The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

tnat o!d not breathe more freely. Their.
was not q corruptionist, jury packer, or a
pclluter OF Justice in the land that did moi
security" ~
Oppose Repressive Measures.
Taking up the measures that had been
suggested n urged for the prevention of
sucn crimes as the assassination Of Presi-
dent McAielsv. Mr.. Al:..ld said:
advocated during the last two months have
been in force In Russia and in Italy for
centuries. and are in force to-day: yet 1t is
Russia that Is giving to Europe the
Europe the anarchists. England, on the
other hand. has no repressive measures, but
mas allowed the utmost liberty of speech
as well as of the press, and England does
not seem to generate any nihiiists or an
archists
The production of %niliilists and anarchists
IN the world to-day Is In exact proportion
to the repressive measures employed by
government. One repressive measure al
ways breeds another. The limit is never
reached. 1t Is a process of degradation. it
gets lower and lower. more and more severe,
and in all lines and in all countries has
proved a failure.
On the other hand. the freedom from
the production Of nihilism and anarchism
seems to be in proportion to the liberty of
the citizen, liberty of action, liberty OF
speech, liberty Of the press"
Mckinney assassin Is poor and. it seems.
honest and industrious. and that his broth
er was a United States soldier in the Phil
tppines. Mr.. Alleged said:
1T is apparent that no legislation could
have guarded against this act. So great
was tn. indignation Of the American peo-
pie that II the slightest evidence could be
vidual with this crime there would have
been other convictions. Many people were
arrested in different parts Of the country.
and the police acted in a most brutal and
outrageous manner in many cases. by club
bling and otherwise ill-treating inoffensive
people against whom there was no evidence
of any kind.
Czolgos.'s Alleged Instixators.
1T was first charged that he was con-
nected with anarchist;c societies. and was
carrying out their decree, but this failed ut
terly. Then 1t was charged that he had
An enterprising newspaper in Chicago man
aged to secure that speech and publish it,
and 1t proved to be the most harmless doc
ument imaginable. 1t deprecated all vio-
lence.
Then It was charged that he had listened
to the criticisms upon the Government by
fore. MIR. Bryan and his friends should be
held responsible for the assassination of the
President. But further inquiry developed
the fact that Czoigosz and hi. father were
ported Bryan but did not go to that kind Of
meetings.; that they lived In Cleveland and
voted the Republican ticket, not only at the
primaries. Therefore. If political speeches
had anything to do with his act. the leaders
of the Republican party must be held re-
sponsible. Thus the absurdity of all this
wild talk becomes apparent: and 1t also he
comes apparent that while repressive meas
ures may do infinite harm, they will not
serve the purpose that is aimed at in this
case.
lone fact stands out prominently in con-
nectfon with all of the assassinations of
assassins were not men who talked OF who
listened to the talk Of others. They were
generally men who avoided human society.
who were not Influenced by the ideas Of
others.
Talk In the Worlds safety Valve.
"a little examination also discloses the
further fact that Talk is the worlds safety
valve. n that rarely is a violent act c0m-
mitted by men who talk freely. and rarely
Is a premeditated murder committed by men
who attend meetings and listen to the talk
'"The awful and desperate resolution that
Is necessary to commit premeditated murder
Is like steam and electricity and the forces
o; Of a nasure = linus must be Pent up and and reprsssed
It Is given vent in speech or in listening to
speeches 1t loses its force. So far as I have
been able to learn. the small groups Of men
to exist in a few Of our American cities.
who meet IN saloons or little halls and
drink beer and talk against the Government
have never yet shown tho courage or tho
resolution to commit an act OF violence.
"Rut someone will ask: How about the
anarchists In Chicago VINO some years ago
threw q bomb which killed a number Of
policemen?
ut is sufficient to say in answer that
the prosecution has not even yet earned
who It was that threw that bomb, and does
not even to-day know whether he was an
anarchist or a capitalist. a Christian or a
pagan. Consequently the evidence utterly
failed to connect the men who were ar
rested with the crime. 1t was admitted
that some OF the men arrested were not at
the meeting at which the bomb was thrown.
It was subsequently shown that during q
great strike which then existed the police
had brutally dubbed hundreds of men and
had killed several, and the facts indicated
that the bomb was thrown as an act Of
personal revense.
OatfaGes BY Police Toe Common.
Brutal outrages by the police are too
common in some of our large cities. At
the time Of the assassination Of President
Mckinley some police oficials in Chicago
were under . cloud n were being fnvesti-
gated. These tried to divert attention from
themselves by arresting . number OF men
n women against whom there was no
evidence. but whom they called anarchists.
Police brutality makes anarchists in
Italy, makes nihilists in Russia. has made
anarchists in Germany and VIII make enc
mics Of government In America.
b truth +. my friends. hat The law