The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-05

name Is one IN which they IN their own
homes associated with the government
by the people, and which has been mis-
used and misapplied TOO often for them to
have any rightful idea of its meaning
second, because the foreigner, for reasons
rot necessary for me to state, when he
reaches this country, falls into the hands
of the democratic machine, 50 to speak
and those naturalized have not been here
long enough to have acquired property
and become acquainted with our republ-
can Ideas, and to some extent with the
real nature of our institutions and to
find out what real liberty is.
For this reason socialism has some
slight hold upon the masses of the
people; but I don't believe that among
native and naturalized who have clear
conception of the duties of citizenship and
the glorious nature of our institutions,
and knowledge of the constitution how
just it is TO all, how full of the most con-
summate wisdom, giving and guarantee
ing liberty. life the pursuit of happiness
and the security in home and business life
TO ALL don't believe, repeat, that one
in one thousand is a socialist or that there
is one anarchist IN every 10000 citizens. :"
l inquired whether he thought any
change should be made in any of the
issues which the republican party had put
forward in 1892, or whether a new issue
should be made.
NO CHANGE FOR REPUBLICANS.
81 do not know" said Mr.. Edmunds.
"of any change that should be made in
the tariff or financial issues, nor any new
issue that ought to be put forward. The
protectionist Republican party and So
called free-trade Democratic party are en-
titles they cannot be split up nor divided
and IN principle each is wholly wrong or
wholly right. The principles that under
lie the nOlIpV Of either ma tN ho
changed"
TIE GREAT STRIKE.
Mr. Edmunds has watched with great
interest and some concern the great strike
which recently ended, and its effect upon
industry and labor. He depOres the
demagoglc utterances of the agitators III
and out OF congress and the bad effect
they have had upon the mind of the work
ingman. | had told him of an incident
that came under my observation on the
day following the day upon which Senator
O. Voorhees, made his speech in favor of the
income tax. On that day happened along
Nassau street, in New York, and near
the sub-treasury saw several men
at work repairing the pavement
They were discussing the income
tax and the speech. At the end of warm
discussion one of them turned and facing
the treasury building, shook his fist at it
e
These are the damned buildings that
hold money that should pay the taxes Of
the workingmen. We ought TO be down
here with guns and cannon instead Of
picks and shovels I"
In commenting upon this incident Mr.
Edmunds thought that demagogic talk in
congress aggravated a disturbance that
he believed was the logical outcome Of
democratic times.
"A strike" said he. sis the natural and
proper mode of action of any body of
working men who are dissatisfied with
the nature of their employment or with
their pay They have the same right TO
quit work that any body of men has TO go
10 work but when it comes TO the next
step-their undertaking 10 deny 10 other
men the same right and freedom 10 work
that they have not TO work. they are over
stepping the bounds of individual rights
and personal liberty. They are then as
wrong as il is possible for any
one to be. In the employing Of
men every man has as much right
TO work when and where he will and at
what wage he will as he has not to work
Inc employer has no more right 10 COM
pei the striker 10 work than the striker
mas 70 compel the employer TO give work
70 certain men and at certain wages
Every man has obviously the right 10
WORK or not, Just as he pleases. The en-
ployer has the same right to employ
whom he chooses, and the sooner both