The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-11
PETER DAFT ON POPULISN
He FaVOTS the Abolition Of the Nat
iOlal Congress.


Brought to the Surface by the Ex-
listing Strike Situation - Senators
Davis and Gordon Make Strong
Speeches in Denunciation of PETER S
Crazy Theories.
Washington, July 1O-The Senate spent
three hours to-day in debate upon the res
oiution offered Monday by the populist
senator from Kansas. MIR. PETER, looking
to government control of interstate rail
roads. the regulation of their freight and
passenger rates, the fixing Of the wages
of railroad employees, the acquisi-
tion and operation teither by
the federal government or by the
state governments) of all the coal beds Of
the country. and to many other of the
peculiar ideas of the Populist party. AS
was to be expected, the great railroad
strike at Chicago was the chief topic in
the debate In a speech of over an hour
and half Mr.. PETER stated the case
from the Debs, or strikers, point of
view, and laid all the blame for the out
break on Mr. Pullman, whom he char
acterized as soulleSs, constituencies and
tyrannical.
READY TO ABOLISH CONGRESS.
Mr.. PETER, in the course of his speech
upon his resolution, said: Il do not won
der. sometimes, that there is a growing
feeling against the political condition of
things in Washington. do not wonder
that my friends write to me expressing
the hope that the Senate shall be abol-
ished. / wrote to one of them the
other day saying that l would
vote for its abolition, and l would
go further and vote for the abolition Of
the House of Representatives. ! would
favor the government being confined to
one man mot more than one) from each
state. The fewer governors that we have
in this country the better. AT any rate,
one man can do more work than few
hundred men have done"
Then Mr.. PETER went on to speak en-
Enthusiastically of the grand spectacle that
would be presented when all the workmen
of the country stopped work; when all
the life of the communities would be at
an absolute and perfect standstill-like
the silence of a Sunday morning when
nobody would be at work; when every
thing 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 by fair
treatment of their men, and if they could
not to that it was time for the people, in
their sovereign capacity, to interfere, and
to say that the thing had gone far
enough-to say Thus far and no far
ther.n
THE wICKEs INTERVIEW.
Then MIR. PETER read and commented
upon the report in to-day's papers of the
interview between delegates from the
common council of Chicago and the vice
president Of the Pullman company, Mr.
Wickes, and he repeated with words of
condemnation the final speech of Mr.
Wickes: 1.-The Pullman company has
nothing TO arbitrate.'
Then he spoke of the modern tendency
to teach the use of arms in the colleges,
public schools and even, he said, in the
Sunday schools; and he exclaimed pas
sionately, 1T is time that this militarism
should cease. If l were asked what we
are going TO do when disputes arise be-
tween employers and employees, l would
say: Keep your hands or That is my
advice, keep your hands away from them
They will settle this thing themselves;
and they will do it without blood
shed. They will do it without using the
torch. They will do it without getting
angry. They will do it Justly, safely,
wisely, promptly. The very sinstant you
begin 10 call out the military arm to pro-
tect one side and send the other to op-
preston, Just so soon you arouse a spirit
of animosity which cannot be quelled by
force
DEFENDERS OF LAW AND ORDER.
The cause of law and order and of the
maintenance of free and unobstructed in
tercourse by railroad communication was
championed by Messrs. Davis, rep, of
Minnesota, and Gordon, dem, of Georgia,
both of whom denounced, in eloquent and
patriotic language, the position taken by
the Kansas senator, and the lawleSs acts
of Debs and his followers.
Asubstitute for the PETER resolution was
offered by Mr.. Daniel, dem, of Virginia.
upholding and commencing the official
action of the President and his cabinet
then, after some remarks by Mr. Daniel
and by Mr.. Stewart, pop. of Nevada, the
whole subject went over till tomorrow.
DAVIS INTENSELY INDIGNANT.
Mr. Davis declared in a manner which
betrayed intense indignation that he had
heard with amazement and pain much of
Mr.. PETERS remarks. He had supposed
that by common consent it appeared to be
the better course not to inflame the situa-
tion by speeches on either side, be-
cause even the most moderate language,
at such a time, might be construed
into intemperance And he went on: AT
time when, in the second city of the
United States, and in the fourth or fifth
city of the civilized world, order is sus-
pended, law is powerless, violence is su-
preme, life is in danger, and property is
in the very arms of destruc ton, | am
amazed TO hear the trumpet of sedition
blown in this chamber to marshal the
hosts of misrule to further devastation.
1T was not an ISSUE" he continued
"between the Pullman company and its
employees; it had got beyond 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 it had gone on
TO riot, and from riot to an insurrection,
which now confronted the country And
to-day, with all the dormant and
latent powers of revolution threatening
the coun try, the senator from Kansas was
advising the dismem berment of the gov
eminent and the abolition of the legisla-
tive and executive departments. He
MIR. Davis spoke on this occasion with
great reluctancy. He would not say a
single word TO infame the situation. But
something had been said by the senator
from Kansas which demanded a reply.
and that reply, to be efticacious, had TO
be immediate.
PETER REPRESENTS MOB.
HE would speak in regard to the men
more Immediately engaged in the existing
difficulties, with the utmost moderation
and KINDNESS. They were misled and mis-
guided men. But they were not the ell
tire people. The senator from Kansas
had professed to speak for the people of
the country, but those for whom he had
spoken were the mob that had obtained
control of a great stragetic point"
Here Mr.. PETER interrupted and said