Show i f A War ar Against Privilege I NONE Vt T ONE can foresee whether Governor Go j LN Hughes has chosen well or ill In constituting con con- I an nn l issue suo of ot the threatened railroad strike and anti the method by which it was f averted None knows whether the majority i of or American n voters approves cs or disapproves es I the abandonment of the rule of reason an anI and I the surrender to tho the rule of ot force But the sound th thought of oC the American n pe peOple plo canI cannot cannot can can- I not but feel teel profound distaste for a method which permanently rl yields yields' a a. vital principle I I In return for tor a n temporary advantage antage and I deep satisfaction that an eminent clear clear- I brained leader has the time courage to put hut ut to I I the tho test the question whether principle or e expediency lency shall dictate tho the processes of the federal government and the actions of or those thoo I who control government Io I Co Cowardice is the term which ado ado- I describes tho the ruling emotion that I actuated actuate the President nn and the Congress in J f yielding to th the demand of or the tho brotherhoods I Fear FeRr and fear alone Ion of or the tho political consequences conse- conse of oC refusal galvanized White House t an and Capitol into immediate action There I I was no knowledge ge whether on ri hour eight hour j I work day Is just or feasible There was no not t information as to tho the economic effect upon J 1 tho the country The President and Congress Congre I acted blindly l and In the tho dark seeing nothIng nothIng noth- noth Ing but the political club in the hands o of I the brotherhoods I Even wor worse e than tho the disgusting of or pu pusillanimity was tho the introduction I of r the precedent that the federal govern govern- I mont can be dragooned into a an act of or doubtful doubt doubt- I ful tul justice at the behest of or an absurdly I small email though well organized group o of the tho I American people Four hundred l thousand Americans dictated to ono one hundred millions I of ot Americans an nn economic policy of ot whoso whose I practicability there thero is an utter titter lock lack of or I knowledge Four hundred thousand AmerI Amer- Amer I Ic leans ns to took k by the throat a a. government representing rep- rep rc resenting one hundred millions of ot Amerl- Amerl I cans Most Mort disturbing of ot all an the tue President I of ot the time United States Slates ald aided d and abetted them themI I in the tile ancient cry of or sU stand nd and deliver I f S Whether th will bo be of ot poI po- po I benefit to the President or of or it an advantage nd to Mr Hughes is 19 J ridiculously l beside the point Whether it will wUl provo prove ove beneficial t to tho the brotherhoods is since it is the j equally beyond boond the issue not I Justice or r otherwise of ot the time hour eight-hour d day that is called into question Tho The fundamental funda- funda a mental question Involved is 19 whether j tion in advance of ot investigation is to become become be- be come a fixed principle In American governmental governmental govern govern- m mental methods method'S and whether the President i and the Congress of the United States propose propose pro- pro pose poe to be swayed by or by reason renson I Just as Lincoln b remarked in n his day 1 that no nation can exl exist half hatt slave and I free tree Mr Hughes has tho the courage to stand standI I steadfast t against both th the tyranny of C coI cat co- tI- tI I ital and tho the arrogance of ot labor I f J I Mr Labor Record I I T vu Hk record or of Mr Hughes proves him a aJ at t J a. a consistent lifelong advocate of ot e social i I Justice He Ho has been tho the friend of ot labor j I w where ere labor asked only a square deal deat and andI its uncompromising enemy where its power I tempted it Into seeking an undue advanI I tage More remedial legislation defending I. I I I A LtD HID 5 UI fl u v. v ana LA Ot UL I f labor Jabal W was 8 written Into tho the statutes of or Now York during his incumbency ta as governor than during any similar period elthe either before or since Public testimony to his friendship for tor labor was borne borno by the New Fed oration following his elevation ete to the tho United States Supreme bench I It is not Dot the merits of or tho the brotherhoods brotherhoods' demands Mr Hughes Hughe denounces but tho the 1 method of ot pressing their demand It is bott not bot the character of ot the legislation the the- brotherhoods broth broth- t i wrung rung from Congress and the President President Pres Pres- ident that Mr Hughes criticizes but ut tho the means through which tho the legislation was obtained Shotgun argument by a labor union today may easily become shotgun argument argument ar 01 ar- ar I b by another class tomorrow A gOI government gov gov- I which yields to tho the threats of at labor laborIs Is Sa pusillanimous enough to yield to the I threats of or capital And those thoe wl who o huist pay In tho the end are least considered in maltS making malt mak t S ing lug out tho bill bi which must b bo be paid I