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JERSEY BOSSES ROtTED
Colby Victorious at Successful Di
rect Primaries.
Corrected returns from practically all election
, s{r j cts m New Jersey show a decisive victory
« r the New Idea Republicans: over the boss
led regulars and for reform Democrats over
organizations. They show that Governor
- -crts primary law Is a success and that the
ante fully realize that the act which Everett
}*&%■ fought for and helped to pass has given
thrta the power of nominating their representa
ttftß in public office without boss dictation,
g-jator Everett Colby defeated his rival for re
—mir-ation. Thomas L. Raymond, by 1.76 G. His
access is one of the greatest defeats the "ma
rhiae" in New Jersey has ever suffered.
Mr Colby's candidate for Sheriff of Essex also
yon. b« l the greatest surprise of all was the
nomination of the New Idea or Colby Assembly
candidates over those of the organization. The
Senator, with the political bosses and public
Ecrrice corporation Influences arrayed against
hi-n. made such a tremendous showing; in the
territory outside of Newark that he quickly
wiped out a safe margin held by his opponent.
Mr Raymond. W. Fellowes Morgan, who was
the New idea candidate for nomination for
Sheriff, polled more than the combined votes
of Ralph B. Schmidt, an Independent, and Sam
uel F- Wilson, who was the machine man and
was third in the race. ■ '
The outcome in the Democratic fight was a
great disappointment to James R. Nugent, state
chairman Harry V. Osborne by a consistent
and steady gain outdistanced Absalom Bach
nan, the organization man. for Senator, while
police Commissioner William Harrigan of New
ark made a clean sweep in the face of the bit
i terest opposition by Nugent and the Democratic
machine From authentic sources it was learned
tie Democratic machine used more money in
Tnesday's fight than at any election held in
years.
Mr. Colby ran ahead of the New Idea candi
dates for Assembly. In the fight of the latter
the energy of the regulars seemed to be directed
against all those indorsed by .the New Idea
League except H. Stacy Smith and John F.
Clark, who were also on the regular slate.
The election officers found it no easy task to
count the ballots, and there was such delay in
the townships that up to a late hour yesterday
official figures were lacking.
Colby, it is said, carried East Orange by at
least 1,500 majority.
At 'he New Idea headquarters yesterday af-
PMDoan the leaders were loud In their praises
of the new primary law. The delay In the count
was vexatious, but the working of the law was
entirely satisfactory, it was said.
As an evidence of the popularity of the new
direct nomination law, 35.9W ballots were cast
In the city of Newark on Tuesday. This is an
increase of 8,000 over the first registration day
last year, ar.d is within 22.«W» of the entire four
days 1 regist ration of 1904. when Roosevelt was
the Republican candidate for President.
The registration days this year are Monday,
October 5; Tuesday. October 6; Saturday.
October 10. and Monday. October 12. All wno
intend to vote must register on one of these
days, between 7 a. m. and 10 p. m.
KINGS SENATE CONVENTIONS.
Trouble in the Bth Results in Adjournment
— Three-Cornered Fight.
The Republican Senate conventions were held in
Kings County last night. There was only one con
vention at which trouble arose over the selection of a
candidate- That was at the Sth. where three candi
dates appeared— Major Frederick A. Wells. Warren
I. Lee. the Assemblyman who aroused the ire of
the school teachers by voting against the equal pay
MO. and Captain John A. Finn*— nrlr The last
was backed by E. M. Vocrheis. leader of the 16th
Assembly District, with 117 votes: Wells, by Lewis
M Dsmau leader of the 17th AwmWy District,
wnn 145 votes, and Lee. by F. J. H. Kracke. leader
Of the ISth Assembly District, with 141 votes. The
fight continued until a late hour, and the conven
tion adjourned until Tuesday.
The results of the conventions were as follows:
S^ate ■—^ •
2 " '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..Reu**n L. Gledhill.
7 * ..Adjourned.
i, "" Senator Eugene M. Travis.
2 ■■.1".".*.1*". Edpar H. Hazelwood.
I -■■■-■• Adjourned. ...
c '■ " John Kissel. - -- 1 •
!rt Charles Ait.
WOODRUFF GETS GOOD HUGHES NEWS.
