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Show IAFT EXCORIATEsl ' "lsi4is" Asserts the Democratic hW MMlM and Its Candidate Are S L?I tPN InQ a Vote to Power ' Disingenuous and Un- liSo sound Pleas. 1, rS,fr homo tn LEFT CLEAN SLATE FOR ' 13?K WRITING MEXICAN POUcJfe BScn l'lcasanf Former President Declare. Th,t B '" &rt Tu P..a0e Under Duress of th, Ad. WfH J " on Bill Was one of th. q fcjiS Tfccy ' National Humiliation, to Z ft & lho l Our Country Ha, Even D J M.. jCCtCQ pH r Declaring that tho campaign of m. BllK t is ns Important ns the cataL P U' U 1800 and resembles that camn ?' I that the Democratic party af ' ,lMC ,b candlduto nro seeking n voto of L H cf election for for disingenuous, unsound, but .lhr Bench. Vine Ing reason, William II. Taft foZi President of the United State,, d" M " W cred tho opening nddres3 of the N, ? M Jersey Republican state campaign Z t F Trenton. i"Kmt Mr. Taft said. In part: Hunt On"0 v "Tho great public advantage In on ' Iirtin lMl gunlzntlon and combination of a Itul and of wage-earners wo all rccor- Bout Grovo I nlze. Tho power they acquire mi ,. A. 01l" however, become so great as to teapt Bit Grovo 1) to serious abuse and public Injurr, B i Cl Kcei and they havo dono so. Hence we B" have hnd tho nntl-trust law and the B: r Interstnto commorco law, directed Bo Bench la chiefly against combinations of cap- B' Jl W ,,unt Itul but effecting In some measure Brd-W J ( combinations of labor. Labor leaders Bi J Mm'"0" hno sought exemption from such B ik't H v lavys as a privileged class, and la some Br ,!,. n cases they have been successful B While Mr. Wilson In one of his me- morandums attached to an approprla- mi in tlon bill avowed his opposition to such B UM I HI class legislation, he united with the UnLLlUi Democratic Congress In passing, it II tho demnnd of tho unions, tho Claj. I ton Act, which, tho lnbor leaden I " claim, takes unions out of the limits- ' tlons of tho Trust AcL Bllalllday " "Unwise subserviency to the de- B'T llcd su ninnds of lcadors of organized labor Kmday nnd finds Its crowning Instance, however, B. , ilU In Mr. Wilson's dealing with the Bi Js threatened strike of the Itallwny Or- Wr1 m . ,, dors of conductors, engineers, train- B1 men and switchmen. The orders HlcaUli. clulm to control 400,000 men, who run lus 58 j. tho freight and pnssenger trains of lb Spanish tho country, which constitute the W, and arterial circulation of commerce, nnd BJdurlm aro necessary not only to tho busl- '"""' -ness but to tho health and llfo of the "W people. Were theso men able to tie B"" 23 ' up tho railways of the country, as insoles they said they could and would, It H Alpha II wonld moan enormous loss In bust- Hi be leav ncs, nnd great deprivation and suffer- Bhl'wo Ing to tho public. It would mean that H . 0 ,, many millions of other workmen would bo thrown out of emploment, norenca and loso tho high wages they are moW t now receiving, becnuso without com- B?p merco locnl industries cannot pro- BbPf0TC ceod. Tho Hallway unions said to H tho rnllvvny president "Wo wish an BllTflll eight-hour day, with ten hours' pay, BlHllltl and if wo work moro thnn eight hours, oMUl' wo demnnd 60 per cent more an hour H for tho extra hours. If you do not give us this, we will not only Injure you, but we will bring disaster to the country." Tho railway manngers re- i'M St fused tho demand, but offered to sub- alss. o mlt It to arbitration. Thoy said It Unor; would lncrcnso their cost of operation Groit ( IGO.000,000, nnd thnt this would have JlB( G, to como out of tho pockets of the rail- Uli om way stockholders, by a reduction of Bttnl't profits, or out of tho shipping public m u by nn Increaso of rates. Tho lnbor " loaders said they hnd had arbitration In tho pnst and thnt It was not satis- ,pr factory thnt now unless their de- WLl ninnds were fully grunted, no power uLI under heaven could prevent the strike, with Its disastrous consequences. '. r( Under tho duress of tho threat, tho BI1' President of tho United States and BooTei Congress of tho United Stutes sue- Bionsl cumbed. It was ono of tho greatest ... ..... IHeoniM national Humiliations to vvuicii im h peoplo of this country hnve over been ,P1 subjected. It struck most a blow nt Gro Uio principle of arbitration for the ( c settlement of Industrial disputes. "Mr. Wilson ns n publicist, attacked ,sl tho enactment of a federal child labor tin. law as an absurd cxtraviigunce, and a departure from constitutional lliulta- tlons, and now within tho last sixty da.vs ho hns perboimlly visited Con- gross to urgo tho adoption of oxuetly Wwo such n measure. B-1 "For tho purpose of evading responsl- "' blllty for present conditions, It Is ad- ' vanced lu behalf of Mr. Wilson uod M the Ueiuocrutlc Administration that ,, tho conditions In Mexico wero nn In- ; herltanco from tho last Admlulstru- tlon. Tho Inst Administration did nothing to compllcuto Jlr. Wilson's BV problems. Huertn hud been twelve duys In power when Mr. Wilson came Mr In. Uji to thnt time nothing hud been , dono cominlttlng tho government to , one policy or nnothfr. Had the Uo- publican administration been contln- tied, Huertn would huvo heen recog- nlzed, hut with only twelve diiS hi- foro tho coming In of a now AdinlnU' tnitlon, It would havo been entirely Improper and Inconsiderate for the outgoing Administration to commit th Incoming to any policy on tho subject. Mr. Wilson ennnot shift tho blame for his blunders In Mexico. Ho hod a clenn slate upon which to write when he cumo In. 1 |