The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-03-26
IMMORAL NATURE
Anarchist Newspaper IL Denied
Use OF the Malls
PRESIDENT INTERESTED
VIII Enaeasor 20 Have Those Respon.
g sibls For public alton Of Sheet Al.
socstinE Murder ard Arson Prose.
vcu,eo 10 Full Extent Of the Law

EE uted 10 run thtrnt VI WV As~
Paterson, n. j.. March .s.~~fn~ident
Roosevelt, in answer to an aIg'eal from
Mayer Mcbride to exclude la Dues.
,icne soelale from the mails for the puT,
pose 81 supprcssing the publication,
states that, 10 addition 10 directing
that the new spaper be denied the use
Of The MATS. he has requested the de.
partmcnt OF justice 10 make every e.
fort 10 prosecute criminaily those re
sponsibie for the publication,
A copy OF the presidents letter 10 the
department OF Justice was enclosed by
Secretary Loeb as the reply 10 the ap'
peal Of Mcbride. who made public the
presidents letter last night La CUES
tone soclale recently published an ap
peal OF innnmmatory character which
resulted Ia the action taken, Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's letter TO the defafI-
ment Of justice follows.
by my direction the postmaster
general IL TO exclude La QUESTION: So
ciale OF Paterson, n. j.. from the malls,
and II VIII not be admitted TO the mails,
unless by order Of the court, or unless
you advise me that IL must be admitted.
Please see II II is not possible TO prose
cute criminally under any section OF the
law that Is available the men that are
interested In the sending out OF this
anarchlstic aud murderous publication.
They are OF course. the enemies OF man
kind and every effort should be strained
to hold them accountable for an offense
far more Infamous than that OF our or
binary murderer.
= This matter has been brought 10 my
attention by the mayor OF the city OF
Paterson. | wish every effort made 10
get at the criminals under the federai
law. II may be found impossible to
do this shall also, through the secre
tary OF state, call the attention OF tho
governor OF New Jersey TO the circum.
stances, so that he may proceed under
the state law, his attention being fur.
ther drawn to the fact that the newspa.
per Is circulated in other states.
after you have concluded your In
vestigation | wish a report from you IN
serve hs basis for recommendations by
me for action by congress. Under sec
ton 1898 of the revised statutes, lewd,
obscene and lascivious books and let
tiers, publications for indecent and Inn
moral uses or OF an indecent and i'm.
moral nature, and postal cards upon
which indecent and scurrillous epithets
are written or printed, are all ex.
cluded from the mail, and provision Is
made for the fine and imprisonment Of
those guilty.
The newspaper article In question
advocates murder by dynamite. II
specifically advocates the murder OF en-
listed men of the United States AIRY
aud the officers OF the police force and
the burning OF the houses OF private
citizens. The preaching OF murder and
arson is certainly as immoral as the cir
cuiation of obsoone and lasoivious lit l
eratnre. and IL the practice is not al.
ready forbidden by the law, II should |
be forbidden.
The immigration law now prohibits
he entry into the United States OF any |
person who entertalns or advocates the
views expressed In this newspaper ar
icle. 1t Is, OF course, inexcusable to
)ermit those already here to promulgate
such Views.
Those who write, publish and cir
'ulate those articles stand ON the level
With those who use the malls for dis.
poisons, for the purpose OF
and convictions have been OBJ
aimed when the mails have thus been
lsed for the distribution OF polsons, No
aw should require the postmaster gen
raj TO become an accessory 10 murder
" circulating literature OF this kind"
Postofiice inspectors Nhaye already
commenced an investigation OF the
newspaper.