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INAUGURATION ADDRESS
OF PRESIDENT TAFT
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OUTLINES POLICIES
Definite Announcement That Extra Session of
Congress Will Be Called to Consider Tariff
Revision— Postal Savings Bank Is to Be
Pushed— Other Recommendations
Washington March 4— President
Taft's Inaugural address delivered
after he had taken the oath of office
was as follows:
My Fellow Citizens: Any one who
takes the oath I have just taken must
feel a heavy weight of responsibility
If not he has no conception of the
powers and duties of the office upon
which be Is about to enter or be Is
lacking In a proper sense of the obli-
gation which the oath Imposes '
The office of an inaugural address
Is to give a summary outline of the
main policies of the new administra-
tion so far as they can be anticipated
I have bad the honor to be one of the
advisers of my distinguished prede-
cessor and as such to hold up his
hands In the reforms he has Initiated
I should be untrue to myself to my
promises and 'to the declarations of
the party platform upon which I am
elected to office If I did not make the
maintenance and enforcement of those
reforms a most Important feature of
my administration They were di-
rected to the suppression of the law-
lessness and abuses of power of the
great combinations of capital Invested
In railroads and in Industrial enter
prises carrying on Interstate com-
merce The steps which my predeces-
sor took and the legislation passed on
his recommendation have accom-
plished much have caused a general
halt In the vicious policies which cre-
ated popular alarm and have-brought1
about In the business affected a much
higher regard for existing law
To render the reforms lasting how-
ever and to secure at the same time'
freedom from alarm on the part of
those pursuing proper and progres-
sive business methods further legists-
live and executive action are needed
Relief of the railroads from certain re-
strictions of the anti-trust law have
been urged by my predecessor and will
be urged by me On the other hand
the administration is pledged to legis-
lation looking to a proper federal su-
pervision and restriction to prevent ex-
cessive Issues of bonds and stocks by
companies owning and operating Inter-
state commerce railroads
Then too a reorganization of the
department of Justice of the bureau
of corporations In the department of
commerce and labor and of the Inter-
state commerce commission looking
to effective cooperation of these
agencies Is needed to secure a more
rapid and certain enforcement of the
laws affecting interstate railroads and
Industrial combinations
1 hope to be able to submit at the
first regular session of the Incoming-
congress In December next definite
suggestions In respect to the needed
amendments to the anil-trust and the
Interstate commerce law and the
changes required In the executive de-
partments concerned In their enforce-
ment ‘ ' ' '
It is believed that with the changes
td be recommended American busi-
ness can he assured of that measure
of stability knd certalnty ln respect to
those things that may be done and
"those that are prohibited which Is es-
sential to the life and growth of all
business Such a plan must Include
the right of the people to avail them-
selves of those methods of combining
capital and effort ' deemed necessary
to reach the highest degree of econom-
ic efficiency at-the-same time dif-
ferentiating between combinations
based upon legitimate economic rea-
sons and those formed with the Intent
of creating monopolies and artificially
controlling prices
The work of formulating Into prao-
tlcal shape such changes Is creative
work of the highest' order and re-
quires all the deliberation possible In
’ the Interval I believe that the amend-
ments to be proposed are Just at -necessary
In the protection of legitimate
business as Id the clinching hi the re-
forme which properly bear the name
of tay predecessor'--' '-
Cxtra Session for March IS
- 1 i 1
A matter of moat pressing Impor-
tance la the revision of the tariff In
tedordance 'wlth the promises of the
platform upon which' I was edected
-1 shall call congress Into extra aqsslon
to meet on tne fifteenth day of March
la order that consideration may be at
once given to a bill revising the Ding
Icy act This should secure an ade-
' quate revenue and adjust the duties In
such a manuor aa to afford to labor
and to all Induatrlcs In thla country
whethei oi the farm mine or factory
protection by tariff equal to the dif-
