New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-11

all the workmon of the country stopped work. wnen
all the life of the communities would be at an alb
solute standsl-lke the silence Of Sunday morning
when nobody would be at work. when everything
would be paralyzed and inert And that was he said.
what this thing meant to the American people.
The time had come for employers to learn how TO
handle the situation byfair treatment Of their men,
and If they could not do that. it was time for the
people. in their sovereign capacity, to interfere ana
to say that the thing had gone far enough-to say
Thus far and further"
Mr.. PETER continued at considerable length. He
criticised some sermons OF Washington clergymen
who described Popullsm simply ncipient. Is
norant and unorganizod socialism, which arrayed the
poor against the rich and the improvident against
the provident, and the legitimate frutage OF which
was mob violence. He asked to name the
clergyman whose sermon he criticised and ne gave
the name OF the Rev. Dr. Hamlin.
The Popuist, Mr.. PETER declared was the antipode
OF Anarchy. But the Church 'fn the dark val
ley OF the shadow OF death grovelling for light"
and the men who outside OF it-as he was to-
day-were asking that It be restored 10 that sort OF
Christianity which 'the Master taught" Then he
spoke OF the modern tendency to teach the use
Of in the colleges. public schools and even.
he said, in the Sunday-schools. and he exclaimed
passonately: 1T Is time that this militarsm should
cease. If l am asked what we are going to do when
disputes arise between employers and employees,
would say. Keep your hands Off "
THAT is my advlce-Keep your hands away from
them They will settle this thing themselves. and
they will do it without bloodshed. They viii do
1t without using the torch They will do It with
out getting angry They wi. do 1t Justly. safe
ly, wisely, promptly. The very instant you begin
to call out the military in order protect
side, and send the other to oppression just so soon
you arouse spirit of animosity which cannot be
queled by force"
In closing he said that he would not ask action
his resolution. but he besought Senators to pay
some attention to 1t. and to treat 1t IN that
servative. statesmanike way that would throw out
to the people some intimation that the Senate would
not turn its back upon them.
Then Mr. Davis Qep.. MIMI and declared,
in manner which betrayed intense Indignation,
that he had heard with amazement and pain much
of Mr.. PETERS remarks H. had supposed that. b.
common consent. Il appeared 10 be the better course
not 10 inhame the situation by speeches either
side, because even the most moderate language at
such a time might be construed into intemperance.
AT time" he said, when. in the second city
Of the United States. and In the fourth or fifth city
of the civilized world. order Is suspended. law is
powerless. violence Is supreme, life Is In danger and
property is in the very arms OF destruction | am
amazed to hear the trumpet Of seliton blown in this
chamber to marshal the hosts OF mlsrue and
further devastation"
IL was not an issue. he continued, between the
Pullman Company and It's employees; 1t had got be
You'd that 1t had got beyond the strike OF the
American Railway Union The boycott had taken
the liberties of the American people by the throat
From that 1t had gone to riot, and from riot to
Instruction. which now confronted the country.
And to-day. with all the dormant and latent powers
Of revolution threatening the country. the senator
| from Kansas was advising the dlsmeinherment OF
the Government and the abolition Of the Legislative
an this occason wtth sreat reYueaice lie ~ouil
not say single word 20 inidme the situation.
bur something had been said by the senator from
| y,
be enicaclous. had to be Immediate. lie would speak
the existing difficulties with the utmost moderation
and kindness. They were misled and m.ssuiIeI
Senator from Kansas he'd professed to speak for
had spoken were the mob that had obtained control
Here Mr. PETER interrupted. and said that he pro-
tested against being misrepresen,ed
Il decline TO yield" SAID Mr. Davis. angrAy
NE S does noRn as Of the kn Mr. PETER broke
in, and the Senator from Minnesota knows IT,
SENATOR DAVIs's KEEN REBUKE.
"A mob" Mr. Davis continued. "of misguided
men, which has SEIZED BY force strategic point
in the city Of CHICAGO parayzed the means Of N
ercour>e and stopped the supply OF food over sew
eral States Of the Northwest. The Senator from
Kansas speaks Of the rights u labor. an N ne
abstract am with him No on denies i"at mere
through legislation vast questions as 20 ne rights
Of labor ana capita. Nobody denies nat Bui IN
no. be- settled The senator from Karsas has -
the booishei TIA, mas been s5.ns On In chicago
for the las; zen DAYS. or i,r he millions 81 prop,
arson against the sky over that city has awaken!
Gjzannroba,ion H. insists Tia; We must 30 i@ck ~
the causes % the strike. 10 the dispute between
ra e1e2 r15 kh@%s 2na % %a have d far
yona mat tr2nsacuon TIE pIspos,.cn !, jus, as
drawn at G..y.p,urg haa nsis.ed ihai ne i'm,
Meade had arguel between the lines. the question
Of slavery In me Tcrrhores
controversy the whole people. nean-thc entire
body Of the American people. 30 not mean that
luded idea have sought by force TO verthrow not
only the functions Of civilization and Ltercours~.
but the very functions OF governmeni itself The
mrntaties Shoui be- controlled by the Covcrnncn
ITSELF, and in hat | agree win him Nrr NV
controlled by Government officers IN Chicago? Can
the United States Marshal execute there the proc
ess Of the courts? Does the great system Of rail
roads on which interstate commerce depends oper
ate? Not at al. IT - interrupted az chicago ana
Hammond and 1t IS replaced by rot. which ma
Kansas proposes to disturb the Government Itself
and expresses The opinion that now Is The TIM 10
that Of Committee Of Public saiety IKE that
days Of the first French revolution Mr Presiient
this whole proceeding which has grown into =
society '' Cuseful in Itself Of course and ndIs
pensable ! admit, can. by force, dominate every
other portion Of TIE body polite But M Presi,
taken together. The railroad employees Of the
country number 10000 G00OGl Indispensable
useful, valuable citizens in ordinary times when
not mised: but compared to the great mass OF the
American people. how few they are In numbers
Why will they not learn, and why will not their
self-apponted leaders teach them the doctrine OF
a community OF interest and OF the interdependence
OF all upon the whole? Does anybody suppose that
by burning cars destroying property disturbing
securities. weakening credit, the employment Of
poor is TO be increased hereafter? Why. they
are destroying the very thing from which they
derive their nourishment, the very thing which
they have helped TO build and they doing II at
the command OF self-apponted dictators. who have
put themselves at the head Of their organizations
And people pirate about liberty The only liberty
worth having in this country Is the equal liberty
OF all men alike liberty In It's philosophical and
common definition, the right OF the individual
exercise the freest action. to and not beyond
that point where he infrnges the exercise
OF the like right Of other men. BEYOND that II is
the destruction OF the liberty Of others by the