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Show . - ,,, r I J JlJ ' flB President Wllsoa's Attitude to a State of the . (In Leo M. Frank case) . (In Joe Hillstrom case) I Wilson told two millions, of United States petitioners that he could not in- Wilson not only interfered with the operations of the courts of a sovereign terfere with the operations of the courts of a sovereign state. state, but openly insulted the governor and supreme court of Utah by claiming that justice could not be secured in this state. ' j (He interfered not once, but twice.) if Read the following telegrams sent in response to the clamor of trie I. W. W. 8 I ' , that he intercede in the interest of an assassin who had shot down in cold blood I 'a working man of Salt Lake and his little son in cold blood (the Morrisons): I White House, Washington, D. C, November 17, 1915. I To Samuel Gompers, ' , ; j President American Federation of Labor, j j ' ' San Francisco, Cal. ' ! I HAVE TELEGRAPHED GOVERNOR SPRY OF UTAH URGING i 3 i JUSTICE AND A THOROUGH RECONSIDERATION OF THE CASE OF JOSEPH HILLSTROM. - S .... WOODROW WILSON. j I He telegraphed Helen Keller: "I was very much affected by your telegram and wish most sincerely it was in my power to do something, but unhappily there is nothing I can do. The matter lies entirely beyond my jurisdiction and power. . , ' . I have been deeply interested in the case, BUT AM BALKED OF, ALL OP- PORlNlT ' I I "I am a fierce partisan of the open shop." "There are some who regard organized labor as a source of strife and men- Woodrow Wilson. (1909)' ace of difficulty; I regard it as a fine opportunity for the improving of the con ditions of the working man." , i - "The class formed by the labor organizations and leaders is a formidable Charles E. Hughes. (1908), E enemy to equality, and betterment of oppportunity." Woodrow Wilson. (1907) "The mission of labor organizations is one of the finest that tny organiza tion of men could guard." "Labor unions drag the highest man to the level of ' the lowest." Charles E. Hughes. (1908) Woodrow Wilson. (1905)' I "He was the greatest friend of labor laws that ever occupied the governor's "The usual standard of the laborer in our day is to give as little as he chair. He signed fifty-six labor laws (one-third of all passed in the state may for his wages." . ' since 1777), among 'them many of the best ever enacted in this . - Woodrow Wilson. (1909) or any other state. ' He urged the enactment of labor laws in his messages to the legislature, even going so far as to demand a labor law at an extra session. These are the convictions of a Presidential candidate when he was NOT in Human rights have a steadfast and sympathetic upholder in the new justice." ; public life when he was NOT running for office when he was NOT looking N. Y. Legislative Labor News. (1910)' j for votes. These are not new opinions from the Republican candidate nor a recent esti- f- They are the expressions of a scholar, the teacher of political economy, the mate concealing him. f writer of text-books and histories. . , Hughes recorded his stand on labor NOT when a candidate for office, but Not the hasty-ill-considered opinions of an under-graduate, but the deliberate as a governor 0f New York soon to retire from political life to become a justne J reasoning of a seasoned mind of a university head. ' of the supreme COUrt of the United States, where he expected to remain for the These are the views that Woodrow Wilson held when he was preparing thou- rest of his life. , ; sands of young men for their administrative responsibilities, forming their judg- Th were the convictions of Charles E. Hughes on the eve of joining the j ment upon the relations between employer and employee, fulfilling his function . America . court Df last resort-at a time and in a situation of interpreter and adviser toward countless students who have since engaged m , , , . , , business for themselves, become executive heads in vast organizations or teachers when no P0SSlble advantage could accrue to him from any public expression. I in turn for another generation of future employers of labor. i No estimate of his fitness to fill the office of president with firmness, fair- These are the opinions which he held when he did not expect to hold office, ness and justice can be stronger than the above comment from a review of his when it did not advantage him to express any other opinions. career as governor by the organ of the New York State Federation of Labor. Woodrow Wilson did not claim to become a friend in need to labor until he He has no need to talk he has done. had need of labor's friendship for his re-election. He said what he believed then he believes what he said now. I Because this course is typical of the man because it is impossible to know . . . j what he really believes or how long he will continue to believe anything he claims Therefore we support the candidacy and the convictions ot Charles E. I to believe because he is inconsistent and indecisive we oppose his re-election. Hughes. g. 73'fTO., ,m, . i M . i BiijiimjiBLiLUii wmnmmsat |