The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-13

namely, that anarchy is most virulent
in races of African and Oriental adj
mixture. Polish and Bohemian Jews
of Slav and Semitic blood; Russians
Slav and Tartar; Italians and Span
iards, among whom the Moorish cross
and the faint of Hannibal's army are
still but too visible, make up the rank
and file of anarchy-at least In the
United States. Lucy Parsons
claims Mexican descent, but
is Enthusiastically mulatto.
For marriage with her, Parsons,
a Southerner born, was disowned by
his family. This fact possibly sent him
to Chicago, anarchy and death-still
it is likely that he, too, was born with
the anarchistic tendency and expressed
IT first in the marriage which so con-
travened his bringing UP. Since his
death his wife has been active in the
propaganda of unrest. She is a familiar
figure upon the platform both here and
in England. 1t must however, be set
down for English anarchism that,
though the middle class Englishman
may love a black bishop almost as well
as a lord, Mrs. Parsons complexion did
not help her to success. She speaks
with a fluent illogic, easily loses her
poise, and at such times drops strong
ly into the negro patois that is no
doubt her cradle tongue. Her utter
ances have been notably violent, but
have been wisely passed over, as nat
ural to woman in her position.
Rachel Campbell. now dead, was
more a sex or social anarchist than one
concerned with governmental changes.
Her book. THE Prodigal Daughter" is
to a certain small cult a sort of Bible.
Lois Waisbooker, still living, is about
the strongest of the pioneer women
writer's. She is now connected in some
nd
1imsy leaflet sent out from Home. the
misnamed anarchistic community in
the state of Washington.
Elmina Stenker is another of the old
guard whose words, spoken or written,
get a hearing more or less disrespect-
full.
Helena Born, but lately dead, was
another of the same sort
But neither in ability nor influence
| can any of them be matched against
M. Florence Johnson. In fact. there are
| few more picturesque, significant or
typical anarchists. NJ. Florence John
son, of the straightest New England
| descent, daughter of the famous spir-
| itualist. Moses Hull, married after the
| usual fashion, bore three children,
buried her husband, then went off into
anarchy with all which that implies
She is typical, in that she shows a Gu
rious anarchistic condition, viz. the
rank and file and the leaders of the
so-called force groups" are. almost
without exception foreign. But the
leaders of thought, the real soul of an
archy, also its most effective mouth
pieces, are New Englanders. ,either ma
tive or transplanted to the stronger soil
of the west.
In proof take Benjamin Tucker of
Boston, E. c. Walker. some time of
Kansas, and Moses Harmon, owner and
editor of Lucifer, the anarchistic or
gan. Harmon and Lucifer had their be-
ginning in an anarchist community
cut in Kansas. Hence it is not wonder
full that his daughter, Lillian Harmon,
Lucifers sub-editor. is a woman an
Grchist of high degree. She writes
many things-essays, stories, rhymes,
each with its burden of discomfort but
her main work is lecturing. At home
or abroad she always gets a hearing
much more respectful than that ac-
corded Mrs. Parsons. After a sort she
is the American corellative of Edith
Manchester, the gentiewoman, who. in
spired by Grant Aliens Women Who
Did" startled two continents by living
with a wage-earning lover, though re-
fusing to marry him. and getting into
lunatic asylum as a result Lillian
Harmon has escaped the legal pitfalls,
but has lived anarchy in addition to
preaching it, She has one child. which,
if heredity counts, should grow up an
incarnate revolution, as it's father is
alleged to be E. C. Walker.
The most notable thing in regard to
Voltairine de Cleyre, lecturer, poetess
and translator. is that she has felt the
need of giving herself a name as I'M
American as her creed. What her real
name is nobody knows certainly-it
may have been Smith or Stubs, or
even Hogg. Her blood is American-so
is her bringing up. So far as is known
her nom d'anarchie is her main
achievement. She is a more pleasing
speaker than Goldman. and like her is
a yelled advocate of violence. There is
a bitter jealousy between the two.
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