Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-10-19
Asserts the Democratic Party
and Its Candidate Are Seek.
Ing a Vote to Power by
0isingenuous and Un-
sound Pleas.
LEFT CLEAN SLATE FOR
!, WRITING MEXICAN POLICY
Former President Declares That the
Passage Under puress Of the Adam.
son Bill Was One Of the Greatest
National HumiIiatIons to Which
Our Country Has Even Been Sub.
jeeted.

National Humiliations to Which
Our Country Has Even Been Sub.
jected.
Declaring that the campaign of 1916
Is as important as the campaign Of
1896 md resembles that canpaign-in
that the Democratic party and Its
candidate are seeking a vOte Of power
for d~isingenuOus, unsOund. but allur-s
Ing reason, William II. Taft, former
President OF the United States, deliy-
cred the opening address of the New
Jersey Republican state campaign at
Trehtom
Mr.. Taft SAID In part:
"The. great public advantage In or
g%anizati0n and combination of cap
ital and Of wage-earners we oil recOg-
nIze. The power they acquire may.
however, become SO great as to tempt
to serious abuse and public injury.
and they have done 80. Hence, we
have had the antitrust law and the
interstate commerce laWH directed
shieiy against combinations Of cap
italt hut effectlng in some measure
combinations Of labor. Labor leaders
have sought exemption from such
laws as a privileged class, and in some
cases they have been successful.
While Mr.. Wilson in one Of his me-
morandums attached to an appropria-
tion bill ayowed 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. fakes unions out of the lImita-
tions of the Trust Act.
"unwise subseryiency to the de-
monas of leaders Of Organized labor
Ards ,ts crowning instance however,
~ Mr W,lson,s dealing with the
thraotoned strike of tbe RAILWAY or.
a.rs ne conductors. engineers. train
NAV and switchmen Pie orders
claim 10 control 100000 men. whd u
tho freioht and messenger trains of
tha country which constitute the
a-rtor,a, circnlation of commerce. and
40 necessary mot only to the bust.
noes hnt 70 the health and life Of the
nson,e We're these men able to tie
~ .ha roiI,voys ~ tIe country. rs
th., sold thav could and would. ii
would msan enarmous loss in brsl-
.nd .,aat ~lanr,vat,on and suffer-
1. - tho nuhi,c. II would mean that
,s,v - ,o,li,ors ne other workinen
,,an;d ha brown olt Of employment,
ga iosa: tba hiph wapes they are
a.--raco,v,no hacause without CON-
marca Local industries cannot pro
oaad Tha Railway unions said to
~ ro,,u.ay nresident eve wish an
a,aht hnnr aav with ten hours, nay,
sna r. NO ,vnrk more than eight hours,
we demand 30 per cent more an hour
", ,ha axtro bnurs. II YOU do no,
siyes,is th,s. we Will not only injure
YOU, but we will bring disaster to the
country" The railway managers re
fused the demand, but offered to sub
kmlt II, 70 arbitration. They said II
womb increase, their cost of operation
seOO0OOO0. and that this would have
10 come out OF the pockets OF the rail
way stockholders, by a reduction 9
profits, or out of the shipping papn'
by an increase Of rates.. me lupo.
leaders said they-had had Arbitration
In the past and that 1t was not saus
factory that now unless their soe
mands were fully granted, no poMe
under heaven could prevent the strike
with Its disastrous consequences
Under the duress O. 2 threat, =,
President Of the United States an
Congress- Of the United states SUE
cumbed. 1t was one Of the creates
national h~nmiiiations to Whicn IN
people Of this country have ever pee
subjected. II struck most 9 oiow y
the principle Of arbitration TOT !
settlement q Industrial disputes.
aMr. wilson as a. pnblicist, attacke
the enactment Of a federal child labo
law as an absurd extrayagance, and
departure from constitutional limit
tions. and now within the last sizSt
DAYS he has personally visited Coz
rress 70 urge the adoption OF exact
such a%srneasure. ss M
biitty g presens svn. Y. .sS,,son ~
yanced m9Deaalt AL. s.satinS n,
1.-THE Dein0cfalic I,
the conaluons = .ha1iss, Admlntstr,
heritancs llo :. -, sdSa,ns.tration M
sdon. IN Wilson
nothing 70 compliSa.e .n.s,,