The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-08-03

nobody in my respect for law and
order and my hatred of disorder,
but there is something more i'm
portant even than order, and that
more important thing is the prin-
ciple of liberty. | yield to nobody
in my respect for the rights OF
property, yet l would rather see
every locomotive in this land
ditched, every car and every depot
burned, and every rail torn up
than to have them preserved by
the government through the means
of standing army. This is the
order that reigned in Warsaw.
Long applause.
"What is the pretense that is
made a justification for the action
of the government 1t is that the
running of mail trains of the United
States had been interfered with.
Debs had been indicted and arrest
ed, charged with conspiracy to
interfere with the mails of the
United States. Groans and Kisses.
Is that charge true OF fair one I?
TShouts of 'No!'1 I do not believe
that there is an honest man today
who will say that he believes in his
heart that there is any basis for
this charge. DebS from the first
declared that he and those who
were following him were only anX-
ious to carry through the mail
trains of the United States.
STRATAGEM BY RAILROADS..
''But the railroads used the
United States mails as a tool to
crush labor. Cheers. ] The rail
roads were the real conspirators
against the government so far as
conniving to interfere with the
transportation of the mails was
concerned. loud cheers.] They
did not carry or attempt to carry
the mails on the regular mail trains
as usual. If they had Debs and
the men would have seen to it that
these trains went through. What
they did do was to scatter the mails
among all their trains, even among
the freight trains, and demand then
that all trains should be run
through because there was mail
matter on them. [Cries of Shame
and long hissing.]
"The conspiracy was by the mil
lionaire monopolists. They delib-
erately conspired to use the mails
so as to call upon the federal gov
ernment to send its troops to crush
down their employees. [Cries OF
That is right.'
'Look at California. | know
something of that state. Citizen OF
New York as | now am, yet the
greater part of my life was spent in
California. Do you suppose that
the people of that state would look
easily upon any movement which
contemplated an interference with
the mail service, which means SO
much to them? ! know that they
would not. But tonight | would
stake my life that the great major
ity of the people of that state are
in sympathy with the employees as
against the railrord mOnopolies.
"And there is reason why they
should be. 1t has been the railroad
power that has demoralized Califor-
mia and debauched its public ser
vice. 1t is the railroad power
which has given the control of that
state into the hands of a few rail
road magnates, and such control
as prince never exercised over
his principality.
~ well remember when the first
spade of earth was turned for the
railroads in Sacramento. The men
who were then back of those enter,
prises were moderately wealthy
men, worth perhaps 100000. To
day those men, or those who have
succeeded them, are multi-million
aires. They have not got theil
great fortunes, as G, p, Huntington
says in Il newspaper paragraph this
morning, by the fruits of industry
and frugality. Laughter They
have got those fortunes by robbery
by robbery which is worse thar
highway robbery, because it ha,
been coupled with the bribery o
those whom the people elected tC
serve them in hiOh Offices and ar