The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-16

IT'S To decide whether the demands Of the
| men ware lust or not. l Wish IL uiS'
tinctly understood that I am not trElhs
! TO pass Judgment upon the justice ul tnI
! case. | regard the engineers, hrcmcE
| and rugiucmcn and tralnmcn echeTalS
rs doing peculiarly Responsible ana or
,luuuS work, and entitled To partlCulal
consideration as regards both hours III
labor and pay. I hope that thnE are
fully entitled us Il matter OF justice u
what they will receive under the Adam,
son bill and il II 50 appears ShalI
against the far-reachng evil Of the pre-
| cr,lrut set III the method which has been
followed. We are denied knnwl"dgc
We see Congress forced 10 act under
threats. l protest against any law pass
ed under such durcss. l protest against
the case being decided without giving
| each party its day in court. anu above
all without giving the public its day in
court.
Public Will Pay In End.
Remember it is The public that in the
end will pay. You do not have to take
my assertion for this. Take the ass"r-
ton of Mr.. Wilson's master in this mat
ter The Union leaders. through thclr
chairman. Mr.. Garrctson. announced
! that they would steadily refuse 10 ar
htratc ana that in their action they
were supported by the president of the
| Qltcu States. lutS StubSu l4lSil ChSt
in u nutshell as follows:
In times like this ,mon so back 10
primal inSliuCl--to the day OF the cave
man with his half gnawcd bone snarllnG
ut the other CavciEan who wanted ~
take his bone away. We leaders are
lighting for our men. The railroads are
lighting for their Stockholders; and the
shippers Tor themselves. Ana the pup
lie will pay.
will pay. And it will pay without hay
ing had the chance TO know whether II
ought rr ought not TO- pay.
Mr. Wilson betrayed the public whom
lie refused To insist that the contest
! should be decided on principles Of just
ticc. and when h. permitted 1t TO be
decided in Difference TO greed and fear
Mr. Wilson announced that 1t was
futile" 10 stand firmly against these
improper demands. II would not have
been futile II a Democrat Of the stamp
~ Andrew Jackson or Grover Civrc-
land had ben President The iuui!ty
inferred solely in Mr.. Wilson himself
Ii President Wilson had stood by The
honor and the interests cf the United
! States in this matter; II he had IN
sisted upon a full Investigation before
.. action: il he had insisted upon Arbi-
tratiun and had announced that il there
was any attempt To tie up the traffic
Of the United States II" would use the
cutir" power OF the United States ia
keep the arteries Of !EhHlc open,
; would have applaudrd and supported
him. Eur. to take such action needed
courage. 1t needed diSintcrcstchncss
II was necessary that the man taking
it should put duty In The nation first
and political and personal c"nSidrra,
lions last. What President Wilson did
was TO permit The uT"rrittinG of JUS
| ticc by appeals 10 brute force.
President Yielded to Fear.
champion Mr.. Hughes as against
Mr. Wilson because IN every Sch
crisis Mr.. Wilson. by his public acts
has shown that II" Will yield tn fear
thar H." will not yield 10 Justice;
whereas the public nets Of Mr.
| Hughes have proved him 10 he III
capable OF yielding in such Il crisis to
any threat, whether made by politicians
! corporations or labor leaders.
believe In the great principle OF
arbitration. | believe i'll invoking the
action OF tho government tn help labor;
hut | also believe that TO invoke Suci1
action will in tn" end he rutnous /"
abur, as we'll as To III" country. II II Is
not exercised wth wisdom and fearless
moss and in the spirit Of exact Justice
In all the parties concerned. IT thrS"
questions are not settled right. th"Ii
some time they will have to he unset
tied. and infinite trouble is thereby laid