ference between the cost of produc-
tion abroad and the eoet of production
here and have a provision which
shall put Into force upon executive
determination of certain facte a high-
er or maximum tariff agalnat those
con Ulrica whole trade policy toward
in equitably requires euch dlecrlml-
nation It li thought that there has
been eucb a chango In conditions since
the enactment of ths Dlngley act
drafted on a similarly protective prin-
ciple that the measure of the tariff
above stated will permit the reduction
of rates In certain schedules and will
require the advancement of few It
any ’
The proposal to revise the tariff
made In such qn authoritative way as
to lead the business community to
count upon It necessarily halts all
those branches of business directly af-
fected and as these are moat Impor-
tant It disturbs the whole business of
the country It is Imperatively neces-
sary therefore that a tariff bill be
drawn In good faith In accordance
with promises made before the elec-
tion by the party In power and as
promptly passed as due consideration
will permit It la not that the tariff
Is more important In the long run than
the perfecting of the reforms In re-
spect to anti-trust legislation and In-
terstate commerce reflation but the
need for action when the revision of
the tariff has been determined upon
is more Immediate to avoid embar-
rassment of business To secure the
needed speed In the passage of the
tariff bill It would seem wise to at-
tempt no other legislation at the ex-
tra session I venture this as a sug-
gestion only for the course to be tak-
en by congress upon the call of the
executive Is wholly within Its discre-
tion For Graduated Inheritance Tax
In the making of a tariff bill the
prime motive Is taxation and the se-
curing thereby of s revenue Due
largely to the business depression
which followed the financial panic of
1907 the revenue from customs and
other sources baa decreased to such an
extent that the expenditures for the
current fiscal year will exceed the re-
ceipts by $100900000' It Is Impera-
tive that such a deficit shill not con-
tinue and the framers of the tariff
bill must of course hare In mind the
total revenues likely to be produced
by It and so arrange the duties as to
secure an adequate Income Should It
be Impossible to do so by Import du-
ties new kinds of taxation must he
adopted and among these I recom-
mend a graduated Inheritance tsx as
correct In principle and as certain and
easy of collection
The obligation on the part of those
responsible for theexpendltures made to
carry on the government to be as eco-
nomical as possible and to make the
burden of taxation as light aa possible
Is plain and abonld be affirmed
every declaration of government pol-
icy Tbia la especially true when we
are face to face with a heavy deficit
Hut when the desire to win the popu-
lar approval leada to the cutting off
of expenditures really needed to make
the government effective and to en-
able It to accompllh Its proper ob-
jects the result Is as much to be con-
demned ss the waste of government
funds In unnecessary expenditure The
scope of a modern government
what It can and ought to accomplish
for Its people has been widened far
beyond the principles laid down by
the old lalsses falre school of political
writers and this widening has met
popular approval
In the department of agriculture the
use of scientific experiments on
targe scale and the spread of Informa-
tion derived from them ' for the Im-
provement of general agriculture must
go on
The Importance of supervising business-of
great railways and -Industrial
combinations and ths necessary
Investigation and prosecution of un-
lawful business methods are mother
neceusary tax upon government which
did not exist half a century ago '
Necessary Expenditures
The putting Into force of law's which
shall secure the conservation of our
resources ao far as they may be with-
in' fthdJurlsdlctlolt of the federal gov-
ernment Including the most Impor-
tant work of string sOd restoring our
forests and ths general Improvement’
of Nraterwayd- are all proper govern-
ment functions which must Involve
largo expenditure - It properly pet-
formed VbJle some of themvllke the
reclamation of arid lands are made
tp pay for themaelvos others are"
such sin Indirect benefit that this can-
not be expected of them A perma-
nent Improvement like the Panama
canal should be treated is a distinct
enterprise and should be paid for by
the proceeds of bonds the Issue of
which will distribute Ita coat between
the present and future generations In
