The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-11-13
SENSATIONAL.
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DARED NOT COURT MARTIAL THE Of
FICERS.
1.-THE facts" says Mayor Pingree,
''Of the court martial also leaked out
at the time, and the publication of
that, too, was suppressed. Among
the officers to be court martialed for
expressing an opinion against using
the army for such unholy purposes
was colonel of a regiment, who had
served through the war OF the rebel
lion, and whose name is we'll known in
this state. But the court-martial
never took place. The commanding
officer was discreet enough to forward
particulars to Washington, and the
President, aghast at the front of indie
pendent American citizenship which
he had aroused in his subordinates by
his anti-American methods, sQuelched
the court-martial. but the colonel was
retired from active service, and the
other officers were cowed by pressure
from Washington authorities.
BLACK AS HOMESTEAD.
thoroughly American officers is one Of
American history: a page as black as
that OF Homestead, where work
ingmen were on the defensive
against bogus philanthropy and hypo-
critical patriotism. Their action
shows clearly that the intelligent men
of the nation are holding to the opin-
ion that justice, and not gatling guns,
is the best recourse OF this nation I'M
der all circumS tanCeS.
DISGRACING THE ARMY.
"It SHOWS that men who have seen
serious service in arms are averse, eX-
cept under direct necessity, to sweep
ing the streets of great cities with
machine guns; that the men who
have defended the flag want the arms
of the nation dignitied by placing
them against the real foes of the
country, and not against the working
men, who constitute the bone and
sinew of our population. and the bulk
of our soldiery in time Of real war
The troops of the United States
should never be called into any strug-
gle that does not involve a conflict
between civil authorities and the
mob. with the express intention on
the part of the latter of overturning
the government. They should never
be called on to interfere in industrial
struggles between employer and en-
ployed, las there has never been time,
and the time can never arise, when
the con stabulary, the police, and the
militia of any given state can not
handle the matter. however grave.
mo matte how loud the call Of
corporationistS and their managers, a
deaf ear should be turned to their
frantic appeals for the interference of
the United States troops. They were
never intended for this purpose by our
forefathers."
Little by little the we'll planned
corporation infernaliSm of calling out
the regular army to sweep the streets
of Chicago with machine guns for the
benefit OF corporations is leaking out,
and in due time Cleveland, Olney and
Miles, and their coadjutors, will stand
eternally photographed in the minds
of the American people as inhuman
beasts of prey, and the story told by
Mayor Pingree lifts the rank and file
Of the regular army to the serenest
elevation of patriotism. The secrets
disclosed by Mayor Pingree show to
what depths OF depravity Cleveland's
administration could descend TO de-
feat the American Railway Union,
whose only crime was to assist famish-
ing men and women to escape from
the jaws Of Geo. M. Pullman, mil
lionaire man-eating tiger.