New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-15

labor unions He asserted that MI TAFT
showed the greatest qualification at the
defeat Of this rider" and declared that
the President used coercion 10 accomplish
SITS defeat
The Anti injunction Bill
Of the znti-injunction bill he said:
In spite of our best endeavors il seemed
impossible 20 obtain consideration oN ttls
House Committee on judiciary or h IL
SG6S or as il was with labor : advice later
reinr-oduCed by Representative Wilson as
of the committee was composed OF tue
most dOcile represen latiVcS whom SI'eaheI
Cannon coGi0 have possibly selected t1IS
ingenuity IN his choice or ttiS fl"S1 M
poYtant committee was characteristic 1,
became the object Of derision OF the DIST
One of its members. Reuben o, Moon,
Of Pennsylvania. oOeNed orders ana lHu0-
duced the administration bill II X
2Is24 II was bill providing legal su-
1horitv for the issuance of In5unctionS an
suthority which does not row exist Inc
President al first urged him and the com
r1it1ee 10 report the bill. but party ext
Eency evidently forbade il, ,..
On March ., 1910, I addressed a let!et
10 Mr.. Moon, and not hearing from MN
in response thereto ] sent to each member
Of the committee an Identical letter, in
closing a copy Of The letter l'had sub
rnirted to M Moon.
In his letter 10 Mr.. Moon, Mr.. Gompers
said.
Represen1atives. II. Z. 2lS$4, entitled Aft
act 20 Regulate the Granting of Restrain
ing orders and 1njUnctions, seems 10 be
entirely Superflu0uS, unless II IL Gathefeo
with the intention 10 issue TO the judiciary
2 title in Zee simple to territory OF
jurisdiction which thus far has remained
unreCogniZed by statute law.
A most careful reading OF your oill does
not disclose any section CT any idea that
viii materially alter existing CONDITIONS
The IN functions issued by many OF our
courts would be changed in little or no
particular. The famous Tor otnerNl Sc
injunction issued by Justice Gould IN the
PTck's stove and Range Company case
was issued after following the lines lald
II was generally understood that your
hin repreS scented the wishes ana desires OF
the administration, ana the PRESIDENT S
rncent letter TO yeu on the subject has con
famed this. Il is further claimed that the
Iast general election authorizes and IN
.strUcts the enactment OF this bill ihIs last
1ve dispute.
If in framing the h;lI YOU had had the
advice of the National Association Of Man
ufaCtgTeTS and their counsel, Emory ana
Davenport. no more effective measure than
your niil could have been devised 10 defeat
the growing convection among our people 10
correct the perYcrslo-l 81 the EnluncuNe pro
cess.
Continuing mis- report, Mr.. Gompers said:
President Taft. IN an address at Passaic
X. J.. or May g, after discussing the pro
visions Of the Moon hilI- said
The pTeSI difficulty in respect % the
matter is that. il the Dill Is reported from
the committee and out upon IFS passage n
the House. there viii be d movement TO IN
froduca amendments in accord with the
Recommendations O. the Federation of La
bor, by which jury TRIAL shah be required
Sn contempt cases and bcycotts shan he
made legitimate u j. feared that If sUcn
amendments were proposed they might
Pass, and thus make The bill ar obnoxious
one. NhetheT 2 DafliamentarT condition
Car br created which VIII prevent the sub
mission of sIl.h amendments or not IS e
question tnat ! cannot anticipate
In other words the President was appre-
stye that & that bill which he faTors
came before -1e House OF Representa- ives
amendments would ue offered securing to
The workers the rights 10 which labor is
entitled equal with all other citizens, and
~ ~ 5Ir.-I- E+,r-i-e-. ne Toned ff,5t a
rzr77ar1ientary condition might be created
10 prevent labor's amendments being
brought 20 ire constceTe ton Of Inc House.
Gf course. II i niSSt3teTOent. more
rhau likely an UDi--entio1al che, when the
President declared that labor has asked
for "a i,-v lrial in contempt cases The
President INSTRUMENTATION upon tllis sub
sof- indicates clearly thar he has not un-
6ersfoo6 tre provisions Of The Wilson bill,
Il !. l-1S>. As Il reading of the bill VIII
disliose, Wc have not asked anything OF
The session being then well advanced, #
was found impossible 10 obtain further at
House members was prepared 10 attack the
Iin i II came Un. and also To add to II as
an amendment the Wilson btl, H. r. ., loS.
This Information coming 10 the President,
SAGE O. the Moon bill
Referring to The amendment Introduced
ny M Hughes, Of New York, forbdding
the prosecution OF labor unions for any
lawful oct toward lettering their condition,
he said:
The Hughes Amendment.
The President carried his opposition 70
such an extreme that ne exercised the limit
Of his power. working with all his might
and main on June % and June % 10 defeat
the amend nlent.
The situation evidently angered the Presi-
6eut - he Immediately took the matter
into his own hands. He suspended other
public business and swept aside every en-
gagement. lie called ''wavering Repre-
sentariNes 10 The White House and insisted
upon thair active opposition. even going 50
1ar Is % say fhaf il II cost him the support
of every lahoripg man i'm the country hs
law. = Is reported that when he learned
that the House had receded from its in
siStepcc upon the IroTiso Jy the close vote
oT IS 70 131 he made no effort TO conceal
his great cratilcaiiO because he had sue
oeer7eG ID defeating Il Dor 20 this extent.
M Corners. III closing. said: IN this
C.r a reckoning which has arrived 7 am
firmly convinced that The American Fedora
ton OF Labor is most directly responsible
Cor The strength Of fft. aroused indiEnatfon