Hears from Upstate Counties That Sentiment
for Governor Is Growing.
Timothy L. Woodruff said yesterday that there
had been no other State campaigns in which he
bad been engaged in which he felt more confident
of Republican success than in the present one.
The state chairman was in a particularly cheerful
mood, for he received yesterday a number of re
port* from upstate counties, all of which showed.
be said, that Hughes sentiment was steadily on
the increase.
••The growing sentiment for Hughes that is ob
servable,' said Mr. Woodruff, "shows that the
campaign is progressing in a healthy and grat
ifying manner."
It was said at state headquarters that at night,
following a non-political speech which the Gov
ernor would make at the German Orphan Asylum
in Mount Vernon en the afternoon Of October 13.
h- would make two political speeches in this city.
Governor Hughes wil also speak in Poughkeepsie
early in October. .
GOMPERS ANSWERS UNDER PROTEST
Acknowledges Responsibility for Editorials
in "Federationist."
Washington. Sept: 23.— Complying with the in
■tractkma of Chief Justice dabaugh. of the Su
preme Court of the District of Columbia. Samuel
Gompers. president of the American Federation
of Labor to-day made reply to questions of Mr
Davenport, of Bridgeport. Conn., attorney for the
prosecution, concerning pom* of the editorial ex
pressions of the current September issue of "The
American Federationist" bearing on the contempt
I.rcceedings growing out of the Bucks Stove Com
pany case against the federation officials. The
testimony is being taken before Examiner Har
per. In the course of the hearing Mr. Davenport
recurred several times to the previous testimony
of Mr campers-, whose counsel. Mr. Ralston, pro
tested against this course. Mr Ralston declare
that at the proper time he would ask the court
to ■BBSS the entire cost of the taking of testi
mony against the petitioners because of what he
characterized as needless repetition.
Mr Davenport responded with much spirit
that much of the delay had been caused by Mr.
Kalstdn'fl objections. Mr. Ralston replied that
the respondent had been *1«'l— from the first to
j'lmtt ail the substantial charge*.
The questions wtaea na- — < °W^ It?*1 t ?* *!««* Sf
not repeated to Mr. Gomr-ers until the close of
the da^ and Mr Gompers then but «"der Pr°
tept acknowledged full responsibility for all the
editorial utterances of the magazine . , nnnr ,
With these admissions obtained. Mr. Davenport
closed his examination in chief of Mr Oompers.
and it was announced thai he would be fjues
tioned to-morrow in his own behalf by Mr. »a<
eton.
WEST VIRGINIA POLITICAL FEUD ENDS.
Charleston. W. Va.. Sept. 23. — The sitter feud
in the Republican party in West Virginia follow
ing the dual conventions and rival Mate tickets
placed in the field last July, headed respectively
by Charles V. Swisher. Secretary of State, and
Arnold C. Scherr. State Auditor.N^as ended to
right, when, following the withdrawal of Swlsher
f.n Monday, night. Mr. Scherr and his fellow'can
r.idate? on the Lincoln Republican ticket agreed
to retire in favor of the new candidate of the
regular Republicans*. William E. Olsssrorir The
other state candidates of the regular faction
Hand a* nominated here last July.
F. R. COUDERT FOR TAFT
Congressman Sherman Will 'Address
Travellers To-morrow.
Frederic R. Coudert. for years a prominent In
dependent Democrat, said yesterday at the head
quarters of the Republican National Committee
that he intended to vote for Taft.
"It is my intention to vote for Taft." said he. "1
am unable to see that the Democratic party in this
campaign stands for anything in particular save a
rather clumsy attempt to outbid the last Repub
lican administration on any and every proposition
and a somewhat pathetic pretension that its candi
date is the real heir to the Rooseveltlan mantle."
The first speech of this campaign that Congress
man James S. Sherman, candidate for Vice-Presi
dent on the Republican ticket, will make in New
York City will be to-morrow noon, when he will
deliver an address at No. 37 Union Square before
the Commercial Travellers' Sound Money League
of the United States.
Truman H. Newberry. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, of Michigan, was at headquarters yesterday.
