Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-28

be ssss ea tke thaory thss ~ bsiissss
IN the innoesocs - eli thsss ssea. and
that the execution Il Pzrsoo. Spies aud
the oths0 vss Judicial murder. HE
pardon q Fisldsa. Sehxab and Nsehe
y IN eject IN sdanission that great
wrong We dons BY the state u illinois
IN eonvicting and hanging live of The
snsrchist gang and putting thres othsss
Ia prsnn- Gossrnos Aitgeid must b.
lisve thu. Ter otherwise he can nnigs no
recon whatever Coz his Outrageous par
1soanesl -Defrois Tribune
Governs Altgsid's coaduct viii nest
- u assrsvss -. uith cpnesal disap-
pssvAl Ne win nos b. credltsi vith
verify oct Il mercy az = viss cAerciss
a his power. lie hes infused csursgs
into the followers Il thess trangrsssors
and given iupstus to political here~v
which should b. torn root and branch
from American soiL He has strcugth-
ensd the hands of thoss vho uouidover.
turn The government that gives them
shelfsr. He gives them opportunity %
cry that thoes uho sxpinted their crimee
u that memorable uprising upon the
gallows we're cruelty murdered undes
sanction Of the law. Detroit Free Presa
n this almost incredible ection 1t
Governor Altgcld 10 correctly reported
II he has parioned Fieldcn and Schaab
~ veil - Neebe IL il shameless prnsti.
tuition a s1scutivs clsmsncy 10 redeem
pre-eIectioo pledgsA However. u serves
the cisissns a IlIlnnis right for electing
this quibbling sympsshixer with an
archy governor Of the commonwealth
Of Grant and Lincoln. IL rots iustice
a its due and oncs moro helda out en-.
couragsment 10 rapine. poeuouoion and
anarchy Chicago Journass.
| He did not approve u the rsoalt u the
trial held before Judge Gary. and for
that rsason the snsschistg snd halt.
baked Americans supported him at the
polls whsnsyss they had N opportunity.
They voted for him Tor judge, and for
governor. and they have their reward.
There are many who viii
feel that u was wrong to commute the
sentences Of Fieldcn aud Schwab IL tho
| consequences was b be such Nm act of
mistaken clemcncy ~ that Of Governor
Altgeld- We cannot feel that the bravo
fellows who lost their lives in the Hay
market massacre have been remembered
as long and as gratefully AZ they should
be- when two ut least III their murderero
are turned loose upon the community
sitter scant term of imprisonment
| Chicago Tribune.
Ii is difficult, il not absolutely impos-
sible. to find excuse or eytenuation for
Governor Altgeld's misuse Of the par
doning power in behalf OF these con.
| yicted murderers. No condemnation 10
1 49, o. II. -
power. No ingenuity Of sophistical
reasoning can transform his misdirected
ciemcncy into commendablc act of
mercy. The crimes OF These men were
90 strocious that they shocked the civil
lized world Their punishment has not
been adequate. The ends Of justice
havs not been satisfied. They should
have suffered tho full penalty imposed
upon them by the Law which they had
defied and outraged. = Grand Rapids
Eagle.
At first the petitions Tor clemsncy
were based upon the assumption that
the men had been uniustly convicted.
So long rs the movement proceeded on
These lines it made no progress Lat
terly the appeals we're presented on the
ground that the punishment of the pris-
oners had already been adequate to sat.
irfy the demands of Justice, considering
the extent Of their culpability. Acting
apparently upon this idea Governor
AItgeld has finally granted the elemency
those persons who believed in the limo
cence of Nccbe. and who asked for the
release u Fielden and Schwab for the
reasons above given never had any
| Ia - -
or Of the others who died ON the gal
lows. They met deserved fate. and the
partoning of Neebe. Fielding and
Schwab does not afford ground for ques
tioning the Righteousness Of their pun
ishment.--Chicago Herald.
II anything could kindle anew ths
flames IL anarchy il would be the spec
tacle which the governor Of Illinois
makes u himself in his arraignment Of
Judge Gary and Detective Bonfield
The pardon is only fulfillment of one
of the governors ante election promises
and perhaps few. IL any. will be sur
prised at il. The demagogical argu
ment, however. with which he promul
gatss the pardon 10 the world will az
tonish many. and while il may make
friends for the governor among pro
nounced anarchists. II will not draw
friends either for anarchists or for thu
governor from the sank and file 81 thu
American psople. who love their coun
try and believe in law and order Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
He has only performed what he con
ceivcd To be . duty n duty to the pres
ent. not to the past. HE friends might
well wish that he had confined himself
TO his preroxative aud abstained from
unwnrranted denunciations II the cour
and lawyers and officers who took part
each according Ia his lights. in IN.
famous trial NJ ecven years ago
And his enemies would do well TO re
frain from such unjust and unworthy
imputations ~ that ne was influence
by politics in the discharge most 81
solemn duty. Chicago Poet
As far a. criticism of Governor Ait
gcld's course 10 concerned. his own con
utituents can reckon with him II ma,
be as we'll to remember, however, that /
was we'll known that his election mean
the release 81 these men. and that n,
was elected in spite IL IL or berause n
u. as one chooses To- believe. DctroiI
News
Gov Altgeld IL either himself taintcs
With anarchism or he is gifted with tn,
suhlimest conceit and the most hraze,
demsgss<ism that ever afflicted q reck
lee aud interruptions politician. IL,
has assumed 90 know more about IN,
ease than every court from that which
convicted them Ten the supreme sourt q
the United States that unsnimousl,
sustained the verdict With almos
unexampled eifrontefy he has set ssid