Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16
PRIVATE RIGHTS
STRONG DEFENSE ~ ARCH.
BISHOP IRELAND.
IN ADDRESS TO VETERANS

Dangers Of Anarchy Wildly Portrayed
Private Property Must Be saersd
and invIoIabIs - Large Fortunes
Not Necessarily An Evil.
Council Bluffs. Iowa.-The Army OF
the Tennessee closed Its annual reun-
ion here Friday night.
The most notable speech was that OF
Archbishop ireland. In response to the
toast. "Our Country" After paying u
glowing tribute to the wonderful
growth In all that makes for greatness
In the nation and to the patriotism Of
the people. and especially OF the vet.
Grams OF the Civil War. which have
made that growth possible. Archbishop
Ireland said:
tions We must not assert. but this We
done subversive OF public order, de-
structive Of the spirit of the country
and OF Its institutions.
'The wild anarchist. the would.be
assassin. are public enemies OF so
ciety. whom to tolerate IL to tolerate
open sedition.
An enemy. too. Of public order In
the workingman who. refusing his own
labor. deters by violence n brother
workman from his Offering of his Ia
Dor. as Is. even In u greater degree.
the strong and the powerful who over
ride the law OF the land In carrying
out the scheme OF their ambition.
Private property and the right OF
every man to own and dispose Of the
fruits OF brain and hand must be re-
sardcd US sacred and invIolabic. II Is
tho corner stone OF the social struc.
ture. Destroy It. weaken II. you arrest
ambition and effort: you give room to
carelessness OF tho morrow. to In.
doience and idlcncss: you establish
barbarian. Barbarism is that state of
society where men. having nothing
which is the exclusive possession OF
any. prey upon tho strength and the
labor OF others.
''Thnt In tho holding OF private prop
crty there will be inequality Is n fact
that Is inevitable. Men are not and
never will be equal In the power that
builds up property. In the sacrifice Of
self. In tho economy that preserves
and increases Il. The preaching OF
ttopias In remedy OF this inequality.
the proposal Of schemes that ignore
the nature OF men and the vital condi-
tions OF human society. nrc an insult
no less thnn IN injury to tho indivA.
ual whom they fnin would bcHuilc.
"A chief panncca put before us In
common ownership. through city.
state or nation. of productivity and OF
transportation hithcr and thithcr. Of
the results OF this productivity. Let
us be on our guard: common owner
ship In enc direction leads TO common
ownership In another. NIL the more NO
when the purpose really held In mind
by the many Is TO grasp wealth with
out much personal effort: to make up
for ones deficiency by dcspoiling
others"
Large fortunes legally obtained
the speaker declared. are not ncccs-
sarily an owl. They are necessary to
the marvellous growth characteristic
Of American life. They must not. how.
ever. bc allowed TO violate law or op-
press the weak.
The society reelected Gen. Grcn.
willie NJ. Dodge president.
A resolution strongly dcnouncinG
the statement Of an orator nt the re-
cent function at Gen. u. 8. Grants
to the effect that General
Grant aspircd to q dictatorship Mt the
close Of tho Civil War. was adopted.
Gen. o. o. Howard. Gen. John c. Black
and Mrs. John A. Logan Joined In the
OF this assertion as cal. =,
umny and Con. Frederick d. Grant
took occasion to declare that II was
without the least foundation In fact:
that his father never thought Of such /,
4 thing.