He said: % •':'
"Michigan will roll up her usual Presidential ma
jority for Taft and Sherman. My Judgment is that
the majority will reach one hundred thousand, for
there is no question about the people in my state
having no confidence in Bryan and his type of
! Democracy."
With active political work Maryland is assured to
the Republicans, according to Gist Blair, chairman
of the 6th Congress District of the state organiza
tion in Maryland. He said:
"It is true that the Democrats have a splendid
organization in Maryland, but the thing that trou
bles Mr. Bryan is that the personnel of the organ
ization is lukewarm. And what is worst of all for
the Maryland Democracy . is that the Bryan fol
lowers have insisted in making Bryanism an issue
in the state campaign. His friends in Baltimore
organized a committee of one hundred to see tnat
Bryan got Maryland's vote*. That relieves the
state organization of all responsibility should BO an
lose, and that is just what will happen.
The demand for .eats at the big opening of the
Republican campaign in New York to-morrow night
at Carnegie Hall, where Senator Albert J. Bey
erldge. of Indiana, will make a speech on Business
and Trusts" in reply to Mr - Bryan . "So
by the managers of the meeting to »*toM**™
of even a larger crowd than came out. to see ana
hear the Democratic nominee a week ago.
WHY TAFT TOOK PLACE.
Mr. Wakeman Explains Acceptance
of Philippines Post.
. [By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Seabright. N. J.. Sept. 23.-Under the auspices of
•SS^lSSo^fS ESS of Governor Fort.
state boulevard idea, and he called on Senator
Brown, who was present, to support the scheme
and a movement for an improved system of bulk
heading for protection of the Jersey coast. Speak
ing of the campaign. Colonel McCook said:
dents.
Mr. "Wakeman said:
Sss r&!&,?srs&~s&z ass
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flr™t SSt I might not give up the bench, but go
out th4e a^d rerhaps in six months settle the
SSSmsss s«i ass
that I was called upon to make a sacriflee, it was
mvdutv in the interest of the nation, to do the
be=t I cou d on the Philippine Commission. .
• : Mr McKinlev first tendered me a place on the
PhlMnnine (V.mm'.ssion. saying that if the then
fhairman of the remmission. President Sehurman
not going back, as it was expected he would
not I should be made chairman. I took two weeks
to determine whether I would ao-ept came norm
n"d consulted mv friends and Mrs. Taft. and after
m ;7- h "nsWerition concluded to accept. ta the
mZ D time I had been advised «hat President Schur
man «n™M not go, and I might therefore, have the
Sositlon as presMent of the commission, which I
r^urh preferred, because ft I ha '! J he '"P?™ 1 ' 111 '*'
I wished as mufh power as possible to meet it.
"I think the above is the substance of what
occurred I did not decline any appointment on
?ne part of Mr McKinley. but I. did leave him a
very considerable doubt as to whether I would
accept. Very sincerely f^^^^ H TAFT „
Vo c w t- if^vo^w'ere a friend of Mr. McKinley and
If yon are a friend or President Roosevelt, I beg
of "you to cast your vote for Mr. Taj.t.
CRANE HERE; NOT AT HEADQUARTERS.
Senator W. Murray Crane, of Massachusetts,
reached here yesterday from Cincinnati. He did
not visit Republican National Headquarters. It
was generally rumored last night that, because of
the stories in regard to his superseding Mr. Hitch
cock as manager of Mr. Taffs campaign, he would
n-t visit headquarters until Mr. Hitchcock returns
to-morrow.
At the Waldorf last night Senator Crane said he
did not know when he would return to his home in
Massachusetts.
Ex-Governor Murphy of New Jersey also visited
headquarters. He said it was a little early to make
plurality predictions, but he felt sure Jersey would
be safe for Taft, and "safe easily, too."
CONTROLLER EXONERATES BYRNES.
Anti-McCarren District Leader Now An
nounces He Will Resign.
Controller Nets ■nnotmcea yesterday that he had
„ri Thomas F. Byrnes as head of the real
estate appraisement division In the Finance De
partment Mr. Byrnes wns suspended early in July
on snapictoa that he had allowed the city to be
fleeced in the purchase of the poli.e horse tr.iiniiiK
Btte near Flushing Mr. Byrnes, as soon as be bad
received a .lean bill, announced that h« would re-
Bisn in 8 few irnrlrs. as liis environment In tlie
Ptnance Department was uncongenial.
