Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-12-03

ihhNhA VI tuo pppuluT VIII OF the nation
expressed through the forms OF law az
a New England town meeting Is In
similar fashion the embodiment OF the
law abiding purpose and practice of
the people OF the town. On no con.
ceivablc theory could the murder of
the president be accepted as due to
protest against inequalities In the
social order ave as the murder Of all
the frecmen engaged In the town meet.
ing could be accepted a. q protest
against that social inequality which
puts n malciactor in Jail Anarchy Ia
no more an expression OF social dis.
content than picking pockets or wife
beating
The anarchist. and especially the an.
archist in the United States. IL merely
n type Of criminal, more dangerous
than any other because he represents
the same depravity in n greater de
gree. The man who advocates anar.
chy directly or indirectly, 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 n
criminal whose perverted instincts
lead him TO prefer confusion and chaos
to the most benencent form of social
order. His protest OF concern for the
workingm liz outrageous in its i'm.
pudent falsity: for N the political in.
stltutions OF this country do not afford
opportunity TO every honest and intel.
ligent son Of toll. then the door
Of hope Is forever closed against him.
The anarchist IL everywhere not mere.
~ the enemy Of system and progress,
but the deadly foe Of liberty. II ever
anarchy IL triumphant. It's triumph
will last For but one red moment. to
be succeeded for ages b. the gloomy
night Of d~espotism.
For the anarchist himself. whether
he breaches or practices his doctrines.
we need not have one particle more
concern than for any ordinary murder.
er. He is not the victim of social or
political injustice. There are no
wrongs 20 remedy in his case. The
cause OF his crimlnality Is to be found
In his own evil passions and in the
evil conduct of those who urge him
on not In the failure by others or by
the state TO do justice to him or his.
He Is n malefactor and nothing else.
He Is in no sense, In no shape or way,
a product OF social conditions" save
as n highwayman Ia produced by the
ii'' 'htN wv liu intu Inu HiDUtHS u
have n purse. II is n travesty upon
the great and holy names of liberty
and freedom to permit them to be in.
voked In such a cause. No man or
body Of men preaching anarchistic
doctrines should be allowed at large
any moro than II preaching the murder
or some specified private individual.
~Anarchistlc speeches. writings, and
meetings nre essentially seditlous and
REASONABLE.
e%arneatly recommend to the con.
gross that In the exercise OF its wise
discretion 1t should take into consider.
alton the coming to this country of
anarchists or persons protesting prln.
clnles hostile to all government and
iustifying the murder OF all those plac.
ed In authority. Such individuals a.
thoso who not long ago gathered In
open meeting to glorify the murder OF
King Humbert OF Italy perpetuate q
crime. and the law should ensure their
rigorous punishment. They and those
like them should he kept out OF this
country; aud II found here they should
he promptly deported to the country
from whence they came: and far.
reaching p DIVISION should be made for
the punishment Of those who stay. No
matter calls more urgently for the
wisest thought OF congress.
The federal courts should be given
Jurisdiction owe any man who kills
or attempts to kill a president or any
man who by the constitution or by
law Is In line OF succession for the
presidency. while the punishment for
an unsuccessful attempt should be pro-
Dortioned to the enormitv of the Of
Tense against our institutions.
Anarchy Is n 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 man stealing known
as the slave trade; for II is OF far
blacker infamy than either. It should
be so declared by treaties among all
civilized powers. Such treaties would
give to the federal government the
power OF deeling with the crime.
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 II 1t had
not been that the law he dcfhed was at
once invoked In his behalf. So far
from his deed being committed on be.
half OF the people against the govern.
eminent, the government was obliged
at once 10 exert Its full police power
to save him from instant death at the
hands Of the people. Moreover, his
deed worked not the slightest disloca.
ton in our governmental system, and
the danger of the recurrence OF such
deeds, no matter how great II might
grow, would work only In the direc.
tion of strengthening and giving harsh.
ness to the forces OF order. No man
will ever he restrained from becoming
president by any fear as to his per-
sonal safety. II the risk Il the presi.
dents life became great, It would mean
that the Office would more and more
come to be filled by men OF n spirit
which woull make them resolute and
merciless In dealing with every friend
of disorder. This great country will
not fall into anarchy. and IL anar-
chists should ever become a serious
menace to its institutions, they would
not merely he stamped out, but would
involve in their wi ruin every active
or passive sy%mpathizer with their doc.
trines. The American people are
slow TO wrath, hut when their wrath
Is nee kindled It burns like a consum,
ing flame.
The president then reviews the
prosperous condition OF the nation and
the rapid increase OF wealth by all the
people. lie favors the conservative
control Of the large corporations of
the country. On this subject he says;
There is a widespread conviction
in the minds Of the American people
that the great corporations known as
trusts are in certain of their features
and tendencies hurtful TO the general
welfare, This springs from 10 spirit
Of envy or uncharitableness, nor lack
Of pride in the great industrial
achievements that have placed this
country at the head OF the nations
struggling for commercial supremacy.
II does not rest upon a lack OF intelli'
gent appreciation Of the necessity Of
meeting changing and changed condi'
lions of tlade with new methods, nor
upon ignorance OF the fact that com
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