The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-10
That is the Comment Made by
Senator Stewart
On the Assassination of the
Premier of Spain.
BARCELONA TRIALS
Are the Parents of Anarchy
He Says.
Spain Not Entitled to RecOgni-
tion Among Nations.

New Y9rk, Aug. 10-United States Sem
ator William M. Stewart of Nevada,
discussing the assassination of Pre-
m1er Canovas, said:
Considering the fact that Canovas
was responsible for the Barcelona
trials and sustained Weyler in his bar
bar1t1eS in Cuba, it is very evident that
the anarchists got the worst man they
could find to wreck their vengeance on.
The Barcelona trials and the Cuban
atrocities are the legitimate parents
of anarchy, on the principal that crime
produces crime.
Anarchy among the poor and des-
perate can easily be suppressed by law
when atrocities in high places no longer
exist. 1t is injustice and the subver-
sion of law by rulers that breeds an
archy and revolution among the mass
es.
THE test of the absolute barbarity
of nation is it's administration of
criminal law. Any country that would
compel persons, by torture or other
wise, to incriminate themselves, is
barbarous and not entitled to recogni-
ton in the family of nations. That was
what Spain did under Canovas."
Senator Stewart said that famine
abroad had caused the present boom
in business and it could not be perma-
nent under the single gold standard.
Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 10.-Dr. Harry
b. Danforth, who returned a short time
ago after six months service with the
Cuban army and has close relations
with the Cuban Junta, said, on being
informed of Senor Canovas' assassina-
ton, that Canovas' death would un-
doubtedly tend to shorten the Cuban
war.
Canovas, he said, was one of the
most bitter and persistent enemies Gu
ba had. 1t was he who kept General
Weyler in power and furnished him
with soldiers. With CanOvaS out of the
way, DR.. Danforth said that he antici-
pated a change which would result to
the advantage of the Cuban cause.
New York, Aug. 10.-The World says:
The New York anarchists are in ex-
cellent spirits over the assassination of
Premier Canovas. Herr Most said:
1.-The despot got what he deserved.
CanoVas was the greatest prosecutor
of anarchists ever known in Spain. He
hunted them like rats. don't think it
is settled yet that an anarchist killed
him. The Cubans, the republicans and
cause for complaint as the anarchists
Canoxas did all he could to oppress the
people. But persecution only incites
anarchists to greater deeds of bravery
It's a wonder that this hell hound
did not get killed long ago. He COM
mitted too many outrages. He was
man of Nero's stamp, the most hellish
fend that ever lived. He used all means
of oppression towards the liberal mind
ed men.
"Spain was on the verge of revolution
and he was in the game to gain or
lose everything. The country was bank
rupt and all of Spain's dominions were
in rebellion He did his utmost to
strike terror into the hearts of the peo-
pie Such men as Canovas ara rare.
don't think he'll ever have a successor
There must be something in the cli-
mate that makes Spanish tyrants so
cruel The inquisitors were the blood
lest of the bloody. Even as late as 1194
did the inquisitors burn people until
Napoleon stopped the business.
''This assassination will have good
effect in every way 1t will help the
Cuban cause a great deal. Yes, Cubans,
Carlists Socialists, Anarchists, Repub-
licans, Philippinists-every liberty low
ing man should rejoice at the deed.
1t was a blow against tyranny and
will have a great moral effect. The old
fellow. Sherman, who is secretary of
state even he denounced Spanish ty-
ranny, and 1 suppose sympathizes with
such dOingS.
Claus Zimmerman, formerly editor
of Die Brandfackel (the fire BRANDY
said:
''The assassination is the best and
more correct answer to the BGrcelona
affair where hundreds of anarchists
were crippled, imprisoned and tortured
Canovas deserved it,
August Lotte, member OF the anar-
chist singing society Freedom, said:
sCanoVas inaugurated a regular
reign of terror. He kept every tntel1-
gent man in the country under the eye
of the police. Every honest man should
rejoice at his death.
"But l am sorry 1T came 50 quick anu
painlessly. He should have been caught
and then tortured for days and weeks
iust as he caused anarchists to be tor
tured. =,
He should have been boiled in oil
and fiayed alive. He deserved IT.
CANoVAs FUNERAL.