Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-18

hMSo W thC ahulthict 10 th"s '''S
journals devoted to the propaganda
of his gospel of destroying all govern
ments are acceptable to him, while
all others are alike abominable. The
journals whose yellowness nauseates
the decent mind, whose appeals to
discomfort and the passions of disorder
make them in the opinion of many a
public peril. are undoubtedly associ-
ated in the mind of Czolgosz, so far
as he has ever thought about them
at all, with the most virtuous and high
minded newspapers in the country. In
his color-blindncss they all look alike,
and they all ought to be destroyed to.
gether.
The Anarchist looks with pity and
contempt upon Socialists and labor
agitators. Naturally enough, for the
aims of these are Numerically op-
posite to his own. The purpose Of the
labor organizations whether wisely
pursued or not, Is to better the con-
dition Of the workingman by securing
higher wages, shorter hours, and in
creased Privileges. The Socialist
dreams of happier human society, to
be created by the adoption of his nos
trums. But both recognize the nee.
essity Of Government, of laws, of
Legislatures, of courts and juries
They would like to shape these or.
gans Of the civil system to their own
liking, or to control them The Anar.
chist would destroy them utterly
Socialism and organized labor do moi
breed Anarchists any more than
Ghistles yield figs. The unlkeness
forbids that any relation should sub
sist.
This is about as far as you can 60 In
reasoning about the Anarchists, fol
unreason is the fundamental character,
istic of these creatures. While they
are the proper study of the alienist
and while 1t Is true that the exper
fenced allenist Is the only authority
whose opinions would carry the scien
/ tific weight that alone could command
| general respect, the conviction Is wide
spread that Anarchist assassins are
not men of sound mind. The report
from Buffalo that Czolgosz was exam
ined in prison by physicians and pro
nounced sane Is not to be too hastily
accepted In advance OF more detailed
information. 1t is certain that both
Bresci and CZolgosz exhibit those ig
noble traits that have come to be de-
scribed as the stlgmatn of degenern
.t, rr.ss~ssasssasu.-s-.1ss ,
tlolI'-'S'u, hie IL iut .pc@ots man
1t would require evidence to remu ~
the impression that under expert alien
list examination the insane delusior
that probably possesses the mind o
the assailant Of the President woult
be disclosed 1t is to be noted thai
both Bresci and Czolgosz expressed
surprise at the popular rage against
them after the commission Of thell
crimes. In their dreaming and brood
ing, especially If they were possessed
of insane delusions, it would be alto
gether probable that they would fancy
themselves to be charged with higl
mission of dellverance. They might
actually believe that when they hnt
struck down the representative Of
civil authority, in their view an in
tolerable tyrant, the people would bless
them and hail them as their deliverers
Their confessions indicate that they
held this belief-hence their surpris,
at being mauled and kicked by thu
persons in whose behalf they imagin
ed themselves to have acted.
If we scan the pages of history tha
tell OF the oppression of the ancestor
Of these men-particularly in the social
economic, and personal history Of thel
progenitors for few generations bacl
we might be able to trace the pro
gressive, physical and mental degrad
alton in which the true source. OF thel
monstrous delusions is to be found
1t is useless and foolish to seek 1t IL
the social environment of Czolgosz i,
this country. 1t Is rather worse thar
useless to fix the responsibility OF
his crime upon persons or practices
wholly unrelated to the doctrines o
the Anarchists.
FAILURE OF THE FAIR.
(From tho Columbus Dispatcho