The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-26

of schuylkill county. In the dark
days which were dispelled by the hang
ing of twenty.one Mollie McGuires there
were many cowardly murders commit
ted some of them so brutal and cowardly in
their details that the whole community re-
volted at a recital of the facts, but the perpe-
tration of this crime which resulted in the
death of two inofensive citizens and the
wounding of others at Gilberton during the
fore part of this week is without parallel in
the history of schuylkill county crime, for
downright devilishness, stupidity and wan
tonness.
The riot and consequent murders were the
result of bunch of blunders In the first
place whoever advised the tearing up of the
tracks by the Gilberton borough authorities
blundered and the lawyer, lawyers or other
person who cOunselled relaying the tracks
under the protection of National Guard rifles
not only blundered but are pGTti cps Grim
mis- and the officer Richard Amour, who
was in command of the armed posse,
blundered badly in taking such counsel, in
his selection of hot-headed men, and in
loa ding their weapons with ball cartridges.
Altogether it was tragedy of errors, and
when the District Attorney finishes his task
of placing the responsibility there may be
few people who will wish they had been born
in Kamchatka or not at all, for a civilized
country is too good for them.
But this whole community is meanwhile
cautioned to be cool, calm and law-abiding
and to suspend its judgments until the facts
have all been divulged and the responsibility
has been placed where it belongs; then let
the law take its course no matter where the
blame and the punishment may fall. This
GilbertOn crime is the more appalling for this
reason it did not grow out of sudden passion,
bar-room fight, the heat engendered through
politics, religious or family quarrels, but it
grew out of that right of eminent domain
given by the highest law in the state, where
by it appears that even in the exercises of the
highest rights granted their use may fall into
the worst hands in any community.
MIDSUMMER POLITICS.
The county campaign has not yet opened
moves for position being made. Vantage
ground is what both parties are after. Mean
while the sentiment that this is anybody's
fight is becoming crystalized. There is a
large population in this county who do not
care who fill the new offices on the hill and
it is getting more and more to be recognized
that the average ticket that will be voted at
this off-year election will look like piece
out of crazy patch work quilt, The inde-
pendent voter will strut the boulevard this
year in great shape and when the votes come
to be counted the tally sheets will look like
barbed-wire fence.
On the principle that "what is worth doing
at all is worth doing we'll" and in obedience
to the old saying "never send a boy ON
mans errand," w.. j. Whitehouse, Esq, was
unanimously chosen last Monday by the Re-
publican candidates to be their Captain Gen
eral. 1t goes without saying that the position
came to Mr.. WhitehOuse unsought, in fact, it
required ten days cOaxing before the busy
lawyer consented to accept the chairmanship
and undertake its onerous duties. The desire
party candidates was so overwhelmingly
unanimous that Mr.. Whitehouse couldn't well
decline the Leadership without injuring the
chances of election of every man on the ticket
aud hurting the feelings of some of his warm
est friends.
Now that the candidates have got him they
will be made to obey him. They will be
asked to toe the mark in every requirement
of the chairman OF get OFF the band wagon.
The work of the chairmanship having been
thrust on Mr.. Whtehouse's shoulders he is
going to have things his way or the procession
will not move. 1t seems to your scribe that
this is the only sure way to success With
refractory horses a stage coach cannot be
safely drawn down narrow and steep
mountain road and no one knows this better
than the new county chairman of the
minority political party in schuylkin.
WHY SEVERN SHOULD WIZ.
am asked to give publicity to the follow