The advocate., 1891-12-09

Whereas, In the interim your Excellency Is
Bued pardon In blank, with instructions to J.W.
Johnson, to whom IL was delivered, to fill In the
10 deliver said pardon to the sheriff, that he
DemalorIe) might not be compelled to lay In
jail, which was done, and
Whereas, Said DemalOrie returned to his busi-
ness as Of old, which became so bad that the
ladies Of the vicinity on Sunday night, NOvem-
Der %, proceeded TO his drug store or joint and
broke the plate glass front and demolished the
establishment, and
Whereas, These good women are threatened
with prosecution for the same, now
Therefore, we pray your Excellency to issue q
few dozen pardonS In blank and forward them
to the president Of the W.C.T.U. at Madison,
Kansas, with instruction to fill In the names of
each lady 90 prosecuted, that she may not be
compelled to serve out jail sentence and pay
large fine and cost for destroying tho destroyer
Of her husband and home. And thus your petit
TONERS will ever pray.
NAMES NAMES.
The above is clipped from the
Greenwood County Republican. OF
course the Governor cannot refuse to
comply with the petition. Certainly
these ladies are entitled to as much
consideration as was Demalorie. The
following from the same paper gives
still more light on this case;
In another place In this paper we publish an
article from the Madison NelUs, In reference to
the demolition Of DemalOrieS drug store front at
Madison last Sunday evening. Such acts of
lawlesSnesS are to be deprecated, but sometimes
the perpetrators feel that this Is the only way
left to get even with their enemies. We havemet
several gentlemen from Madison since the act
WAS committed. We find that public sentiment
Is pretty evenly divided regarding the Injustice Of
tho act. It Is claimed by one element that Dem
slorie sells whisky In violation of law, to men
who are known to be drunkards, and whose
wives and families suffer ln consequence; that
they have tried to convict DemalOrie- succeed
ing once-When the Governor of the state stepped
In and relieved him from the punishment pre-
scribed by law, hence their recourse by law was
deprived themand It is supposed that 1t was these
injured people who did the work Of destruction
to DemalOrie's store. What the law has failed
to collect for his violation, these poor miserable
women have forced him to expend In repairing
his elegant store front. 1t Is always bad state
Of affairs In any community when the people are
forced to take the law into their own hands In
order to meet out justice. We do not know that
this Is q case of that kind, but the infor-
mOrmatlOn obtained, and the manner In which
1t was done leads one to this conclusion. From
the tone Of the NelDs, If we had no other guide,
the natural inference would be that Madison
was harboring lot Of thugs and thieves,
and midnight aSsaSSlns. To think that such
crime could be committed upon the main street Of
the little town Of Madison and the perpetrators
bo so hid away that the officers cannot even find
trace Of them, is simply wonderful. Mob law Is
awful when 1t Is administered, and woe unto him
who prOvokeS It's wrath. One would think from
the vicious expression of the editor Of the Netrs
that the entire population of Madison was about
to ralsein their might and hang those poor women
for doing what they have, We will wait and see
what we viii see.