The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-16
Writes Congress Further LegiSla-
tion Is Needed i'm Work of
Suppression.
BoNAPARTE MAKES REPORT.
Asserts Postmaster-Genera May ES-
clude from Mails Papers Fo-
menting Assassination.

In one OF the shortest messages Wlllcr
he has yet transmitted to Congress,
President Roosevelt called the attention
OF that body TO the necessity for fur
ther legislation Oh the subject of an
archy. He said: The anarchist In
the enemy of humanity, the enemy of
all mankind, and his Is n deeper degree
of criminality than any other" With
the message he transmitted a report re-
viewing the legal phases of the ques-
ti0n by Attorney General Bonaparte.
She message of the President follows:
To the Senate and House of Represent
atives: | herewith submit a letter from
the Department OF Justice which explains
itself. Under this opinion | hold that
existing statutes give the President the
power TO prohibit the Postmaster Genera
| from being used as an instrument in the
commission of crime that is, to prohibit
the use of the mails for the advocacy o,
| murder, arson and treason; and / shall,
act upon such construction.
/ Cnquestionably, however, there should
be further legislation by Congress in this
/ matter. When compared with the sup
preston of anarchy, every other question
| sinks into insignificance. The anarchist
1 is the enemy of huncnity, the enemy of
all mankind, and his is deeper degree OF
criminality than any other. No immi~
grant is allowed to come to our shores il
he is an anarchist, and no paper publish
ed here or abroad should be permitted
! circulation in this country il it propagates
| anarchistie opinions.
THEODORE, ROOSEVELT.
Called to Gov. Forts Attention.
Besides his direction to the Postmas-
ter General to exclude from the mails
such publications as La QUESTION: So
ciale, President Roosevelt In his letter
to Attorney General Bonaparte, asking
for an opinion on the legal phases OF
the subject, says he has had the partic-
Fort, of New Jersey, by Secretary Root,
that the Governor may proceed under
the State laws. ...ss IS
| The opinion of the Attorney General,
which the President transmits to Con-
gress, embraces a discussion of the
whole subject from many legal angles.
His first conclusion is that the article
i'm question, which advocates the use of
arms and dynamite in annihilating po-
lice and soldiers, that anarchy may pre-
vail constitutes "seditious libel' and
Is undoubtedly crime at common
law" .......
He declares that there is no federal
fstatute which makes such publications
an offense against the United States,
and that the federal courts consequent
ly have no jurisdiction in the matter.
That there is full power in the posses
sion of Congress to make such publica-
tions criminal the Attorney General as
serts, and quotes Chief Justice Fuller
of the Supreme Court and Mr.. Justice
Field as authority.
The greater portion cf his opinion is
| devoted to the question of whether,
in the absence of any legislation by
Congress, the Postmaster General has
| the right to exclude such publications.
On this point his conclusion is: s"The
Postmaster General will be justified i'm
excluding from the mails any issue of
any periodical, otherwise entitled to the
privileges of second-class mail matter,
! which shall contain any article consti-
| tuting a seditious libel and counsel
ing such crimes as murder, arson, riot
and treason