The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-28
THE STATE PRESS.

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fscone MSns: sThese no circumstances
which Justify mob lsw-conditions which
neces1atsss society resolving itseh back into
= v,s ne caoe for instance, In New Orleans and
in the histoucal eases In Calilngnia's early
history, but there were no circumstances In the
Walla WaIla lynching which required any such
resort . Illegal violence. There wG mot tho
sl1ghtsst reason - expoc4 that Hunt would 9
unpuntshod-Walla Walla = certainly mot .
lsWlem town, and there had been no series q
crimes which needed q h stopped By whole
some example.' That this crowd Of criminals
Ne made up q soldiers adds much 70 the dis
eraco Of the edaix. Is does seem that II the on
cen In command had chosen they could have
kept the men in barracks, and thus easily have
prevented the lynching."
Referring TO Governor Pennoyers announce
ment that he viii not call on the president, the
country. There IL no law In It TO prevent gov
ernor or private individual from making mon
key Of himself II he 80 chooses. Even in coun-
tries where there IL Len freedom than here cat
may look on king or not, Just % she pleaseA
30 In this country . governor may 90 out to meet
the president shake his well-worn hand, and
even make speech to him, or he may stay at
home in his own back yard and sulk AL alone
By himssl II, and b - miserable and disgruntled
q he may fancy his dignity requires. The peo-
pie win mot care very much either way"
Port Townsend Leader: "Of al the petty ami
mosities which are constantly being displayed
BY the Tacoma papers toward Port Townsend,
the tone of their criticiams Of Collector Brad
shaW's of1ctal acta In connection with the
British tug Lorne have gone further than any
thing else to display their venomous spirit.
The plain fact n that had the collector failed to
seize and nne this tug It would have been .
failure on his part to enforce the United States
statutea II Tacoma chooses to seek Z partner
ship with British tugs and carry on IN Illegal
tran1c, she need not expect It 70 be countenanced
By the collector Of customs whom the facts are
known to him"
The Spokane RegieH, referring TO the Walla
Walla lynching, says: "Rarely can mob law b
tolerated, or excused, and then onlv when Jus.
tice has proved herself blind and deaf to Ill de-
mands Of reason. Such cases are rare. Ger
tainly this 10 not one The wounded man still
courts had not an opportunity to pass upon the
case, and the law had scarcely even been In
voked. AL these reasons render the lynching
utterly inexcusable, and condemn the soldiers
who participated in II a. disgTacing the uniform
they wear. Their rebellion should be severely
punished"
Gray's Harbor Tina: "Another good thing
besides awakening the people of the United
States to the mournful condition of its coast de-
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