Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-10-27
DAUGHERTY RAMPAGES ABOUT
STRIKE; CALLS 1T "MUTINY" IN
HIS WILD POLITICAL TRADE
Seeks to Create Impression Walkout Was Against Law
and Constitution and That Union Leaders Wade
Around With DaggerS Shouting for Gore!

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Washington. ID. C.-The speech de.
I liyetcd By Attorney General naushs
/ erty at Canton. Ohio. on October q.
has caused considerable interest in
Washington. not only because Of the
I injunction proceedings instituted by
[ Mr.. naaghetty, hut because of the
/ impeachment proceedings begun Ia the
House hy Congressman Keller
Mr.. naugherty declared that IN
connection with the railroad strike hr
had boon neutral aud then made the
/ astonishing statement that The De
| paflment Of Justice alone spent prob
ably million and half dollars II
seven weeks, economically as 1t could
be used, 10 keep down strife aud pre-
serve orier in rs neutral capacity
between the eontesting parties"
Mr.. paugherty then said that in
preparation for his application for the
injunction the Department 81 JUS
tiee had secured more than 1900 atfi-
davita Conserving anarchy bordering
on civil war BY this statement AIR.
paugherty seeks TO maintain the hes
ten that these aifiiayiis are state
menta Of truth in the face of proef
that large numbers of them present.
cd no truth whatever, Also IL doubt.
less Is evidence Of Neutrality in the
expenditure of the si,ho0,0o0,
IL cannot be eontended that the At
tenney General is not familiar with
the provisions of the transportation
act and therefore any mlastatement
Of those provisions must be deliberate
upon his part In his speech he spoke
OF the strike as constituting "com-
plete renuneiatlon OF The EsehsCum.
minis law and went on 10 say.
Thus with one bold challenge
10 constitutional government, the
strike leaders, to all apparent
purposes, renonneed the protec-
ton of governmental authority
when they mutinied against de-
elsion which they declared MAS
construed 10 be unfaVorahle TO
their cause
In addition TO tho ridiculous mis-
statements as to the meaning Of The
transportation act, there is the fol
lowing reference, undoubtedly TO the
President of the American Federation
of Labor, which could not have been
| inserted In the speech solely because
of It's amusing qualities,
"A certain conspicuous union
leader Immediately suggested
sympathetic, or progressive.
strike was being considered,
! which would involve other crafts
which had remained loyal to the
carriers, themselves mli TO their
| country. Attempts were made by
strike leaders at this junetnfc 10
justify their stand by subtle in
I timation to workers that further
/ wage reductions were eontem.
| plated by the Railroad Labor
| Board"
Again. seeking 20 portray the strike
In the guise of violation OF law aud
defiance of the constitution the At.
tofney General said.
"But the die was east. and
labor's legions marched Ia solid
phalanx from beneath the pro-
tecting bulwarks of constitutional
law at the command of their
leaders"
Mr.. Daugheriy at times got dFa.
matte In his portrayal Of alleged con-
ditions. lie decafed' "fhe nation
was In the grip Of civil war; Evi-
IDENTIFY with union men IN mind he
continued saying;
"Criminals OF the vilest types,
apostles of the lasfa. red variety
and crafty power-lusting mission
aries Of dlacofd, mingled IN the
attack upon life, property, law
and government"
In justification of the injunction
the Attorney General said; efhe in
junction saves man from becoming
criminal" Further in justification
he sald
III the injunction wefe not re-
sorted 10, what was the next thing
the government could do after
all It's efforts at voluntary or
peaceful persuasion had failedT
Step aside and let violence con
tinue; let the mob grow In fury
and numbers; let the leaders with
torch and bomb and dagger con
tinue destruction of life and
property Could the government
permit itself TO be weakened TO
point where, after commits
sion Of hideous crimes by unre-
strained hordes Of yiolators of all
we hold sacred, II would find IL.
self impotent 10 adopt the policy
IL did?"
Mr.. Daugherty seems 10 have seen
no other alternative. Curiously
enough, he lost sight entirely of the
course which proved successful In ter
minatinR the strike on a large num-
ber Of railroads and which Is daily
bringing the strike to an end on other
roads.
or course the Transportation Act
specifically makes IL lawful TO strike
and the attorney general In that re-
spect was engaging in the businesi
Of conveying a false impression. His
talk Of daggers, hideous crimes,
hordes Of criminals, is beyond char
acterization. But II might be asked,
II there has been this seething mass
OF crime, why has the Attorney Gen
eral contented himself with an injunc-
ton instead Of getting the Grim
ipalsn locked up for their crimes2
MIR. Daugherty was making a po-
litical speech. That may explain his
language, but 1t Is not a sufficient
reason for his conduct.
| WOODMEN CAMP