The Washington times., 1901-12-04
THE MESSAGE.
Eloquent Reference to the Death oi
the Presidents Predecessor.

Eloquent Reference TO the Death of
the Presidents Predecessor.
The Presidents message was sent TO
Congress yesterday. It is remarkable for
its simplicity of language. Opening with a
simple reference TO the death Of the late
President, Mr. Roosevelt goes on TO de-
tail the circumstances under which Mr.
Mckinley met his death at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition. The most eloquent pas
sage in this portion OF his message is
the following:
The Dead President.
"The shock, the grief of the country, are
bitter in the minds of all who saw the
dark days while the President yet how
cred between life and death. At last
the light was stilled in the kindly eyes
and the breath went from the lips that
even in mortal agony uttered no word
save OF fossS::%epess to his murderer, OF
love for his friends, and of unfaltering
trust in the will of the Most High. Such
a death, crowning the glory OF such life.
leaves lis with Infinite sorrow, but with
such pride in what he had accomplished
and in his own personal character that
we feel the blow not as struck at him,
but as struck at the nation. We mourn
a good and great President who is dead;
but while we mourn We are lifted up by
the splendid achievements of his lie and
the grand heroism with which he met his
death
The Treatment OF Anarchy.
Tho President then passes on to the
consideration of anarchy in all Its forms
and the possible legislative treatment of
a phase OF criminality so infinitely base
He says:
"Tne anarchist, and especially the an
archist 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 nan
who advocates anarchy directly or indi-
rectly, in any shape or fashion, or the
man who apologies for anarchists and
their deeds, makes himself morally acces-
sorry to murder before the fact. The an
archist is & criminal whose perverted in
stincts lead him to prefer confusion and
chaos to the most benefcent form of
social order. His protest of concern for
workingmen is outrageous in its impudent
falsity; for If the political institutions of
this country do 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. If
ever anarchy is triumphant, its triumph
win last for but one red moment, to be
succeeded for ages by the gloomy night
OF dssDotism.
The Anarchist Is Murderer.
For the anarchist him, whether he
breaches or practices his octrines, we
need not have one particle more concern
than ior any ordinary murderer. He is
not the victim OF social or political in
justice. There are no wrongs - remedy in
his case. The cause of his c.ir.inaIity 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. He
is malefactor and nothing else. He is
in no sense, in no shape or way, pred
uct of social conditions save as a high
wayman is produced by the fact that
an unarmed man happens to have a purse.
II is a travesty upon the great and holy
names of liberty and freedom to permit
them TO be invoked In such q cause. 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. Anar-