In reviewing the article of ex-President Cleveland I wish to adduce the
proof of my exceptions and denials, as well as the evidence to support
my affirmations, but I realize that in the limited space of a single
issue it is impossible to do this in complete and satisfactory manner;
and as the case is important enough to be revived, after a lapse of ten
years, by Mr. Cleveland, and as the side of labor has never yet reached
the people, I am prompted to suggest a fair and full hearing of both
sides on the public rostrum or in a series of articles, and I shall be
happy to meet Mr. Cleveland or any one he may designate in such oral or
written discussion, and if I fail to relieve the great body of railroad
men who composed the American Railway Union of the criminal stigma which
Mr. Cleveland has sought to fasten upon them, or if I cannot produce
satisfactory evidence that the crimes charged were instigated by the
other side—the side in whose interest President Cleveland brought to
bear all the powers of the Federal government—I will agree to publicly
beg forgiveness of the railroads, apologize to the ex-President and
cease my agitation forever.