The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-10-05
PUNIsHING THE SANE FOR THE
 INSANE

responsible for tho muulerous onticg oi anarchists ls absurd Patrick Henry. In ono of hts great speeches on thc eye of Che American Revolution. said. Caesar had his Brutus Charles thc ! had his Cromwell. and George tho m made profit by thclr example" Suppose thrcc months after Che uttcmucc of this invcctIvo. some English political fanatic had shot Georgc m: would it have been fair Co argue that Che language of Patrick Henry had
 melted Che ns5assin Co shoot Che King and that thcrcforc Patrick Henry deserved to be mobbcd and sncnccd hcnccforth if he presumed Co dcuouucc thc powers chat bee The truth ls that Che crimes of thc anarchist need no explanation beyond his simple creed. under which he holds that any ruler bc hc President. Czar. Emperor or King. ought Co bc destroyed at Che first favorable opportunity. Men holding such creed draw no inspiration or in- citcment from partisan political cartoons. editorials or speeches Had Bryan been elected hc would have been Just us olious under Che anarchist creed as Mckinley The Philadelphia Record has this sensible word on Che subject of modern assassIns. who arc Che mental and moral drgcucr- ltcs of their generation.
 If thcrc were no newspapers of any kind. if political rivalry should not cx- ist: if socialism and anarchy were uu- heard of: lf there were no tabor agit1tors and no trusts and no million1ircs. there would sum be Booths and Gu.tcaus and Czoleoszcs ln ou ages thcrr have been 1ssass.us and assassInatlons. and che present .s uo exception to this rulc. The entire suppression of newspapers. polit- icaI or labor 1gltators. rich mon and cor poratious would not diminish thc num- ber of dercncrltcs who are ready to klll those iu authority
 The attempt Co f1sten responsibility for these crimes upon political parties or upon any group that has exercised Che right of criticism win get no slp port from any man Intelligent enough to understand chat Che free. natural movement of modern society cannot Doc crIbbed. cIbu,J and confined lest some crs1ture of dertng,d or uu1rrang- cd intellect uui some prctcNt for crime in Che written ur spoken wouls of our poiit- iclI ufe EVc,ciiuely severe druuncn. tou of Jay Gould was printed by Che Dress of New York City mon. chan once during hIs eventual career tIr was truth. fully held up Co public opprohuum ls 90 railroad wrgckrr as Che fraudulent mo- I.r of au oyerissue of Er.r common stock. ,s ths engineer and architect of tho Black Frd1y' panic hy which thous- 1uds of innocent persons wcro ruined 10 was proved beyond dispute chat his manipulation of the Erie railroad changed It from diyidrnj-p paying property into one thtt under hIs control gave uo rDturn even on Che preferred stock. 10 was prov. ri thlt hc retired from its mlnagement with SI1uoU0UU cash tha spoIls of his rlh- bery of thr small poor Investors whose loss of dividends reduced them Co poverty Suppose following ths bitter denuncIa- uou of Jay Gould hy Che New York Times. some so-c1ued "l1hor anarchist had shot Gould dead as pirucl ulu- tpcrat. could wr fairly hold Che news papers responsible who Gold the fuil truth tbout Gouii and hls worke Must thc risht of vigorous criticism of public men and affairs be su,uced because some man of dIs,lssd mind risen up and commits murIrrf
 Iu population of srvcuty.hvc millions Chen, arc doub.css a considerable uum- b,r of creatures who have barely brains enough to be permitted to Inherit money. TO such creatures 90 startling public event or thc Imposing shape of % public man may feed Into a b.azc their passion for notorlrty. lust us every rod roE is 70 bate ue Har to 70 buu Eut Che frc motion of civilized society .s not to hc restrained and put In str1leht-I1cket hcc1uHr 70 scheme of government which ls framed for the needs and rights of thr average sane human being is horrible abused and .nsuitod by un exceptional man. who Us either absolutely Insane or is Che uurc- I.ntiur enemy of any and lll forms ot organized human government Tho New York Evening Post speaks to Che point whom It Iuuu.rcs lf those who have denounced CrUkrr as corrupt and Inc toierlhI. ruler could br held responsible should some ou, rise up and ass1ssIultc him
 The yellow journals" arc not rcspous- blc for anarchists. for anarchists are most common In countries where .Ncl- low Journals do not flourish and where the cartoon seldom or never is aimed lt Che head of Che state. lu London for many years low cllss of journals has greatly Hourished. whose cartoons of Gladstone were most brutal in his day. and whose clric1ures of Queen Nic- toria wore most lrrevercnt 10 is not ,n such countries as Great Britain and America. where freedom of press and speech ls so free from restraint that anarchists are most common. It is in countries like Russi1. Italy. Spain. where flII freedom is unknown.
 We can uo moro prevent man c1pa- bl. of an act of murlerous anarch'sm from plying hIs vocation by silencnr yellow" journals than you cou prevent n man from becoming @ thief by forbid ding tho public exposure of anything that might tempt him to steal Society win never forbid merchant Go expose his wares for sale because natural born thief may be tempted Go steal; and society win not abrIdge Che free exercise of thc right nf criticism of public men and measures. even Co the point of in- t.mperatc language and v.tupewtivc violence. lest some tottering brain take fire or some anarchist And a pretext for murder Society cannot in wisdom or
 usticc subject Its sane and decent mass Go disabilities for Che acts of Che Insane and Che indecent 10 cannot afford Go punish Che sane for Che insane. thc weu for Che sick Che strong for Che weak The business of society is to leg- .siltc for Che living rather than for Che dying and Che dead Laws arc made lnr lhn h.lIthN. nnrmlI .lne mln. lhc