Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-12-04

comprehensive synopsis Of president
R0oseyelts message TO Congress s given be-
low
To the Senate and House OF Representatives
The Congress assemblies this year under
the shadow Cf great calamity On the sixth
OF September. President Mckinley was shot
by an anarchist while attending the Pam
American Exposition at Buffalo. and died in
that city on the fourteenth Of that month
'Ot the last seven elected Presidents he 30
the third who has been murdered, and the
bare rc'lta! OF this fact Is sufficient 20 jus-
tty grave alarm among all loyal American
citizens. Moreover. the circumstances OF this
the thrd assassination OF an American Presi-
dent have a peculiarly sinister Significance.
Both President Lincoln and President Gar
Held were Killed by assassins Of types unfor-
tunately not uncommon ia history. President
Lincoln falling a victim to the terrible pas
slons aroused by four years OF civil wsr.
and President Garfield to the revengeful van
ity Of a disappointed Office seeker President
Mckinley was killed by an utterly depravod
criminal belonging to that body OF criminals
who object to all governments. good and had
alike, who are against any form OF popular
liberty u i Is guaranteed by even the most
Just and lboral laws, and who are as hostile
TO the upright exponent OF free peoples
sober VIII as TO the tyrannical and irresponsi-
BILE despot
The President speaks in the hi ghest terms
Of the personal and public virtues OF Mr Me
Kinloy. Describing the nature OF the .YsRs-
slnation and the motive that Inspired II, tie
Motive of che Assassin.
THE blow was aimed not at this Presi-
dent. but at all Presidents at every symbol Of
government The anarchist and especially
the anarchist In the United Statea, is merelJ
one type OF criminal more dangerous than
any other because he represents the same
depravity In greater degree. The man who
advocates anarchy directly o. indirectly IN
any shape or fashion, or the man who apollo
glZes for anarchists and their deeds makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
the fact The anarchist Is criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu-
sion and chaos to the most benehcont form
OF social order. Ills protest Of concern for
workingmen is outrageous In Its impudent
fhlsity' 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 tho
enemy OF system and progress but the dead
ly foe OF liberty. II ever anarchy is triumph
ant It's triumph will last for hut oae red
moment. TO be succeeded for ages by TIE
gloomy night Of despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
~ earnestly recommend to the Cogxrers
that In the exercise OF It's wise discretion Il
should take into consideration the coming
TO this country of anarchists or persons pro-
Tossing principles hostile 10 all government
and justifying the murder 0f those placed
In authority No matter calls more urgently
for the wisest thought Of the Congress
The Federal courts should be given iuris-
dicton over any man who kills o. attempts
10 kill the President or any man who by the
Constitution or bylaw IL IN line of success
sion for the Presidency. while the punish.
ment for an unsuccessful attempt should he
proportonod to the enormty OF the offeuse
against our institutions
Anarchy is crime against the Whole
human race. and all mankind should band
against the anarchist. His crime should be
made an offense against the law Of nations
like piracy and that form OF manstcaling
known as the slave trade for IL is Of FAR
blacker infamy than either II should be- 50
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
ers.
The Trust Problem.
The creation OF great corporate fortunes
has not been due to the tRrif nor 10 any
other governmental action. but to natural
causes In the business world operating IN
other countries as they operate IN our own
1T Ia not true that as the rich have grown
richer the poor have grown poorer. on the
contrary, never before has the average mnn.
the wage worker. the farmer, the small trad.
er been so well OF as In this country ari
at the present time. There have been Rbusas
connected with the accumulation Of wealth:
yet Il remains ,rue shat fortune accumu-
lated only on condition of conferr!ng i'm
mensV incidental benefits upon others Sue.
eesstul enterprise ~ the type which benefits
all mankind, can only exist " the conditions
are such AS TO ofier great prizes the re-
wards OF success.
"The captains Of industry WHIT have driven
the railway systems across this continent
who have built up our commerce, who have
developed our manufactures, have on the
MuNlt unuN great hohN 70 our people. Nstn-
out them the material development OF which
We are so Justly proud could never hRvo
taken place. Moreover. We snculd recognize
the immense Importance % this material
development ot leaving as uuhsmpered as
Is compatible with tho public good the strong
and forccful men upon whom the success
OF business operations inevitably rests.
Caution 10 Urged.
"Aa addiuorRl reason for caution in deal
ing with corporations is to be fOunl In the
International commercial conditions OF to
day. The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations OF cor
porate and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors In international CONNER
begun 20 assume that commgndlng position
In the International business world which We
believe Will more and NOR bo hers. II Is
% the utmost importance that this position
be not JeopaTdcd, especially at a time when
the oycrfowing abundance cf our own natu.
raj resources aud she skin business energy
and mechanical aptitude OF our people make
dtlons Il would be most uuNisc % cramp
or TO tetter the youthful strength ot cue
Nation.
Disaster 10 great business enterprises cau
never have It's effects limited 10 the nuon at
the toy. II spreads throughout. and while II
is tad for everybody. IL is worst foI those
fartheFt down. The capitalist may he shorn
OF his luXures, but the wase-workcr may
be deprived OF even bare necessities
I'm facihg new Industrial conditions. thc
whole history Of the world shows that iegs-
iation will generally be both upwiso and 10
effective unless undertaken after calm inquiry
Rnd with sober selt-resiraint Much Of the
legislation directed at the trusts would have
been exceedingly mschievous had Il not aiso
kaa NWnNa In No. In al.