Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-27
Oly's Socialistic Nightmare.

American citizen stands with bowed
head and stricken heart in the presence
of the nations dead, with its malig.
nant and partisan hand dares to lift
the pail that covers the sacred remains
al VIM. Mckinley and appealing TO
the heated impulses Of the hour, en-
deayors by falsehood and misrepre.
scntation, and an appeal to prejudice,
to gain tleeting party advantage.
Ever since Zach Chandler sent his
hlghbinder's message, "Claim every.
thing-resulting in the theft of two
States and the installation by fraud of
a defeated candidate in the Presidents
ofiice-it has been the policy of the
Republican party to claim everything,
all honor, all patriotism, all public
good. all prosperity.
This was never more manifest than
In the editorials Of the Olympian, first
Imbecile, as in its issue of the Ilth.
and then malignant as in its diatribe
of the 18th inst.
To call Socialism treason would be
intensely funny, if it were not done at
time when the public heart is wrung
and the nation is in mourning. Under
the circumstances, it is simply devilish.
This government, under the Constitu.
ton, Is essentially socialistic; of, by
and for the people. Its postoffice, its
bank note printing, its gun-making,
its public school system are all social.
istic. There is no disagreement as to
the Postal Savings Banks, advocated
by many prominent Republicans, and
many other things. The principle is
strictly in accord with the Constitu-
ton. The extent OF its application is
simply a matter of opinion, and for
this differing in opinion the Olympian
cries out IL am holier than thou; this
is treason" All right; if this be trea-
son, then make the most of it.
This would be enough if it we're not
that others are taking up Oly's cry and
making political capital of a nations
grief, and it is, therefore, imperative
that we should present the truth on the
subject. A negro and a white man
may have the same red blood under
the black or white skin, but a white
skin does not make pure heart, any
more than black skin makes putrid
black heart. and just as far a. black is
from white, just as far as the east is
from the west, so far is Socialism re-
moved from Anarchy.
The creed of Anarchy is No God,
No Lav. No Government, No authority
of one man 0ver another; absolute in
dividual liberty. 1t is barbarity in its
extreme; the unrestrained, unbridled
license of the brute man; the survival
of brute force; the triumph of Drawn
over brain. 1t brings ruin, chaos and
death.
Socialism is the extreme of law, all
Law; the golden rule embodied into the
statutes; the restraint of the over.
strung, oyer.ereedy, over.reaching
care for the weak, helpless and young ;
= day-dream of universal peace and
happiness by law; an ideal Of . re-
deemed earth in which shall dwell
righteousness-that is, right doing.
And this high ideal is what Oily calls
treason. We append few definitions
from the Standard Dictionary and En-
cyclopedia. We ask all to read them.
Anarchy is thus defined by the for
mer:
Absence or utter disregard of govern
ment; unregulated and chaotic condition
of society; social and political confusion
and disorder"
Aud the latter as
The state of society without any gov.
eminent, when country is torn by strife
of parties, and no law or authority re-
mains.
Anarchism would destroy, by violence
If necessary, all existing government and
social order, leaving the future to deter
mine what, if anything, should be raised
upon these ruins.
Webster's Dictionary says:
Anarchy is absence of government
the state OF society where there is no
law; supreme power; a state of law
lessness; political confusion; hence,
confusion and disorder in general.
The International Encyclopedia
says:
Anarchists are those who desire to
abolish all forms of authority and es-
tablish system of complete individual
liberty. Anarchy-the state of society
without any regular government-where
q country is torn by the strife of parties
and no law or authority remains.
Socialism. as defined by the Century
Dictionary, is:
Any theory or system of social organi-
zation which would abolish, entirely or
in great part, the individual effort and
competition ON which modern society
rests, and substitute for it cooperative
action, would introduce q more perfect
and equal distribution of the products oi
labor, and would make land and capital,
as the instruments and means of pro-
duction, the joint possession of the men,
bers of the community.
John Stuart Mill says:
"What is characteristic of socialism is,
the joint ownership by all members Of
the community of the instruments and
means of production, which carries with
it the consequence that the division Of
the produce among the body of owners
must be q public act performed according to
rules laid dorn By the community"
Again Mr.. Mill says:
"A contest of who can do most for the
common good is not the kind of compe-
tition which Socialists repudiate."
Standard Dictionary:
A theory of civil polity that aims to Sc