A philanthropist and friend of labor bishop--a Civic Federation decoy duck for the chloroforming of the wage-workingman!"

It was Mark Hanna himself who founded the National Civic Federation, upon whose executive committee Catholic cardinals and archbishops might work hand in glove with Catholic labor-leaders for the chloroforming of the American working-class.

In 1882, Anthony Trollope wrote a futuristic novel, "The Fixed Period," in which he foresaw retiring large numbers of old men to a place where they would be encouraged to enjoy a year of contemplation, followed by a peaceful chloroforming.