Mr mmw is the antl-MeCarren lea.U-r in tht»
Llth Assembly District In Kin^s. The ControUei
stood by McCarrea in the late primary struggle,
when llcCanwn nverwhelined his enemies. Th*
OontroUer yesten ly seal the following letter to
Mr Byrnss:
n r ci . My order of July I, 1908, suspending
you „ni duty, is hereby rescinded. The testi
mony taken during the investigation by the Com
missioners of Accounts in the matter of the pur
chase of the police training site In Queens dis
< oses nothing that can be construed as reflecting
,m.m' vnur hor.^Fty or integrity. You ire hereby
r^n"tiied a* appraiser of i real estate in the De
partment of Finance. HERMAN A.^ETZ,^
The registration Cays this year are Monday,
October 5: Tuesday, October 6; Saturdsy,
October 10. and Monday, October 12. All who
intend to vote must register on one of these
days, between 7 a. m. and 10 p. m.
NEW-TORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. SKFrEr.rBER 24. 100&
MR. TAFT BEGINS TOUR
Continued from flrnt pace.
special excursion trains and transported to the
Ade farm in gayly decorated hayracks, while a
considerable number rode on horseback or drove
their own surreys and buggies.
An urgent telegram from Indiana Harbor, re
questing a ten minutes' stop ami promising a
good crowd from that place and Hammond, was
complied with, and the promise of the crowd
was fulfilled.
SQUARE DEAL FOR LABOR,
"Go after Bryan and gi\-e him Hail Columbia,"
was the admonition from the audience, and,
taking the cue, Mr. Taft "went after Bryan."
With this concluding sentence. Mr. Taft aroused
three hearty cheers for himself:
"If I am elected President, as I hope and be
lieve I shall be. I purpose, and It will be one of
my most pleasant duties, to devote my time
and all the ability I have to the construction of
legislation which shall give labor a square deal,
and not more than a square deal."
If it be true that Chicago is a Democratic city
there was no indication of the fact in the recep
tion accorded the Republican Presidential can
didate when he arrived here at 5 o'clock this
evening. A brass band and a cordon of police
men awaited the arrival of Mr. Taft and his
party at the La Salle street station, and the
streets leading from the station to the Audito
rium Annex were lined with thousands of
cheering citizens, while every available inch of
space on the tall buildings was crowded with
applauding men and women.
Every fire escape carried its quota of enthu
siastic Republicans, and at times the press of
people in the streets was so great that it was
with considerable difficulty the automobiles
made their way through without running them
down. When the party swung into Michigan
Boulevard an enthusiastic crowd cheered the
candidate, who throughout the trip had ridden
hat in hand acknowledging the cheers and salu
tations from all sides. Another cheering crowd
greeted the candidate at the Auditorium Annex,
and throughout his brief stay in Chicago there
was everywhere shown the greatest enthusiasm
for the Republican candidate.
When Mr. Taft arrived at Orchestra Hall it
was packed from pit to topmost gallery. Every
inch of standing room on the first floor and in
the three galleries was occupied, the audience
being notable for the great number of women
present. Over five thousand persons were un
able to secure admission to the hall, but they
formed an overflow meeting which Mr. Taft ad
dressed later in the evening. When the can
didate arrived, at 8:25 o'clock, the great audi
ence arose, and every one cheered. A feature of
the evening was the presentation to each mem
ber of the audience of a photograph of Mr. Taft.
When Mr. Taft arose to speak he was cheered
for five minutes before he was permitted to be
gin his address.
ADDRESS TO RAILROAD MEN.
Speaking to the organized railroad men at
Orchestra Hall, Chicago, to-night. Mr. Taft
said:
I am glad to meet so many members of or
ganized railroad labor. I have accepted this
opportunity to address an audience of mem
bers of the brotherhoods in order that I may
take up a question to which has been given
great prominence in this campaign, and In
which I must say that every effort has been
made unjuptly to arouse the prejudice of or
ganized labor against the Republican party and
its candidate.
