agement of the race to make them
selves useful members of the COM
munity."
Personally, observed Mr.. Taft,
| "I have not the slightest race preju-
dice or feeling, and recognition of its
{ existence only awakens in my heart
} a deeper sympathy for those who
e have to bear it or suffer from it, and
3 question the wisdom of a policy
/ which is likely to increase it,"
2 "The exercise of political fran
a chises by those of the negro race who
are intelligent and well-to-do will be
Q acuuiesced in. and the right to vote
will be withheld only from the ig-
a norant and irresponsible of both
e races"
r On the topic of labor Mr.. Taft
4 noted: that Congress had passed the
r bill fixing the liability of interstate
n carriers to their employees for injury
v sustained in the course OF employ
/ ment, abolishing the rule of fellow
v servant and the common law rule as
a. N,sI h
g stituting therefor the so-called rule of
n child labor law.
/, / wish 20 say, he continued, that
n in so far as can, hope to promote
a the enactment of further legislation
|. of this character. / am strongly con-
Il vinced that the Government should
u make itself as responsible to en-
d ployes injured in it's employ as an
n interstate railway corporation is made
J. responsible by Federal law to its EN-.
q ployes; and shall be glad, whenever
n any additional reasonable safety de-
= vice can be invented to reduce the
II loss of life and limb among railway
: employees, to urge Congress to re-
@ quire it's adoption by interstate rail.
o ways.
e In conclusion the Inaugural Ad.
= dress says:
l. Another labor question has arisen
l. which has awakened the most excited
d discussion. That is in respect tc
k the power of the Federal courts tC
d issue injunctions in industrial dis
n putes. AS to that, my convictions
e are fixed. Take away from courts
e If it could be taken away, the power
J. to issue injunctions in labor disputes
a and it would create a privileged class
d among the laborers and save the law
" less among their number from most
/, needful remedy available to all mer
y for the protection of their business
D. against lawless invasion. The propo-
sition that business is not a property
l. or pecuniary right which can be pro-
: tected by equitable Injunction is ut
, terly without foundation in precedent
J. or reason. The proposition is usually
n linked with one to make the Sec
n ondary boycott lawful. Such propo-
X sition is at variance with the Amer
D lean instinct and will find no support
l. in my judgment when submitted tC
v the American people. The secondary
: boycott is an instrument of tyranny
O and ought not to be made legitimate.
IS The issuing of temporary re.
O straining order without notice has In
g several instances been abused by its
e inconsiderate exercise, and to remedy
It this, the platform upon which / was
n elected recommends the formulation
in a statute of the conditions under
l. which such a temporary restraining
IS order ought to issue. A statute car
d and ought to be framed to embody
o the best modern practice, and car
bring the subject so closely to the
= attention of the court as to make
II abuses of the process unlikely in the
r future. American people, II under
stand them, insist that the authority
l. 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.
70 less and effective administration OF
: justice be interfered with.
Having thus reviewed the questions
!. likely to recur during my Admins
II tration, and having expressed in a
" summary way the position which
% expect to take In recommendations
n to Congress and in my conduct as an
Executive, ! invoke the considerate
= sympathy and support of my fellow
n citizens, and the aid of Almighty God
/ in the discharge Of my responsible
~ duties.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
Women IN the Days News.