The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-04


to excite our gravest apprehensiOns
and 10 demand our Wisest and most
resolIte action. This criminal was a
prOfessed anarchist. iufiamed 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 ana sUllen hatred. The wind is
sOWed by the men who preach such
doctrines, and they cannot escape
their share of responsibility for the
Whirlwind that IS reaped. This ap-
plies alike to the deliberate dema-
Eogue. to the exploiter of sensational
ism and to the crude and foolish Wis
iOnary who. for whatever reason. apol-
Ogizes for crime or excites aimIess dis
content.
The Crime of Anarchism.
The bloW was aimed not at this
president but at all presidents; at ev-
cry symbol OF government. President
Mckinley was as emphatically the
embodiment of the popular viii of the
nation expressed through the forms
of law as a New England town meet
ing is in similar fashion the emb0di-
ment of the law abiding purpose and
practice 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 social order" save as the muir
der of all the freemen engaged in a
town meeting could be accepted as a
protest against that social inequality
which puts a malefactor in Jail. An
archy is no more an expression of 80
cial discomfort than picking pockets
or wife-beating
The anarchist, and especially the
anarchist in the United States, is
merely one type of criminal. more
dangerous than any other because he
represents the same depravity in a
greater degree. The man who advO-
Gates anarchy directly or indirectly
in any shape or fashion. or the man
who apologies for anarchists and
their deeds, makes himself morally ac-
CessOry to murder before the fact The
anarchist is a criminal whose pervert-
ed instincts lead him to prefer con
fusion and chaos to the most benef-
cent form of social order. His pro
test of concern for wOrkingmen is
outrageous in its impudent falsity. for
if the political institutions Of this
country dc 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 of progress, but the deadly.
foe of liberty II ever anarchy is tri-
umphant its triumph will last for but
one red moment. to be succeeded for
ages by the gloomy night of despotism.
Remedy for the Evil
For the anarchist himself, whether
ne predcneS or practices his doctrines,
we need not have one particle more
concern than for any ordinary muir
derer he is not the victim of social
or political injustice. There are no
wrongs to remedy in his case. The
cause Of mis- cTiminality is to be found
in his own evil passions and in the
evil conduct of those who urge him
on, not in any failure by others or by
the state to do justice to him or his.
lie is a malefactOr and nothing else.
he Is in no sense. ia no shape or way.
a product of social conditions" save
as hishWayman is produced" by
the TACT that an unarmed man happens
TO have purse. 1t Is a travestv upon
the great and holy names of liberty
and freedom TO permit them to be in
voked in such a case. No man or body
of men preaching anarchistic doctrines
should be allowed at large any more
than if preaching the murder of some
specified private individual Anarch-
istic speeches, writings and meet
lngS are essentially seditiOus and trea-
sonaOle.
earnestly recommend to the con-
gresS that i'm the exercise of its wise
discretion it should take into consid-
Grafton the coming to this country Of
anarchists or persons protesting prin-
ciples hostile to all government and
1usufying the murder of those placed
an authority. Such individuals as
those who not long ago gathered in
omen meeting TO glorify the murder of
King Humbert of Italy perpetrate a
/ crime, and the law should ensure their
rigorous punishment. They and those
ile them should be kept out of this
Ger ntry, and if found here they should
be promptly deported to the country
whence they came. and far-reachfnr
provision should be made for the pun
ishment of those who stay. No mat
ter calls more urgently for the wise
thought Of the congress.
Government to Deal With Crime.
? The federal courts should be \
= given Jurisdiction over any man >
who kills or attempts TO Kill the y
? president or any man who by the =
= constitution or bylaws is in line =
? on succession for the presidency. =
= while the punishment for an un- =
successful attempt should be pro- ,
> portioned to the enormity of the .
? o6ense against orr Institutions =
? Anarchy is crime against the =
= whole human race. and all man .
? Kind should band against the an .
? archist. His crime should be made >
. an offense against the law of ma 2
? tons. like piracy ana that form of =
= manstealing known as the slave =
= trade, for IT is Of far blacker i'm =
fanny than either should be so =
= declared by treaties among an =
, civilized powers. Such treaties =
= would give to the federal govern =
. T7ent the power of dealing with =
= the crime. 4
A grim commentary upon the folly
of the anarchist position was afforded
by the attitude OF the law toward this
very criminal who had just taken the
life Of the president. The people would
have torn him limb from limb If 1t had
not been that the law = deded was at
once invoked in his behalf. So far from
his deed being committed on behalf OF
the people against the government, the
government was obliged at once to ex-
ert its fun police power to save him
from instant death at the hands Of the
people. Moreover, his deed worked not
The slightest dislocatiOn in our govern
mental system, and the danger OF a