The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26
the Democratic Party
and Its Candidate Are Seek
ing a Vote 10 Power by
Disingenuous and Un-
sound Pleas.
CLEAN SLATE FOR
WRITING MEXICAN POLICY
Former President Declares That the
Passage Under Duress of the Adam
son Bi!! Was One Of the Greatest
National ti~umiliaIicns to Which
Oar Country Has Even Been Sub
jected.

Nt . S~ ''SS 0SS' ~
II jected.
@ Declaring that the campaign of 1916
Is as important us the campaign of
1876 and resembles that campaign in
that the Democratic party and it's
candidate are seeking Il vote Of power.
for diSingenuous. uuSound. but nllur-
ing reason. William III. Taft, former
President of the United States. de!iv-
cred til" opening address of the New
Jersey Republican state campaign at
Trenton.
Mr.. Taft said, in part:
"Thc great public advantage in or
IS gan!ZAliUn and combination of cap
ital and of W~age-ca!n"rS w" all reco"-
nlze. The power they ~:vuuire may,
Y however, become So great rs to tempt
to serious abuse Hnd nahlic injury,
and they have Gone 50. Hence, we
i haV had the antitrust law and the
Interstate III law. directed
chiefly against combinations Of cap.
itAl but eifecrin% in some measure
combinations Of labor. Labor leaders
have sought exemption from such
laws as Il privileged class, and in some
cases they have been successful.
S While Mr.. Wilson in one of his me-
morandums attached to an %appropria-
ton bill uvOWcu his opposition to such
class legislation, he united with the
Democratic Congress in passing. ut
the demand of the unions. the Clay
ton Act, which. the labor leaders
claim, takes unions out of the limita-
tons of the Trust Act.
"UnWise s~ubserviency TO the de-
mnnds Of leaders Of organized labor
finds its browning instance, however.
In Mr.. Wilson'S dealing with the
threatened strike of the Railway Or
ders Of conductors, engineers, train
mel and switchmen. The orders
claim to control 100000 men. who run
the freight and passenger trains of
the country, which constitute the
arteri;l circulation Of commerce.. and
are necessary not only to the bust
ness but to the health and life of the
\. people. Were these men able to tie
up the railways Of the country. rs
they said they could and would. it
would mean enormous loss in bust
ness. and great deprivation and suffer
Ing TO the public. 1t would mean that
many millions Of other wOrkmen
would be thrown out Of employment,
and lose the high wages they are
now receiving. because without com
nlerce local industries cannon pro-
coed. The hallway unions said to
the railway president "We wish i'm
eight-h"uI day. with ten hours pay,
ami if we work more than eight hours.
we demand 30 per cent more an hour
for the extra, hours. If YOU do not
give us This. We vii! not only injure
you, but we will bring disaster to the
country The railway managers re-
fused the demand, but offered to SUBJ
NIT it TO arbitration. They said it
would increase their cost of operation
SGO.GOO,OOO, and that this would have
to come out OF the pockets OF the rail
WAY stockholders, by IL reduction Of
profits, or out Of the shipping public
by an increase of rates. The labor
lenders said they had had arbitration
in the past and that it was not salts
factory that now unless their de
mands were fully granted, no power
under heaven could prevent the strike,
will its disastrous consequences.
Under the dureSS of the threat. the
President of the United States and
Congress OF the United States sue.
cumbed. 1t was n Of the greatest
national humiliaticns to Which til,
subjected. 1t struck most a blow al
the principle of arbitration for tho
settlement Of Industrial disputes.
"Mr. Wilson as u publicist, attacked
the enactment Of a federal child Labor
law rs an absurd extravaganza, and !;
departure from constitutional limita
tons, and now within the last sixty
days he has personally visited Con
gress to urge the adoption OF exactly
sucll Il measure.
"For the purpose Of evading RESPONSE
bility for present conditions, it is ad
vanced in behalf Of Mr.. Wilson an(
the Democratic Administration tina,
the conditions in Mexico We're an in
heritance from the last Administrl
ton. The last Administration die
nothing to complicate Mr.. Wilson:
problems. Huerta had been twelve
days in power when Mr.. Wilson came
in. Up to that time nothing had beel
done committing the government t,
one policy or another. Had the Re
publican administration been conlin
ued, Huerta would have been recog
niZed, but with only twelve days he
fore the coming in Of a new Admins
trntiOn, it would have been e%ntircl!
improper and inconsid"ra,n for til,
outgoing Administration to commit til,
incnlning ia any policy on the subject
Mr.. Wilson cannot shift the blame
for his bluliderS in Mexico. He ha(
q clean slate upon which to writ,
when Ae came in.