The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-31

only not to precipitate a conflict Wntil the
company should haze at hand "abund0nt
means" to master GH opposition. He
was In full sympathy" with the CoFpo-
rstlon'S patriotic efforts to force lts en-
gineers and fremen into exile, the
blacklist and beggary; and to aid in this
Sndeavor he had pledged "the power Of
the state" He would, therefore, "be
pleased to confer with Mr.. SupeEinten-
dent "in relation to the means required"
to put upon threatening murder 80 fierce
and merclless front as to "master al
opposition" To confer With the corpora
tIon's officials, and with no other menl
With law officers, with the engineers and
flremen, he sought not to confer. In
deed, he next day rebuked another state
officer for cOnssntlng to be one Of a COM
mittee TO confer with the strikers, and
sought to dissuade him, as this letter Will
show:
TOPEKA, KAs, April Q, 1873 SIR: Referring 10
our conversation OF this morning, In which YOU
informed me that you had been solicited TO Join
representative citizens OF Topeka In conference
with the striking railroad engineers and the rail-
road company, with view 70 the settlement
and adjustment OF existing difficulties, permit
me to say that, as the case has been presented 10
me, / understand that these engineers not only
refuse TO operate trains, except passenger and
mall trains, but by violence and with continuous
threats forbid their operation by others; that
passenger trains have been delayed, and United
states mails delayed by the acts OF these men. 1
am further Informed that this morning &C EN-
pOria these law.defylng engineers have put out
the nreS and drawn the water from the lOc0m0-
tiVeS, and otherwise damaged and impaired the
working force OF the road. Thus, In defiance OF
the local authorities here and there, after an
effort has been made by both city and county
authorities TO suppress the Wr0ng-d0erg, felt le
my duty to the state, that It's good name should
be protected and It's laws enforced, and, accept
Ing the failure Of the local authorities to do It 90
evidence Of their inability 20 accomplish 50 deSlr-
able an end, had made arrangements 70 provide
an adequate militia force to protect life and
property, and place the railroad company 10 q
condition TO redeem It's obligation TO the public
by prompc shipment OF property and transport
OF passengers. am this moment Informed, and
since the above paragraph was written, that the
WeStbound train from Kansas City, when about
leaving there, was delayed by the engineer being
driven from the engine, and that with some difil-
Guilty an engineer was found to take the train az
Turkey Greek and bring It through TO Topeka.
In view OF these exciting facts respectfully
submit 70 you the great dellcacy Of any confer
ence on the part OF laW-abiding citizens with
parties who are members OF this conspiracy
against the public peace. Your sheriff and the
city marshal have failed to enforce the law even,
ln fact, driven from their duty by force and In
tlmldaci0n. Citizens have failed 70 respond 70
their demand, made In answer to the law, for
assistance. In this attitude Of defiance, any con-
ference that even expresses sympathy must work
an Impairment Of law 70 the public peril Pre-
guming chat the men with whom you are 20 con-
fer are not Of the above class, and profoundly
desiring peaceful and inexpensive adjustment
Of the trouble without enforcement Of the more
rigtd plan determined upon, / shall wait the re-
suit OF such conference, respectfully asking 70
be informed By you as promptly as possible Of itS
results am, sir, very respectfully,
GEO. 7. ANTHONY, Governor.
Hon. p. L Bonebrake, Auditor Of State.
What shall be thought of this governor,
who thus "msde haste to shed blood" )" II
his alleged reasons for desiring 10 make
new graves for women and children to
weep over were absolutely falseH What
II, when he wrote this letter to Auditor
Bonebrake, and thus sought to avert a
bloodless settlement, he kneD these al
legged reasons were fAlseH That such was
the shameful fact, further quotations
from his own record will show.
One Of the kilograms which, by order