accordance with the benefits derived
It may well be submitted to the seri-
ous consideration of congress whether
the deepening and control of the chan-
nel of a great river system like that
of the Ohio or of the Mississippi when
definite and practical plana for the
enterprise have beca approved and
determined upon should not be pro-
vided tor In the same way
Then too there are expenditures
of government absolutely necessary If
our couutry la lo maintain Its proper
place among the nations of the world
and I to exercise-Its proper Influence
defease of Its own trade Interests
'the maintenance of traditional
American policy against the coloniza-
tion of European monarchies In this
hemisphere and In the promotion of
peace and international morality I
refer to the coat of maintaining a
proper army a proper navy knd suit-
able fortifications upon the mainland
of the United States and In Its depend-
encies VVe should have an army ss organ-
ized and so officered as to be capable
In time of emergency In co-operation
with the national militia and under
the provisions of a proper national
volunteer law rapidly to expand Into
force sufficient to resist all probable
Invasion from abroad and to furnish
respectable expeditionary force If
necessary In the maintenance of our
traditional American policy which
bears the name of President l°nroe-
Calls for Strong Army and Navy
Our fortifications tre yet In a state
of only partial completeness and tbs
number of men to man them Is Insuffi-
cient In a few years however tbs
usual annual appropriations for our
coast defenses both on tbe mainland
and in the dependencies will make
them sufficient to resist all direct at-
tack and by that time we may hope
that the men to man them will be pro-
vided as a necessary adjunct Tbe
dlstanoe of our shores from Europe
and Asia of course reduces the neces-
sity for maintaining under arms a
great army but It does not take away
the requirement of mere prudence
that we should hare an army suffi-
ciently large and so constituted as to
form a nucleus out of which a suit-
able force can quickly grow
What has been said of the army
may be affirmed In even a more em-
phatic way of the navy A modem
navy cannot be Improvised It must
be built and In existence when ths
emergency arises which calls for Its
use and operation My distinguished
predecessor has In many speeches and
messages set out with great force and
striking language the necessity for
maintaining a strong navy commensur-
ate with the coast line the govern-
mental resources and the foreign trade
of our nation and I wish to reiterate
all tbe reasons which he has pre-
sented In favor of the policy of main-
taining a strong navy as the beat con-
servator of our peace with other na-
tions and the best means of securing
respect-for the assertion of our rights
the defense of our Interests and the
exercise of our Influence in Interna-
tional matters
Our International policy Is always
to - promote peace We shall enter
into any war with a full conscious-
ness of the awful consequences that
It always entails whether successful
or not and we of course shall make
every effort consistent with national
honor and the highest national Inter-
est to avoid a resort to arms We
favor every Instrumentality like that
of Tbe Hague tribunal and arbitration
treaties made with a view to Its use
In all International controversies In
order to maintain peace and to avoid
war Hut wd should be blind to ex-
isting conditions and should allow
ourselves to become foolish idealists
If we did not reslixe that with all the
nations of the world armed and pre-
pared for war we -must be ourselves
In a similar condition in order to pre-
vent other nations from taking ad-
vantage 'of us and or our inability to
defend our Interests and assert our
rights with s strong band In the
International controversies that ara
likely to arise in the orient growing
out of tbe question of tbe open door
and other issues the United States
can maintain her Interests Intact and
can secure respect for her just de-
mands She will not be able to do so
however if It is understood that she
never Intends to back up her asser-
tion of right and her defense of her
Interest by anything but mere verbil
protest and diplomatic note For
these reasons the expenses of the
army and navy and of coast defenses
should always be considered as some-
thing which the government must pay
for and they should not be cut off
through mere consideration of econ-
omy - Our government Is able to af-
ford a suitable army and a suitable
nary It may maintain them without
