New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-04

injunction bill ut some length. and
continued.
/ believe, and M predecessor Theodore
roosevelt. believed. that the power 70
Issue inlunctious ought To be defined and
limited iu such way that there was 10
De ~ future no danger Of lily advised
ISSUING Of such inlUnCtiOus We have got
q bill Of that sort i'm Congress. MY
friend ana qUODdam enemy. Brother Com
pers. says it is no good at all Ny en-
barTaSSinS friend. Van Cleavc, says it Is
very vicious. And they are at the two
poles which. my dear friends. is one Of
the best evidences that have that the bill
is good thing
! don't know whether I am going 20 get
ilat nlil through or not. We promised II
I'm the Republican platform, and that IS
the platform / was elected on. But 7 was
talking 20 gentleman yesterday about IL.
and he said. What is the good Of pass
Ing II: You will just be damned by both
sides said: The good of passing II
seems tC be IN thiS-that there are two
small reasons for it. The first is that We
promised II, and the second is that IL is
right"
The President said his many travels
had brought home d feeling of sympathy.
first. and of an earnest desire for the
safety. the intelligence and the skill of
the railroad men of the country on whose
steady hand whose intelligence and
depend. He continued:
You do not believe. neither 10 I. in boy
COtting You don't believe i'm the svrnpa-
thetic strike. neither do /. because il is g.
blind movement that never accOmplishes
any thing. You do believe in Organization
ana IN standing together. and SO do l. You
have reached the conclusion that every
thing that does injustice 10 the railroads
that employ you does injustice to you.
am not defending the railroads. There was
= Time hope II has passed and I be-
NeVe II hdS-When the system az rebates
vas so general that they were all law
breakers. II was d SAD condition. But
. believe that that time has passed and
. mat the railroads Of this country. as "A
i general thing. are trying to obey the law
ana 10 get laws which they can reason
Now. [ ann trying 20 get throu<h-that
Ton ,l' r t9,rowed my c9nstt ion9l tung
70 be put through. IL j. not right for me 20
say Jhat ] am trying to- get 10 thrOugh-a
hiI amending the interstate commerce law.
anu on" OF the objections to my bill il
lhdt ] consulted SIX railroad presidents be-
lore mace my recommendation.
/ consulted shippers. I consulted the In
tcrState Commerce Commission. / consulted
every body that had an interest. and then
II occurred to me that possibly the rail
ROAD presidents knew something about in
terState commerce. and so I consulted them
and that To some people damuS the bill
Now, gentlemen. If there IS one thing
that nate. II L. sham. II Is hypocrisy. It
Is fraud i'm representing "a virtue when il
does NOT exist
! believe IN being fair to all. and ] am not
AFRAID 10 consult railroad authorities in
determining whether law ought 70 be put
on the stat Itc books. They know bout the
railroad business. / am not bound to follow
what they recommend. but am bound TO
give them hearing. one Of the things
that is going To- end a little Of tho deu1a-
Eoguery about the railroad is 10 have the
railroad men understand that I'm order to
promote the public good and their good n
is right TO do Justice 20 railroads. And II
does not help community at all To- compel
railroads tO dp business at a loss and IL
either