The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-16
GORDON FOR THE SOUTH.
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SENATOR PETERS SPEECH REPLIED TO
Nv Senators Davis and Gordon-Mr D"hio''
of Virginia, Offers Substitute 10 III"
PETER Observation-Disclosures news.

will do more 20 uuell disorder and reVolu-
ton than a regiment of soldiers, sent ny
federal or state authorities 1t was oiie
Of those happy, eloquent efforts Whlch mas
made General Gordon popular on the lee
ture platform.
Senator Davis, Of Minnesota, gave MN
the cue, when, in answering PefIer so
cialistc speech, he said as northern man
he blushed to challenge contrast between
the two sections. One was a homogeneous
and the other divided people, lie plusheo
to say, as northern man, that no dlscon-
tent and no anarchy could be found south
Of the Ohio and the Potomac
General Gordon then arose and Tor nj
teen minutes the gavel never once fell TO
queH the enthusiasm either on the floor or
in the galleries. when the time comes to
protect the flag" said he, ''hOnor American
institutions and preserve it's peoples unity
the men who fought for four long years
in gray will be found standing side by SIDE
with those who fought in the other uni
FORMS"
General Curtis, the hero of Fort Fisher,
embraced the Georgian, and every senator
wrung his hand in sympathy.
The cause of law and order ana Oh tne
maintenance of free and unobstructed inter-
course by railroad communication was
championed by Senators Davis, republican,
of Minnesota, and Gordon, Of Georgia, both
ic language, the position taken by the Kan
senator and the laWless acts of DebS
and his followers.
A substitute for the PETER resolution was
offered by Mr.. Daniel, democrat, of Vir-
ginia, unfolding and commenting the official
action Of the president and his cabinet;
and then, after some remarks by Mr.. Dan
lei and by Mr.. Stewart, populist, of Ne
vada, the whole subject went over till to-
morrow.
PETERS Remarks.
Mr.. PETER. in the course of his speech
upon his resolution, said: II do not wonder,
sometimes, that there is a growing feeling
against the political condition of things
in Washington. l do not wonder that my
friends write to me expressing the hope
that the senate shall be abolished. / wrote
to one OF them the other day saying that
l would vote for it's abolition. and L would
go farther and vote for the abolition of the
house of representatives. l would favor
the government being confined to one man
not more than one-Yrom each state. The
fewer governors that we have in this coun-
try the better. At any rate, one man can
do 10 worse than few hundred men have
done"
Then Mr.. PETER went on to speak enthu-
siastically 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 alb
solute and perfect standstill, like the silence
of q Sunday morning, when nobody would
be at work; when everything would be
paralyzed and inert. And that was, ne
said what this thing meant to the Ameri-
can people. The time has come for en-
pioyers to learn how to handle the situa-
ton by fair treatment OF their men, and
If they could not do 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 lar and no
farther"
Then Mr.. PETER read and commented
upon the report in today's papers OF the
interview between the delegates from the
common council of Chicago and the wee
president of the Pullman company, Mr.
Wickes and he repeated the words of con-
demnation n the final speech of Mr.. Wickes
THE pullman company has nothing to ar
bitrate."
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 passion
ately: .,..,. ,7l
cease If l am asked what we are gong 10
do when disputes arise between empowers
and employees 1 would say keep your
hands off This is my adVice-heep your
hands away from them. They Will settle
this thing themselves and they Will DO II
without boodshed. They will do 1t without
using the torch. They will do 1t without
" wisely. promptly. The very instant
Won begin to call out the military army IN
order to protect one side and Cypress the
other, just 80 soon you arouse
spirit of luminosity which cannot De quelleo
w A0 Mr.. Davis Replies.
Then Mr.. Davis, republican, Of Minnesota,
rose and declared, in a manner Whlch De
trayed intense indignation, that ne hau
heard with amazement ana PdHi' HluOii
of Mr. PETERS remarks. He hao suppoSeo
that bv common consent it appeared to be
the better course not to lnhame the Sl'ud-
ton by speeches on either slde' because
evan the most moderate language, at Such
a time might be construed INTO lhIehpel-
ance. And he went on:
"At q time when, in the second city Oh
the United States, and III the lourth OF
fifth city of the civilized worm, oiuel -
suspended. law is poWerless, violence IS
s,Inrame life is in danger, and property
l. in the very arms of Instruction. am
amazed to hear the trumpet OIL sedltlon
blown in this chamber to marshal the hosts
of misrule to further devastation.
..Tt was not an ISSUE" he continued, be
tween the Pullman company and its en-
Moves. 1t had got beyond that. 1t had got
hovond 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 ap insurrectiOn, when now conlTonteu
the c.untry. And today, with all the dor
nant and latent powers OF revolution
threatening the country, the senator from
Kansas was advising the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
of the government and the abolition of the
legislative and executive departments. He
Mr. Davis, spoke on this occasion with
great reluctance He would not say a SIN
gle word to inflame the situation, but
something had been said by the senator
from Kansas which demanded reply, and
that reply, to be efficacious,. had to be
Immediate He would speak in regard to
thp men more Immediately engaged in the
existing difficulties with the utmost moder-
alton and Kindness They were misled and
misguided men. But they We're not the
entire people, The senator from Kansas
had professed to speak for the people of
the country; but those for whom he had
spoken wtie the mob that had obtained
control of a great strategic point.
Here Mr.. PETER interrupted, and said that
he protested against being msrepresented.
81 decline to YIELD" said Mr.. Davis, an
erily. 1.-THE senator speaks in behalf of
mob.
"The senator from Kansas has no word
Of reproof not a single word of reproach,
for the bloodshed that has been going on
in Chicago for the last ten days, or for
the millions of property that has been de-
stroyed. The red light Of arson against
the sky over that city has awakened in