Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-12-05

comprehensive synopsis of President
Roosevelt's message to Congress is given be-
| low:
| . Inc Congress assemblies this year under
the shadow OF great calamity. On the sixth
| OF september, President Mckinley was shot
| oy an anarchist while attending the Pan
american Exposition at Buffalo, and died in
mat city on the fourteenth of that month.
| or the last seven elected Presidents he is
| the third who has been murdered and the
bare recital Of this fact is sufficient to JUS
! NY grave alarm among all loyal American
citilens- moreover, the circumstances of this
Ihe third assassination Of an American Presi-
dent, have peculiarly sinister Significance
6otn PRESIDENT Lincoln and President Gar
| field were killed by assassins of types unfor-
tunately not uncommon in history President
Lneoin falling victim to the terrible pas
slons aroused by four years of civil war
and President Garfield to the revengefuI van,
| ity OF disappointed ofice-seeker President
mckinley was killed by an utterly depraved
criminal belonging to that body Of criminals
VINO object to all governments, good and had
s nhRe. VINO are against any form of popular
liberty II 1t Is guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal laws, and who are as hostile
| 10 the upright exponent of a free peoples
BILE despot.
1T is not too much to say that at the time
OF PRESIDENT McKinley's death he was the
most widely loved man in all the United
States; while we have never had any public
man man Of his position who has been so wholly
lre S,; from the bitter animosities incident to
hatred Of him, for he never acted with aught
put consideration for the welfare Of others
no one could fall to respect him who knew
MIN In public or private life. The defenders
OF those murdererous criminals who seek TO
excuse their criminality by asserting that it
is exercised for political ends. inveigh against
wealth and irresponsible power But for this
ASSASSINATION even this base apology
The President speaks in the highest terms
OF the personal and public virtues of Mr.. Me-
klnley. Describing the nature OF the assas-
MI tfNya TI.f
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
one type OF 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 apollo
gizes for anarchists and their deeds. makes
himself morally accessory to murder before
the TACT The anarchist is a criminal whose
perverted instincts lead him to prefer confu-
of social order. His protest of concern for
worklngmen is outrageous in its impudent
falsity; for If the political institutions of this
country do not afford opportunity to every
honest and intelligent son of toll then the
door Of hope is forever closed against him
The anarchist is everywhere not merely the
enemy Of system and progress, but the dead
~ Zoe of liberty. II ever anarchy is triumph
ant Its triumph will last for but red
gloomy night Of despotism.
Would Exclude Anarchists.
81 earnestly recommend to the Congress
that in the exercise of its wise discretion il
should take into consideration the coming
to this country of anarchists persons pro-
Tossing principles hostile to all government
and 1ustifying the murder of those placed
IN authority. No matter calls more urgently
for the wisest thought of the Congress.
The Federal courts should be given juris-
aIct .iiT over any man who kills or attempts
President ,ha ~ n,
Constitution or bylaw is in line of success
sion Tor the Presidency, while the punish
proportioned to the enormity of the offense
against our institutions.
Anarchy is crime against the whole
human race; and all mankind should hand
against the anarchist. His crime should be
made an ofense against the law of nations,
like piracy and that form of mansteaIing
known as the slave trade for it is of far
5lacker infamy than either. 1t should be so
declared by treaties among all civilized pow
ers.
The Trust Problem.
The tremendous and highly complsx
industrial development which went on with
ever accelerated rapidity during the latter
nalf OF the nineteenth century brings US face
to face, at the beginning of the twentieth.
with very serious social problems. The old
the binding force of law, were once quite
SUFFICIENT to regulate the accumulation and
distribution of wealth. Since the Industrial
changes which have SO enormously Increased
the productive power Of mankind, they are no
longer sufficient.
THE creation of great corporate fortunes
mas not been due to the tariff nor to any
other governmental action, but to natural
causes in the business world operating i'm
other countries they operate in our own
1t is not true that 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 AMI
connected with the accumulation of wealth:
yet 1t remains true that fortune accumu-
lated only on condition of comforting i'm
mense incidental benefits upon others. Sue
cessful enterprise, of the type which benefits
all mankind. can only exist If the conditions
are SUCH as to offer great prizes the re-
THE captains of industry who have driven
the railway systems across this continent.
developed our manufactures, have on the
whole done great good to our people. With
we are SO Justly proud could never have
taken place. Moreover. we should recognize
the immense Importance to this material
development of leaving as unhampered as
Is compatible with the public good the strong
and forceful men upon whom the success
OF business operations inevitably rests.
Caution Is Urged.
IAN additional reason for caution in deal
Ing with corporations is to be found in the
International commercial conditions of to-
day. The same business conditions which
have produced the great aggregations of cor
porate and individual wealth have made them
very potent factors in international CONNER
cial competition. America has only Just
begun to assume that commanding position
in the international business world which we
believe will more and more be hers. 1t is
of the utmost Importance that this position
be not jeoparded, especially at time when
the overlooking abundance of own natu-
raj resources and the skill, business energy
and mechanical aptitude of our people make
foreign markets essential. Under such con-
ditions 1t would be most unwise to cramp
Nation VI Ou'
disaster to great business euterprises can
have afferfS cd m he
the top. 1t spreads throughout and while it
is bad for everybody. it is worst for those
of his Injuries: but the wage-worker may
be deprived of even bare necessities.
I'm facing new industrial conditions, the
vhole history of the world shows that legis-
lation will generally be both unwise and in
effective unless undertaken after calm inquiry
and with sober self-restraint. Much of the
legislation directed at the trusts would have
been exceedingly mischievous had 1t not also
been entirely ineffective. In dealing with
business interests, for the government to I'M
dertake by cruae ana III-considered -legisla
tion to 90 VIVA; may turn out to be bad,
would be to incur the risk of such far-reach-
ing national disaster that it would be prefer
able TO undertake nothing at all.
'All this Is true; and yet ii Is also true
that there are real and grave evils one of
the chief being capitalization because
of its many baleful consequences; and a reso-
lutte and practical effort must be made to
correct these evils.
Government Supervision.
at is no limitation upon property rights
freedom Of contract to require that when
men receive from government the privilege of
doing business under corporate form, which
frees them from individual responsibility
and enables them to call into their enterprises
the capital of the public. they shall do so
upon absolutely truthful representations TO
the value of the property in which the capt.
tai is to be invested. Corporations engaged
in interstate commerce should be regulated
IL they are found to exercise license work
ing to the public injury. 1t should be as
much the aim OF those who seek for social
betterment to rid the business world OF
crimes of cunning as to rid the entire body
polite of crimes of violence Great corpora
lions exist only because they are created !
and safeguarded by our institutions and IL
is therefore our right and our duty to see
that they work in harmony with these insti-
tutions
Publicity Remedy for Trusts.