the slightest danger to the republic
or the cause of free Institutions and
fear of additional taxation ought not
to change a proper policy In thla re-'
gard (
Tbe policy of the United States in'
the Bpanlsh war and since ha given
It a position' of Influence among the
nations that Jt never had before and
should be ' constantly exerted to se-
curing to Ita bona fide citizens wheth
r native or naturalized respect for
them as such ' In' foreign countries
We should make every effizrt to pre-
vent humiliating and degrading pro-
hibition against any of our cltlxeni
wishing temporarily to sojourn In for-
eign oountrlea because of race Or re-
ligion " Defect In Federal Jurisdiction
Tbe admission of 'Asiatic ' Imml
grants wbo can not ba amalgamated
with our population haa been made
the subject either ' of prohibitory
clause In our treaties and statutes
or of strict adiutnlilratlva regulation
secured by diplomats negotiation
sincerely hope that we may continue
to minimise ths evils likely to arise
from such Immigration without un-
necessary friction and by mutual con-
cessions between self-respecting gov-
ernments Meantime w must take
every precaution to prevent or fall-
ing that to punish outbursts of race
feeling among our people against for
elgners of whatever nationality who
have by our grant a treaty right to
pursue lawful business here and to be
protected against lawless assault or
Injury
This leada ms to point out a serious
detect In the present feijorg) 'jrisdlc-
tlon which ought-la be remalied at
once Having assured to other coun-
tries by treaty the protection of our
laws for such of their subjects or
citizens as we permit to come within
our jurisdiction we now leave to a
state or a city not under the control
of the federal government a duty of
performing our International obliga-
tions In this respect By proper legis-
lation we may and ought to place In
tbe hands of tbe federal executive the
means of enforcing tbe treaty rights
of such aliens In the courts of the fed-
eral government It puts our govern-
ment In a pusillanimous position to
make definite engagements to protect
aliens and then to excuse the failure
to perform those engagements by an
explanation that the duty Jo keep
them Is In states or cities not within
our control If we would promise we
must put ourselves in a position to
perform our promise We cannot per-
mit the possible failure of justice due
to local prejudice In any state or liu-
nlclpal government to expose us' to
the risk of a war which might be
avoided if federal jurisdiction was as-
serted by suitable legislation by con-
gress and carried out by proper pro-
ceedings Instituted by the executive
In tbe courts of tbe national govern-
ment -' Monetary and Banking Law
One of tbe reforms to be carried
out during the Incoming administra-
tion Is a change of our monetary and
banking laws so as to secure greater
elasticity In the forms of currency
available for trade and to prevent the
limitations of law from operating to
Increase the embarrassments of a
financial panic The monetary com-
mission lately appointed Is giving full
consideration ty existing conditions
and to all proposed remedies and will
doubtless suggest one that will meet
the requirements of business and of
public Interest We may hope that
the report will embody neither the nar-
row view of those who believe that tbe
sole purpose of the new system should
be to secure a large return on bank-
ing capital or of those who would
have greater expanalon of currency
with little regard to provisions for Its
Immediate redemption or ultimate se-
curity There Is no subject of eco-
nomic discussion so Intricate and so
likely to evoke differing views and
dogmatic statementa as this one Tbe
commission In studying the general in-
fluence of currency on business and
of business on currency hav wisely
extended their Investigation In Euro-
pean banking and monetary methods
Urges Postal 8avlngs Banks
The Incoming congress should
promptly fulfill the promise of the Re-
publican platform and pass a proper
postal savings bank bill It will not
be nnwtse or excessive paternalism
The promise to repay by tbe govern-
ment will furnish an Inducement to
savings deposits which private enter-
prise cannot supply and at such a low
rat of interest as not to withdraw
custom from existing banks It will
substantially Increase the funds avail-
able for investment as capital In use-
ful enterprises It will furnish the
absolute security which tnakes tbe
proposed scheme of governme-ff guar
anty of deposits so alluring without
Its pernicious results '
