| Show special message on subject by the president with legal opinion of the attorney genera ch ef execute ve declares the 1st is the enemy of all mank nd and H s is a deeper degree of cram nal than any other washington in a special message submitted to congress on thursday president Pies ident roosevelt called the atten tion 0 that body to the necessity for further legislation on the subject ot anarchy with the message he trans bitted a report reviewing the legal phases of the question by attorney general bonaparte the message ot the president s as follows I 1 herewith submit a letter from the department of justice which ex plains itself under this opinion 1 hold boat existing statutes give the the power to prohibit the postmaster general from being used an instrument in the comm of cri ne that Is to prohibit the use of the mails tor the advocacy ot mur der arson and treason and I 1 shall act ui on such construction ungues tion ably however there should be further legislation by congress in this matte i when compared with the suppression of anarchy every other quest on sinks nto insignificance the anarchist is the enemy of hu man the enemy of all mankind and his Is a deeper degree of crimi naulty than any other no immigrant is allowed to come to our shores if he if an anarchist and no paper pub limbed here or abroad should be per bitted circulation in thia country it it propagates anarchistic opinions THEODORE ROOSEVELT besides his direction to the post master general to exclude from the mails such publications as la ques alone rociale president roosevelt in his letter to attorney general bona asking for opinion on the legal phases ol 01 the subject sas he hai had the particular case called to the attention of th governor of new jersey by secretary root that the governor may proceed under the state laws the opinion of the attorney gereral which the president trans mils ta congress embraces a discus si a of the whole s abject from many legal angles his first conclusion la tl at the article in question which advocates the use of arms and dyna I 1 mite in annihilating police and sol diers that anarchy may prevail con statutes utes a seditious libel and is undoubtedly a crime at common law the greater portion 0 his opinion is devoted to the question of whether in the absence of any legislation by congress the postmaster general has the right ta exclude such publications on this point his conclusion is the postmaster general will justified in excluding from the mailan any issue of any periodical otherwise entitled to the privileges of second class mail matter which shall con tain any article constituting a sedi tio is libel and counseling such crimes as murder arson riot and treason |
