The record-union., 1894-04-12
TIME TO GALL A HALT.
Expression of Opinion From Southern
California.

Expression of Opinion From southern
California.
From the Los Angeles Times.
The coddling and false sympathy which
the members of this so-called industrial
Army" have received from number Of
well-meaning but misguided people is al
ready beginning to bear fruit. These
men, who in the beginning professed
their willingness to accept whatever as
sistance should be voluntarily rendered
them by citizens and to be thankful for it,
are now beginning to mount the high
horse and make unreasonable demands,
accompanied by threats of what they
may do in case such demands should
not be granted. This is not to be Won
dered at in view of the encouragement
which they have received from people
who should have known better. A dis
patch from Riverside states ''the men are
corded them by the people of South
Riverside, who did not furnish the sup
plies that the army expected" u
If there were any sense or reason,
whatever, in this ION TO Washington"
movement, one might feel some little
sympathy with the honest and we'll
meaning men who have been induced to
join the so-called ''army." But there is
not. What are these men going TO do
when they reach the national capital? Do
they suppose that they will be able TO
coerce Congress. or to terrorize the ma
tional Government? Such an idea is alb
surd. The movement cannot 1all to DO
harm rather than good. Even supposing
the demands which these men make, or
some OF them, were desirable, 1t is not to
be supposed that the legislators of this
country will consent to grant those de-
mands under pressure-the pressure not
of an awakened public opinion, but OF
more or less thinly disguised threats of
physical violence, for that is what 1t
really amounts to. These men go to
Washington with clubs in their hands. as
it were, to ask for certain things. We
much mistake the character of the men,
who compose the two Houses OF Congress-.
if they will submit to any such dictation.
1t would be a most dangerous precedent
should they do so. In that case
we might expect to see mob of
armed men hurry to the National Capital
at the instigation of some demagogue
whenever Congress failed to act In accord
ance with the views of small minority
of the people. In fact, the condition of
this country would be little, if any, bet
ter than that of those Spanish American
countries which are in state of chronic
turmoil and revolution, with armed
bands of men wandering about the coun-
try. Repose at the National Capital is
necessary to just and equitable legisla-
ton.
1t may be said that these men-these
members of the industrial army"-are
not armed, but does anyone suppose that
if they are permitted to continue in their
course, and when they find themselves
growing numerically strong, they will
not seek and obtain arms to aid them in
carrying out their plans?
It is, we say, high time that a stop
should be put to this foolish and danger
Gus movement "GeneraP' Coxey has
already announced that after he gets
through at Washington he will lead his
'armyu through the Southern States.
The thing has gone far enough, and it is
the duty of the State Governments. or,
falling them, OF the General Government,
IN ruf q sion t0 If