In the first place, I wish to affirm, without
fear of contradiction, that the Republican
party has done vastly more than the Demo
cratic party, both on state and national leg
islation for the protection and in the interest
of labor It passed in General Harrison's ad
ministration the eight hour law for govern
ment workmen and gave an impetus to a re
duction of hours in other employments. The
safety appliance acts, by which railroads en
gaged in interstate commerce were required
to make provision for* the safety of their em
ployes, and thus to reduce the shocking loss
of life and limb among railroad employes, -were
passed in the same administration. Amendments
to "this act making more detailed specifications
for improvements in safety appliances, including
especially the fire pan. have been passed in the
present "administration. An act for the pro
motion of arbitration between the railways and
their employes in interstate commerce Is aisn
one of those act? of beneficence to both em
ployer and employe. The last Congress en
acted a law which was declared unconstitu
tional, and then in its second session re-enacted
the law to avoid the constitutional objections.
By this act a railway employe who brings suit
for dam?ges against the company cannot now
be defeated on the ground fiat the negligence
was the negligence of a fellow servant. If he
is shown to be guilty of negligence himself in
a Might degree, he does not forfeit his ngnt
of 'action, but it is left to the jury to appor
tion the damages and reduce them as equity
addition to this, a law limiting the hours
of labor of interstate railway employes has
been passed. A bill was also passed by the last
session of Congress providing for compensation
to' "government employes for injuries received
in the government employ. It is an inadequate
law and will doubtless be improved by coming
Congresses. An issue, however, has arisen as
to the attitude of the two parties on the sub
ject of injunctions in labor disputes.
RELATION TO LABOR PROBLEMS.
I propose now to take up first my personal
relation to this question. It fell to my lot to be
i iudee of the Superior Court of Cincinnati for
three years, and a judge of the United States
Circuit Court for the 6th District, including ,
Michigan Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee, for |
tight years, and during that time I had to con- I
<=ider 'a number of important cases, involving
the rights of labor and the rights of the em
ployer as well as the practice in equity with
reference to the issuing of injunctions in such |
cases The first case was not an injunction suit j
at all A boss bricklayer quarrelled with the
union and their members who were In his em
ploy struck In order to embarrass him the
onion notified all the local dealers in materials
• thai they would boycott any firm which fur
nished him with material. Moores & Co. had
a contract to deliver to this boss bricklayer a
lot of lime. In order to avoid trouble they se
cured from his a release from the contract, but
he sent his wagon to the freight station and
bought lime out of the car where Moores & Co.
sold lime to any one who applied. The walking
"" rr ] ce ] P gate of the union discovered it and a boycott
WB9 begTHL Moores & Co. were prevented from
selling to their usual customers any lime or
other material for a great number of months,
and suffered a severe financial loss to their busi
ness' They surd for damages, and the case was
tried before a jury. The Jury returned a verdict
for $° 800 Now. gentlemen, in that case I held
and decided with two colleagues that a pecond
arv boycott was an unlawful injury, and that
whether it was perpetrated by laboring men or
otherwise That is the law to-day, and, my
friends it ought to be the law. I know that
this is 'not the view of Mr. Gompors, but I am
glad to know that there is a difference in or
ganized labor upon this question.
The Toledo & Ann Arbor Railroad was In a
dlanute with its employes, who were members
,f the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and a strike by the engineers followed. It was
understood by the Toledo & Ann Arbor road
i thit th* Brotherhood engineers on the Lake
; tih'ore were going to refuse to haul their cars
and that the Lake Shore road for that reason
■ would acquiesce In this action. Accordingly the
] Toledo & Ann Arbor road applied to Judge
Ricks to enjoin the Lake Shore Railroad Com
! nary Its officers and employes from refusing
!.', linul Toledo & Ann Arb.. r oars. He did so
in accordance with the interstate commerce
law After this Mr Arthur, the head of the
Brotherhood »t Locomotive Engineers, comply
ing with a secret rule l£ then in force in the
, order which forbade the engineers on one road,
numbers of the order, to haul the cars of an
' other road when the order had a strik" on the
latter road issued a notice to the engineers of
the Lake Shore that the strike on the Toledo &
1 Ann Arbor was approved as required by the
rules of the order and that they should proceed
to enforce rule 12, which meant that they should
refuse to haul the <ars of the Toledo & Ann
Arbor road It was a secondary boycott, and It
\'. , a direct violation "f th«- federal statute.
