The bee., 1906-08-16
BONAP PARTE ON ANARCHY
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY GIVES
HIS VIEWS.
IN FAVOR OF DEATH PENALTY
Declares That AnsrchIsni and Social
ism "Are Two Divergent Stems
From Same Root"

tary OF the Navy Charles j. Bonaparte
delivered an address at the Allegheny
Chautauqua, near Cumberland, before
large gathering. his subject being
"Anarchism and its Remedy" Secre
tary Bonaparte was introduced by
Congressman George A. Pearre, OF
Maryland, and said In part:
In September, 1901 when the
American people heard that their pres.
ident was an assassin's victim, there
mingled with the universal amaze
ment, grief and indignation a feeling
OF peculiar horror aroused by the ap-
parent absence of any provocation or
even Ineligible motive for the crime.
Czolgosz No Worse Than Others.
Czolgosz was at once recognized to
be probably no worse than some thou.
sands OF men and women in our
midst, and scattered throughout the
civilized world, men and women who
accept the name and share the opin-
ions he avowed. So far as could be
seen. his reason for killing President
Mckinley would lead any one of them
to kill President Roosevelt, should op-
portunity offer. and with this practical
application of their theories, their ex-
istence became source of real peril.
not only to presidents, but to all pub
lice officers and to all eminent men.
.
immigration and AnsrehIsm.
There is much to be said in favor
~ thooa ra.frfcftnno nm ,fora tfnn
which are intended to shut out for.
cign anarchists from our shores; and
II was undoubtedly well to arm the
federal executive with wider powers to
deport or otherwise rid the country
OF disloyal or turbulent aliens. wheth.
or these call themselves anarchists
or not. The fewer of such people we
have In our midst. the better; and.
although l do not believe 1t will ever
prove practicable to slam the door in
the face OF anything like all of them,
all that we can bar out will be so
much gain.
A Homemade Brand.
But, while we may thus reduce the
number Of our anarchists, 1t is sadly
certain that we can not thus get rid OF
anarcliism. We have now a home
made brand of the article and although
the original plant OF this infant in
dustry was undoubtedly imported. the
domestic product is large enough to
gravely trouble us.
Anarchism is the product OF two
conditions which prevail to greater
or less extent, everywhere among the
less enlightened classes of modern
civilizd society, namely: The decay of
religious faith, and a measure OF SUI
perficial, and. therefore. unsound pop
ular education.
Anarchism and Socialism.
1T is sometimes said that anarch-
ism and socialism. as systems, are mu.
tually antipodal and destructive. |
should be very sorry to diminish what
ever hostility the adherents of either
system may feel for the other, for
the old adage as to the consequences
OF such strife to honest men embodles
no small measure OF truth; but, to my
mind this view OF their relations is
altogether superficial. They are two
divergent stems growing from the
same root--that root Is the doctrine
that all men of right ought TO be and
should therefore be made and kept,
precisely equal
The Death Penalty.
"On anarchists the death penalty
should be unequivocally imposed by
law and inheAibly executed whenever
the prisoner has sought directly or
indirectly to take life; for offenses
of less gravity ! advise a compara-
lively brief, but very rigorous, impris-
onment, characterized by complete Sc
clusion, deprivation of all comfort and
denial of any form of distraction, and
which could be. to my mind, advan'
tageously supplemented by severe,
but not a public whipping.
Public Opinion An Antidote.
The final and most truly vital con
dition of success In Kidding the coun-
try of anarchism In practice is that
American public opinion should recog-
niZe the utter emptiness, the inherent
folly of its theory and of all the kin
uI6u ICdu9 -AnduSs iui htoiCu O1itC-Jou
wait schemes for the social regenera-
ton of mankind. Civilized society, as
1t exists to-day. If 1t be nothing more,
is the outcome of all the strivings for
Justice and happiness of the human
race during thousands OF years.
The Present Fabric.
What monstrors presumption, what
preposterous conceit for any man,
were he the wisest, the most learned,
the most justly famed OF his own age
or of all ages, to imagine that with
but the dim, flickering. lights OF his
own dull. feeble mind, with but the
few imperfect lessons of his own short
ill-spent life TO guide his hand. he
could cast down and build up again
this incredibly vast this Infinitely
complex fabric and improve on rs
structure.
The Minneapolis Encampment