The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1910-04-04

Opening Ours VIII Be Fret Next Sat.
urday Night by Mr.. Taft In Wash.
ineton and Attorney General Wicker.
sham In chicaso-some Legislation
Expected.
Worcester, Mass. April A. Presi-
dent Taft defined his railroad policies
IN speech in Mechanics hall before
an audience of several thousand rail-
way trainmen. who were attending a
joint convention of the brotherhoods
in train service. which has been in
session here for several days. Mr..
Taft spoke for an hour and discussed
freely the union labor situation and
the pending legislation in congress af-
fecting railroad men. Labor OrganiZa-
tions, he said. were necessary. and he
was. In favor of them. Organization is
necessary, he continued, among rail-
road employees in order that they may
be upon an equality with their en-
ployers. Mr.. Taft also defended the
Injunction as an equitable remedy
against unlawful injury, but. he added
that not only he, but his predecessor,
Theodore Roosevelt. as we'll believed
that the power to issue injunctions
should be limited so that 'injunctions
should not be issued except upon
proper grounds.
Roosevelt's Name cheered.
The audience cheered when Colonel
Roosevelt's name was mentioned.
The Administrations injunction
bill now pending in congress. he. said
is a good bill and should be enacted.
The president declared that he stood
with the members of the railway
trainmen's union in opposing the boy
colt and sympathetic strikes. He ad
mitted that he did not know whether
or not congress will enact his : anti
Injunction BILL But, he added. there
are two good reasons why it should
be passed One was that it was prom
ised by the Republican party in it's
last national platform andythe other
the right direction.
After speaking of issuing injunc-
tions, the president said:
Then there grew out of four or FIVE
Instances where there was an lily
I[4h,ssH iss,.ing OF an injunction With
81 notice. q feeling that had wrought
injustice. and believe. and my orede.
cessor, Theodore Roosevelt, believed
that that power ought to be defined
and limited in such way that there
was to be in the future no danger of
lilly advised issuing of such injunc-
tions. We have got bill of that sort
In congress. My friend. and auondam
no good at all. My embarrassing
friend Van Cleave, 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 a good thing
What the bill proposes to do is to
say that when man applies to
court for a restraining order he shall
bring in his affidavits and make his
case; that the court shall then Write
out in the minutes of the. court why
the injury threatened is irreparable:
that he finds it to be sustained by evi-
dence and why he cannot give notice
and have the case tried before he is
sues the injunction. He has to spread
that on the minutes. When judge
has to do that he is going to think
twice before he issues an order with
out giving the other side an opportu-
nifty to be heard.
Secondly. if he concludes that he
finds the reason, in the evidence be-
fore him and he issues the order the
order is no good If the other side is
not notified and if the hearing is not
had, after seven days it ceases to have
effect altogether. That is to prevent
some abuses that We know of in the
past where a preliminary order was
months"
Mr.. Taft took shot at insurgents in
congress who ale opposing his pro-
gram of legislation because of the fact
that he conferred with railway presi-
dents before framing the measure.
Etjroad Presidents Rights.
president again was cheered
,when he said he was not afraid to
consult railroad presidents when rail-
road legislation came UP for consider
alton at Washington, despite the criti-
cism that had been made OF his
|course.
IF there is one thing | hate" he
declared, with emphasis. 'it is sham.
hypocrisy and fraud in representing a
virtue when it does not exist. believe
in being fair to all.
President w. c. Brown. if the New
| York Central; President c. S. Mellen,
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
|ford, and President Lucius Tuttle, OF
Il the Boston & Maine railroad, ali lis
tened to President Taft with interest
They also made brief speeches to the
ltrainmen.
During the morning the president
spent several hours at Millbury. where
| he visited his aunt Miss Della c. Tor
rev. He crossed the Blackstone river
|. .hers he used to go in swimming. He
went to divine service at the Second
| Conversational church. accompanied
| bv Miss Torrey, Horace d. Tart. MS
brother. and Captain Butt Afte'
| church the president returned to th<
Torrey residencs for dinner.