„ | ,i . j, imposed ;i punishment hy fine and Im
prisonment for Its violattoa I requested Mr.
Arthur to withdraw the telegram which he had
issued t.. his men In respect to rule 12, and
within a very short period I gave him a hearing.
. Air Arthur had promptly complied with my or
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der and never did disobey it. The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers then repealed the rule
and it has never been enforced since so far as I
know.
THE PFELAN CASE.
The third case was the Phelan case. It grew
out of the attempt of the American Railway
Union and Eugene Debs to starve the country
by stopping all the railroads and thus compel
the Pullman company to pay higher wages to
its employes Neither the starving country nor
the railroads had control over Mr. Pullman, some
railroads had contracts with him for carrying
his cars They were not justified In breaking
those contracts. In other words, the action
against the railroad companies by Debs and
by his lieutenant. Phelan. was a secondary
boycott At this time the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad was being operated by a receiver un
der my orders as United States Circuit judge.
Phelan knew this and was warned or it. He
held meetings of the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road employes and advised them to strike and
tie up the "road, and by hints and winks and
«ide remark" he instigated them to violence.
On an affidavit charging him with contempt In
attempting by such methods to defeat tne order
of court directing the receiver to run the road,
he was brought into court. The evidence clearly
established his guilt. I therefore sentenced him
to jail for six months.
There was one more injunction suit to which
I have made reference but in which the opera
tion of the injunction was not against labor
ing people but against a combination of iron
pipe manufacturers, who. residing in some eleven
states, divided up the territory and by their
agreements maintained the prices of iron pipe
at an exorbitant figure, monopolized the whole
production within those states, and divided the
profits of this arrangement between the members
of the combination. A suit was brought in the
circuit court and an application made by the
United States for an injunction to enjoin the
combination from proceeding and to break it up.
The circuit judge held that there was no power
to issue such an injunction and no jurisdiction
in the court to grant such a remedy. I sat in
the Court of Appeals to entertain an appeal by
the government from the decision of the circuit
court and rendered the opinion of the Circuit
Court of Appeals. We there decided that an
injunction would issue; the injunction did issue
and the combination was broken up. The case
was subsequently carried to the Supreme Court
of the United States, and the judgment was af
firmed I merely instance this to show that the
injunction works both ways, and that it Is useful
both in keeping lawless laboring men and law
less capitalists within the law.
Mr Bryan says I am the father of injunctions
in 'industrial causes. This is not true. The use
of the injunction was in accordance with prece
dent in a number of cases, which I cited, both
in the Arthur case and in the Phelan case. lam
not apologizing for what I did in these cases,
for they were in accordance with my duty as a
judge.
PROPER USB OF INJUNCTIONS.
Another point which I distinctly decided in
these cases was that no temporary restraining
order or Injunction could issue to prevent a
man's leaving the employ of a railway, and
therefore th*t no injunction could issue to re
strain men from acting in concert and going on
a Objection is made to the use of the injunction
in such disputes. All I have to say on that point
is that precedent justifies it. and that the man
whose business is injured by unlawful action of
former employes frequently has no other remedy
which is at all adequate. The owner of a busi
ness whether railroad business or any other.
Is entitled to be protected In Ms pursuit of It
and to immunity from unlawful injury to it. To
take away from him the remedy by injunction
which has always been his. merely because it
sometimes leads to the punishment of those who
violate the injunction without trial by jury. Is to
introduce into the law class legislation in favor
of employes and laboring men. and !t ta to take
them out of the ordinary operation of civil reme
dies because they are laborers. I say that that
kind of class legislation is pernicious.
