Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-26
THE REPUBLICANS AND ANARCHY

be q poll Of Congress on the fol-
lowing question:
Do you favor the following leg
islation: "A law forbidding the
,trlnce into the United States OF
those called anarchists and believ-
ing in the destruction, overturning
and subversion of esta ablished gov.
crnment, and an amendment tC
naturalization laws making these
principles disqualification foI
citizenship?"
Every answer thus far received
by the North American is in the
affirmative.
Unquestionably public opinion
would heartily sustain any legis-
lation forbidding the entrance in.
to the United States, not of those
called anarchists but of persons
who are anarchists in the sense
that they advocate the destruction
of government by force
Adherence to such principles
should be bar to admission and
naturalization
But, as The Citizen has hereto
fore pointed out, not all the anar
chists are of foreign birth. Many
of them are native born, although
in nearly every instance of foreign
born parents.
The difficulty would come in de
fining what constitutes anarchy
and anarchists. 1t has been the
habit of newspapers of the blue
partisan class of the Los Angeles
Times for some years past to call
all the people who didn't vote the
Republican ticket, or who belong
ed to a labC r union organization,
anarchists. 1t has also been the
habit of these newspapers to char
acteriZe criticism of th. Repub Bill
can administration, or of the courts,
as anarchy" or treason, We
believe that this amiable practice
has prevailed in n majority of the
Republican newspaper Offices in
the United States, where Mr.. Will
liam J. Bryan has occasionally, as
we are advised, been seriously re-
ferred to as an anarchist.
But We suppose our esteemed
Philadelphia contemporary has in
mind genuine all-wool anarchists
and not merely those who differ
from it on public questions. The
Citizen is very emphatically in ia
vor of any measure which will re-
strict the immigration of these
murderous creatures, and believes
that none of them should be nd
mitted to citizenship under any
circumstance If it can be pre-
vented.
But, how about the native born
anarchist whose right to vote
comes as an inheritance of birth?
Our Republican friends were very
much Mortified at the murder of
President Mckinley, and We have
no doubt that they were sincere in
their denunciation of the crime.
But we recall another instance of
assassination that failed to call out
any indignant outbursts from the
Republicans. This was when
William Goebel, the Governor-elect &
OF Kentucky was ruthlessly slaugh
tered by anarchists who had head
quarters in the capital OF Kentuc-,
Ky. Why did not Republican in
dignation manifest itself on that
occasion? Why has the influence
OF Republicans high and low been
exerted since then to protect the
assassins?
II has been proved beyond per-
adventure that the shot that killed
Governor Goebel was fred from
the Office Of the Secretary of State
OF Kentucky,a a Republican official.
It has been proved by ample testi-
mony that the acting Governor Of
Kentucky. a Republican, was cog
infant Of the crime and approved
os it.
The grand jury after a thorough
Investigation indicted the acting
Governor and he fed from the
8tase fugitive from justice. The
lawful Governor OF Kentucky
lnais reputation upon the Cover
nors oe New York and Indiana for