The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-01-30
rs GOVERNOR GLENN'S LIFE
THREATENED?

Messenger readers who saw jr yes
terday's paper an account of the dis
covery of the anarchist literature and
doc n.ents in a Pennsylvania town in
which it was stated that Governor
P~ennypacker and other prominec+
men had been singled out for assas-
s:natlon will be astourded to learn
tnac it is said the name Of Governor
Gicnn was on the list of doomed put
lie officials.
This statement is made in a spe-
cial dispatch to the Raleigh News and
Observer from Philadelphia. This
startling announcement is twice re-
peated. 1t is said he is the only south
ern governor whose name is on the
b'.ck list of the enemies Of order and
soriety.
We cannot believe that the state
mem as to our governor is true. t
is impossible to understand why he
shorld lie singled out for assassiri =
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these United States or any i%ndividual
who has more at heart the interests
of tie laboring class.s Or who is q
anxious to aid than and 20 assist in
lettering their condition we do not
know who he is &C .rno: Glenn Is
distinctive ~ the friend of the laboring
prny Thoco ~ MI ctofn 1nNxy IL 1D3
honor and respect him for mis- attitude
tcss:d them and his interest in their
af'qrs. If it is true that his life is
sou..h by any secret association of
men it shows how depraved are
these men and what enemies they
are, not only to law and order, but to
the men who earn their daily bread
by the sweat Of their face. for it can
not be denied that if Mr.. Glenn repre-
sents one class more than another of
the people over WON he has been
elected governor it is that Of the lab
oring men-the farmers, the mechanics
and the wage-earners.
AS we said above. we believe this to
be a sensational canard; but if there
is any truth in the statement it will
be well enough for these anarchists to
understand that down here in North
Carolina the people will not put up
with anarchist ideas. They have nev
had any such doctrine taught in
this state and they will not let it be-
gin at this late day. This is not a
healthy climate for anarchists, as any
who begin to air their views here will
experience, and any attempt at assas-
sination of our governor or of any
other state official will be quickly
checked at the end of a rope
This report should be investigated
and if there is any truth in it precau-
lions should be taxa to protect the
governor from attack by these assas
sins.
The News and Observer special fol-
lows:
Philadelphia, Pa. January "a
rearing Tor several years to raise their
heads because of a popular wrath that
might adopt violent measures against
them for causing the death of Presi-
dent Mckinley. anarchists have again
leagued together to threaten, black
mail and perhaps seek the lives OF va
rious officials in the United States. In
three western Pennsylvania towns,
patches of anarchistic letters and liter
allure We're unearthed yesterday and
today. among which were found let
ters suggesting the assassination of
Governor Pennypacker. of P~ennsylva-
MIA: Governor Patterson. of Ohio. and
a dispatch to a sensational afternoon
newspaper includes the name of Gov
ernor Robert B. Glenn. of North Car
DINA, as n of the marked execu-
tives.
The sudden distribution of anarch-
istic literature in Increasing quantities
is said to come from an organization
known as the Liberto SOCIOLOGICAL. of
AS Madison avenue, Patterson, ". J..
a city which has long been a hot-bed
of anarchy.
The city was tho scene Of the no.
torious silk riots in which many per-
We're slain by anarchists who were