Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-14
rhs Admlnistratlon is Right.

The Administration IL Right.
The patriots Of all parties, those who
love their country and want to see this
great republic perpetuated In all its
grandeur, can but applaud the course Of
the Administration regarding the great
Western strike. TO be sure there are
some few Republican papers which be
lleve that mo good can come out Of
Nazareth" and because President Cleve-
land has acted wisely in this matter fail
to see the importance Of the stard which
he has taken. There are also some
Democratic sympathizers with the
strikers, but, with very few exceptions,
the press Of the country is unit IN its
endorsement Of the Presidents action
The tendency Of the labor unions for
some years has been toward mob rule
and anarchy. How much this has been
the result OF the foreign element that
exists in them It is hard to say, but 1t is
certain that our Ameriean-born laborlng
men never intended, in their unions for
protection, to defy the constituted
powers Of the Nation, interfere with the
mails, destroy property aud commit
criminal acts to force, In French revolu-
tionary style, obedience to their demands.
Such dolngs are entirely foreign to the
American idea of fair play besides our
people are wise enough to know that
they may at some time occupy the
places Of their bosses, great proper
tion Of the wealthy men in this country
having begun life as workmen in the
businesses which they now control
The hard times have made a rare op.
portunity for Anarchists to take advant-
age Of, and they have done so, to carry
their ends as Tar as possible They
attempted to make mob law SUI
perior to that Of the Govern
ment and they have very properly
failed They went one step too far and
the result is that they have put back
genuine labor reform for generation.
These Anarchists should never have been
admitted TO the labor unions Their
influence has been baneful from the
beginning OF their connection with the
affairs OF the American wage earners
and, II the unions would regain the re
spsct Of the people, they must be cast
out Would that It were possible to
Danish them from the free soil Of Amer
lea once for all But though this may
not be done, their power to work mischief
is rapidly being oircumscribed by the
Government. Mob law will no longer be
tolerated and the authority Of the United
States government must be verywhere
acknowledged as the supreme law Of the
land
The rights Of all are respected by the
government and It Is no more of crime
to be rich than It is to be poor Each
are entitled to protection OF lie and
property and the time has come when
the destruction of property and the uh-
holy boycott must be wiped out It has
been blot upon the fair name Of our
country and with its parent, anarchy,
should never again be allowed foothold
upon American soil
Those who have been and still are
deluded by the loud and defiant talk OF
the strikers and their leaders need not
question the result. The Administration
will be sustained If the standing army
were not large enough it could be quad
rupled in a week and the laws Of the
country enforced even at the sacrifice oil
the blood Of its deluded citizsns. Their,
is but one thing to do and that is t,
obey the law.