The sun., 1901-11-25
RICHARDS ON ANARCHY
constitutional Amendment Is Unnec.
essary For Suppression.
PUNISHABLE BY CONGRESS,
4olicitor~ Gcaerai at union, League
4ctub Dinner In PhiIadeiphia RE-
N views the Moot Question.
senator Frye speaiks.

Phlladelphia, Nov. "a. ~ Founders
day was celebrated by the Union
league with a banquet. The function
was one Of unusual brilliancy and an
event Of considerable Importance be.
cause most of the speakers have been
ia close contact with the national ad-
mlnistration. Among the distinguished
guests We're Secretary of the Treasury
Gage, Secretary of the Interior IL. A.
hitchcock, Senator William p. Frye Of
NAME eX-Attorney General John w.
GrigSs, Postmaster General Charles
Emory Smith, Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson, J. X. Richards, solic.
ltor general Of the United States. and
I, w. III. Hunt governor of Porto Rico.
Much interest was manifested in the
address of Senator Frye, who soke on
f'Our Merchant Marine" Solicitor Cen
eral Richards spoke on the topic. "A
Present Peril, suggesting methods for
the suppression of anarchy. Mr.. Rich
ards said in part:
Protection of the President. :.
"The president of the United States
ought to be protected by the Laws of
the United States. Not only his safety,
but the dignity Of the republic demands
thls. The president takes an oath that
he will faithfully execute the office of
president of the United States and will
preserve, protect and defend the con
stitution of the United States This
constitution enjoins him to take care
that the laws be faithfully executed. ;
The solemn obligation thus imposed Is
not intermittent, but continuous, and
FOR this reason the power of the nation
should safeguard and protect him al
ways and everywhere. Authority to
do-this is clear.
The right of self preservation is as
vital to the state as to the Individual.
The constitution forbids congress TO
make any Law .abridging the freedom
OF speech or of the press or of the right
OF the people peaceably to assemble
and to petition the government for a
redress, of grievances, but all these
rights are to be reasonably construed
and lawfully exercised.
Anarchists and Treason.
ut is unnecessary to amend the con
stitution in order to obtain the power
to suppress anarchism. 1t IL true that
the assmblage of anarchists and the
preaching Of their doctrines cannot be
punished as treason, for to constitute
treason there must be an actual levy
ing of var. But acts directed at the
life of the government are punishable
at the discretion of congress, although
they do not amounttto treason under
the constitution.
THE supreme court has held that as
a sovereign nation the United States is
endowed with the power essential to
self preservation of excluding all alien.
which it may deem dangerous to H..
peace of the state and ef expecting or
deporting hose not vet naturalized.
This power may at the discretion of
congress be intrusted for enforcement
to the executive.
IF congress intrusts to the president
the power to exclude alien anarchists
and to deport all unnaturalized ones,
fancy it will not be difficult to put in
operation an effective plan of Kidding
the country of these bloody minded
pests. surely the time for action has
come. No more atrocious crime can be
committed than the one for which we
know anarchism is directly RESPONSE
ble."