The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-08-16
ANARCHY IN THIS
COUNTRY SERIOUS
Secretary OF Navy Bonapar,e
Urges Drastic Treat
ment.
DEATH FOR BAD ONES
Whipping Post and Punishnents Es.
peeially Distastefvi 10 the Offend
ers Should BE
Used.

cumberland. Nd. Aug. l5-Sccrctary
Of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte dellv.
cred an address last evening at the Al
lcghcny c~hautauqua. near Cumberland.
before IA large gathering. his subject
being. "Anarchism and Its Remedy"
Secretary Bonapart- was introduced
' by Congressman George A. PIERRE. Of
Cumberland. He spoke of the diSmay
q Indignation occasioncd by the muir
der 81 President Mckinley by an
vowed anarchist and OF the many
suggestions from various sources az To
how the country might rid itself of
those h held such "A doctrine of yio-
lcnce. said he:
In a multitude ~ Counselors there IL
wisdom. largely because their multi.
tudc prevents the acceptance OF much
Of their counsel. Most OF the plans put
forward To rid the world In general
and the United States In particular of
anarchists and anarchism were soon
shown by the discussion they provoked
To he either wholly or In great part
useless. michievous or impraciicablc."
Inadequate Remedies.
Mr.. Bonaparte went on the show that
no hope OF notable success In the cam.
paign against anarchists lay Ia n pro-
posed concert of powers which should
recognize all crimes Inspired by an.
archism as extraditable. nor I'm any eff
fort to suppress spoken or written criti.
cism OF public officers from president
down.
He favored immigration laws to pre-
vent ms far as possible the landing on
American shores of foreign anarchists.
but declared that such laws must nee
essarily fail TO accomplish much TO the
end desired.
Secretary Bonaparte argued that So
cialism and anarchism are two diverg-
ont stems growing from the same O
declaring that the ideal OF the social
list cnn only be realized among slaves
and there only partially.
Thc speaker aid that no immediate
cure for the malndy could be found.
but he believed the situation could be
mitIgnted somewhat by serious ration
al treatment. Speaking further he said:
In the first place. the unlawful acts
prompted by anarchism should be- made
crimes. insofar as they are not. strictly
speaking. crimes already. n as crimes
they should he visited with such pen
altics ms IRE particularly d!stastcrul &c
the criminals. and therefore IN" most
effective dcterrcntS To crime.
Death and the Lash.
O anarchists the death penalty
should be unequivocally imposed by Law
and inficxibly executed when"v" the
prisoner has sought directly or indi-
rcctly To talk life. For oncns"s Of less
gravity I advise "A comparatively BRIEF
but very rigorous. imprisonment, char
acterizcd by complete ~seclusion. depri-
walton OF all comfort and denial OF any
form Of distraction. n which coul
be. To my mind. simultaneously sup
plemcntcd by a severe. but not n pub
lie, whipping. The lnsn, OF all punish
ments. most clearly shows the cuiprit
tha he suffers for what his fellow men
hold odlous and disgraccful, aud not
merely for reasons OF public policy.
ANY abridgment from fear Of the
anarchists. or that freedom OF speech
and OF the press guaranteed us by out
state and federal constitutions, would
neither be a wise nor a worthy policy.
but these privileges In nowise shield
councillors uf crime or instigaiors OF
disorder and rebellion. Any changes.
however sweeping. In n laws and
govcrnmcn may he urged, any
however Wild and gro-
tcsquc. advanced To Justify them. pro-
yidcd the method ~ change he orderly
and lawful. hut a published writing
recommending the murder Of IN" chief
magistrate and the violent overthrow
az the liz "A scditious libel
at the Common law. and there " ne
good reason why the public uttcranCc
OF spoken words ~ the same purport
should not he made a Ike onense by
statute
A Criminal Conspiracy.
II f. already a crime To advise n
felony or grave misdcmcanor III the
ndvIc. leads To the crime by suggestion.
and there ~. again. ms good reason why
this should not become a substantial
tive oncns. without regard To it's con-
sequences. - ~ is a criminal con-
spiraCy.
The anai and most truly vital con-
dillon ~ success in Kidding the
try 81 anarchism In practice L. that
American public opinion should recog-
nlz- the utter emptiness, the Inherent
folly 81 it's thcury and % all the kin
drcd ready made. furnished while YOU
whit, schemes for the social rcgcncra-
lion ~ mankind. civilized society as
A exists today. " II be nothing more. IN
tho outcome ~ all the strivings for JUS
ticc aud happiness ~ the human race
during hundreds NJ years. What mon
strouS presumption. what prcrnstcrous
cnuccIt for any man. were lac the
wiyest. the most learned. the most
Justly famed ~ his own age or all ages.
to ~liuagInc that with but the dim.
nick.ring lights ~ his own duli. feeble
mind. with but the few imperfect les
rnns 81 his own short. ~ spent life tn
guide his hand. he could asst down
and build up again this incredibly vast.
,bts Infinitely complex fubrlC and linz