Scribners Magazine Vol 67

Author : Joseph Bucklin Bishop
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267953912
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 67 written by Joseph Bucklin Bishop and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scribner's Magazine, Vol. 67: January, 1920 I am feeling my way step by step try ing to get a solution of the coal matter. Most of my correspondents wish me to try something violent or impossible. A minor but very influential part desire that I send troops at once without a shadow of warrant into the coal districts, or that I bring suit against the labor organiza tion. The others demand that I bring suit against the operators, or that under the law of eminent domain, or for the purpose of protecting the public health, I seize their property, or appoint a receiver, or do something else that is wholly impossible. My great concern is, of course, to break the famine; but I must not be drawn into any violent step which would bring reac tion and disaster afterward. In a statement of his position which he wrote to me on October 13, 1902, he left no doubt as to his attitude toward vio lence: Most emphatically I shall not compromise with lawlessness. I have been told, on excellent authority, that the disorder has been very great and of very evil kind. On equally good authority, I am told the exact contrary. I shall speed ily find out for myself. I stand against socialism; against anarchic disorder. When his first efforts to induce the mine operators and the representative of the strikers to agree to the formation of a commission failed, he formed a plan of action which has never been made public and which was known at the time only to two members of his Cabinet and a few persons who were to take part in its execution. I give it here with his permis sion and authority. He decided, in case the operators per sisted in their refusal to accept a com mission, to resort to drastic measures, to assume powers which the Constitution did not specifically give him, and ap point an investigating or arbitrating com mission without regard to whether or not the Operators asked for it or agreed to abide by its decisions. He asked ex President Cleveland, in case he were to appoint such a commission, if he would accept a place upon it, and on October 12, 1902 Mr. Cleveland replied that he would. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.