The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-22


time for tho direct hcneht Of the industrial
classes. There was little tmc or interest ex-
pended in Congress over the condition Of labor.
Even in the Federal courts there wns no pro-
of laborers might bc slaughtered. us they
had recently been IN one portion of the
country, und the courts could not puplsh the
criminals, and II was unconstitutionnl 70 use
the army for that purpose; but let icw labor
ers impede for nm hour the course of commerce,
or destroy or threaten the, pr9Ierty OF romner,,
wide its doors. swinging on golden hinges.
called forth to put down the riot, arrest the
criminals. and protect property.
At this point the hour expired and and proRoshl, hv
Mr. Wright. who sat in Mr.. Buffers seat while
with the remark: There are but two dema,
gogues in the House. Let us hear one ot them.
Mr.. WhiteHWho is the other demagoguc?
Mr.. Butler-As Patrick Henry said when ne
fSSssa %cst SfGrF0 CT % s Rs ana FSSS S sfs
demagogery make tho most OF it. llaughtcr
Mr.. BrSss Dem. Wis., objected to the extern
Mr.. Butlcr-I was Just beginning to speak on
the Army bill. but will print the rest OF my re-
Mr.. Wright with an. air Of disgustl-L,abor
| cannot get n chance in this House. lLaughterl
Mr.. Garfield rep. Ohiol argued that even in
| the absence OF hostile operations. the country
needed an army at lcest large enough to keep
alive the rractical knowledge OF military affairs
| in This country In contradiction Of 4 statement
made the other day by Mr.. Hewitt no declared
| than IL had in 1916. Then there We're 2G5 men
on the average To the garrison post; now there
| were but $50 men.
MIR Hewitt-Compare It with 1860. when there
| were but l40 mon to the post.
MIR. Garfield went on to say That me force oi
| an army on paper had always to be reduced
one-third to ret at the effective force: When an
army OF 10000 was reduced by one thru. there
| would he a very dangerously small army ~
| country like this. He quoted and criticised llr.
| Hcwitt's remarks about strikes. wherein MIR.
| that they would not work for certain wages.
| No American had ever disputed that. Ihe
| gentleman had set up man Of straw and had
attacked MIN vigorously. The dangerous ele-
| ment in those labor strikes was the inter-
ference to preysni p,asrs ir1m ,h wSrSiGG Ma Gad
working was breaker Of the law and vio-
lator Of the first right OF labor.
Mr. Banks tRep.. Mass. How Is II with capi-
talists who combine against labor
Mr. Garteld-That is Just rs great violation
OF law and deserving Of Just as great. and pos
sihly greater c9ndemnntioni ,.... =, A..
author Of the biography Of Thomas Jefferson.
in which he prophesied the utter ruin OF insti,
tutions based upon the votes OF people counted
by the head and proceeding upon the supposi-
ton that rich and poor. wise and unwise.
learned and unlearned. the criminal and The IN
nocent. the vicious and tho good. were all to be
counted as equal units together; and he con
fessed that that letter often rung in his ears ike
an alarm bell in the middle OF the night.
What American. he asked. who ever read
that letter did not recollect II las, summer when
n belt OF States reaching from ocean to ocean
were held under bar. when no one knew
whether the torch was TO mark the pathway OF
America or whether order, and peace were to
trne Of Macaulay's Macaulay could not know
the tremendous power Of universal education
which enlightened, ennohled. and h.ted for lib
erty the people Of the United States. He had
recently been told by an enlightened English
man that he had never known single case of a
farm lahorer in England rising above his class.
He thanked God. however. that in America there
were no classes; that American society did not
resemble the crust OF the earth with It's lulpas-
sable barriers. but rather resembles the waters
of the mighty sea deep, broad, boundless, but
to-day mingled with the yellow sands at tho
bottom was free to move through all the super.
incumbent mass o! waters until Il cleaned aud
flashed on the sunlit crest Of the highest wave.
General npplau-el There was no boy in
America however poor he might be. who. under
the light OF free Institutions. might not rise. If
, he had n brave heart. cool head and strong
arm, until he was among the foremost Of his
. f1E'''th Tor that ' reason that he. did moi
But. gentlemen. said he with great solemnty Of
manner, the time may, come when we shall ilnd
IL necessary to fight for society lSensation
While would do rs much as might 10 secur-
the rights Of labor9rs againstthe iniluty OF the
against all comers, am for the reign of law in
this republic. and for enough OF an army Ia
that atV our S@oo good iriend from New York Mr
Hewitt. whose stake in the stability and good
order OF the nation is greater tnan my
Rss is INFINITELY INFINITELY beyond my reacRi. viii
help to make that stake secure for the whole
touch and signal OF that contest dissolves po-
litical parties AS knell. and all men spring to
the defence OF society against anarchy. OF order
against chaos. OF law against the torch. And
now gentlemen. where is the power that comes
in in the final struggle 70 protect and save So
ciety, II 1t be- not IN our Constitution and In the
police power which the United states Govern
ment can give at me supreme lnomehti when ,
the States are power less. and when cities are
being consumed to ashes. hope he VIII con;
that will fix the army at 5000. and that he will
let the bill be recommitted. that all its other
parts may be adjusted in c9nlormity tnerewith
Mr.. Bragg made u speech in support ot the
| bill. He thought that II did not go lar enough.
1t was but the iodine treatment. He was in
favor Of using the knife and cutting out the
cancer. He believed that "A force of 10000 cav
airy and infantry with the artillery was all the
army that was needed. He alluded to the idle
habits engendered in army officers by garrison
MIR. McCook (Rep.. y. " reminded him that
such officers were always ready 10 do their duty
gullantIy. and 10 charge to death, as under Glib
Mr. Bragg-lien die everywhere. That is the
common lot These Officers are & Galy2ni y1 men %og
il understood that there are no other gallant
men except those who while away their time al
Mr.. McCook-Not so long as the gentleman
from Wisconsin lives. lLaughterl
Mr.. Bragg. speaking OF the General OF the
Army and his large pay. said that the Office was
entirely a supernunerary one. and he com
mended TO Gen. Sherman's imitation the exam
pie Of the Roman General Clnclnnatus' rathei
Mr.. Harrison Dem. Ill.) declared his opposi'
ton to the use of the army as police force.
At IL p. VI. the committee arose and the House
adjourned.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY