Evening journal., 1908-06-17

feel touching them as the woman whom
the newspapers famiiariy call Hetty
Green Is reported to have expressed
herself" said Professor vallandighau,
when asked II she did not fear the
anarchists Of Chicago. she answer 81,
Young man. tho only anarchists I'm
afraid Of are those down in Wall
street We have since learned much
Of such anarchists, who live above tho
law when they cannot buy laws 70 suit
their ends. who own legislators, and
dispensers Of public franchises as other
men own cattle. who seek to crush
whom they cannot corrupt. whose
newspapers mislead the people with
living news ana falss opinion, whose
insolent contempt for the people to
whom thev owe their chcaply acquired
privileges would become a Romanof OF
that dynasty's haughtiest days. The
nadman with a bomb. who kills police.
men. kings or president. lives TO excite
our horror thus but once. but the
anarchist Of business and finance lives
10 commit his crime many times over,
and TO profit by the results Worse
still. he poisons public opinion. and
creates political and slcial atheists,
with cynical unfaith IN public
decencv or private honor. who have no
belief that any man with a house over
his head and a few dollars In bank has
earned his p0ssessions They give
point to Proudhon's anarchist declara-
tion, property IS robbery These ere
the truly dangerous anarchists. and
their example does more 20 promote
violent anarchism than all the books
written. newspapers published, or
speeches made by .he anarchists Of
theory"
Professor vaiiandigham said the
democracy OF the future VIII be one of
"sweeter manners. n0b'er laws" II
will not be sucietv IA which the man
who bathes daily viii lind an tinwash-
ed coal HEAVIER in his bed. but It viii
be one where wo shall chose our AS
sociates for congeniality. and not be-
cause they do this or that for d iiv.
ing. The men and women Of chat
democracy VIII feel the baseness Of re-
mindlng others of their disadvantages
/ II win not be a society of equal mater
ial wealth. though. let 10 hope. OF less
glaring contrasts than now.
Can an ideal Of democratic manners
be applied TO immediate daily life? Not
/ always The world Is fun OF envy
! malice. and all unchari,ableness. but
each should exclude these from heart
and manners, az far az he may, and
meet his fellows IN true humility
/ I.aIa fsI
self than a high valcltion OF others
DO not keep vour COOL manners foI
the few. but radiate courtesy az ths
sun his beams Washington took on
his hat to colored man Who showed
him like courtesy saving TO a com.
panion. "shall not be as polite as
negro?"
This brings us 20 one Of democracy.
I gravest problems. the race quest on
Time. the diffusion, and improvement
OF the coiored race. the disappeararc,
OF the nresent fear OF colored domino
tion. win make the race problem lesi
acute IN the South 50 strong Is th'
race feeling In the Moth that with I
great negro population, some Of th'
northern States might be guilty Of tha
form Of bad public manners embodie.
IN the so-called Jim crow legislation
As to the coiored mans desire for 80
c'al acceptance az the hands OF tn
. whites. that seems d relic OF slavery
The slave was tie extreme tyne Of th
srob. for he often valued himself upo
{ the wealth or social Importance Of hi
! master. SO. the colored man Of to-da
who thinks first Of social recognize
! from the whites is snobbishly valulu
himself upon his relation to other'
Why should the colored man OF hig
| attainiments seek recognition Of tn