I sincerely hope that the Incoming
congress will be alive as It should be
to the Importance of our foreign trade
and of encouraging It In every way
feasible The possibility of increas-
ing this trade in the orient In the
Philippines and In South America are
known to everyone who haa given the
matter attention
lected ' We are all In favor of having
It built as promptly as possible ' We
must not now therefore keep np a fire
In the rear of the agents whom we
have authorized to do our work on the
isthmus We must hold up their
hands and speaking for the Incoming
administration I wish to say that I
propose to devote all the energy pos-
sible and under my control to the
pushing of this work on tbe plans
which have been adopted and to stand
behind the men who are doing faithful
hard work to bring about the early
completion of this the greatest con-
structive enterprise of modern times
The governments of our ' dependen-
cies in Porto Rico and the Philippines
are progressing as favorably as could
be desired The prosperity of Porto
Rico continues unabated The busi-
ness conditions In the Philippines are
not all’ that we could wish them to be
tut with the passage of the new tariff
bill permitting free trade between the
United States and tbe archipelago
with such limitations In sugar and to-
bacco as shall prevent Injury to the
domestic Interests on those products
we can count oq an Improvement in
business conditions In the Philippines
and the development of a mutually
profitable trade between this country
and tbe Islands Meantime our gov-
ernment In each dependency Is up-
holding the traditions of civil liberty
and increasing popular control which-
might be expected under American au-
aplces Tbe work which we are doing
there redounds to our credit as a na-
tion Cites Progress of Negroes
I look forward with hope to Increas-
ing the already good feeling between
the south and the other sectlona of
the country My chief purpose is not
to effect a change In the electoral rote
of the southern states That Is a sec-
ondary consideration What I Jook for-
ward to is an increase In tbe tolerance
of political views of all kinds and their
advocacy throughout tbe south and
the existence of a respectable political
opposition In every state even more
than this to an Increased feeling on
the part of all the people In the south
that this government is their govern-
ment and that Its officers! In their
states ara their officers
The consideration of this question
cannot however be complete and full
without reference to the negro race
ita progress and ita present condition
The 13tb amendment secured them
freedom the 14th amendment dne
process of law protection of property
and the pursuit of happiness and the
ISth amendment attempted to secure
Jected at times to cruel Injustice grow-
ing out of It they may well have our
profound sympathy and aid In tbe
struggle they are making We are
charged with -the sacred duty of mak-
ing tbelr path as smooth and easy -as
we can Any recognition of their
distinguished men any appointment
to office from among their number is
properly taken as an encouragement
and an appreciation of tbelr progress
and this just policy shall be pursued
8ees Era of Better Feeling
But It may well admit of doubt
whether in the case of any race an
appointment of one of their number
to a local office in a community in
which the race feeling ' Is so wide-
spread' and acute aa to Interfere with
the ease and facility with which the
local government bnsiness can be
done by the appointee Is of sufficient
benefit by way of encouragement to
the race to outweigh the recurrence
and Increase of race feeling with such
an appointment is likely to engender
Tbereforethe executive In recognl
Ing the negro race by appointment
must exercise a careful discretion not
thereby to do It more harm than good
On the other hand we must be careful -not
to encourage the mere pretense
of race feeling manufactured In the in-
terest of individual political ambition
Personally I have not the slightest
race prejudice or feeling and recognH
tion of Its existence only awakens ln
myegrt a deeper sympathy for those(
who hkve to bear it or suffer from It
and I question the wisdom of a policy
which Is likely to increase It Mean-
time if nothing la done to prevent a :
better feeling between the negroes -and
the whites in the south will con-
tinue to grow and more and more of
the white people will come to realize
that the future of the south is to be
much benefited by the Industrial and
Intellectual progress of the negro
The exercise of political franchises by
