St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-11
THE ANARCHIST TALKS.
Gov. Altgeid Bitter in Denouncing
the President

Gov. Altgeid Bitter in Denouncing
the President.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. Jan. 10.-The BIZ
enDial message of Gov. Altgeld to the
Thirty-ninth general assembly of Illi-
nois, which was read today, is very
lengthy document-nearly 10000 words.
In the beginning the governor devotes
great deal of space 70 a review of the
condition of the state institutions, and
makes many recommendations. He
takes up the question of capital pun
iShment, and discusses whether the
death penalty does any good.
On the question of civil service the
governor says there is large need of leg
islation that will relieve executive Of
ficers, both state and municipal, of the
constant and overwhelming importu-
nifty for place. he doubts the wisdom
of system that forever keeps the same
men on the pay rolls, for it is not cal
culated to produce the highest degree
of efficiency. A mean should be struck
between the retention OF incOmpetents
and the distribution of spolls.
The governor speaks of the adminis-
tration of justice in large cities. says
the condition of business in the courts
Of Justice. The whole system should
be revised and simplified at once. The
vernon also called attention to the con-
ultion surrounding police and justice
courts in Chicago. which he declares a
disgrace. The revenue system in this
state is declared, in its practical work.
ingS. to be giant of injustice. The
governor speaks at length of the man
ner in which the rich escape proper
taxation. and urges legislation espe-
cially looking to the proper assessment
of corporations. Coming down to the
settlement of the labor troubles, the
governor says the question of dealing
with them is difficult one. No practi-
cal method of enforcing decree OF
compulsory arbitration has been found,
but there is no difficulty in the way OF
making a compulsory investigation i'll
every case, and this alone would be a
great preventive as well as corrective.
He reviews at length the railway
strikes, and criticises the president for
his course in sending troops to Chicago
to protect the mails. He continues:
Ii the president can at his pleasure, in
the first instance, send tJoops into any
city. town or hamlet in the country
under pretense of enforcing some law,
his own judgment being the criterion,
there can be no difference whatever be-
tween the powers of the president and
Emperor William or the cZar of Rus
sia. If the acts of the president are to
stand unchallenged, and thus form a
precedent, then we have undergone a
complete change in our form of gOv-
ernment, and whatever semblance we
may keep up in the future, our career
as a republic is over.
Gov. Altgeld closes as follows: "lf
these conditions are to continue the
fate of the American labOrer is sealed.
He must be reduced to the lowest con-
ditions; and must destroy that very cap
ital which is now pushing him to earth.
With the destruction OF the purchasing
power of American labor will disap~
pear our great American market. Fur
thermOre. this process must produce
distrust, hatred. and will consequently
react on the government. Russanlz-
ing a government is poor business.
and has never succeeded, not even IN
Russia. Our government is not in dams
ger from anarchy Of mob. Onr dan.
ger comes from that corruption, insoA
lence and oppression that go hand in
hand with vast concentration of wealth
when welded by INSCRIPTIONS men,
and it bebooves evers friend of repub-
lican institutions to give these most Sc
riOus consideration"