The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-30

Anarchy is only in its infancy, :"
said Schwab, "GOv. Altgeld hss
helped it on to maturity. MY feel
ings toward him are of the kindest
Here Is the message l sent him last
night:
Dear Sir-Accept our heartfelt salu-
tation. Justin IL. SCHwAB."
The newspapers OF this city all de-
vote considerable space to editorials
upon the subject. The World says:
1T is not the fact that these men
have been given their liberty that il
remarkable and startling 1t is the
tone of Gov. Altged's statement, il
which he sets forth the reason for his
action that will ssLonish if it does IL ot
alarm the country.
The Governors action is not &C.
cepted nor regarded as mercy.
ut makes martyrs OF the men who
paid the penalty OF their revolving
crime on the gallows and sanctfi-,
hereafter the devotion OF the day OF
their execution to memorial services
LET us hope that Gov. Altgeld's
act may e as powerless to breed mis-
chief in the future as 1t will be Il
soil the reputation OF the nation, o.
the Judge who presided at the an,
archists' trial, and of the Jury WHO
rendered the verdict in the past
But whatever may be- its effect 1t il
to be regretted that it was ever made
by the Executive OF great State
The Herald says the Governor
action is we'll calculated to startl,
the public. Referring to Gov
Altgeld's reasons, the Herald says
ut is strange that Gov. Altgeld, VIII,
has been in office SIX months, ha'
just made this amazing discovery
1t is more remarkable that it wa
not made by any of his Lredect s7or
during seven Years, nor by either tn,
Supreme Court Of Illinois or tn,
Supreme Court of the United State-
both OF whom sustained The convlc
! ton.
Anarchy in this country never re
ceived more deadly blow than wheI
justice Wa melted out TO the diEbOli
cal bonn, hrOwers who terrified
Chicago some years ago. 1t is n,
time to silence the warning tbei
given to Anarchists now that tn
cable almost daily brings news o
Anarchist unrest in various parts o
Europe, and We even read OF a mOnu
ment to Anarchy just erected il
Chicago"
The Tribune: Gov. Altgeld, o
Illinois, has assumed a respOnsibllit,
Of the gravest character in pardOninj
the three Chicago Anarchist. H.
reasons for doing so will not beI'eX
animation. That the Anarchists hAC
a fair trial aud were justly con
demned is the universal opinion q
Americans whore opinion are wort
regarding. Moreover the case wa
carried to the Supreme Court of tn
hat,On and the findings Of the Stat
tribunals were upheld.
ut Is late in the day for Coy
Altgeid to come forward with tn
assertion that they were not fairl
tried and that Judge Gary manifesto
prejudice against them"
L Dc OsI Uulb EdJbs
is simple truth to say that the Who'll
country was startled by the new
I that Gov. Altgeld, % Illinois, ha
pardoLed the three Chicago AL
arUhists who were in the penitentiar
for their participation in the riots q
1886. No verdict ever pronounce
in this country had been receive
with more profound thsnkfulness b
the American people than the on
upon which the men who had inst
gated the most cOwardly and tiendis
attack upon law and order who
had been witnessed in this country
"GOv. Altgeld'a reasons for settin
the verdict aside are even nor
astonishing than his action itself. |
fact, the document reads almost a.
the Governor himself were an Al
archist. His conduct furnishes a
additional and startling example {
the dangers which lurk in havin
the pardOning power lodged in til
hands of the Executive, aud as sue
strengthens the argument against tn
abolition OF capital punishment
Unquestionably il the four Otht
Anarchists had not been hanged
they would have been pardOned wit
their associates now"
The Sun says: Gov. Altgel
thinks 1900 words will he enoug
to Justify him to the law abidln
citizens of Illinois in overriding Il
DEGREES OF the courts and jury with
document that will be received wit
acclaim only by the enemies OF la
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