those of his race who are Intelligent ’
and well-UMlo will be acquiesced In
and the right to vote wfll be withheld
only from the Ignorant and irresponsi-
ble of both races
Labor Legislation
There Is one other matter to which
I shall refer It was made the subject
of great controversy during the eleo-1
tion and calls for at least a passing
reference now My distinguished prede-
cessor has given much attention to tha
cause of labor With whose struggle
for better things he has shown the sin-
cerest sympathy At his Instance con-
gress has passed the bill fixing tha lia-
bility of Interstate carriers to tbelr
employes for Injury sustained in the
course of employment abolishing tha
rule of fellow-servant and the common
the negro against any deprivation of Iaw le contributory negligence
the privilege to vote because he was 11 hM a“ P“5ed law
1 compensation of government employes
Tbe importance which the depart-
ment of agriculture and of commerce
and labor may play In ridding tbe
markets of Europe of prohibitions and
discriminations against the importa-
tion of our products la fully under
stood and It Is hoped that the use of
the maximum and minimum feature
of our tariff law to be soon passed
will be effective to remove many of
those restrictions
The Panama Canal
The Panama canal will have a most
Important bearing upon the trade be-
tween the eastern and tbp far western
sectlona of our country and will great-
ly Increase tha facilities for transpor-
tation between the eastern and west-
ern seaboard and may possibly revo-
lutionise the transcontinental rates
with respect to bulky merchandise It
will alo have a most beneficial effect
to Increase the trade between the east-
ern seaboard of the United States and
the western coast of South America
and ’ Indeed with some of the Im-
portant pqrta-on the east- coast of
South America reached by rail from
the west coast The work on ths
canid la making' moat satisfactory
progress The typebf the canal as a
lock canal was Aged by congress after
a full conilderatlbh of ths 'conflicting
reports of the'majbrity and minority
Of'ths consulting board anij after th
recommendation of the war depart-
ment and ' the executive upon those
reports Recent suggestion that some-
thing had occurred on the Isthmus to
make tbe lock type of the canal less
feasible than It wai supposed to be
when tha reports wars made and the
policy detsrmlned on led to a visit to
th Isthmus of a board of competent
engineer to examine the Gatun dam
end locks which ara the key nf the
lock type Tbe report of that board
show that nothing ha occurred In
tbe nature of newly revealed evi-
dence which ehould change the views
once formed In the original discussion
The construction will go on uuder
most effective organisation controlled
by Col Qoethals and hi fellow army
engineers associated with him' and
will certainly be completed early In
tbe next administration If not before
Soma type of canal must be con-
structed The lock type ha been -
a negro The 13tb and 14th amend-
ments hive been generally enforced
and have secured the objects for
which they were Intended While tbe
15th amendment baa not been gener-
ally observed in tbe past It ou (ht to
be observed and the tendency of
southern legislation to-day la toward
the enactment of electoral qualifica-
tions which shall iquare with that
amendment Of course the mere
adoption of a constitutional law Is
only one step In the right direction
It must be fairly and Justly enforced
as welt In time both will come
Hence It la clear to all that the dom-
ination of an Ignorant irresponsible
element can be prevented by consti-
tutional laws which shall exclude from
voting both negroes and whites not
having education or other qualifica-
tions thought to be necessary for a
proper electorate Tbe danger of the
control of an Ignorant electorate has
therefore passed With this change
the' Intereit which many of the south-
ern white cttlxena take In the welfare
of the negroes has Increased Tbe
colored man must base their hope on
the results of their own Industry self-
restraint thrift and business success
as well as upon the aid and comfort
and sympathy which they may receive
from their white neighbors ot the
south There was a time when north-
erners wbo sympathised with the ne-‘
gro In his necessary struggle for bet-
ter conditions sought to give to him
the suffrage as a protection and to
enforce Its exercise against the pre-
vailing sentiment of the south The
movement proved to be a failure
What remain la the 15th amendment
to the constitution and the right to
