Chicago Meetings [excerpt]

     At the Chicago Commons, January 23, Rev. Jenken Lloyd Jones lectured on “Anarchism, its Cause and Cure.” The speaker made a difference between “philosophical Anarchism” and what he termed “violent Anarchism,” and confined his remarks to the last. He claimed that deeds of violence, such as the act of Czolgosz, cannot be restrained or prevented by legislation, but that education is the only remedy. He argued that the more government we have, the more freedom we enjoy, and that the higher civilization advances, the more need have people for a strong government.
     A. Isaak wanted to know if the speaker considered Russia more free than America, as it certainly had more government. A. Schneider denied that Anarchism was synonymous with terrorism, and pointed out that Tolstoy and many other Anarchists today were non-resistants. He said that he was not a non-resistant, but denied that methods had anything to do with the principles of Anarchism. Lucy E. Parsons said that no one knew whether Czolgosz was an Anarchist or not. He had gone to the grave unheard.