The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-28
VENOM OF ANARCHY
MUST BE UPROoTED FROM AMERI-
CAN SOIL.
"Ev!L, BE THOU MY GOOD"
THE FOUL SLOGAN OF THE PoLIT-
ICAL ASSASSIN.

American Bar Associntion-Assas-
sination of Mckinley Text of Plea
for suppression of Anarchy-rrusts
and the Law-Enforcement OF
Present statutes Might Dispense
With Need for New-auack Expedi-
ents Won't Heal Diseases of Body
Polite.
Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 27.-The Amer
lean Bar Association began it's 25th
annual meeting here to-day. There
was a large attendance of delegates
when the meeting was called to order
| by President u. NJ. Rose of Little
| Rock. Ark, who then delivered an adj
dress.
Mr.. Rose began with a per-
sonal tribute to the memories of
two distinguished members of the as
ISOLATION who have died since its last
meeting-Hon. Henry Hitchcock of St.
Louis. one of its former presidents,
and the late President William McKin-
ley.
The assassination of President Nc
Kinley. indeed. supplied Mr.. Rose with
|
cussions of the deficiencies and needs
of the law as it at present exists. At
| ter expressing his bitter reprobation of
the crime that ended the life of the
| chief magistrate of the nation, Mr..
Rose continued:
Almost Incredible Infquity.
THE almost incredible iniquity of
|
litical assassination. who seek to avert
the whole moral scheme of the uni
verse, saying, with the arch-fiend,
Evil be thou my good aspiring to
crimes that not only darken homes and
fill the hearts of families and friends
with sorrow and mourning. but which
also plunge whole communities into
grief and distress, is only equaled by
the folly and madness OF their hopes.
Their avowed purpose Is to re-enlct
the scenes of the French Revolution of
1889, with all of it's attendant horrors;
but with our present means of lnstan-
taEeous transmission of intelligence
and rapid transportation, 1t Is quite as
impossible to reproduce that revolution
as Ii would be TO revive the. Crusades.
An effort was made by the Commune
in Paris in 1871 to perform similar
feat, under such favorable circuli-
stances as can rarely occur again;
! when the government of France had
been demolished, when her armies had.
been destroyed and captured, whelt \
hostile force occupied large part or
her territory, when all means oil COM
munication were greatly interrupted,
when the last policeman had been kill
ed or had been driven from mis- beat
| and yet in short time the movement
was extinguishei in blood, and its
leaders expiated their crimes In prison
| or in exile.
Murderer Only u Tool.
1.-THE prompt execution of the as
| sassin of President Mckinley failed
| to satisfy the just demands of the
violated law. Everyone knew that the
murderer was only wretched decad-
ent, mere tool in the hands of con-
spirators. plotting an endless series OF
| similar outrages in secret meetings and
by clandestine correspondence kept up
| in many lands. A singular feature OF
| the situation is that though the con-
situations looking to the commission
| of specific crimes are shrouded In con-
cealment, yet the general purpose to
commit crimes of the kind, so as to
dry up the very fountains OF law ana
| order, Is openly proclaimed in liter
ature of no small bulk or insignificant
| pretentions, which Is disseminated
! freely through the mails for the pur-
| pose of debauching the minds OF the
| ignorant, the weak and such as are
| criminally inclined Public meetings
| are held in our cities, where speeches
| of the most incendiary character are
made by refugees from foreign lands,
felons and escaped convicts who have
! served for some term of imprisonment.
| openly denouncing the government and
| laws of the country beneath whose pro-
lection they have sought shelter"
Mr.. Rose discussed also the subject
| of the trusts, quoting with approval
| in this connection the recently deliv-
| cred dictum of President Roosevelt:
| I'VE may need, and in my opinion we
| do need, new legislation, conceived In
| no radical or revolutionary spirit, but
| in a spirit of common sense, common
| honesty and a resolute desire to face
facts as they are" Discussing this
view of the demands of the trust sit
uation, Mr.. Rose said:
Difficulties with Trust Laws.
This language is clear, and will
! meet with general approval. The prin-
cipal difficulty pertains to the remedy.
If existing laws could be enforced per-
haps no new ones would be needed. In
all of the states where the English
common law prevails contracts greatly
in restraint OF trade and monopolies
of all kinds are illegal, and though
some states have chartered corpora
lions with power to do all things that
a natural persons may do yet these
enlarged grants do not authorize them
to create monopolies, because even
natural persons cannot do that with
out violating the law 1t would seem
then that a like violation by corpor-
alton would furnish good ground for
a forfeiture of its charter But there
are indications that all of the courts
would not so hold. A few of the states
favor these combinations and derive a
considerable revenue from the grant
of unlimited charters to all applicants.
Under these circumstances uniformity
of action Is not TO be expected. In the
absence OF that uniformity, statutes
like that of South Carolina, just no.
tlced, have but little effect on foreign
corporations. The state may expe
them and their agents from Its boun-
daries but n the articles which they
supply are among the common neces-
Haries OF life. they must still be
bought. and probably at higher prices
than II such acts had not been pass
ed.
The Remedy OF Publicity.
"A remedy sometimes proposed with
seeming confidence ~ that 81 publicity.
Publicity IL a good thing. MonOpOlies
delight IN secrecy. II Is said that the
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