Huntsville gazette., 1892-07-30

Com nent in England on the Attempted
Assassination of Mr.. Frick-An Unpleas-
ant Picture Reflected by the Mirror
Held Up to Us-TheaThunderer' Indulges
In Thinly-yeiIed Sarcasm at Mr.. Carne-
gie's Expense.
LONDON, July 26. - The attempted
murder of Frick, the Carnegie mana
ger, has aroused widespread attention
among the working classes The gen.
eral expression is one of condemnation.
Tom Mann, the labor leader, who is
noted for the moderation of his views,
is reported as saying: THE British
working classes will strongly condemn
any attempt at assassination and the
pretext of avenging the wrongs or as
sisting the cause of labor. Indeed, we
working people of Great Britain have
every reason to oppose anarchy, for we
have the making of the laws ourselves,
and will soon have the full control.
Then, if capital treats labor unjustly,
we will pass laws that will make the
capitalists the anarchists if they at
tempt to resist the laws. This is pos
sible under our system, where parlia
ment directly reflects the desires Of the
majority and has absolute power of
legislation. | understand it is differ
ent in America, where it is said that
certain provisions of the constitution
would have to be repealed before the
majority could rule. But that is for
the people to change.
Mr.. Mann added: 81 am surprised to
learn that the assassin in this case is
foreigner. All the famous assassins l
have heard of in America have been
Americans, including the men who
killed Presidents Lincoln and Garfield,
the noted Fisk and the man who re-
Gently attempted to kill Sage. The
American record on the subject of as
sassination is an awful one. Two
presidents have been assassinated
within little more than quar-
ter of a century: whereas "
is more than 400 years since the
assassinat ton of ruler of France.
Even despotic Russia has only seen two
rulers assassinated in the present CEN
tury, and Mexico, the neighbor of the
United States, has not, believe, seen a
single ruler die by the assassin's hand"
A prominent tory said Englishmen
would feel inclined to condemn such a
crime as the shooting of Mr.. Frick most
strenuously, but for the slightly veiled
sympathy extended by Americans to
assassination and outrage in Ireland.
In view of the record of several hun
dred lyncbings and other murders re
ported In the United Stotcs during the
last few months, he did not think one
more or less made any serious difference
to the outside world. He did not be-
lieve there was any danger of that
method of settling labor disputes being
imported to England. 1t was not the
British way.
The Times says: ''Berkman over
stepped the line, but his crime differed
only in degree from deeds of lawlessness
and violence which not many strike lead
ers venture heartily to discourage, and
which some even openly advocate and
defend Mr. Carnegie's position is sin
gular. The avowed champion of trades
ruinous conflict with the representa-
tives of his own views. He has proba-
bly, by this time seen cause to modify
his praise of unionism and the sweet
reasonableness of its leaders. Or are
we to assume that the doctrine is true
in Glasgow, but not in the United
States, or that it ceases to be applicabl
the moment Mr. Carnegie's interests
arc touched