New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28

the suffrage n mockery What wrong Is done
TO them in CHASING them as Anarchists! Here
are men. elected Senators of "A sovereign state.
CONSUMING 10 prevent the body Of which they
are members from performing its lawful du''eS'
10 deprive the State Of the legislation WHICH
its citizens demand, to throw its government
into chaos. TO annul its Constitution ana laws
and here is the respectable " Governor OF the
State joining them in their unholy work. III
their doingS have not anarchical tehueh'leS'
what is the meaning Of the term:
II is high time the American people realized
that such political knavery is not mere struS-
Gle for partisan advantage but Is ueadi!
blow aimed ut the very life of the Kcpupiic'
These men care nothing for American ins'i'u-
tons. save in So far as they can make Use Oh
them for their own ends. Their loyalty 10 the
Constitution ceases the moment That Cohstitu-
ton stands between them and the prize 'hey
seek 10 grasp. They have banded themselves
together To debauch the suffrage. to break DOWN
the administration Of law, TO bring into CON
tempt the most vital and sacred principles oi
the American Government They are p'rsuad-
ing voters to regard lightly the most serious
functions Of government, 10 lose fal'h Ill 'he
sovereignty Of the people To see i'll politics Only
n gambling game in which the boldeSt trickster
wins and 10 see in Governors courts ana Legs
latnrcs only the implements Of that game Anu
perhaps the most dan gerOus part OF their WORK
is this shaking Of peoples faith in orr system
Of government: for II is solely upon That 1aith
that the whole system rests. and II the faith he
destroyed the system must fall into irretrieV
able ruin Too often already we hear men say
il Is not worth while to vote, for the result oi
the election is fixed. not by those VINO do the
voting. but by those who do the counting or
handling Of the returns. And too often. Also
This bitter charge has been founded on 1act
1t would be sorry day for the United STATES
were It generally true.
Toward such day OF woe. however, every
false registry. stuffed ballotbox and stolen
Legislature makes with terrific force. All the
mad maunderings Of Most and Penfecost ana
Goldman are less dangerous, less anarchlcal Ill
tendency. than the conduct, let us say, OF the
gamblers gang at Trenton. For while the
former openly array themselves against gov
eminent. on the outside. the latter are Toes
within the citadel. using the forms OF law TO
destroy law and the processes OF government
10 subyert government. The other day man
threw n bomb in the French Parliament house
and wounded fourscore people lie has been
condemned 10 death for II. and the world APP
proves the verdict. But had he done the worst
he had in mind slain every person present ana
wrecked the Palais Bourbon-the Integrity OF
the French Government the stability OF me
French Republic. would not have been I'M
pcrilled Were these Trenton Anarchists sue
ccs>fuI they AMI their fellows elsewhere. not
fourscorc people would be- wounded, nor -FOUR
hundred slain. nor capitol wrecked. but me
American Republic itself would he overthrown.
France will gullotinc her Anarchist. II Is high
time for us at least 10 unmask ours ana know
Them for what they are.