Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
READ 70 CONGRESS
Governmental Problems
DWelt On at length in
the Document.
URGES EXCLUSION or IBE ANARCHISTS
Czoigosz and His Tx Enemies OF
the Human Race.
THE MERITS OF RECIPROCITY.

the human ndC0s
THE MERITS OF RECIPROCITY.
IRssidsat Defends the Workings Of the
; Protective TsriR-Construetion OF che
NIoar.guAn Canal Urged, and the Fay
ang Of . Cable 70 Hawaii and the
RhilIppinss-Chsngss In the Present.
.nGHitis Laws Recommendsd-ThsN Navy.
A comprehensive synopsis Of President
Roosevelt's message to Congress is given be-
How:
10 the Senate and House OF Representatives.:
sa. ssdo" & sns the sah
OF September. President Mckinley was shot
by an anarchist while attending the PAN
that city on the fourteenth OF that month.
''of the last seven elected Presidents he is
hare recital Of this fact is suficient to jus
Nify grave alarm among all loyal American
che third assassination OF an American Presi-
dent, have peculiarly sinister significance.
Both President Lincoln and President Gar
Held were killed by assassins OF types unfor-
1unately not uncommon in history, President
Lincoln falling q victim to the terrible pas
and President Garfield to the reyengsful van
fty of a disappointed ofnce-seeker. President
sriminai be1onsins to tha. body 81 criminals D
Who object TO all governments. good and bad
Slike. who are axainst any form OF popular
rust and liberal laws, and who are a. hostile
% thu upright exponent Of = free peoples
Dls despot
Tits not too much to say that at the time
most widely loved man IN ali Il the United
States: while We have never had any public
ME vnS essn
public lite. There could be no personal
hatred OF him, for he never acted with aught
No one could tan to respect him who knew
him In public or private life. The defenders
sxcuss their criminality by asserting that 1t
q exercised for political ends, inveigh against
wealth and irresponsible power But for this
0s6assination oven this base apology can
not be urged
The President speaks in the highest terms
Kiniey. Describing the nature Of the assas-
snatton and the motive that inspired It, the
message continues:
Motive OF the Assassin.
-*The blow was aimed not at this Presi-
dent, but at all Presidents At every symbol Of
government The anarchist, and especially
che anarchist in the United States, is merely
one type OF criminal more dangerous than
amy other because he represents the same
'saepravity in a greater degree. The man who
advocates anarchy directly or indirectly, in
amy shape or fashion or the man who apollo
4yizes for anarchists and their deeds. makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
the fact The anarchist is criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu-
aon and chaos to the most benefcent form
INF social order. His protest OF concern for
s.isity Tor il the poiitiesi institutions Of this
soonest and intelligent son s Of toll then the he
door of hope 10 forever closed against him.
-nemy Of system and progress. but the dead
~ foe OF liberty: II ever anarchy Is triumph
it Pe M sst for but
gloomy night OF despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
Fl earnestly recommend to the Congress
mat in tho exercise OF its wise discretion It
.ahould take into consideration the coming
20 this country Of anarchists persons pro-.
bessing principles hostile to all government
d authority. No matter calls more urgently
mr. the wisest thought Of the Congress.
1Ss ss
f:onstituuon or bylaw is in lin. Of success
3ent Tor an unsueceesfn1 attempt ns should s.
zDroportioned to the enormity Of tho oRense
Mnaresy i. crime against the whole
human race and All m 4.,l should band I'D
aae an sn oenss aasin.t ~. nT Of Datons
like piracy and that form Of manstealinE
%knovn a. the slave trade for Il !. Of far
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
Tho Trust Problem.
The tren,endous and highly complex
ever accelerated rapidly during the latter
half of the ninetsenth century brings US face
60 face. at the beginning ., the tws p II;
laws. and the old customs which had almost
r1he binding force of law. were once quite
distribution OF wealth. Since the industrial
changes which have SO enormously increased
longer sufficient.
'.The creation OF great corporate fortunes
has not been due to the ta TIM NOR to any
causes in the business world, operating IN
other countries as they operate in our own.
1t is not true that as the rich have grown
richer the poor have grown poorer. On the
contrary, never before has the average man.
the wage-worker. the farmer. the small trad
er. been SO well of as in this country and
ut the present time. There have been abuses
connected with the accumulation e wealth:
vet it remains true that a fortune accumu-
Hated only condition OF con ferring i'm
mense incidental benefits upon others Sue
4cessful enterprise. of the type which benefits
all mankind, can only exist ii the conditions
are such az to offer great prizes as the re-
1.-The captains of industry who have driven
che railway systems across this continent,
developed our manufactures. have on the
out them the material development OF which
yzaken place Moreover. we should recognize
the immense Importance to this material
development of leaving as unhampered as
Hs compatible with the public good the strong
and force:ui men upon whom the success
of business operations inevitably rests.
Caution Is Urged.
IAN additional reason for caution In deal
eng with corporations is to be found in the
international commercial conditions OF to-
DAY The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggrega:ions of cor
x,orate and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors in International CONNER
sciai competition America has only just
begun 10 assume that commanding position
fn the International business world which we