To bear out these facts it is not necessary to go outside of the
official report of the Strike Commission, which anyone may verify at his
pleasure. The only reason I do not incorporate the voluminous evidence
is that the space at my command must be economized for other purposes.
It is thus made clear that President Cleveland and his Cabinet placed
the government at the service of the railroads.
Edwin Walker, their own attorney, made the agent of the government and
put in supreme command of the railroad and government forces! What an
unholy alliance! And what a spectacle and object lesson!
Upon Walker’s representations Cleveland acted; upon Walker’s demand, the
Federal soldiers marched into Chicago; upon Walker’s command, the great
government of the United States obeyed with all the subserviency of a
trained lackey.