The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-08-14

the Commonwealth. Bpcoeniiion by
law OF such methods teaches men the
underlying principles OF lhe law and
form becomes Of us sort OF moment If
the great eHd-peacc--b attained
Didn't you prosecute ana procure
the punishment OF n;en engaged in
strike in your own county?''
PROSECUTING VIOLENCE.
81 did. A s an advocate in the coultS
al my home. / was called ON TO prose
cute men who had been engaged in con-
spiracy aud riot. As result ul a strike
and ofau effort on the part Of Iny clients,
the operators, to pat other men to work
IN their room, a riot of great Violence
was precipiiated. Men were taken out
Of the mines at the point of the pistol
and driven out of the county. | was
the counsel of the Sheriff, also. and did
my utnlpSi to aid him in preserving law
and order. The case was hotly contest
ed, and the issue | made was whether
one man should have The right to work
without the control of another The
late Senator Carpenter. OF Wisconsin I;
Linn Bartholomew, +. ~ Hughes and
other eminent counsel were for the de
PENDANTS The men who had been
guilty Of violence in the riot were CON
vict"d. My effort was to demonstrate
the power Of law, and asked the Court
not To punish the defendants severely.
but TO plainly Gefne 10 them theirrighis
and duties in imposing his sentence.
The result of that conviction Is found i'm
the fact that although VIC have had
many strikes since, hone of them have
been with Violence. | tried to avoid the
Introduction of troops and to prove to
the people there that an executive officer
armed WITH the power Of the law was
equal to regiment. and ! think sue
ccedgd. Certainty in the administration
OF the law. " hen masses of men are eX-
cited By real or faneied grievances, is of
the last importance, and the cool and
calm Judgment of an efficient executive
officer in he performance Of his duty
compels obedience from all who have in
teiligench enough to recognize the fact
that they themselves are part of the
government they are lefying. In that
case simply did my duty"
They say you are nlonOpolist, what
have yon to say to that?'
NOT \ MONOToLIsT.
II have been and am a railroad presi-
dent. and since my return from the
United States Senate have been aiding
III the Development of my own real es-
tate and OF the locality in which live.
had lands containing coal and want
ed transportation for it, and and other
gentlemen purchased other lands and
coal in quantity sufficient to induce
capital to aid us. The railroad to those
properties is an accomplished fact. and
the locality In which live has twice the
opportunity for transportation that il
had when we began the movement. Il
have never attempted to interfere with
the details OF railroad management and
know nothing Of them. Instead of be-
ing a monopOlist my aim has been to
gite additional means for transporta-
ton"
Have you anything to say about the
tariH2'
Gas this campaign involves the elcr-
ton of members OF Congress and OF tho
Legislature who will elect a United
States Senator, that question is incident
ally before the people, although cam
paign for State officials has nothing to
do with ii. l do not believe the Demo |
cracy of Pennsylvania are for pi otcctiOn
for the sake of protection, nor are II ey
for free trade. Bnt they believe in the !
ancient theory which, under a strict |
construction Of the Federal COnstitu- |
ton, imposes taxes from revenue
standpoint, and the latest utterances of
the party at Chicago formulate their
ideas upon that subject. If / had been |
in Congress | would have voted to con-
slider bill to revise the taIitf. and when |
it was before the body would have ell !
deaVured to care for the interests of the |
people | represented. During my term
at Washington | tried to be faithful 20
the best interests Of the people of the
state. think our convention should |
declare for revision of the tariff and
against repeal of the taxes ON whisky
and tobacco, for those taxes are taxes
on luNurics, and are pledged for the
payment OF pensions