Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-19

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Here tie Court asked: What be-
came of the man arrested the other
day and who was discharged by Judge
Paull?"
Deputy Randolph said he did not
know.
WELL" said the Court, II want him
rearrested, and if you can't hold him
in Wheeling, bring him to Parkers-
burg"
The Court then made some remarks
to the effect that if children did un-
lawful acts their parents would be held
| responsible and would be arrested if
necessary for failure to control their
children. He then remarked that he
would have something to say of gen.
eral nature at the afternoon session,
and court then took a recess until
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
! mo evidence has been presented to this
noon the audience was even larger than
at the morning session. After the Of
ficials had all arrived and the four pris-
oners had been brought in Judge jack
son, speaking to the audience, said:
| JUDGE JACKSON'S REMARKS.
| Before passing upon the cases that
have been submitted to the court for it's
action, l think, under all the circum-
| stances, that l should talk to the COM
| munity at large with reference to the
strike, known now as the street car strike
and the first remark l want to make is,
| that 1t seems to be remarka BILE. in city
| as large as the city of Wheeling, with its
| Mayor and police authorities, that that
Mayor, with all his policemen, has found
1t impossible to deal to any extent with
| the distractions that have been placed
upon the tracks of the street railway
company
| NO evidence has been presente dto this
| court to show any mdisposition upon
! the part of the Mayor. the Chief of Po-
| lice or the policemen under them to pro-
tect this property. 1 have inquired, in ref
! erence to that CT the officers of this court,
l and it is something that cannot we'll I'M
derstand. In a city as large as the city
of Wheeling, with such local police force
|
| lection of the interests of every citizen
and of every species of property within
the limits of the city, l repeat that 1
cannot well understand why the city au-
thorities have not taken some action in
regard to this matter
Authorities who regulate the welfare
and prosperity of city are supposed to
be indifferent as between parties connect
h toll
ence to the rights of citizens, either of
LIBERTY OR PROPERTY.
Il understand that the State authorities
and municipal authorities are just as much
bound to protect the rights of the street
railway company as the United States is
| bound to enforce the laws regulating the
transmission of its mails over railway
property of any kind or character what
Soever.
lit is to be regretted that there is a
want of action upon the part of the local
authorities, and that the street railway
company has been compelled to appeal to
the United States Court to do that which
it was the duty of the local authorities to
do.
In the administration of the laws of
the land, either federal, State or munic;-
pal, sympathy is not to be considered
The question of legal right is the ques-
ton that it is the duty of the officers
of either of those three branches of au-
thority to
CONSIDER AND TO ENFORCE.
Il have been told since my arrival in
the city that the reason there seems to
be no desire upon the part OF the local
authorities to enforce the law in protect
ing the property of the street railway
company is, that they sympathize with
! the strikers. l have also been informed
that these men who have struck for high
er wages do not appear in the front of this
| trouble. But they are behind it and they
lnclte and excite class of the popula-
! ton of the community who have small
stakehold in its interest and welfare, to
present themselves in the front to OBJ
struct the operations of this street rail-
| way company and thus, to some extent,
| diminish the value of the company s
property.
Let me ask the strikers who have left
the service of the company, if it would
not be more manly upon their part to
come forward and present themselves in
| the breach, instead of getting lawless
and irresponsible element in this commu-
| nifty to stand in front as a bulwark to
protect them against the execution and
enforcement of the laws? Is it manly to
incite women, and through them and their
children, to appear upon the scene and
| try to obstruct this street railway COM
pany in running it's cars over its own
property?
1T seems to me if there
IS ANY MANHOOD
among those engaged in this strike that
| they would come out themselves and make
| their fight, and not ask these poor, unfor-
tunate. infatuated people along the line
of this railway to boot and hollow and
excite a mob for the purpose of interfer-
| ing with the running of the cars of the
company.
The court is not here to sympathize.
Those who administer the law are not
expected to sympathize. Their only SYM
| pathy is with justice and r.ght under
! the laws of the land. That is the proptr
| sympathy.
Il am told-just as 1t appeared beto. e
| me in the prosecution by the government
of the United States upon an informa tor.
| filed in this court some six years ago.
against parties who were prosecuted for
obstructing this same railway-that chill
dren, and small children at tnal are used