The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-17
CLEVELAND AND The CLASH
The House Endorses His Course in the
Labor War.

tackled as a Representative of the
Corporations-Blan Also Speaks in
Opposition to the Resolution.
Washington, July 16-This was sus-
pension day in the House under the rules,
but before the rule was enforced some
routine business was transacted.
The Senate amendments to the naval
appropriation bill were disagreed 10, and
it was sent to conference.
Mr. McCreary offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the House Of Representa-
tives indorses the prompt and vigorous efforts
Of the President and his administration to
suppress lawlessness. restore order and pre-
vent improper interference with the enforce
ment Of the laws Of the United States and
with the transportation of the mails Of the
United States. and with interstate commerce;
and pledges the President hearty support,
and deems the success which has already at
tended his effort as cause for public and gen
eral congratulation.
Mr.. Pence, pop, of Colorado, said the
resolution went further than he thought
the republican side of the House, at least,
were DESTROYS of going, in approval of the
administration. 1t might be, he said,
that the time would come when there
would be such conflict between striking
laborers of the country and their en-
ployers that it would be necessary to call
out the strongest arm of the government
TO restore order.
A RAP AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
That we all agreed upon, but the peo-
pie of the country, in his humble judg-
ment, would never agree that the man
who called out the injunctions, who
ordered the indictment of the strikers,
and who directed the military, should be
a director and stakeholder in the corpor-
atoms affected. This resolution went
further than indorsing the President; it
approved everything done by all the mem
bers of the administration.
Mr.. Pence asked if there was a demo
crat on the floor who approved the action
of the attorney general, who,
to employ special assistant
in Chicago selected the attorney of the
railroad corporations for that positions
He believed not. But if there were such,
there were members on the floor who did
not believe that the attorney Of the trusts
should occupy the position Of Attorney
General, as was the case at present, &C
COfQllR 10 Charges ludut ny PROMINENT
democratic papers, and who did not ap-
prove his action in that position.
BLAND AGAINST THE RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Bland said "Mr. Speaker, it. is
to be regretted that a resolution of this
character should be thrust in here under
a fifteen-minute rule for debate because
it opens a wide field for discussion-not
but that l believe any member of this
M ma orr To Kub hot rfv
he belongs, will indorse the state govern
ments and the federal government in all
legitimate efforts to preserve our institu-
tions, to put down riots and preserve
the majestyof tho laws of this country
l have no sympathy. Mr.. Speaker,
with any man who raises his arm in
violence to destroy property, to enforce
what he may consider his rights of work
and try to prevent others from working
No principle of that kind can find in
dorsement on the part of any one who has
a proper conception of the rights of the
people of this country TO liberty But
sir, in these great disturbing times, such
as we have passed through,
IL often occurs that acts
are done under an assumption
of authority that we may be called upon
TO indorse by sweeping resolution of
this character / am, as a democrat to-
day where l have always been, and that
is for the rights and the dignity of the
people of the states. l believe in local
state government and that the whole arm
of the state authority should be used in
suppressing violence before the federal
government should interfere, except to
protect its own property, and to protect
its mails.
STATE RIGHTS OVERTHROW.
81 am aware, Mr.. Speaker, that
throughout this country, even in states
where there was no violence. and
where, if violence occurred at all, the
state authorities were ready and able to
deal with. 1t without any instructions
sent out by the Attorney General, the
whole country was flooded with deputy
marshals; sheriffs We're arrested, and
state authority was overthrow, and the
strong arm of the federal government
took possession of matters properly
belonging to the states. Against
that, sir, l protest. protest
against these blanket federal iniunctions.
] protest against the omnibus iniunctions.
/ object to sending deputy marshals all
over the country to take the place of
state authority; and say that in meas
ure like that resolution, in the excitement
of the times, we are, as a party as a
Democratic party liable TO do violence to
every democratic principle, and to sur
render here, In these halls as representa-
tives of the people of our states,
the essential democratic principle
OF local self-government. If this union
is to be maintained, it is
to be maintained by maintain
ing and respecting the rights and the au-
thority of the people of the states. If we
are to have imperialism let it not come
with the assent of the representatives of
the people in this House have not heard
that resolution so as to know precisely
what 1t is. / may vote for it when | un-
derstand its scope, but if so | shall do il
with the distinct reservation that pro
test against many of the acts that were
committed by federal authority in my
state which were absolutely unneces.
sary"
THE RESOLUTION ADVOCATED.
The resolution was advocated by
Messrs. McCreary and Catchings The
latter said there was no place in the
broad country where the federal troops
might not go in the performance of their
duty to enforce the laws of the land No
one had pointed out in any respect
wherein the President in his recent &C
ton had contrayened any statute on the
books, and, speaking not only as a repre-
sentative, but as a lawyer, he said the
President had commended himself To
every lover of his country
MIR. Pierce and Mr.. HOPKINS rep, OF
Illinois, made efforts to secure an exten.
sion Of the time for debate, but unani-
nous consent was refused Efforts were
alco made IN the paesaUa Of tho ,oeol,,