The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-10
THE LABOR WAR.
Congressman Cannon Says the
Blockade Must be Lifted.
When That is Done We Can
Discuss Capital and Labor.
MAKE FUN OF CHICAGO.
One Congressman Says They
Like Anarchy There.

wAsHNeToS, July 10 Especial. l-
The pleasure Of many = congressman in
his patriotic vacation was sadly marred
by the serious features OF the great strike
1t sprang up so suddenly and presented SO
many pulling and unexpected features
that they were all at sea in their views as
20 what should be done There was a
time when it seemed that they could not
keep their minds on the business OF leg1s-
IatiOn, and in the house especially there
were many evidences Of anxiety The stu
alton has become clearer, and opinions
are very pronounced. but many of those
who talk with most emphasis decline TO
have their talk printed
Joe Cannon's Opinion.
The views OF tho conservative majority
In both parties arc set forth quite as fully,
probably, by Hon. Joe Cannon each
could express it for himself, and he says:
I'm speaking at length on the merits
OF t'le strike ar this time I should subject
myself to the Bible condemnation of one
who darkens counsel by words without
knowledge. There is great mass of
angry men who will not now listen to
reason and on the other SIDE truly won
derful organization The men who have
built and who now manage 10, 600 miles
or 50 Of railroad are the greatest organi-
zers in the world, for il they were not they
could not do such things Here, then, is
the mightiest Of organizations, with prac-
b1cdllY ull1inlle0 capital 10 Ddck IL, ar
rayed against an army of the discomfort
ed, and 50 the natural sympathy of almost
every ono goes out to the men, but that is
not the question We arc liable to DO
called on-in fact, we shall be called on
before long to take action as lawmakers,
and when it COMES to the point there is
but one thing to considerable law must
be sustained Every department of gov
ernment must move together TO sustain it.
am not at liberty to consider the rights
of labor when it comes to that
must not take time to look into the law
Of political economy, still less to deter
mine how stands tho case of George Pull
man in God chancery- The artery must
be released, and il must he done at once
Al compare the railroad to artery, and
the city is the great circulating center 1T
is like great gateway through which the
produce of many million people and tho
food of many millions more must pass ev-
cry day These people take their stand in
the gate and prevent the currents on which
the life of millions depends from moving.
At once all the producers suffer; the farm
ers cannot pay; the merchants are pinched;
the bankers suffer; the whole country is in
"A horrible paraly sis because the circulating
center is interfered with. The very life of
millions is made miserable because the
gate is INSTRUCTED. Every department of
government must act, if necessary, to free
the gate. And after that we can study the
rights and wrongs of the original trouble
If George Pullman is a hog-and do not
say he is=Ne can analyzc his hoggishness
at our leisure. All / say at present is, and
want you to geJ it Vi ry straight, that the
blockade must be lifted, and it seems to me
At would DO wrong to discuss the capital
and labor question until the great and
imperative duty is performed -
Pullman Condemned.
General Girosvenor is "a good deal more
emphatic in his condemnation of Mr..
Pullman and would consent to some meas
ure of legislation hostile to his monopoly.
He thinks that the government ought to
exhaust every power it possesses in control
ling the sleeping car business and says,
with considerable elrnestness. that he
would not BE- all tender about state lines
in the process believing that the principles
of the interstate commerce law should
he carried much fart her His language
i'll regard to 1.-THE millions Pullman has
acquired by extortion from the travelling
public ON one hand and from his en-
ployees on the other are rather more spicy
than is suitable to the present style of lit
erature- Several other members are very
free in applying such words as hog and
brute to the alleged great nonopolist,
but to the present duty of the authori-
ties they fully agree with Mr. Cannon.
1T is all very well, said Mr. Coomhs,
ito rejoice over "A world at peace, but
unfortunately the present universal peace
is contemporary with universal paralysis.
The dizziness of trade from Nova ZembIa
to Terra del FuegO exceeds anything 1
have known in 40 years of business life
Commerce seems to be taking a dead rest
as some animals hibernate in winter. Our
friends on the other side try to make the
people believe that it is all tho fault of a
Democratic administration. which would
be all very well If the depression had not
got here before the Democrats did. / want
some Of you philosophers TO explain why
the trouble is much worse in countries
where there are no Democrats and why it
Is about equally bad in gold and in silver
countries under free trade, low tariff and
high protection. confess that ! don't
know AS matter Of course order must
be restored. and commerce must be allow
ed FREQ course in Chicago and every other
city, no matter if it takes all the power of |
the government"
Chicago Scored
There are a few who take a rather ma
licious pleasure in making fun of Chicago,
and one Of these says. II made my ar
engagements the minute heard of the first /
not to go homo through Chi |
cago, for they have some kind of a riot I
there every summer. In fact, they have 4
got used TO q sort Of anarchy in midsum-
mer-got so they like it. All the great
riots of history have occurred in July and /
August, I believe, especially in August i
Dog bites also hurt worst in August, and /
the ratrlesnakc, as every Missouri man 4
knows has the most poison in him just 4
about that time-1hat Is. at the beginning I
Of dog days. In winter the respectable /
people of Chicago occasionally get up \
small riot They had q snow riot once /
when I was there The sno-yp1ov threw /
the dirty snow onto the sidc0Valk and into /
the doors Of some merchants, who turned /
out and snowballed the men who were
running it, and from snowballing they
got TO throwing chunks of ice.
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