The Holly chieftain., 1901-12-06

comprehensEye synopsis of President
Roosevelt's messsEe 10 Congress is given be-
low:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
the shadow Of great calamity. On the sixth
Of September, President Mckinley was shot
sy an anarchist while attending the Pan
american EIpositlou a, Buffalo. and died in
mat city on the fourteenth Of that month.
or the last seveu elected Presidents, ne is
mo third who has been murdered. and the
bare recital of this fact is sufficient to JUS
tily grave alarm among all loyal American
! ciuIens. Moreover, The circumstances of this.
me third assassinaton of an American Pres!-
cent. have peculiarly sinister significance.
Both President Lincoln and President Gar
helo were killed by assassins OF types unfor-
tunately not uncommon in history. President
Lincoln falling a victim 10 the terrible pas
sions aroused by four years of civil war.
and President Garfield to the revengeful van
Mckinley was killed By an utterly depraved
criminal belonging 10 that body OF criminals
who object to all governments. good and bad
anke. who are against any form OF popular
liberty II II IL guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal laws and who are as hostile
TO- the upright exponent OF a free peoples
sober will as to the tyrannical and irresponsi
BILE despot.
The President speaks in the highest terms
Of the personal and public virtues OF Mr.. Nc
kinley. Describing the nature of the
sinatton and the motive that inspired 1t. the
message continues:
Motive of the Assassin.
THE blow was aimed not at this Pres!-
dent, but At all Presidents at every symbol of
government. The anarchist, and especially
the anarchist in the United States. is merely
one type Of criminal. more dangerous than
any other because he represents the same
deprayity In . greater degree. The man who
advocates anarchy directly or Indirectly. In
any shape or fashion, the man who apollo
EiIss for anarchists and their deeds. makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
the fact. The anarchist is a criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu
Of social order. His protest Of concern for
workinEmen Is outrageous in its impudent
faislty: for II the goiiteal institutions of this
country do not anord opportunity to every
honest and Intelligent son Of toll, then the
door Of hope is forever closed against him.
The anarchist is everywhere not merely the
ly foe of liberty. II ever anarchy is triumph
ant It's triumph will last for but one red
moment. to be succeeded for ages by the
gloomy night Of despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
u earnestly recommend to the Congress
that in the exercise of its wise discretion 1t
:hopld take into confederation the coming
% to this country of anarchists or persons pro.
and 1ustifying the murder of those placed
in authority. No matter calls more urgently
for the wisest thought of the Congress
THE Federal courts should be given juris-
diction over any man who kills or attempts
| 2 kill the President or any man who by the
Constitution or bylaw is in line OF success
/ ston for the Presidency, while the punish
ment for an unsuccessful attempt should be
proportoned to the enormity OF the ofense
| against our institutions.
| Anarchy is crime against the whole
human race and all mankind should band
.sainst the anarchist. His crime should be
| Ike piracy and that form of manstealinE
! known as the slave trade for 1t IL OF far.
blacker infamy than either. 1t should be 30
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
| ers.
The Trust Problem.
THE creation of great corporate fortunes
| has not been due to the tariff nor to any
other governmental action. but to natural
causes in the business world. operating in
| other countries as they operate in our own.
1T is not true that as the rich have grown
contrary, never before has the average man sne
the wage-worker. the farmer. the small trad
er. been SO well of as in this country and
connected with the accumulation of wealth;
yet It remains true that fortune accumu-
lated only on condition of comforting i'm
mense incidental benefits upon others Sue
| cessful enterprise. of the type which benefits
all mankind, can only exist II the conditions
are such as TO offer great prizes the re-
wards of success.
THE captains of industry who have driven
| the railway systems across this continent
developed our manufactures. have on the
whole done great good to our people. Win
cut them the material development Of which
We are so Justly proud could never have
taken place. Moreover, we should recognize
tbs immense importance to this material
| Development OF leaving as unhampered as
| IL compatible with the public good the strong
and forceful upon whom the success
of business operations inevitably rests.
Caution Ii Urged.
| IAN additional reason for caution IN DEAL
ing with corporations IL to be found In the
international commercial conditions OF to.
day. The same business conditions which
have produced the great aEgrsKations of cor
porate and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors In International CONNER
cial competition. America has only Just
begun to assume that commanding position
In the International business world which We
believe will more and more be hers. It 10
Of the utmost Importance that this position
be net 1eoparded, especially At . time when
the Overlooking abundance Of our own nAtu-
raj resources and the skill, business energy,
and mechanical aptitude Of our people make
foreign markets essential Under such con-
ditions 1t would be most unwiss to cramp
Nation.
'Disaster to great business enterprises can
never have It's snects limited to the men At
the top. It spreads throughout and while II
10 bad for everybody, It 10 worst for these
farthest down. The capitalist may be shorn
Of bis luxuries; but the waGs-worksr nay
b deprived Of even bare necessties.
I'm facing new Industrial condluoes, the
whole history Of the world shown that tegts-
lation will generally b. both unwiss ana IN
effective uniess undertaken aftsr cain inquiry
and with sober ssN-restraint. Much of Tie
lsgislatien directed at the tru.ts veuA hevs