Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-09-24
IN REPRESSION.

ana our late PRESIDENT HltlnSIy
eulogized. The foreign press
vies with ours in expressing ad-
miration of his character, and
profound sorrow for his cruel
death. Anarchists are execrated
throughout the civilized world,
and men everywhere, and in all
ranks of society, are united in
declaring they must be sternly
and effectually repressed.
Some plan for Furnishing an
archists and rcnderiny the dis
semination Of their destructive
and devii.sil doctrines impossible
is everywhere demanded. It is a
problem fairly bristling with diff
fculties, and especially SO under
our form of government. I'm
deubtedly, many Of these diff
culties are merely theoretical or
sentimental and may be over
come. Some practicable plan
will be found and adopted, because
our people are aroused and stirred
to earnestneSs. ...
The plan suggested by Gener-
al Thorp at the Opera House,
last Thursday, would, without
doubt, be most efficient, but it is
not practicable. Nearly all our
anarchists are naturalized citi-
zens. Others are bora here.
They have the right Of "indict-
ment of a grand jury'' and OF
"trial by an impartial jury of the
state and district wherein the
crime shall have been committed. "
It is highly probable that soon
after congress convenes there will
be a law enacted which will not
only make attempts to kill ou1
presidents and certain other Off
cials a crime punishable by
death, but will enable us~to reach
and punish those who teach de.
structive theories or incite others
to such acts. The federal courts
should be given exclusive juris.
diction of crimes arising under
such law.
Congress may also establish q
penal colony to which all con.
victed under the statue of offences
not punishable by death shall be
removed. More than this will
hardly be undertaken. We mus
find some efectual method o.
dealing with these creatures with.
out being compelled to change
our organic law. While we. have
exaggerated views of freedom O
speech and freedom of the pres.
and should tone them down to {
more sensible level, we make ne
similar mistake touching tht
rights of habeas corpus and tria.
by jury. So tenacious1y do WE
cling to these rights, so absolute
ly necessary are they to the pres
ervation of our liberties and the
administration of justice that we
will not, and should not, deny
them even to the murderous, red.
handed anarchist.
Our most efficient means oi
rooting out anarchy is right pub,
lie sentiment. We must enforce
the laws we already have .upsn
our statute books against the
abuse of free speech and the free
dom of the press. Conditions
which cannot be reached By law
can be met and controlled by
popular sentiment. A candidate
for the highest Office within the
gift Of the people, a man whose
public and private character are
absolutely beyond just reproach is
assailed and maligned and abused
to all intents and purposes as il
he were the most wicked, un-
principled rogue. It is true he
has his remedy in action fol
slahder, or criminal libel, but he
cannot avail himself of it. He
must endure it, even though he
knows this wild abuse of free
speech is nefving the arm of a
Guiteau Or Czolgosz.
Public sentiment must demand
that these charged with the ad-
ministratien of our laws-especial-
1y OUT criminal laws-shal1 reform
their rules and practice. If they
have been following nischievous
precedents they should igno9I
them and establish just and right
ones. In many instances justice
Is defeated and crime goes un-
punished because of our absurd
practice in determining the quail
i6cations of jurors. Under the
English practice, jury is quail
fed, the case tried and justice
done, while we would be yet
wrangling over the selection Of a
jury