The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-07-12
STOP YOUR JAWING.
SAYS GROVER CLEVELAND TO
GOVERNOR ALTGELD.
In This Hour of Danger and Public Dis
tress, Discussion Should Give Way
to Activity on the Part of all to
Preserve Peace and Harmony.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 6.-Gov-
ernor Altgeld has addressed lengthy
reply to President Cleveland on the
subject of the ordering of the fedora
troops into the state of Illinois. He
says that If the presidents assump'
tion that the executive has the legal
rights to order federal troops to com.
munity without regard to the question
as to whether that community is able
to enforce the law itself, then the
principle OF local self government
either did never exist in this country
or else has been destroyed. He says
the fundamental principle in our
government is that except in times
of war the military shall be subordi.
nate to the civil authorities. He
protests that the federal troops now
in Chicago are not acting with the
civil authorities. He says that the
state law authorizing federal troops to
be sent into the state in certain cases
contemplates that the state troops
shall be taken first. This provision
has been ignored and it is assumed
that the executive is not bound by it,.
Federal interference with industrial
disturbances in the various states is
certainly a new departure and it opens
go large field that it will require but
very little stretch OF authority 20
assert itself over all the details of local
governments. The governor says it is
claimed that troops were ordered into
Illinois upon the demand of the post =
office department of these officers; he
says they are upheld by the executives
and in fact, are part of the executive.
If several of them can apply r..
troops, one alone can, so that an eX-
ecutive through any one of his APP
pointees can apply to himself the
power to have tue military sent into
any city or number of cities and base
his application in his showing as he
sees fit to make it. Governor Altgeld
suggests that the executive com.
mands not only the regular forces
but the militia and that under the
present construction of the law it
would be easy for an ambitious ex.
ecutive TO establish military gov
eminent. He claims that the pres
ence of federal troops in Illinois has
proved to be an irritant. He con-
oludes by expressing The belief that
the state has proven itself amply able
to enforce the law and again asks the
withdrawal of federal troops.
Governor Altgald upon being shown
Attorney General Olney's opinion of
his protest, said: You do Mr. Olney
an injustice, but impression has in
some way become rooted that he is
the special representative of the great
trusts and many monopolies that have
been plundering the public. impress
sion also prevails that he was urging
the president to have the federal gov.
eminent interfere in labor troubles
and thus assist Mr.. Olney's. plan.
CLEvELAND's ANSWER.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The letter
of Governor Altgeld came over the
wire to the White House, and occu-
pied a considerable time in transmits
sion. 1t was nearly midnight when
the following reply of President
Cleveland was given to the press:
Executive Mansion, Washington.
Hon. j. p. Altgeld, governor of Illi-
nois, Springfield:
While | am still pursuaded that /
have neither transcribed my auth.
GRITTY or duty in the emergency that
confronts US, it seems to me that this
hour of danger and public distress
discussion may well give way to
active effort on the part of all in auth
ority 10 restore Ohedience to the law
and protect lite and property
GROVER CLEVELAND.
ANOTHER OBJECTION TO RIGHT.
JEFFERSON CITY, JulyG.-Goverror
Stone is in very bad humor over what
he terms the i'm na sut ip'erferencA of
the United sta 48Lilnrii les in 81 rihe
affairs. Ia reg -cd 20 the strike OF
railway employees the governor has
tn President Cleveland a
protest against what he terms an ar.
bitrary and unnecessary misuse of
federal authority in this state.
STRIKERS wEAKENIG AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, July G.-The strike situa
ton Ut Memphis is practically un-
chaured tonight Every railroad en-
tering tie city sent out trains at in
tervsIs during the day The backbone
of tl'r strike SEEM so De- broken NJ
this puint. Judge Hammond OF the
federal court is,u.d al omnibus in.
junction, covering the railroads. re-
strainiua: strikers from interfering
with nj, trains.