The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
SOCIALISM ava sNARClly.
There are Some Educated FOOLS Who Do
Not Understand the Difference Between
Them.

SOCIALISM AND ANARCHY.
There Are Some Educated FOOLS Who Do
Not Understand the Difference Between
Them.
a great many good people who have
not read extensively on economic sub
jects make no distinction between the
socialist and the anarchist. They are
birds of a feather-tarred with the
same stiek-in the estimation Of men
who would soOrn TO misrepresent facts
in ordinary affairs, but who somehow
consider any method of warfare against
what they esteem dangerous doctrines
is legitimate.
a newspaper some time sgo an
nOunceG that Ar. Howells, the novelist,
lis asocialist and almost an anarchist.
1t might as well have said that Mr..
Howells sis as white as alabaster and
almost black" OF that he is as comely
as AbsalOm, with the features of Mark
anna"
Socialism and anarchy are antithetic,
The one exaIts the state, the other
would destroy it; the one is paternal
and seeks to direct even the private af-
fairs of men; the other holds that gov.
eminent is tyranny, and that the indi'
vidual is Independent, supreme.
Speaking generally, all anarchists
are bad, while on the other hand most
socialists are good citizens. Take Mr..
Howells himself, for instance, or Will
liam Mckinley, who, while not so rad
ical as Mr. HOwells, is the author of g
tariff bill distinctly socialistic.
Mr., HOwells would apply the prin
ciples Of socialism so that they would
benefit all alike-if there be virtue il
them-while the president-elect hold,
that state aid to certain industrie:
would be sufficient. By it the employer
of labor would receive largess from tht
state, and, human nature is SO gener
GUS, he would, no doubt, divide hi
bonus with the employee.
To quote from a recent publication
president John Smith, there are to
day several branches of socialism
and there are varying beliefs among
anarchists, but all socialists agree OF
certain points. So do all anarchists.
The socialist believes that the great
est average good to the human rae
can be secured by a perfection of gov
eminent; the anarchists believe tina
these ends can be obtained only by tn
humiliation of government.
The socialist believes in the perfec
ton of law; the anarchist believes il
no law,
The socialist believes in the absolute
rule Of the majority; the anarchis
holds that no majority, however great
has right to override the individual
The socialist, if he be honest and sin
cere, has in contemplation a govern
ment made perfect through wise law
passed by majority of the people, ant
he points to the post Office, the publ
schools and the waterworks as familia
examples of state socialism. An
yet MIR. Howells lis a socialist ant
almost an anarchist The Dispatch
democratic. 1t believes that all gov
eminent rests in the consent of tn
! governed, and that the voice of the pee
| pie is the voice of God. Itrejects moth
ing of worth because it is new, and !
clings to no faith simply because it
old. It believes in the people Of to-da
and that they are capable of solvini
and will solve the problems of govern
ment, 1t is all very well to respect tn
fathers, but they were human, and ]
we caUnot improve on their work ate
more than 100 years, we are decadents
If we are not progressive we will be re
dictionary. Inertia is impossible.-Chi
cago Dispatch.