Evening star., 1902-02-27

injustice was impOssible; of moderate for
tune, whose slender means nobody could
envy. They were men of austere virtue. of
tender heart, of eminent abilities. which
they had devoted with single minds to the
good of the republic. If ever men walked
before God and man without blame. it was
these three rulers of our people. The only
temptation TO attack their lives offered was
their gentle radiance-to eyes hating the
light that was offenSe enough
The stupid uScleSSneSS of such an infamy
affrontS the common sense of the world.
One can conceive how the death of a die
tator may change the political conditions
Of an empire; how the extinction of a mar
rowing line of kings may bring in an alien
dynasty. But in a well-ordered republic
Ike ours the ruler may fall, but the state
feels no tremor. Our beloved and revered
leader is gone-but the natural process of
our laws provides us a successor, Identical
IN purpose and ideals, nourished by the
same teachings. inspired by the same prin-
efples, pledged by tender affection as we'll
the immense task committed to his hands
ana To smite with iron severity every mani
festation of that hideous crime which his
mild predecessor with his diving breath
forgaye. The sayings of celestial wisdom
have no date; the words that reach US.
over 1000 years, out OF the darkest hour of
gloom the world has ever known. are true
they do" The blow struck at our dear
friend and ruler was as deadly as blind
hate could make 1t; but the blow struck at
saiio'SiS was ucduilcT Stlll
The Problem Of Anarchy.
What world Of insoluble problems such
an evenl excites in the mind! Not merely
In it's personal, but in it's public asnects
II presents a paradox not to be compre
hended. Under system Of government SO
free and so impartial that we recognize
Its existence only by It's benefactions; un-
DER a social order. SO purely democratic
that classes cannot exist in it, affordng
opportunities so universal that even con-
olti"ns t are as changing as the winds.
Where the laborer Of today is the
capitalist Of tomorrow; under laws
which are the result Of ages of
evolution. SO uniform and 50 benefcent
.nat ina ane PRESIDENT has just the same rights
ana priVieges as the artisan; We see the
same hellfsh growth Of hatred and muir
der which dogs equally the footsteps of
penevoient monarchs and blood-stained
With US in the community of a kindred
sorrow! | will not speak of those distant
regions where assassination enters into the
oaliy HE OF government. But among the
mfliar intercourse-who can forget that
wise and mild autocrat who had earned
the proud title Of the liberator? that en-
Eghtened and magnamimous citizen whom
france stll mourns? that brave and chiyal-
rous King OF Italy who only lived for his
people? and, saddest Of all, that lovely
ana ana sorrowing empress, whose harmless
NE could hardly have excited the ami
mostly of demon. Against that devilish
spirit nothing avails-neither virtue. nor
patriotism. nor age nor youth, nor oon-
science nor pity. We cannot even say that
edGc2t ton Is a sufficient safeguard a aooir.+
this baleful evil-for most of the wretches
whose crimes have so shocked humanity ia
teceht years are men not unlettered. who
have have gone from the common schools
through murder, to the scaffold
Our minds cannot discern the orieJp no-
conceive the extent Of wickedness SO per
verse and so cruel: but this does not ex-
tro! and counteract 1t. We do not un-
derstand what electricity is; whence T.
comes or what It's hidden properties NAV
be- But We know 1t is a mighty force for
OF years. men of learning and skill have
labored to store and to subjugate Il to
heCtralize and even to employ its destruo-
tive energies. This problem OF anarchy is
Dark and intricate, but 1t ought to be with
II the compass Of democratic government
although no sane mind can fathom the
mysteries OF these untracked and orbitless
hatures-to guard against their alterations,
to take away from them the hope of es-
cape. the long luxury of scandalous days
in court. the unwholesome sympathy Of
hysterfcal degenerates, and so by degrees
TO make the crime not worth committing,
even to these abnormal and dist storted souls
IL would be presumptuous for me In this
presence to suggest the details Of remedial
legislation for malady so malignant. That
task may safely be left to the skill and
patience Of the national Congress which
has never been found unequal to any such
emergency. The country believes that the
memory Of three murdered comrades of
fours-an Of whose voices still haunt these
Ralls-wil be a sufficient inspiration to
enable you to solve even this abstruse and
painful problem. which has dimmed SO
many pages of history with blood and with
tears.
Before an audience less sympathetic than
this, l should not dare to speak Of that
great career which we have met to COM
rnemorate. But we are all his friends and
friends do not criticise each others words
about an open grave. 1 thank you for the
honor you have done me in inviting me