The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-19
An ANARCHIST MEMORIAL.

70 is very striking illustration Of the free
dom prevailing in this country it would be
moro proper to call it liconse-that the Anar-
chists of Chicago are now actively employed
in raising fund for the erection Of hand
some memorial in the form of statueto Spies.
Engel. Parsons, Lingg and Fischer, the five
men who were hanged a few years ago for IN
stipating the attack on the policemen In the
Haymarket. II is proposed to raise $4,000. OF
which $500 have already been subscribed
and it is stated that there will be no diff
Guilty in obtaining the remainder OF the
amount.
The design which has been accepted as the
model for the statue is said TO be very fine,
being a rectangular plinth surrounded by an
entablature, the whole rest.ngupon massive
surface. which, III turn. is supported by q
massive base. Upon the entablature there Is
tho representation Of a hero who has been
stricken dead, while above him stands peas
ant maid in an attitude Of supreme defiance
while she places a laurel wreath on his brow
On the face Of one side Of the monument will
be inscribed the last words of Spies: Our ST.
lence will be more powerful than words can
be-" Bronze medallion busts of Spies. Lingg
Fischer Parsons and Engel will set of the
lateral faces Of the plnth.
Such is the general character Of the monu-
ment which the Anarchists will raise to these
five desperadoes, and in order to make their
action still more significant and Conspicuous.
they propose TO wait until the Fair is at It's
height before they unveh this memorial. The
local authorities should take steps to prohibit
decisiyely the erection of such a memorial
To permit it would be a very grave reflection
upon the law-abiding character Of the people
of Chicago. A statue to the infamous men
who in the name of Anarchy dyed their hands
in the blood Of their innocent fellow-men,
would signify to every spectator That Chicago
allowed a lasting monument t. be raised in
her thoroughfares to murderers. and condoned
the ofense which their crime constituted
against the requirements Of law and order
What an attitude to assume before her own
citizens and what a lesson 10 incuicate in the
minds of her rising generation 4 monument
to tine dead Anarchists would be an insult not
only to every respectable individual in Chi
cago. but to every patriotic citizen in the
United States. and It's unyeiing at the Fair
when the representatives from all the nations
of the world Will be gathered together ia
Chicago. and when our customs. our laws and
our manners VIII be closely examined and the
whole spirit OF our civilization carefully
studied would be an asgrlvation of that in-
suit which would lead inevitably to scenes OF
violence and even blooished. because calcu-
lated to degrade the reputation of the re-
public in the eyes Of mankind.
We cannot believe that Chicago can be so
untrue to the traditions OF liberty in this
country as to suffer such a monument to be
raised. Should. however. that memorial be
erected the city in which 1t stands VIII be IN
vested with odidm in the eyes OF every class
of American citizens, and there will be per-
manent stain upon its good name.