The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-17
THAT MEANS ANARCHY
HE political battle line is drawn
yet more sharply by the re-
l. cent appeal of Mr.. Gompers

- HE political battle line is drawn
yet more sharply by the re-
l. cent appeal of Mr. Gompers
To the members OF the American Fed
GRAFTON 81 Labor. 1ha; appeal is so
un-Amcrican is 1t too much To say so
Anarchistico that many friend and
supporter oi Bryan will be startled
from his dreams and begin to realize
to what Organism and its allied inter
cstS must eventually lead. In his 10
To / campaign Mr. Bryan was assailing
the National credit and imperiling the
National honor. In the GomperS pro
gram the very foundation oi the social
fabric is openly assaulted. In his APP
peal To- workjugmcn this week he
>ayagcly attacks the Courts and says
the judges are becoming irresponsible
dcspotS." THAT MEANS ANAR-
CHI. Undermine the peoples conh-
dcrcc in the Judiciary and what re-
Spcct is lei, inr the Administration al
the law Who is to be that laws in
tcrprcicr, Is Mr. GompcrS, or YOU,
or T. The las, citidcl 81 liberty is the
integrity 81 the Courts II they are
to be manipulated by constituencies
corporations. ar bulicd by working
mems unions. in the interests oi class
government then hope is fled Tor the
impartial protection oil the whole pc"-
pies rights.
II stands 10 reason that If To quote
the language of the Governor of New
York. we ever inject into our sys-
tenn the idea that one class is Ia be
preferred over another" special lcgiS-
lation N the interest al labor will be
followed inevitably by legislation in
the interest 81 other classes and elc-
mcniS in our citizenship. The result
may be that the last state oi labor will
he infinitely worse than the condi-
tons from which il has sought To- cS-
cape BY a change IN the impartial adj
miniSratiun oi the law III We sup
plant our free Constitution with that
sort 81 government" says Governor
Hughes. YOU workingmcn would ina
cvitably get the worst of II.
He warns workngmcn that their
safety aud welfare depend upon the
impartial administration oi the law.
His argument against class lcgiSla-
ton was practical and convincing
Every workingman ought to ponder
over his warning that IL there is To
be a struggle for privileges between
labor and capital. labor will get the
worst 81 1t in the end: that the only
guarantee OF security IS equality be
fore the law and IN impartial admins
tratiun 81 the law Thus only can the
rights oi labor and 81 capital be main
tanned aud the public protected from
the rivalricS and con,sctS al priv
lcpcd classes
The people will do we'll to ponder
gravcly this wise statement oi the case
and contrast il with Mr.. GompcrS
wiId-cycd appeal to class prejudice and
very I'M American sentiments, We
have believed from the first that Mr..
Bryan showed the weakness ~ his
Judgment as statesman when he
claSucd hands with GompcrS lie
doubtless. now. regrets the unfortunate
union But here is the graveSt charge.
against the whole Bryan program II
is n >nr, ~ Adullam'S Cave. where u
gathered in molly companionShip. all
sorts oi "iSmS" and all sorts OF turbu-
lcncc. IN dangerous and unrcck"ning
antagouism ia the forces 0i orderly
progress and sound government, We
cannot afford to endorse the Gumpcrs
assault by Mr. Rryan'S election