Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-23
Socialism VS.. Anarchy.


we 40 not puDllcly deny an ap-
prOval. Hence it would seem
that silence, usually so much
lauded, would render us Grimm
ally liable by an act of omission
should we fail to respond. 1t
goes without saying that all
good citizens, without respect to
party, believe in the proper en-
forcement of all just laws. and
SO far as | have been able to OBJ
serve socialists differ in no way
from other fellow mOrtals except
that, on the average. they are
more fully abreast of the times
concerning questions for the bet
terment of mankind.
We are accused of voting for
said Debs two years ago and,
consequently, must stand re-
sponsible for any subsequent
action of his. Let us see. Peo-
pie of other parties have voted
forsuch men as Chauncey Depew,
Thomas Platt and Addicks, not
to mention. scores of greater and
lesser scoundrels who now are
scorned by the veriest street
gamin. In fact all over the land
Depew has been held up as an
example for every boy to imi-
tate; for his nobility of soul, his
purity of motive. his splendid
eloquence and ability and high
minded patriotism, and he sold
it all for a mess of pottage.
Thus are the mighty fallen, but
we do not blame the voters.
Aaron Burr came within one vote
! of being president and Washing
ton trusted the traitor Arnold
with that most important Of
forts-West Point. Because Of
this would you accuse Washing
: ton and the people of SANCTION
S ing what Arnold and Burr die
: afterwards.
By this | do not mean to i'm
9 ply that nebs belongs to thu
e above category of public NAL
c efactors as all the evidence il
his case is not yet in and We
) believe every man'innOcent unit
u he is proved guilty.
q AS | understand it Debs anC
/ the labor unions do not CT,
) against the arrests of the ALLEGED
1t perpetrators of the deed, bu
: they do object to the mode O
e procedure and the confinement
n of men who were hundreds Q
g miles away from the scene an,
1t whose only crime, so the union
+ allege, consists in being labo
: leaders. AS to whether the
J. had sufficient evidence to justif
the arrests is where Debs an
the authorities differ and thi
can only be determined by in
r. partial evidence before an III
- biased court.
ID In spite of the loft repeate
~ opinion that there really is n
y difference between socialism an
~ anarchism. which the ignora1
. believe and in which belief the
are educated and encourage
y by men of nearly all other pa
ei ties who really ought to kno
better. There is the widest d
op ference, AS white differs fro
n. black, up from down, a Was
= ington from a Benedict Arnol
so does socialism differ from a
archy.
We have a government. II
socialists have so much faith
this government of, for and !
the people, and in the people
: ability to govern Justly, tn
their cry is "More Government
as witness their demand that t
government own and operate
public utilities, and this demal
based on absolute justice as
foundation, is bearing fru
Many prominent men in DO
the great parties now believe
the essentials of socialism.
Since the great coal stri
thousands of thinking men ha
seen one of the evil effects
private ownerships of coal mil
and now as then, see this as t
only permanent remedy for
fearful evil. The present fig
for rate-legislation in congr'
is an acknowledgement OF t
socialist principal. MunicIl
ownership and cooperate
along many lines so successful
carried in some of the princiI
cities of Eh1rnne notably L.