Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-12-06

Philippinos-Chauges In the Present
Militia Laws Recommondod-Tho Navy.
A comprehensive synopsis Of President
Eoosevelt's message to Congress IL given bo-
low:
To tho Senate and House Of Representatives:
The Congress assemblies this year under
the shadow Of greet calamity. On the sixth
OF September, President Mckinley was shot
~ an anarchist while attending the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo. and died in
"Of the last seven elected Presidents. he is
che third who has been murdered. and the
bare recital Of this fact is SUFFICIENT to JUS
tify grave alarm among oil loyal American
citixons. Moreover. the circumstances of this
the third assassination Of an American Presi-
dent have peculiarly sinister Significance
Both President Lincoln and President Gar
neld were killed by assass.ns of types unfor-
tunately not uncommon In history. President
Lincoln falling victim to the terrible pas
cione aroused by four years OF civil war
1ty Of a disappointed ofice-see1er. President
Mckinley was killed by an utterly depraved
criminal belonging to that body OF criminals
who object to all governments. good and had
nike, who are against any form OF popular
liberty II II Is guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal laws, and who are as hostile
to the upright exponent Of q free peoples
sober will as to the tyrannical and irresponsl-
Bile despot.
1T is not too much to say that ut the time
of President McKinley's death he was the
most widely loved man in all the United
States; while we have never had any public
man OF his position who has been so wholly
public life, There could be no personal
hatred Of him, for hs never acted with aught
but consideration for tho welfare Of others.
No one could fail to respect him who knew
him In public or private life. The defenders
Of those murdererous criminals who seek 10
excuse their criminality by asserting that II
70 exercised for political ends. inveish against
assassination even this base apology can
not be urged"
Tho President speaks in the highest terms
OF the personal and public virtues Of Mr.. Nc
Kinley. Describing the nature of the assas-
sination and the motive that inspired It. the
message continues:
Motive of the Assassin.
Tho blow was aimed not at this Presi-
dent, but at all Presidents at every symbol OF
government. The anarchist, and especially
tho anarchist In the United States, is merely
ono typo OF criminal. more dangerous than
any other because he represents the same
depravity in greater degree. The man who
advocates anarchy directly or indirectly In
any shape or fashion, or the man who apollo
giEes for anarchists and their deeds makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
tho fact. The anarchist is a criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu-
sion and chaos to the most beneicent form
OF eocini order. His protest OF concern for
WOIklubIneu ID outrageous III lulpuutnt
faisity; for II the political institutions of this
country do not afford 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
enemy OF system and progress, but the dead
ly foe Of liberty. II ever anarchy is triumph
ant Its triumph will last for but one red
moment to be succeeded for ages by the
gloomy night Of despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
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that in the exercise Of its wise discretion 1t
should take into consideration the coming
70 this country of anarchists or persons pro-
and )ustifying the murder of those placed
In authority. No matter calls more urgently
for the wisest thought Of the Congress
Tho Federal courts should be given juris-
aiction over any man who kills or attempts
to kill tho President or any man who by the
Constitution or bylaw is in line of success
sion for tho Presidency, while the punish
preportoned to the enormity of the offense
against our institutions.
"Anarchy is a crime against the whole
human race; and all mankind should band
against the anarchist. His crime should be
made an offonse against the law Of nations,
like piracy and that form OF manstealing
biacker jnfamy than either 1t should be so
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
ers,
Ito Trust Problem.
1.-THE tremendous and highly complex
Industrial Development which went on with
half Of the nineteenth century brings us face
to face, at the beginning of the twentieth,
with very serious social problems. The old
laws, and the old customs which had almost
the binding f6rco Of law, were once quite
MfHciept to regulate the accumulation and
distribution of wealth. Since the industrial
changes which have so enormously increased
the productive power Of mankind, they are no
longer sufficient
''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.
at is not true that as the rich have grown
richer the peor have grown poorer. On the
contrary. never before has the average man.
the wage workes, the farmer. the small trad
er. been SO well off as in this country AMI
connected with the accumulation Of wealth;
yet II renaaiRs true that fortune accumu-
lated only ea condition OF comforting i'm
mens8 incidental benefits upon others sue
cessfil enterprise, Of the type which benefits
all mankind, can only exist II the conditions
are such as to offer great prizes as the re-
wards of success.
..The captains of Industry who have driven
the railway systems across this continent,
WHO have built up our commerce, who have
developed ouS manufactures, have on the
whole done great good to our people. with
out them the material development Of which
we are SO Justly proud could never have
taken pace. moreover, we buOulu TeCOsulLt
the i;nmenss importance to this material
Development of leaving as unhampered as
Is compatible with the public good the strong
and forcefui men upon whom the success
of business operations inevitably rests.
Caution Is Urged
IAN additional reason for caution in deal
ing with corporations Is to be found in the
international commercial conditions of to-
day. The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations OF cor
porats and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors In international CONNER
cIui 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. 1t Is
of the ytmost Importance that this position
be nor ;eoparded, 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 II would be most unwse to cramp
or to fetter the youthful strength OF our
Nation.
'Dsaster to great business enterprises can
never have its effects limited to the men at
the TOP It spreads throughout and while 1t
is bad for everybody 1t is worst for those
farthest down. The capitalist may be shorn
of his luxurles; but the wage-worKer may
be deprived OF even bare necessities.
"Iu facing new industrial conditions the
whole history of the world shows that legis-