< ibjection is made to the issuing of injunc
tions without notice. There is opportunity for
abuse in such a practice, though there are cases
when no other remedy seems adequate. I have
been willing nevertheless, to adopt a rule by
which notice shall be required before the issuing
of any injunction, temporary or otherwise. The
Republican convention, however, thought It
wiser that the best present practice should be
embodied in a statute in order to bring tne
matter to the attention of the court, and in
tim way future abuses could be avoided. I
hope and believe that this is true. Under the
Republican platform a statute can pass and
ought to pa's which shall not allow a tem
"orarv restraining order to issue and have effect
for more than forty-eight hours, unless a hear
ing can be had during that forty-eight hours
extending the operation of the Injunction.
The Democratic platform does not give any
remedy with respect to notice. It merely re
solves that injunctions ought not to be issued
In Industrial disputes wher* they would not
issue fh other disputes. This is either meaning
less or deceitful.
The provision in the Democratic platform that
a trial by jury shall be allowed in all cases tn
which a charge of contempt is made for viola
tion of the ordera of court outside of the pres
Remember, too, that the Lackawanna is the landscape
road of the East. It takes you up from the level of
the sea into pure, bracing mountain air, fragrant with the
tonic balsam of the pines. y
THE LACKAW^NNA
ence of the judge would gTeatly weaken the
power of the court. To introduce a Jury trial
between a final order and its enforcement ana
between the routine orders bringing witnesses
jurors into court would so hamper the ad
ministration of Justice as to make the courts a
laughing stock. It may be popular to suggest
such a change. It may attract the support and
approval of those who do not understand its
real effect, but so long as I have power of ex
pression, and without regard to how it may
affect me politically,
protest against such a destructive step in our
judicial procedure.
I shall lift my voice in protest against such a
destructive step in our Judicial procedure. Mr.
Bryan says that this proposed amendment by
which a jury trial shall be introduced in con
tempt cases was approved by Senator Sherman, j
of Ohio: Senator Allison, of Iowa; Senator Hale, ;
of Maine: Senator Hawley. of Connecticut: Sen- :
ator Morrill. of Vermont, and Senator Nelson. .
of Minnesota. I deny it, and I challenge Mr. j
Bryan to produce the proof of it. The fact is
that the hill as originally proposed left the ques- !
tion of trial by Jury in the discretion of the :
court. Senator Butler introduced an amend
ment by which it was made mandatory to have
such a trial, and the bill and amendment were
opposed by Senator Platt. of Connecticut, who
was senior Republican member of the Judiciary
Committee, and in whose opinion, it is reason
able ta infer, the Senators named by Mr. Bryan
concurred, for he was. of course. Republican
leader in judicial matters. The bill was passed
by a viva voce vote without a rollcall in a Demo
cratic Senate, and there is nothing in the
records to show the facts to be as Mr Bryan
states them.
ALWAYS FRIENDLY TO LABOR.
It has been sought to give the Impression '
that this record of mine as a judge shows that
I am unfriendly to labor. Nothing could t>e
farther from the fact. As the executive In
charge of the work on the Panama Canal I
have had under me for four years upwards of
thirty thousand laborers. It has given m«
pleasure to devote a great deal of my time *a
the consideration of the welfare, as well as of
the pay. of the men employed under the gov- i
eminent in that great enterprise
When I had charge of the matter I spared
no effort to see to it that the complaints of
the men were thoroughly investigated, and,
where they were well founded, that the ground
of the complaint should be removed.
We are interested that legislation against
the railroads should be just and only properly
restrictive. We are interested that there should
not be unjust and drastic legislation prevent
ing their earning proper Income. We are all in
terested, of course, that they should charge
only proper rates, but we are also interested
that they should not be made to do business
on less than just rates. I have noticed with a
great deal of Interest that the railroad labor
ing men are beginning to realize that the pros
perity of the railroads is as much in their In
terest as it Is In the interest of the stockholders
and the officers of the road, and that they pro
pose hereafter to be heard upon the political
issue as to the character of the legislation that
shall be passed with reference to the regulation
of railroads. With this direct interest that rail
road laboring men have In the prosperity of
railroads, can they not see that it is of the
utmost Importance to prevent the election of
the man whose record will make returning con
fidence and prosperity impossible?
