The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1901-12-06
DOWN WITH ANARCHY.

cts or wife-beating.
DOWN WITH ANARCHY.
Immigration Legislation ar the
First step Recommended.
The anarchist, and especially the an
archist in the United States, is merely
one type Of the criminal more dangerous
than any other because he represents the
same ~depravity in a greater degree. The
man who advocates anarchy directly or
Indirectly in any shape or fashion or the
man who apologies for anarchists and
their deeds makes himself morally access
sorry to murder before the fact. The an
archist is a criminal whose perverted in
stincts lead him to prefer confusion and
chaos to the most beneficent form Of So
cial order, His protest of concern for
workingmen is outrageous In it's impu-
dent falsity, for if the political institu-
lions of this country do not afford oppor-
tunity to every honest and intelligent son
of toll then the door Of hope Is forever
closed against him.
q The anarchist is everywhere not Q
Q merely the enemy Of system and of Q
q progress, but the deadly foe Of lib .
Q erty. If ever anarchy Is triumphant, q
q its triumph will last for but one red Q
q moment, to be succeeded for ages by =
q the gloomy night of %despotism. q
For the anarchist himself. whether he
breaches or practices his doctrines, we
need not have one particle more concern
han for any ordinary murderer. He is
not the victim of social or political inJus-
tice. There are no wrongs to remedy in
his case. The cause of his criminality il
to be found in his own evil passions and
in the evil conduct of those who urge him
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state to do justice to him or his. He is a
malefactor and nothing else. He is IN no
sense. in no shape or way, a product OF
social conditions save as a highwayman
Is produced" by the fact that an I'M
armed man happens to. have a purse.
1t is a travesty upon the great and holy
names of liberty and freedom to permit
them to be INVOKED in such a cause. No
mar or body of men preaching anarch-
istic doctrines should be allowed at large
any more than If preaching the murder
of some specified private individual. An
archistic speeches, writings and meetings
are essentially seditious and REASONABLE.
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I earnestly recommend to the con- .
. gress that in the exercise of it's wise q
= discretion it should take into consid- .
. GRAFTON the coming to this country of .
= anarchists or persons protesting =
= principles hostile to all government q
= and justifying the murder Of those .
= placed in authority. .
Such individuals are those who not long
ago gathered in open meeting to glorify
the murder of Hing Humbert Of Italy
perpetrate a crime, and the law should
insure their rigorous punishment. They
and those like them should be kept out
OF this country, and IL found here they
should be promptly deported to the coun-
try whence they came, and far reaching
provision should be made for the punish
ment of those who stay. No matter calls
more urgently for the wisest thought Of
the congress-.
The federal courts should be given tu-
risdiction over any man who kills or at
tempts to kill the president or any man
who by the Constitution or by law is in
line OF succession for the presidency,
while the punishment for an ~unsuccess-
full attempt should be proportioned to the
enormity OF the offense against our in
situations.
Anarchy is a crime against the q
. whole human race. and all mankind .
. should band against the anarchist. Z
. His crime should be made an offense Z
q against the law of nations. like pi- q
. racy and that form OF man stealing q
q known as the slave trade. for 1t Is Z
= of far blacker infamy h either. It Z
. should be so declared by treaties Z
. among all civilized powers. Such Z
. treaties would give to the federal 4
= government the power Of dealing =
. with the crime.
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A grim commentary upon the folly OF
the anarchist position was afforded by
the attitude of the law toward this very
criminal h had just taken the life Of
the president. The people would have
torn him limb from limb If 1t had mo-
been that the law he defied was at once
invoked In his behalf. So far from his
deed having been committed on behalf Of
the people against the government, thu
government was obliged at once to exert
its full police power to save him from
instant death at this hanos of the people
Moreover, his deed worked not the slight
est dislocation in o,.r governmental sys.
TEN. and the danger Of a recurrence Of
such deeds, no matter how great Il
might grow. wouid work only in the di
rection of strengthening and giving hard
ness to the forces of order. No mar will
ever be restrained from becoming presi
dent by any fear as to his personal safety
If the risk to the presidents life becam
great, it would mean that the offlc e woult
more and more come to he filled by mel
OF a spirit which would make them reso
Lutte and merciless in dealing with ever,
friend Of disorder. This great countr,
Will not ran INTO anarchy. ana II an
archists should ever become a seriou
menace to it's institutions they would no
merely be stamped out. but would involv
In their own ruin every active or passiv
sympathizer with their doctrines. TIL
American people are slow TO wrath, bu
when their wrath Is once kindled /
burns like a consuming flame.
TRUSTS AND COMBINES.
These Are Placed Under the Hea,
of Serious Social Problems.