Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-20
EIGHT p AGES
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1899.
4 EQUAL TO ALL EMERGENCIES.

S},g{ Our Republic and lis institutions are
1tj equal to all emergencies. What has it
i not wlthstood successfully? We are a
+ popular government; we are sGlf-gov-
ernlng people; and THEREFORE, (say
our secret foes, for our open foes have
% been taught hetterD we are not a
r strong government That is. the gov
& eminent, or the nation, divided against
5 itself, is stronger than n united people!
Where government and the governed
are in mutual opposition, or where gov
ernment is.notrwlth a the free consent
and goodwill OF the governed, the gov-
81 eminent Is stronger than when 1t has
4 the approval, consent and consequent
lysthe hearty support, of the governed,
y or where government and governed are
NJ one and the same people! How re-
n 1narkably strange. If true!
a6 Yet, in discussing the Cleveland dis
orders in Ohio, the Washington Post
says:
4 During the earlier stages of the
great street-car strike public opinion
throughout the country was disposed to
4 take q lenient view. Every one knows
that the average municipal machinery
4, is not prepared to cope with an up>
rising In which thousands OF determine
81 ed and reckless men are engaged. Our
& form OF government does not contem-
5 plate such emergencies, because we live
n under popular institutions, and 1t Is
y supposed that the people who control
\ Everything will not undertake to de-
y stroy their own creation"
3a Our form of government does not
H contemplate such emergencies" says
the Post; but the Post is mistaken, and
K tits only employing the rant and cant
Aof those who more or less desire AN
q other form of government, or to garnlsh
n ours with standing army and all that
\ that implies to all who have read his
tory to any purpose. or have pondered
u the wise warnings of the fathers OF this
8 Republic. The emergency at Cleveland
y, is amply provided for by our govern
lnent; except that neither it nor any
" other government known to man in
$ secular and mundane matters has yet
4 been able to provide the man for the
,Semergency.
S. Who Is Mayor OF Cleveland? Where
;8is he? What has he done, or what is
stshe doing q Assuming that the charter
5 ss5t,f the city, or the acts of the Ohio leg
tslattre, confer upon him the power
II and an authority vested in like officers in
other States. why has he not exercised
s. tn. hls power and authority? He can call
q al the arms bearing and able-bodled
81 men OF his city, including the volunteer
II militia. to his assistance in quelling any
:Bsi TioL ana to preserve the peace; and he
81 mas peen derelict In his duty IL he has
S S not already done so. If the whole avail
~ slnie force OF the city was insufficient,
ST atS was his imperative duty at the first
As1sAeqnloSitF'ledse that the local force could
ss 3hot control the rioters. or would not, to
III acguaint the Governor Of the situa-
III tion and call on him for immediate as
II, ssstsnee e, which would have been given
V PROMPT omr With the whole military and
s9aii vi power OF the State, If necessary:
{ and this failing, 1t would be his duty
III % can sasl on the President for that pro-
5 & Efect ion gu sranteed in section Of
s Gle y ". OF the Federal constitution,
to,sHssit: ).
5s 18th He p United STATES SHALL,
~; HR s OBJECT EACH STATE. on applica-
lon of the legislature. or Of the ex-
.gss 4 when the Legislature cannot be
II y orYeilg Ac q DOMESTIC VI
oLBN GE3}s
i: The street, - rioters at Cleveland
must be q very foTmid able body indeed
emergency which
ss al in addit 10 the
Sss a9t ,sseos ats' and