The whole country Is dependent upon the
prosperity of the railroads. The truth is that
the railroads are the greatest single market
that we have for manufactured products. We
are ail interested, therefore, that the credit of
the railroads should be such as to enable them
|O borrow :noney with which to carry on con
structive work. Is it not apparent to you.
therefore, that the election of Mr. Bryan to the
powerful office of President, with his unstable
financial theories and his uncertain economic
propositions will convince every one havln?
capita! to invest that the business future of tn<>
country is uncertain and that It is safer to
withhold their money? I submit to those mo«t
interested, to this intelligent audience, that tnis
is the issue of the full dinner pail that ou«ht
to make them for a third time reject Mr.
Bryan's claims to be elected to the Presidency
as a helpful friend of the workingman
TRIP ACROSS OHIO AND INDIANA.
The Taft special train left Cincinnati promptly
at S o'clock this morning. It consists of two
private cars and a compartment car. the first
occupied by the candidate. Dr. HIH. Dr Rich
ardson and Colonel Ransdall. Sergeant-at-Arms
of the Senate, and the official stenographers and
secretaries; the second and third cars by news
paper correspondents. There is also a com
bination baggage and passenger car.
Rapid time was made across the states of
Ohio and Indiana, one piece of road, 112 miles,
being covered in H>4 minutes. Despite the
speed, however, the trip was made with consid
erable comfort save for the extreme dustlr.ess of
this drouth stricken belt, which also rendereU
the six mile automobile trip from Brook to Haa
elden farm a matter of considerable discomfort.
not a journey but an outing
LIMITED
leaves New York every morning at 10
o'clock and makes the trip to Buffalo
by daylight. It is a solid vestibuled
train • with high-back seat coaches.
Dining Cars and Drawing-
Room Sleeping Cars from
New York to Chicago and St.
Louis, and Parlor Cars from
New York to Buffalo. -Iliffi
i
CARPET
CLEANSING
(By Compressed Air In Fireproof Bnlldlag)
ALSO FIREPROOF STORAGE." >
T. M, STEWART, of ill
438-442 WEST SIST ST.
FOUNDED _W TELEPHONES
IN %*f 356 7
1863 C# COLUMBUS
A brief stop was made late tn the afternoon at
Chicago Harbor, one of the newer but exten
sive industrial towns which have in recent years
sprung up in the neighborhood of Chicago. It
is entirely an industrial town, and a large gath
ering of laboring men surrounded the rear plat
form from which Mr. Taft spoke. He confined
himself to the subject of labor, beginning with
a flat denial of the charge that he Is opposed to
labor, and a declaration that his every decision
affecting labor, when he was on the bench, had
been simple justice and had in more than one In
stance been later Invoked in the Interest at
labor. He then reviewed the labor record of th«
Republican party and asserted that h© was
proud to be the candidate of that great party
and to have been associated with Theodore
Roo?P velt in the formulation of "the Roosevelt
policies."
The candidate's remarks were frequently in
terrupted with applause, and several times MB
hearers cheered vociferously. The Taft special
train left Chicago at midnight for Madison, Wls.
GOVERNOR HUGHES S ITINKRAHY. V
Albany. Sept. Governor Hughes to-day gay«
out the itinerary of his first tour tinder the- direc
tion of the National Republican Committee. The
Governor leaves New Tork on Sunday. September
27. at 3:20 P- m.. arriving In Indianapolis the. fol
lowing morning at 11:30 o'clock. He is scheduled
to address a noon meeting there, and In the even
ing will speak at South Bend. Ind.
Detroit will be reached on the morning of Sep
tember 29. where the Governor will address til*
Republican State Convention. Going on to Cievw
land, he will address a meeting there la th» even
ing. Th» next stopping place will be Claxksburr.
W. Va., where another speech will be made on th«
morning of September 30. A special train will
carry the Governor's party through West Virginia
and Maryland, to " Baltimore. * and four or five
speeches will be made on the way. Arriving la
Baltimore that night, the Governor will speak la
the evening, leaving there after the meeting fos
New York City, where he will arrive on the morn
ing of October !. He will deliver two speeches la
New York City, going on to Jamestown tor •
speech on October 2. He will close the week's cam
paign with speeches at Dunkirk and Buffalo 03
October 3.
MARK
TWAIN'S
speech at the
famous VVhittier
dinner in 1877.
Sec the last
chapter of the
famous humorist's
biography in
Next Sunday's
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