Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-25
DANGEROUS HERESTEs.

Emma Goldman, the noted expon eat
OF anarchistic principles, favored Dem
yer with a lecture the other day. Ac-
cordinS to the reports, she spoke to an
immense audience, condenlniMg all
forms OF governments, and especially
the American form. government she
argued, means militia and a regular
army and navy to protect tho few
against the many, 40 shoot down the
workers to make a holiday for the idle
class. This government concerns it,
self only with what it can take, and
gives no return, and Is consequently
an obstruction"
She maintained that government
does not protect society by the pre-
vention of crime. 1t aids, she said.
in the creation of criminals II you
wish to be a successful thief. get the
government on your side she said.
"A man Is fool to be a thief on his
own initiative in these days, when
he can so easily be one under 5he pro.
lection OF the police | never asked
the government TO make laws for me-
| don't want them. / have newer asked
for law. have never called the gov
eminent, although it has called me.
have never used the law or asked gov-
eminent for assistance Why then,
should I be asked to aid the govern
ynsut and TO maintain horde OF Idle
parasites in office? The government
believes In violence. else why the army
navy and the police? Then what right
has government to complain, II one in
divldual uses the same violence which
the government uses under the sane
tlon of law
She said anarchy does not encourage
violence, but Notwithstanding this she
predicted that the time Will come when
"discOnteut VIII reach and onwrap you,
and then You Will rise and strike, to
do away with an-mado laws
Emma Goldman Is considered one Of
the dangerous agitatprs OF this coun-
irS, She is said 10 be well Informed
and eloquent, and In chlvalrous Amerf-
ca her sex gives her advantages a
masculine advocate OF brute force
would not have, 1t is claimed that
she eNerts a wonderful influence upon
certain class OF dlsoontents, and it Is
question whether the assassin OF
President Mckinley was not largely
influenced nnd inspired by her utter
ances TO commit his cruel deed Of
violence
1t is Of some Interest, therefore, to
doc III A.
which agtators OF her class are seeking
10 undermine tho foundations of the
government 1t is not true that the
government believes In violence. Gov
ornnents cNist for the admlnistratlo
Of justice between man and man and
the protection OF society as well as
individuals against violence, even II
violence Ig necessary Tor the ac.
complement OF that purpose AS fire
sometimes Is used TO fight the raging
Games, II is not true that society can
do without law, II man were alone In
I the world there would be no IMAM
I made law But as soon as Two men
dwell side BY side, some agreement DO.
tween them becomes necessary where
I by the Interests OF both are promoted,
| ana then we have law, " both ARE
| hunters, or tIlleIs OF the soil, or each ls
/ following his own avocatlon. II becomes
necessary Cor them To agree on some
regulations whereby property Rights,
for Instance, are recognized, and as the
community grows, she agreements be-
comH more and moro complex. owing
10 the natural tendency o man TO sell
hshnNss' Laws and governments are
not lnvsntlons ot society to crafty an
acquired taste for power They are es-
tential 10 the existence OF society, ow-