Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
Some Wealthy Bulldozers.

A remarkable outgrowth of the feel.
ing engendered presumably by the at.
tempt OF the Government to place the
aggressive spirit OF capital under salu.
tary restraints, was manifested in At.
lantic City. the other evening, when
Attorney General Knox was attacked
in the cafe OF heightened hotel, 10y a
trio OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. r.
Schoen, a capitalist Of Philadelphia,
Theodore Cramp. the Philadelphia
ship builder, and Mr.. Stevenson, a
leading business man of the City OF
Brotherly Love.
1t seems that Mr.. Knox and party
OF five ladies and three gentlemen
were about concluding very pleasant
dinner party, when the three men OF
money came in and seated themselves
at table short distance off. Soon
as the wealthy rowdies discovered the
presence Of Gen. Knox, they began
talking in loud and insolent manner.
They were asked to des;st, in q low and
gentle tone, by the waiter, several
times, but aside from apologies, evi.
IDENTIFY intended in derision, they did
not modify their conduct. In a few
moments Gen. Knox passed across the
room, and leaning over the rowdies'
table, requested that they refrain from
further Objectionable language. Then
came blow from Cramps fist, which
landed Mr.. Knox, who is small man,
against the wall, with the three bullies,
ali larger than him, engaged in an eff.
fort to do him harm. A half a dozen
walters rushed to the rescue OF Mr..
Knox, and while they were holding
the aggressive trio, that gentleman's
friends came forward and conducted
him to his carriage.
Such acts, if of people in the hum
bier walks OF lite, would probably have
ended by arraignment in the police
court and fine and Imprisonment, but
emanating from representatives of the
golden rod now held over our govern.
mcnt, who insulted and attempted to
do bodily harm to q Cabinet officer,
whose special duty it is to endeavor by
all means to loosen the grasp of cor.
porate greed, the act has q deeper sig.
nificance and should not be dismissed
with the scant sympathy accorded "a
an ordinary breach of the peace.
While the Objectionable language
used is not given in the dispatch, it il
very improbable that as prominent
men as those who made the assault,
would have been Influenced to act the
rowdy in the presence of ladies with.
out some powerful incentive, and there
is probably no other cause which i'm.
pels them with more irresistible force
than the placing of any restraint
upon lines they have always regarded
as peculiarly their own. If this was
the spirit which controlled the rowdies
in making an attack upon an officer
charged with duties that conflict with
their personal interests, wherein do
they differ from the anarchist, except
in degree and extent of the injury in.
flicted? How long may they restrain
their impetuous natures from taking
life, after deliberately provoking a rep.
rimand which led to an assault with
intent to do bodily harm
I The anarchist springs from . class
who have not been taught the means
of averting consequences for their mas.
ter impulse to kill, and they seldom il
ever set in operation . train of cir.
cumstances to justify theit acts, from
a statutory point Of view. Still their
acts may not have been less premedi.
tated than the attack OF the aristo.
cratic rowdies at the Garden Hotel in
Atlantic City.
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