The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-12-03

own personal character that we fee
the blow not as struck at him but a
struck at the Nation. We mourn
good and great President who is dead
but while we mourn we are lifted nj
by the splendid achievements of hi
life and the grand heroism with whicl
he met his death.
When we turn from the man TO thu
| Nation, the harm done Is so great as
to excite our gravest apprehenslons and
to demand our wisest and most reso-
lutte action. This criminal was pro-
fessed anarchist. inlamed by the
teachings of professed anarchists and
probably also by the reckless utter
! ances of those who on the stump and
in the public press appeal to the dark
and evil spirits of malice and greed,
envy and sullen hatred. The wind is
sowed by the men who preach such
doctrines, and they cannot escape their
share OF responsibility for the whirl-
wind that Is reaped This applies alike
to the deliberate demagogue, to the
exploiter of sensationalism, and to the
crude and foolish visionary who, for
whatever reason. apologies for crime
or excites aimless discomfort The
blow was aimleSs discomfort.
Anarchy Must Go.
The blow was aimed not at this
President but at all Presidents; at ev-
cry symbol of government. President
Mckinley was as emphatlcally the em-
bodiment OF the popular will of the
Nation expressed through the forms of
law, as a New England town meeting
Is i'm similar fashion the embodiment
OF the law-abiding purpose and prac-
tice of the people of the town. on no
conceivable theory could the murder OF
the President be accepted as due TO
protest against Inequalities In the So
clal order" save as the murder of all
the free men engaged in n town meet
ing could be accepted as a protest
against that social inequality which
puts a malefactor in jail. Anarchy IL
no more an expression OF Social dis
content" than picking pockets or Wife
beating The anarchists, and espe-
cially the anarchist in the Unit
ed States, is merely one type of crimin-
al, more dangerous than any other be-
cause he represents the same depravity
In a greater degree. The man who
advocates anarchy directly or indirect
ly, In any shape or fashion, or the man
who apologies for anarchists and
their deeds, makes himself morally,
accessory TO murder before the fact.
The anarchist Is a criminal whose per-
yerted instincts lead him to prefer
confusion and chaos to the most be-
neficent form OF social order His pro-
test OF concern for workingmen Is out
ra,reous In it's impudent falsity; for II
the political institutions OF this coun-
try 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 every
where not merely the enemy Of system
and of progress but the deadly Zoe or
liberty. III ever anarchy Is triumphant
its triumph will last for but one red
moment. 10 be succeeded for ages by
the gloomy night OF despotism. Fer
the anarchist himself, whether he
breaches or practices his doctrines, we
need not have one particle more con-
cern than for any ordinary murderer
He is not the victim OF social or pollt-
ical Injustice. There are no wrongs 10
remedy I'm his case. The cause OF MS
criminality is to be found I'm his own
evil passions and I'm the evil conduct OF
those who urge him on, not in any fail
ure by others or by the state TO DO IN
Justice 10 him or his. He is male
factor and nothing else. He Is In no
sense. I'm no shape or way 'product
OF social condition" save as hish-
Uavman Is produced" by the fact
that an unarmed man happens TO nave
a nurse. II is trayesty upon the
great and holy names OF Liberty ana
freedom 10 permit them 10 be Invoked
In such a cause. No man or BODY OF
men preaching anarehistic doctrines
should be allowed at large any more
than IL preaching the murder OF some
specified private individual Anarch-
istic speeches, writings, and meetings
are essentially seditiOus and treason
able.
earnestly recommend 10 the con-
eress that i'm the erercise of It's wise
discretion n should take into consider
ation the coming to this country OF an
archists or persons protesting princi-
mes hostile TO an government and JUS
irving the murder OF those placed IN
authority. Such individuals as those
who not long ago gathered IN open
meetings 20 glorify the murder OF hlhb
Humbert. OF Italy, perpetrate crime
and the law shoulu FioNiN N'AN't N-1--
Gus punishment. They and those IKE
Them should be kept out Of the conn-
Try: and II found here they should be
promptly deported TO the country
whence they came; and far reaching
provisions should be made for the pun
ishment of those who stay. No matlef
calls more urgently for the "ises'
thought Of the Congress.
the Federal courts should be given
nr,sdiction over any man who Kills
on attempts 10 kin the President or any
man who by the Constitution or by|
law a IN line OF succession for the
presidency, while the punishment TOT
An unsuccessful attempt should De
uroportioned 10 the enormity OF the
offense against our institutions
man race; and all mankind should
band against the anarchist. His crime