A gov government of or courage would not notI I have concerned itself with Ith tho the fundamental 1 questions of or right or wrong in the tho I between the tho to railroads and their eI employees lo pcs before tho the question of ot right or wrong was wa determined by inquiry A government of or courage would h have havo vo demanded of or the struggling I gling gIng disputants that they theY suspend con conflict Uc until tho the facts fact were enabling leSI legislation legis legis- lation later Inter to compel justice ns as rS tho tIme facts I dJ disclosed d. d justice to b be be- beA A A. government of ot oC otI I courage when its It counsels were refused would have announced simply that railroad i i I transportation f o ton must not b be interrupted and i i i- i r. r L f I 1 Id I d r that the railroads would bo taken from rota both those who own ow them thom and those who op operate operate oper oper- r- r ate lite them and be conducted b by the government government govern govern- go er ment until employers and employees return to sanity Government Go should bo be the concrete ex ox- expression of or the tho public will wl Government Go should be tho the representative of ot no special c class s or 01 interest Government Oo should dl dispense did dis pense handed even handed even Justice championing no particular cause cauBo until on an a inquiry into conditions condi condl- ton ions discloses where Justice 10 lies Tho Time Clr first t duty of or tho the government go of or the United States when the tho transportation strike was a as called was Wt to insure that transportation should proceed whether stubborn railroad executives tives arid and ad equally stubborn brotherhood of officers of- of ricers leers were pleased or displeased rho Tho American government gO is 16 not a n government for labor unions or associations of at capital It I Is a government go of or for tor and ana b by tho the p people pee peo pIe to promote tho of ot all aU the people The Inevitable Conflict M MR R HUGHES HGHES will wn perform for tor his countI country coun coun- LYL tr try tI as a great gront a service In it to tho time dnn dangers el of ot official surrender to tho the ape ape- Interests Interest as n Colonel Roosevelt has hn performed por per formed In arousing It I to the dangers of or in inadequate inadequate In- In adequate national defenses defenses Economic in- in within is Is' Is isas as inimical to the tho public welfare as a armed attack from without A Aw w weapon apon ono cla class of or the American people may employ today to wrest rest a a. conce concession lon from another class clas ma may tomoro tomorrow bo be turned against its Js Inventors Inventors When force torce replaces reason in time the conduct of ot governmental o af affairs at- at r fairs air nothing can cnn circumscribe its 11 sphere of or operation Mexico is a n blood bloody example of or tho the Inadequacy of ot force In the adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- adjust adjust- ment meat of ot social questions Public Publio sentiment is slowly I comprehending comprehend comprehend- i ing ng that a a new issue Isle has hn arisen of ot as ns n great eat i import as n an any with which tho the people must deal when they go to the polls in November ember lo I It I t touches tho Limo very ery fundamentals of or representative s government o nt It I Is the ax which ma may bo be laid to tho the tree of or liberty It I is 15 the tho first f blow in a a conflict which ma may pass beyond be be- y yond ond Industrial warfare and become social warfare An absence of special privilege a alone lone differentiates a n democracy from Crom an a autocracy a and amid who shall sa say that mat special p privilege is lacking lakInS' in fn the tho United States when the government ma may be bludgeoned i IntI nto economic legislation of oC whoso whose advisability advira- advira b there is no knowledge with wih tho the head o of ot f that government himself abetting those who wield tho the bludgeon 7 Should associated capital armed and s spurred purred enter White Whito Hou House e and Capitol with a demand for tor legislation as organized I labor Jabor l has ha done we doubt whether tho the incident Incent inci mci- Inc Inc- d dent ent would pa pass s without actual bloodshed Internecine I warfare In the past pat has h sprung I f from Crom rom less tess About this question must therefore there there- f fore ore ra rage e one of or the time fiercest t conflicts of or the te c campaign Mr Ir Hughes upholding the tle banner banor banner ban ban- n ner or of ot equal rights for all and foJ al special p privileges for tor none and the flag of oC political pout pout- poU- poU i cal ical lal expediency floating over oer Mr Ir Wilson VIson a and nd tho the ho hosts ho leads leads The Te announcement from Lincoln that Mr Bryan plans plas a a. a two weeks weeks' vacation after alter which he will take tako the th stump for the Democratic national ticket promises that tat whatever Mr Wilson has ha done that ho ought not to have done he Is I i about to bo be prop prop- erl erty punished for tor It It I |