Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-05-11

ney to Washington, whittier he depart
ed at 1890 o'clock this morning.
A committee of labor men appointet
to call on President Roosevelt AM
lodge with him a protest against thu
employment of federal troops during
the present teamsters' strike wa
granted an audience late in the after
noon. The committee consisted OF Cor
nelins P. Shea, president OF the In
ternational brotherhood of Transfers
Charles Dold, president of the Chicago
Federation Of Labor; Joseph O'Neil
vice president of the Chicago Fedora
tion Of Labor.
The president said that he would
read 1t at once and after doing SO said:
Il have read the petition you have
presented to me, the conclusion OF
which is a request for q hearing before
any action be taken by the federal
president relating to the Chicago strike
situation. As yet no suggestion Of any
kind has come to me from any source
that | should take any action. Or the
merits Of the case ] am wholly igno-
rant. / have no knowledge Of what
the situation is or of what steps should
properly be taken to end it. | feel,
however, that in view of n statement
or series of statements in your letter
| ought to say this: l regret that you
should in the letter have spoken at all
of the use of the federal army as you
have there spoken. No request has
been made to me for action by the fed
eral government. but at the same time.
Mr.. Shea. as you have in this COM
m%unication to me brought up that fact,
| want to say one thing with all the
emphasis in my power. In upholding
law and order, in doing what he Is
able to do to suppress mob violence in
any shape or way, the mayor of Chi
cago. Mayor Dunno, has my hearty
support. | am glad TO be able to say
this 10 you, gentlemen, before l say il
to another body. Now let Inc repeat
that | know nothing of the facts of the
situation.
What I have to say is based partly
upon what I regard as the unfortunate
phrasing of a letter presented to the
president of the United States. | have
not been called upon to Interfere in
any way, hut You must not mlsunder'
stand my attitude. In every effort of
Mayor Dunno to prevent violence by
mobs or individuals to see that the
laws are obeyed and that order is pre-
served he has the hearty support of the
president of the United States, and in
my judgment he should have that OF
every good citizen Of the United States
Now, gentlemen. IL has been a great
pleasure 70 see you, and | am glad to
had the chance to say this to YOU
One of the passages in the petition
which angercd President Roosevelt
was:
You will readily see that we have
the right to demand arbitration-a de-
lnand that has been repeatedly spurned
by the employers in the presence of
Mayor Dunno of Chicago. And why
spurned?
because they openly boast that they
can spufn 1t and that the troops under
your command will shoot down him
who dares to openly protest against
action. They iatter themselves
the federal army is their ready
tool to act upon their suggestion, right
or wrong, and they therefore refuse to
any inquiry made as to whether
they are right or wrong"
the control of a private individual or a
corporation. =
Personally l believe that the federal
government must take an Increasing
over corporations.
This country is prominently a
business country, and we can succeed
and I say this in my turn with entire
sincerity, gentlemen-only If as a coun-
try we carry on the national business
II an entirely practical spirlt--ln a spir-
1t which desires and commands sue
less, but which desires and commands
t as an incident of acting with decency
all our fellow citizens.
Just as that Is true OF the average
business community, so it Is true of the
nation as a whole. The nation must
,ct In a spirit which gives full recog-
alton to the national demands, which
is not in the least quixotic, which sees
he need of working for the interest Of
The average Individual of the nation,
but In a spirit which recognizes duties
As well as rights, which recognizes
hat in our Internal affairs. which rec
)gnizes that in our external affairs.