The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-12-03
Mr.. SWANK
HAS HIS
SAY SO
HaulS the Journal Man
Over the Goals
Does not DiSavOw Sympathy
With Anarchists.
Which is the Only Point in
vOIYed in the VII lie Con
trOVerSy.

Ed. JOURNAL IL came to the conclu.
sion that you had blowed your foghorl
of deception and vituperation about lonI
enough.
In your 6rst mention, on the 4th o
November, of the Grange resolutions
you say the Salem Grange had a spirited
discussion over the report Of a commit
tee on the death Of President Mckinney
The report of majority of the commit.
tee was objected to by some as beinI
somewhat anarchistic, or at least failing
to condemn the anarchist with sufficient
vigor, and for a time there was quite 9
breeze, all Of which is absolutely false
Then on the 5th you publish the reso-
lutions. would like to know how you
obtained the names OF the committee
Surely not from me.
Will you please publish the resolutions
right here in connection with my criti-
cism on your criticism and animadver.
sion of the resolutions, 40 that the read
ers of the JOURNAL may see both sides al
orce?
On the 9th you have an article on what
you took the liberty to call, "Those AM
archistic Grange Resolutions" Fiom
what source did you get the authority to
call them aDarchistic? You certainly
could not have imbibed the bloooy anar.
chistic thoughts and feelings you seem to
harbor, from the resolutions. If they
contain any such vindictive expressions
OF feelings as you manifest in your COM
ment, they are certainly not the ennis
sions Of sentiments and feelings Of the
writer. You say: "Mr. Swank, who
made the majority report, lie an old and
well.known character in public affairs of
this county. His resolutions will be
taken to mean what he probably does
not intend" That willl measurably de-
pend on how much the editor OF the
JOURNAL is capable to besmich them.
Hofer please tell the people in your
reply, what the characteristics of the
writer are other than that lie has at all
times plead for au equal distribution of
the burdens for subsistence.
Then Mr.. Hoier says: "Mr. |. NJ.
Wagner and Judge Boise, and in fact
the whole Grange, will emphatically re-
pndiate the condoning of crime OF any
description, most Of all the killing of the
Mr.. Editor, will you please quote the
language or word expressing condone-
Inent in the imaginary awful resolu-
tions, Then you say the resolutions
condemn the severity of the preso. Well
here is what they cay:
Resolved, that we believe that the al.
most universal expressions Of malice and
revenge in the newspapers arouses the
dormant baser passions Of the heart, and
the seeming effort by newspaper cores
pondents aud editors to outdo each
other in expressions Of rage against the
assassin Czolgosz is detrimental TO the
upbuilding of good morals"
Again you say the resolutions ask rec
ognition Of the philosophic principles,
that all theoretical and practical an
archists hold dear. Will you please tell
the people in the columns OF your paper
what the thing looks like that the an
aachist holds dear?
You intimated that it is rot. Every
thinking person must be surprised to
hear you call such dangerous thing rot.
But you ought to be pretty good author
ity. You say "The American people
are not ready 10 lay down the right to
enact laws TO, not only keep anarchists
out OF our country, but TO drive the last
vestige of this program Of death out of
the American jurisdiction"
The thoughtful reader must have been
very much surprised to learn that the
dead had a aprogram. Will you please
give the original. think most people
would be slow to believe it from your
say so, without seeing the original.
"Those anarchistic resolutions" as you
were pleased to call them ask what
kind of laws could or would have pre-.
vented th' killing OF the three presld-
ents? You seem to think il an easy
thing to do. Well, please give the form
ula through which it could be accom-
plished, aud we will gladly assist In ad-
spting it, and putting il into practicable
demonstration, Seriously and candidly
don't you think il would be better and
more lasting TO make people patriotic
through their gratitude, and affections
rather than through fear and calcula-
ton OF risk and punishment
ID. +. SwANK,
Aumsyille, Ore.