The Lamar register., 1891-05-16
Comments on Ire New Orleans Grand
Jury Report.

New York Post: This u not
LEGAL document 1t Is the apology q
,oIitical COMMITTEES for an acs OF direct
revolutionary violence committed by the
ebtire population Of larga city and
expressed IN sac inflated rhetoric IN which
surh tusnifcstoes ere usually couched. ~
holds out no promise Of better or more
rs-rlsr administration Of local justice, oui
it throws scma light on the working OF the
iury system in .sew Orleans, which ,nr
people OF other cities, and particularly
shoso Of New York, Will do we'll 10 roac'
mark. tesrn and inwardly digest Tor, as
was remarked when the news OF tais
tragedy first came. We sre travelling iaSs
along the shameful path Which has enaed
IN New Orleans in the erection % Moo
gore -rrnent as desperate necessity
Cleveland Plaindetler: The people
have spolen tnrarcn sasir Representatives
on the grand jury and Aeir recis'on Is
hral. Under the circumstances Pfe's'sF
Radini may well dismiss the whole s1ofes-
IS '.hootless controversy"
New York Mai and Express. II the
history OF New Orleans since Tho the war
and up to the i4tt Of last March had been
entirely Unfamiliar to the fsspie OF iais
country, the voluminous rheloris report
presented by the grand jury OF taA' CITY
justifyiHg the enforcement Of lynen IA"
on the memorable occasion might oe re-
raried with more fnyer than can be &C
corded by the loyal and law -aeidieE oitEoas
OF this eoaatry. Tho Stellar NishA found
Ia New Orleans cOagcnial and hoIneaiHa
fcld for their operations IL . eliy wArf9
white Enen Of any position have bceH al
lowed to cemaaI murder with impapsty
Whenever tae kilIins occurs in = dee! OF
oa.haud dgat the criminal inimiErauts
from Sicily felt encouraged 10 resume toe
houicidal ,-Are-rs for which theT had 70
leave their native land.
New YORK Herald. ThRt IS the vosdiea
q the srsHd Jury which speaks for 'as
people Of New Orleans. II viii be lae
verdic. Of tho American pnorlc aad Of tas
civilized world wherever the facts are
known. 1t is 40 time TO sorncasSs about
mob yt5!cace. An upr.s.ag &C the people
is not an oll5ru=k Of . mob u Is Idle 20
morsAae about law anl susi.rn taking
their usuh soassc.. SArsty az tne eaas-
Eianily is The aizhest law, and whsa
statutes aad cyasts fai that higher law
reigus. The MaGa. izsicad Of The eosa-
nuaiiy, IS How terrorissd- TIC lives Of
law abiding elyizens are safer there Jas
/ tice has been yiHlisated By Tie pcapae,
The disease csrlieYi ~ the ea=c. Aaa eu4
| !nsudes TIE nears.
New YORK IL prayTsso. 1t 5 whA; We
/ thought would bo tusE. Il IS an outrage
that these asea should oseaPe fcr what
they have asue
Chicago Ttaess There rersSnirss ,hs fact
that the ooaciasigr they arrived a., vshile
the Ioglcsl result Or tse susdltion o. exist
Ing Interests, is a Disgrace 20 The state
and 10 the nation.
CAlrz-o Siaats Zegtngs CCugruss
oaEat 70 use is Freroraiiye and caArt a
statute allowing the federal anih0F!urs ia
the future 70 take Izcasures % prcveui
mob yillcsee BY sElca 9-r rs4Gtl7us vita
foreign pgWers ara altered zRa trcai-cs
made with thsla sianll.et
washlarsoa fsos, lNghsie I, saay have
noi been necessary 10 s.Else icrr0r 70 a
dangerous class at tae community rF the
ar5Itrsncnl Of a self -cupsiitate4 court
there arc sEll other ana equally dangerous
eieneats that would also seeza = sesslre
beroic treatment
Denver f.epH5ifsuH. The general spla-
san in Nesr orIcaasss thai TAG seisoa as
the raeb vas Rot Sslg 5gstlazssr bet nsees-
4 sary in order 70 eaecE the aplrlf Uf assss-
sIuagior among the Sleiliaa residents oi
that city. asa tEal View Is rTabahiy cor
rect. i IS uos lisg.y lhat similar action
wIH DC needed f9s lISe cause n the sear
Z futere.
Denver Ne;rss Whlc the conservative,
law-aeidiRs and saw-rs=see;iR people oi
New Orleans ia taking the l4vs lai5 u cir
own hands, they viii Eos. heartily in
dorse what is here said about the class O,
ilnaigraa,s who arc bolEE dumped up9a
our shores. u is u question wlish has
been too long neglected Fora half ceagury
and particularly tho lAa, quarter Of that
half, America ans osca tho asy lpEa far the
pAupers, muEtereys, inrgs. thieves Aaa
Ogtcasts OF etaer cou1trjes. What tezi
should be applied u an immigrant before
he Is permitted 70 land on ogr shoresi Ne
should At least be required 70 bring with
him u certificate, dlly ai;esled by proper
/ ly constituted authorities In the country
whenee ne cones. aud iHiossel by our
cousel, vouehtag Tor bis character, .Eealth
and occupation, ard tho turtAer statement
that he Is desir0us OF becoming an Aalari-
can eltireu, The obstruction TO free i'm
migration created by slah a statute would
prove one CT the very safeguards gvo need
Here IS an opportunity for Congress to
protect American labor