The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-25

In consequence of the aggravated strikes Of
the past week it is announced that call has
been issued for meeting of the prominent
rallroad managers of the country, to consult
upon such measures as will secure them from
such dangers in the future. 1t will very
probably and very properly result in united
determlnatlon TO employ hereafter no men
belonging to any trades unions or other Sc
cret organizations of a similar character.
Experience has shown that such organiza.
tions are the the fermenters of strikes, and a
sad experience ought to have convinced all
skilled workmen that they are an injury TO
the sober. capable man who joins them, and
are benefit, If at all, only TO the bummers
and shlftless workmen who use them for their
own sehlsh purposes, and who drag the good
workmen down to their level-H Hartford Conr-
ant.
The extensive riots along the lines of raj
road communication show the necessity of q
military force, not only state but national.
The miserable policy of West Virginia in dis
banding her militia has been fearfnlly visited
upon her, and the insufficient number of the
federal forces is plainly illustrated by the
grave emergency. The authorities should
have at their command much greater force
than is now available. The danger TO public
liberty from our little army is altogether i'm
aginary. 1t is not large enough TO keep the
Indians in subsection and to preserve the in
terDal peace OF the country. The call for its
protection has come from quarter where its
power was regarded with Jealousy, and the
service which it has rendered in the preserya-
tion of order is the best answer that could be
made to the complaints that have been urged
against it.-Prouidence Journal.
"Home rule" 1t seems, does not suffice,
even for Democratic states, in all exigencies.
The alacrity with which the Governors Of
Maryland and West Virginia last week ap-
pealed to the President for the support of the
army of the United States has hardly been
surpassed since the Old Dominion was con-
vulsrd by the invasion of John Brown and
his handful Of men. Not so many men had
been killed, either In Maryland or West Vir-
ginia, before the call for troops was made, as
were killed at Coushatta, Elenton or New
Orleans, or various other places where the
Democracy undertook to intimidate the me-
groes. But what fine scorn the Democratic
journals had for Republican Governors who
could not preserve the peace in their own
states! How bravely it was argued that tEey
were disgraced by their inability and that It
was sure sign that they had no proper
business to occupy their chairs. The "true
inwardness" of Democratic objections TO the
employment of the national army to pre-
serve the peace is revealed by the events of
the past week so clearly that everybody can
discover its insincerity. Why do not the
Democratic papers insist upon "home rule''
in Maryland and West Virginia Gr-reat
Pc-rinciples should not be abandoned SO cas-
lily. How shocked Governor Tilden must be
when he arrives in England to discover the
treachery of Maryland and West Virginia to
the idea of which he made so much in the
last campaignl The blow will be enough to
prevent all the hoped for benefits of the trip
to his health.-BOstOn Advertiser