The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-15
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From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
m S MIGHT bo expected, the assassin
IAN alton Of the empress Of Austria has
lin called forth from the European
i'm press a universal expression OF re-
sentiment at the dastardly crime,
and a clamor for the adoption OF severe
measures to prevent itFrutlon Oh u.
The stamping out of anarchists ana OF
anarchistic sentiments by the most rig
orous legislation Is demanded, and an at
tempt at complying with the demand Is
quite possible. Here, in this country, tic
sentiment aroused by the assassination
is equally profound but 1t does not differ
from that inspired by any other shock
ing homicide. To US woman Is wo-
man, whether she be an empress or the
humblest OF her sex, and her unproFokod
murder excites loathing and disgust.
rather than anger.
Anarchism is nothing more than the
rage of unintelligent men and women
against other men and women whom tho
course of events has placed in conditions
seemingly ore favorable to comfort and
happiness thar those In which they hnd
themselves. At bottom IL Is the same
spirit of envy which inspired the first
murder recorded In history. Cain killed
Abel because 1.-The Lord had respect unto
his offering he had no respect Conse-
quentiy we are told. Cain was very
wroth with his brother rose up against
him and slew him. So in like manner,
the anarchist is wroth with all the hui
man beings who apparently ENJOY more
of the divine favor than he does, and, on
opportunity, Stays them.
e.
Though anarchists, as has been said,
~. t,i ,tC1l ynnt rn ~ n
uneducated. In fact they comprise
among them men of considerable intel
lectual cultivation. who are the more IN
furiatcd against their fortunate fellow
men for the very reason that their desires
have by their cultivation become keensr
and stronger than they otherwise would
have been. What they get of this world $
goods is so much less than what they
would like to get, that with Cain, they
are ready to kill those who have succeed
ed where they have failed. Hence, among
the most ardent revolutionists. and de-
Chalmers against the existing order of
things are persons of literary attain
ments, who can put into words what loss
instructed people feel but cannot express.
IT,
II is obvious, therefore. that no legsla.
ton can suppress anrrchism. 1t is "A vice
of human nature which police measures
cannot eradicate. The crimes Ii inspires
must be dealt with like other crimes,
and, like them, will be frequent or infre-
uuent according to circumstances. In
Europe it takes the form of assassinating
emperors and other rulers; In this coun-
try it provokes assaults upon regulations
and incites spoliaticnS under the form of
law. The vitLperation which some of
our newspapers are continually pouring
out upon the rich men of the country
and upon official functionaries who have
failed TO conciliate them, is essentially
anarchistic. and. If unchecked by public
| condemnation. it may lead to assassina-
| tion here. as it has abroad. President
| Lincoln, President Garfield and Mayor
| Harrison, of Chicago. fell victims to It,
as did the Emperor Alexander of Russia
| President Carnot of France, Senior Ca.
novas of Spain. and now the empress OF
Austria,