The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-09-11
anarchists than many of the places that

anarchists than many of the places fnat
are looking down on Paterson.
you depend upon it that where you
hear of the anarchists having all their
meetings open to the police and to the
public, as every meeting ever held IN
Paterson has been, you can be sure those
people are not to be feared.
"The authorities should demand the
same publicity be given to the report OF
the Government agents that Paterson is
free from all assassins as that it was
nest and breeding place for them
After Straight street had been visited,
the Secret Service men went to the office
of La QUESTION: Sociale,' and found
there Pedro Esteve, the editor, and three
assistants. The visitors We're made well
come. and told to go through every room
and corner of the building. The strangers,
it is said, announced themselves as Secret
Service men in the employ of the Govern
ment. Keys to all the drawers and store
rooms were given them, and they let
nothing go unexamined- Pedro Esteve
said
.sThey searched everything, and they
went away without saying much, but !
know they found nothing, because there
was nothing to find. No one ever found a
door locked or a meeting going on tnat
one could not walk into. True anarchy
does not want secrecy.
IT will say in my paper this week,
Esteve went on, that the anarchists have
nothing whatever to do with the attempt
to assassinate Mckinley. Anarchy does
not teach that Some newspapers make
lot of half-brained fools think anarchy
teaches that, and that they have notice
to kill some one. These papers have
taught these people who are egotistically
insane and are determined to make
name for themselves that as anarchists
their names will be sent over the world,
whereas if they were only plain, everyday
murderers, such as they are, few would
hear of them.
eyes. there is the secret of the whole
thing; they think by calling themselves
anarchists they will get ten times the
notoriety they would get if they did not,
end it will be true while we have un-
scrupulous newspapers that do not care
what they print
The local anarchists say that although
yesterday was the first time the Secret
Service men announced themselves as
such, the Government has men in It's en-
ploy here all the time. and they mlngie
among the italians and are apparently
sympathizers with the principles OF an
archy. The anarchists say the Italian
Government has had men here all the
time since King Humbert was killed, and
that these spies make weekly reports to
the Italian Consul in New York.
Although the Paterson members of the
ssCroup of the Right of Existence" are so
loudly disclaiming any sympathy with as
sassination, it must not be forgotten they
did exult about the murder of King Hum
bert. and despite Esteves claims now,
his laudation of Bresci only few weeks
ago appeared sincere.
Esteve, who is looked upon as the head
of the anarchist group, defies any one to
send him from this country. He says
the Constitution of the United states Is
at his back and he cannot be deported
The Constitution, he declares, gives MIN
the right of free speech, and guarantees
the liberty of the press. He says ne mas
broken no law, and until he does he Is
safe.
Esteve says the fact that President Nc
Kinley visited Paterson several times
since he has been President and had APP
peared in public driving about Paterson
in an open carriage, he belleves, ougnt
to set at rest the stories that the Pater-
mitting Violence on the President.
President Mckinley was here as the
guest of Vice President Hobart and at
the funeral of Mr.. Hobart the Preside,nt I
aIighted from his train in the freight
vo rds amid the crowd.