The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-06-27
president CARNOT, OF FRANCE,
FALLS A VICTIM TO AN AN
ARCHTSTS KNIFE,

"PRESIDENT CARNOT, OF FRANCE,
FALLS A VICTIM TO AN AN
ARCHISTS KNIFE"
In the same paper we read lot OF
comments by the press, but while sympa thy
was plenty, and lots Of suggestions for re-
venge, not a paper stopped a moment to in
vestigate the cause of such assassinations,
and suggest it's removal as the only per-
manent cure.
To us a key to the cause of the assasina-
ton was displayed in the other corner of
the paper, under the headlines.
THE CITY GAS QUESTION:
This corner showed what anarchy is, the
other corner the result. The social organ
ism cannot be kept together without just
laws. The law must at all times represent
the sovereign power of the whole people,
through the mud and trampled under the
foot of city, state or national officials,
either in this country or any other.
When the sovereignty of the people is de-
graded and soled by the officers appointed
to guard the "unalienable rights of peo-
pie, either in this country or Europe and
they fail to do so there is no law for pro-
lection left, but only the engines Of op-
preston, and the result is the concentra-
ton of wealth into few hands, and the
desire for revenge among the mass of the
people, forced to pay tribute to the robbers
of their rights; this spirit finally finds an
outlet in the act of some single person as
unreaSOnng and unWiSe as their rulers are
dishonest and unjust.
The gas question is a fair sample of the
numerous causes that have led up to the
discomfort In Europe, resulting in the throw
ing of senseless bombs and eliminating in
useless and degrading murder.
The city officials on one side are arrayed
against the gas corporation in a sham bat
tie, and columns of our daily papers are
devoted to give an account of what is called
arbitration What is this but the degrade
ton of the prerogatve Of the sovereign
power of the people to command, and ig-
noring the duty of the corporation to obey {?
Who believes the city attorney is so ig-
norant of law that he does not know that
the only way to protect the people is to
lind out the present value Of the plant and
actual cost of production Of the gas, then
set fair price and let the company have
recourse to law If they are not satisfied; by
this means the company would have to
submit or show their books to a jury and
their past history Of robbing the public be
exposed. Why is this not done? Perhaps
from ignorance, perhaps because corpora
tons furnish a large part Of the business
of attorneys, and their future profits might
suffer; at any rate here we find the cause
of bomb throwing and murder; inefficient
or dishonest officials disregard Of law and
the rights of the people are the fathers of
anarchy; and people too impatient to wait
for the only solution, the ballot, become the
assassins Of those who they suppose are
their oppressors.
During the past week we have had sew
eral meetings of the Coxeyites, which have
been addressed by Gen. Jeffreys, the leader
of the Northwestern division.
The press, of course. try to ignore as
much as possible the real situation acting
about as sensible as a person irving to
make an impossible steamboat race against
time should he try to make up for the de-
fects in the construction of his boat by
sitting on the safety valve From the
statements of Mr.. Jeffreys and the reading
to be seen between the lines in the papers,
there is an organized band of men with
well defined plan to force congress to recog-
nize the people and their inherent rights