The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-21


the swretches concoctinE the crime Will ]
be adequately punished.-Unifed Mine
United Mine Workers Of North America
The American people. without regard
TO- political, religious, Or economic be-
lief, were filled with horror at the at :
tempt upon the life Of President Nc
Kinley by the would be assassin, Czol-
gosz; and universal thank God"
went up from the hearts of the nation
when 1t was announced that the at
tempt was unsuccessful and the prest-
dent would live. There is something
particularly abhorrent to the true Am !
erican in the act Of any assassin, and
when the attempt is made against the
head Of our nation, the adherence is
naturally intensified. No matter how
strongly we may be opposed to the
policy of the dominant political party,
or to the system which has created the
two great extremes Of poverty and
wealth in our country, the American
citizen bows to the will of the majority
as expressed at the ballot, and yields
to the choice of the people the same
loyal fealty he would have yielded to
the choice Of his own party.
There is clearly nothing to be gained
by the death of President Mckinley,
and the deed is so foreign to the nature
Of any sane American, that it seems it
! must be the act Of mailman, or of
some insane enthusiast. whose mind
has given away through brooding over
the wrongs Of his class. -
Whatever the motive. 1T is certain
there is no sympathy with the act in
this country, and the entire people de-
nounce the cowardly deed and unite in
demanding the punishment Of the per-
petrator.
Organized labor has no sympathy
with the teachings Of the acts of the
assassin and we are sure we repre-
sent them fairly when we say they will
rejoice when the president is fully re-
stored, and past all possible danger Of
any evil effects from the dastardly at
tempt on his nfe.-Minneapolis Union.
The act of the mailman, CZolgosz, at
Buffalo last Friday, was deplorable.
Murder, to take the life of another, is
frightful thing, but to assassinate is
| the most monstrous act in the category
| Of crime.
| The assassin is a coward-an abomin-
able creature, usually an insane person,
a pervert, or cold-blooded wretch with
| a heart of stone. The assassin strikes
in the dark and stabs in the back. A
snake utters warning before it strikes
but the assassin is too cowardly and
satanical to warn his intended victim
and give him a chance for his life.
! Assassination or murder cannot be
abolished by law. The crime is as old
as the human race. Sometimes murder
is committed by individuals; sometimes
by nations. War is murder on g. large
scale, and, therefore, all the more hor-
rable and deplorable. -,
To expect that Congress can enact a
law that will prohibit assassination by
increasing the penalty or imprisoning
someone who may be suspected Of be-.
ing murderously inclined is to pin faith
on something unrealizable for suspects
may be innocent while those with MUIR
der in their hearts walk at large, and
penalties are recklessly disreKarded by
those who are consumed by, the desire
to take life and commit crime.
The best method to be pursued is to
foster education. Teach the people the
injustice and wastefulness and GRIMM
atty of war instead Of encouraging the
war spirit and thirst for blood. Teach
men to worship Justice more and Greed
less. Teach them to improve conditions
so that not human being shall be in
! want or misery.
| Anyone who is not fool knows that
to shoot down president or king does
not change anything, for successor
will take his place Immediately. The
! anarchists, to our notion, have gone
daft on the term Experimentation"
which they are continually mounting,
and their absurd and contradictory tao
tics prove that the theories that they
wish to impress on the people are
equally as unreasonable and senseless.
Either they resort to physical force or
! follow a vague line of non-resistance.
! Either they are terrOrists or as
meek and inoffensive as g. lamb. Either
| Lney are rampant devils OF angels or
| peace.
| These unbalanced people are wonder
fully assembling and versatile. First,
they are uncompromising anarchists,
with a wagonload of phrases, which
sound smart, and are either for war to
the knife or disgustingly humble.
Secondly, when the fit seizes them,
they pose as socialists and in the next
breath denounce socialism, and stud
iously avoid working or voting for a
socialist party for fear Of compromising
their holy MISUNDERSTANDING Citi-
zen, (socialist.) 49, .
That the chief magistrate Of the Un-
tied States should fall victim to his
own love for the plain people and to
the principles Of democracy and free
speech which are the foundation Of the
republic. is indeed q blow to popular
institutions and a reproach to the Am
erican ideals Of government.
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