The implication that runs through Mr. Cleveland’s entire article is that
the railway corporations were paragons of peace and patriotism, law and
order, while the railway employes were a criminal, desperate and
bloodthirsty mob which had to be suppressed by the strong arm of the
government.
No wonder the ex-President is so dear to the iron heart of the railroad
trust and every other trust that uses the government and its officers
and soldiers to further its own sordid ends.
Let us consider for a moment these simple questions:
Who are the more law-abiding, the predatory railroad corporations or the
hard-worked railroad employes?
What railroad corporation in the United States lives up to the law of
the land? Not one.
What body of railroad employes violates it? Not one.