The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-23
CLEARING OUT ANARCHY

rome. He is made to see the utter
utility OF desperate methods, and the
Ihopelessness of accomplishing anything
by violence. He will stu remain an
anarchist but as rule, lie ceases to
be filled with the spirit of assassina
ton and murder
The crusade that has been going on
against anarchy lately cannot hear a
great deaf of fruit, as might be sun
posed from what has been written on
me subject, unless there is new legis-
,,at,on; IN fifteen years there have
been less than half dozen anarchists
debarred from our ports. The law
prohibits the entry of an anarchist.
and an every Immigrant is asked whether
LIST would admit 1T when he seeks to
land, and so they go through. 1t la
only where Information comes from
the country from whence he sails that
ne Is for three years liable to deporta-
ton II he is found to be a criminal or
an anarchist When. that period ex-
pires,. he cannot be deported. do what
he will. However, there Is now bill
pending in Congress which will eX-
tend this period of liability to deporta-
ton SO as to reach any alien. no mat
ter low long he may have been in
America.
After an anarchist mas become a cit
ten; deportation Is out of the question.
he Is then secure under the Constitu-
ton, In his right to stay in America,
and there is no legislation now pend
Ing which aims at a constitutional
amendment against him. 1t will take
at least three years to amend the Con-
stitution of the United States for any
purpose, even after the people arc
willing to amend It. 1t has been pro-,
posed to deport Emma Goldman. but
az she was not of age when her father
was naturalzed, she is, therefore, Il
citizen OF the United States and could
not be deported, even IL the alien de-
portation bill now pending were to
become effective.
The most complete collection OF an
iarchistic literature in existence is be-
Jieved to be that in the library of
Columbia University, New York. This
anarchist living in London. IT was
turned over to a London firm of book
auctioneers when he died, and 1t es-
capped the observation OF book hunt
ers and specialists so completely that
DR.. Garfield, the Columbian librarian,
was able TO secure the entire coilec-
ton for only 800. The real value of
| 1t is shown by the fact that more than
that amount has been frequently Of
fered since then for single items in the
long list. Such find has rarely been
heard of lately among bibliophiles. 1t
includes not only about ESQ sets of
periodicals and newspapers relating to
anarchism, and 800 books and PAM
phlets many of which are rare and a
few of which are absolutely unique,
but also hundreds OF photographs OF
anarchists. of both high and low de-
gree. There are also many manuscripts.
letters and other documents. among
| the latter being an extremely curious
recollection Of posters. broadsides and
tinflammatory songs. The so-calied
! the assassination of President Carnot
of France. is in this collection. and IA
bundle of scorched papers found on
the person of an anarchist who was
! killed by the explosion of bomb he
| had himself thrown into q crowded
square
The four great abiding places of
anarchists in the United States are New
Spring Valley, Ill. Paterson Is about
the worst infected spot in this coun-
| try. 1t was here that Brescl lived, who
NAT Wat Eeat lom R,ne Humber Of i.aiv
Another Paterson anarchist made an
attempt the life of the Emperor
| of Germany In the past fifteen years
there have been no less than twenty
men and women in high governmental
positions assassinated by anarchists
and there have been as many more
been estimated that there are about
| 10000 reds" in the world. and the
| secret services of the civilized nations
have. been working in harmony in re-
them are under governmental espion-
age. Probably not one-fourth of the
anarchists of the world are what are
known as the reds This name is
practice the gospel OF violence. Other
divisions among anarchists are the In
|Liyidualsts and the communists. The
| first class is Of the every -fellow-for-
himself" type, while the communists
| go but a step further than the social
lists who have no dealings with either
| class--no more than the Samaritans
| had with the Jews. In the. London
Socialist Congress. held In 1896. con-
| gress which represented the socialists
| OF every country, the anarchists We're
denied seats.
| Robert A. Pinkerton. the great de-
| tectiye believes that surveillance Is the
proper solution of anarchy. He points
/ to his experience with the Molly Ma
| CURES, and how. by having one of his
men Join the order, he got such re-
! ports from time ito time as enabled
| him to render their efforts harmless:
He advocates the transformation or
| lands into an anarchists colony, de-
porting them all to that island, CIV
| ing them the means to make a liveli-
hood, and then letting them do as they
will, only preventing them from leaN-
| ing the island. He says that mere the
world would have its best object lesson
lin anarchy, and that whenever man
began to feel that he was an anarchlst
| he could be afforded full opportunity
to carry out his views to their logical
| conclusion. This Idea has been pre-
scented to Congress, but that BODY mas
neyer taken seriously to the proposition
to found a State. OF Anarchy
o-morrow-Weight and Measures.
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