The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-10
DENUNClATION OF
ANARCHY'S ALLIES.

HlvftNNIII nLLILO
Speaking at reunion of the Twen-
ty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry Colonel
P. w. McWhorter said in part:
The killing of President Mckinley
was unprovoked by any of the in
fiuences which obtained in the cases of
President Lincoln and President Gar
field, and was the result of what is
generally believed to have been plot
of anarchists against the lives of
various supreme rulers of this and
other governments. The people of
America have become SO aroused over
this dastardly conspiracy that every
possible safeguard will now be brought
into requiSition for the protection of
our public servants, and relentless
prosecution of such vipers as Czolgosz,
his advisers, or adherentS will at once
be entered upon. In my Judgment
people who advocate anarchy should
not be allowed to live on this CONT
nent, and steps should at once be
taken for their Punishment from be-
meath the protecting folds of the
American flag.
The liberty of free speech and press,
should be defined by law to restrict
the wicked and silly violence of politi-
cal opponents, who presume toindulge
their evil and dangerous propensities
in the abuse of these blessed privileges,
to the danger of human life and the
existence of our free institutions.
During the past two years we have
seen the lamentable spectacle of one
of our republican United States SEN
ators opposing and .denouncing our
President in and out of his seat in
congress, even in time OF war, joining
hands with such men as Edward At.
kinson, Henry Wade Rogers, Edwin
Burritt Smith, and others, who
were openly charging the executive
with tyranny and murder, thereby en-
couraging anarchy and the enemy
with Which our army was contending
To these utterances is attributable
the death of many of our brave sol.
diers in the Philippines, who gave uE
their precious lives as did our immortal
Mckinley.
Well may such men now come tC
realize their awful work. Well may
they now be in 'SackclOth and ashes,
and by every effort possible attempt
to escape the torture of regret and re-
morse. Well may they now strive by
voice and pen to erase the blot they
have stamped upon the fair fame OF
the land of their birth and adoption.
They are guilty of sedition: they have
they have encouraged resistance to Oul
to our government, violence against
the President and his adherentS, and
are, in a sense, criminal as accessories
before the fact, and should not be
spared the just scourge of universal
public condemnation.
/ need not be misunderstood i'm my
reference TO one of our United State.
senators. The people of Illinois re
member him well: remember hi!
threat to resign, and how promptly
republican clubs, individuals, and thu
entire press of the state demanded
that he do so at once: remember tha
he betrayed the trust repOSed in hin
by the people of Illinois: remembe
how he disgraced himself-by his effort
to force the country into war will
Cuba before the President was pre-
pared. and how he allied himself will
the present day copperheads, tn
sympathizers Of Aguinaldo, thereb
/ giving encouragement, aid, and com
fort to rebels in arms against our fla,
and country.
How can we consistently who'll
blame anarchists for taking up th
cry of 'tyrant' given them by even re
publican members of the UnitedState
senate, the apostles of prohibition
ministers of the gospel, and leaders O
the Woman's Christian Temperate
union, who would teach them tina
our President was an 'unprincipled de
bauchee, a military despot,' shoot
ing down a brave people who wer
fighting for their liberty?' s.
thoroughly had Senator Mason identi
fed himself with the opposition to tn
President, and his war policy as to b.
advertised as one of the speakers a
the Central Music hall Atkinson anti
expansion meeting held in Chicago
The newspapers that cartooned Nc
Kinley and openly denounced and viii
fed him in their editorials also fur
niSheG fuel for the fire of anarchy
encouraoe6 hatred and insnired thu