The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-12-05

Ism visionary who, for whatever reason
apologies for crime or excites aimles
ldiscOntent.
The blow was aimed not at this Presi
uenI put at all Presidents; at every sym
Dol OF government. President McKinIe,
was as emphatically the embodiment o
the popular will Of the nation expressed
through the forms of law as a New Eng.
land town meeting Is in similar fashior
the embodiment of the law-abidinr pur.
pose and practice of the people Of the
Town. On no conceivable theory could
tne murder OF the President be accepted
| as due to protest against INEQUALITIES in
tne social order" save as the murder OF
all the ireemen engaged in town meet
ing couia De accepted as protest against
that social inequality which puts a male
factor in Jail. Anarchy is no more an
expression OF social discontent'' than
picking pockets or wife beating.
The anarchist. and especially the an
artist in the United States, is merely
one type OF criminal, more dangerous
tnan any other because he represents the
same oepravity in a greater degree The
man who advocates anarchy directly or
indirectly, In any shape or fashion. or the
man who apologies for anarchists and
tneir deeds, makes himself morally access
sorry TO murder before the fact. The an
aIcis. Is criminal whose perverted in
stlncts lead him to prefer confusion and
chaos to the most benefcent form of so.
ciai order. His protest of concern for
Worklngmen is outrageous in its impudent
iaisity; for If the political institutions OF
tnis 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 deadly foe of liberty. If
ever anarchy is triumphant, it's triumph
will last for but one red moment. to be
succeeded for ages by. the gloomy night
of despotism !. :
ALL THE POWERS SHOULD ACT.
earnestly recommend to the Congress
that in the exercise OF it's discretion it
should take into consideration the COM
Ing to this country Of anarchists or per-
sons processing principles hostile to all
government and justifying the muM r of
those placed in authority. They and
those like them should be kept out of this
country; and If found here they should
be promptly deported to the country
whence they came; and far-reaching pro-
vision should be made for the punishment
Of those who stay. No matter calls more
urgently for the wis st thought of the
Congress.
The Federal courts should be given iur-
isdicti0n over any man who kills or at
tempts to kill the President or any man
who by the Constitution or by law is in
line OF succession for, the Pr .sidency
while the punishment for an unsuccessful
attempt should be proportioned to the
enormity of the offense against. our insti-
tutions.
Anarchy is <rime against the whole
human race; and all mankind should band
against tie anarchist. His crime should
be made an offense against the law of
nations, like piracy and that form of man
stealing known as the slave trade; for it
is of far blacker infamy than either. 1t
should be so declared by treaties among
all civilized powers. Such treaties
would give to the Federal Government the
power of dealing with the crime.
CoUNTRY'S PROSPERITY.
fidence has be n restored, and the ma
tion is to be congratulated because of its
present abounding prosperity. Such
prosperity can never be created by law
alone, although it is easy enough to de-
stroy it by mischievous laws. II the
hand of the Lord is heavy upon any coun-
try, if flood or dought comes, human wis
dom is powerless to avert the calamity.
Moreover, no law can guard us against
the consequences u Jul OWA 1Oiy. 4uC
m n who are idle or credulOus, the men
who seek gains not by genuine work with
head or hand, but by gambling in any
form, are always a source of menace, not
only to themselves, but to others. II the
business world loses its head, it los IS
what legislation cannot supply. Funda-
mentally the welfare of each citizen, and
therefore the welfare of the aggregate Of
citizens which makes the nation, must rest
upon individual thrift and energy, rsso-
luton and intelligence. Nothing can
take the place of this Individual capacity;
but wise legislation and honest and in
tellig mt administration can give lit the
fullest scope, the largest opportunity to
work to good effect.
The tremendous and highly complex in
dustrial development which went on with
ever acc slerated rapidity during the lat
ter half of the nienteenth century brings
us face to face, at the beginning OF the
twentieth, with very serious social prob
lsms The old laws, and the customs
which had almost the binding force OF
law. were once quite suficient to regu-
late the accumulation and distribution OF
wealth. Since the industrial changes
which have SO enormously increas d the
productive power of mankind, they are no
longer sufhoient. The creation OF great
corporate fortunes has not been due TO
th, tariff nor to any other governmental
action. but to natural causes In the Dusl-
ness world, operating in other countries
as they operate in our own.
Tho President counsels moderation In
dealing with the subject OF corporations.
The mechanism of modern business is SO
ae1;cate that care must be taken not to
interfere with lie in a spirit OF rasnness
or ignorance
The first essential in determining now
TO deal with the great Industrial com
hinations is knowledge OF the facts-
',t,;ostv In the interest of the public,
the government should have the right
IN ;nsnect and examine the workings OF
the great corporations engaged IN IN
torstete business Publicity is the only
sura remedy which we can now invoke.
what further remedies are needed In the
way az governmental regulation. or tax
alton. can only be determined aiter pup
l,c,tv has been obtained, by process OF
law. and in the course OF administratio ~:
Th. 6-St requisite is knowledge, full and
complete-knowledge wnicn may DC n'aue
nubiic to the world.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION.
Art;f,ctal bodies, such as corporations
and Joint stock or other associations
denending upon any statutory laws for
their existence or privileges, snouid pe
subject to proper governments super.
viston and full and accurate information
as to their operations should be made
nublic regularly at reasonable intervals;
The large corporations commonly called
trnsts. though organized in one state,
| slways do business in many states, often
doine very little business In the state
vhere they are Incorporated. Tnere 4
utter lack OF uniformity in the state laws
| st,,,t them: and as no state has any ex-
elusive interest In or power over their
scts Il has in practice proved impossible
"a set adequate regulation through state
action. Therefore, in the interest OF tne
| whoIe people. the nation should. without
interferinT with the power Of the states
/ n fhe matter itself. also assume power q
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