Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-10-27
THE DEFY OF fHE FIVE

HAS the seat of government been
from Washington to
asks the Republican Pub
licity Association, through its Presi-
dent, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.,
commenting on the recent defy of the
five Railway Brotherhood Chieftains.
"Have the lines of cleavage that have
separated the legislative, executive,
and judicial branches been obliterat-
ed, and the powers heretofore eX-
ercised by the Congress, the Presi-
dent and the Judiciary merged under
the control of five individuals? These
gentlemen assert that in their hands,
and in theirs alone, rest the fate of
110,000,000 Americans. A procla-
nation has gone forth from the
Cleveland capital that unless the tri
butte exacted by these dictators is
not laid at their feet by 6 o'clock on
the morning of October 3Oth, the rest
of the nation will forthwith be cut
off from it's sources of food and fuel
and other necessary supplies. That
Eembargo is to continue until the
terms of the decree have been met to
the satisfaction of its promulgators.
In anticipation Of the refusal Of
their demands, a careful campaign
has been planned for assault on the
social and economic life of the Unit
ed States. The attack will be made
in waves, in accordance with the
| highly successful methods employed
i in the World War, The railroads
have been divided into groups. They
are to follow each other at 48-hour
intervals in striking, until the entire
Transportation system of the country
lis tied up. But if, in the exercise
tof a charitable dispensation, the Big
! Five should decide at the last
moment not to inaict this disaster
upon the nation, they will be able to
call off the strike by means OF code
telegram Each of the subordinate
officers in the attacking army has
been provided with the code key
which will enable him to recall his
troops if the mystic words are re-
ceived from the grand headquarters
at Cleveland,
"The railroads of the country will
be at standstill as sure as the sun
will RISE" says one member of the
oligarchy. Nothing out of 6
miracle can stop this strike,' calmly
announces, the master mind in the
1 conspiracy. He means, of course
{ that nothing but miracle can pre-
vent the American people from
straving and freezing unless, hi!
{ terms are met. Such colossal. i'm
t pudence was never before directed a
free people. In the midst of wealth
t of food and fuel and other supplies
!, that go to make life endurable th'
country is not going to be denieC
t their use by small minority of it
!. citizens.
h 'The merits of the controversy be
$ tween the employers and employee
: of the railroads have little to d.
o with the present situation. Regard
less of the relative justice of the con
l tentions of either party, there can b.
n nothing in them so detrimental to tn
Il interests of either as to warrant tn
:. infiction of a scourge of suffering
n and death upon millions of innocents
e The employees protest against 121
s per cent reduction in their pay an
r against revision of their condition
r of employment. 1t is held by tn
~. S. Railroad Labor Board with a
r least two of the labor group concur
> lIS, LIldL OOLlI cIC 14CN
d essary to the continued operation Q
e the properties, and demanded by tn
o general defation in all lines of in
II dustrial activity.
d But even conceding for the sake c
o argument that the employees are er
/ titled to everything they ask, tn
n benefits that would accrue to thel
It therefrom do not amount to a tith
of the destruction they propose I
q bring upon the country to force the
n attainment. That is the situatio
n which confronts us. Are we to /
m subjected to the dictation of five il
dividuals, who think they hold
le their hands the destiny of the Uni
IS ed States, to be manipulated as the
y see fit to accomplish their own Sc
IT fish ends? Unless the America
N people have lost the independent
le and virility that have made the Uni
E. ed States what it is, the econom
r. war that has been declared fl
E October Both will end in a decisiV
D, defeat for the attacking forces, ar
Is a glorious victory for Constitution
lt government"
Sunday Chicken Dinner at DeLonl
Restaurant for SOC.