hav statutes of states specifying
qualifications tor electors subjected to
the test of compliance with that
amendment This Is a great protec-
tion to the negro Tt will never be re-
pealed and it never ought to be re-
pealed If It had not been pasaaad It
might be difficult now to adopt It- but
with It hi our fundamental lgw- the
policy of squthernUglslaUonmust and
will tend to obey tt and so' long ak
the statute! of the’-Mates: mefct the
test of this aendmqit agl qra not
otherwise In confllcl-wjth thg consti-
tution and laws of the' United States
ft Is not the -dli-t-osttfobr wltltlp the
province of the federal-government to
interfere with (be regulation by south
rn states of' their doun-lrtc affair
There Is Ihth south a stronger fuplf
Ing than ever among the Intelllgept
well-to-do and Influential element Td
favor of tha lddnstrlsl education ot
the negro and the encouragement -of
the race to make themselyea useful
member of the community -The
progress which the negro has made In
tbe laet 50 years Xrom slavery when
Ita ataUstles are reviewed Is marvel-
ous and it furnishes every reason to
hop that In the next 35 years a still
greater Improvement In his condition
as a productive member of society on
tli farm and In the shop and In other
occupations may come The negroes
re now Americans Tbelr ancestors
cams here years ago against their
will and Ihlq la tbelr only country
and their only flag They hav shown
themselves anxious to Uva for It and
willing to die for It Encountering
tha race feeling against them sub-
for injuries sustained in the employ
of the government through the negll-
gence of the superior It also passed
a model child labor law for the Dis-
trict ot Columbia In previous admin-
istrations an arbitrary law- for - inter-
state commerce railroads and their
employes and laws for the application
of safety devices to save the lives and
limbs of employes ot interstate rail-
roads had been passed Additional
legislation of this kind wai passed by
tbe outgoing congress
I wish to aay that In so far as I
can I hope to promote tbe enactment
of further legislation of this charao-
ter I am strongly convinced that the
government should make Itself as re-
sponsible to employes injured In it
employ is an interstate railway cor-
poration Is made responsible by fed-
eral law to It employes 1
Federal Injunctions Upheld
Another labor question haa arisen
which has awakened the moat excited
discussion That Is In respect to the
power of the federal courts to Issue In-
junctions In industrial dlkputea A
to that my convictions are fixed Taka
away from the courts If it could ba
taken away the power to Issue In-
junctions In labor disputes-and It
would create a privileged class among
the laborers and save the lawless
among their number from a most need-
ful remedy available to all men for
the protection ot their business against
lawless- Invasion The proposition
that business Is not a property or pe-
cuniary right which can be protected
by equitable Injunction la utterly
without foundation In precedent or
reason The proposition It' usually
linked with one to make tha second-
ary boycott lawful Such a proposi-
tion Is at variance with the' American
Instinct and will find no -support In
my judgment when submitted to tbe
American people The secondary boy-
cott is izn Instrument of tyranny and
ought not to be toads legitimate
The Issuing of a temporary restrain-
ing -order without notice hag In sev-
eral Instances been abused by Ita in-
considerate exercise and td- remedy
this thV platform upon which 1 wai
elected recommends the formulation In
a statute of the condition ' under
which such 'a temporary ‘restraining
order ought to Issue A statute can
and ongjil'to bq framed to embody the
pest jnodqrn' practice and can bring
the subject 'w closely' to the atten-
Hlorf of 'the odurt as to-make abuse of
the process unlikely in the future
American people Jf I undertfand them
insist that the authority of the aourte
shall be snatained and are oppowd to
any ohange In the procedure by which
tha power of a court may be weak-
ened and the fearlets ind effective ad-
ministration ot justice he Interfered
with
Having thu reviewed the questions
likely to recnr during my administra-
tion and having expressed In a sum-
mary way the position which 1 expect
to take In recommendations to con
grest and In my conduct aa an ex
ecullve Invoke the considerate aym
pathy and support ot my fellow cltl-
sens and the aid ot Almighty Ood In
tha discharge Of my responsible du-
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