West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-09-16
GEORGE WESLEY atkinson.
What The Leading Papers Of the
Country Think Of West YiF-
6inia'S Governor.
Specially Dedicated TO That $500
Majority In Preston County.

biou'Adl auu IeNSIseS IL IN accord
ance with his ideas of the "un
written law. ."-Philadelphia Record.
TIT
"Under existing legislation Gov.
Atkinson's extraordinary out-burst
is SIMPLY an invitation and incite.
ment to lawlessness and disorder,
which would be .dscreditable to
anyone, and merits special censure
in the Chief Magistrate Of u State
Of the American Union. IN. Y.
Sun.
TIT
Just at this time, when efforts
are being made in the South to
suppress the mob spirit, as EXHIBIT
ed in lyuohings, and to educate
the people to better and truer
appreciation Of the supremacy OF
law and order, Governor Atkinscn's
fire brand is particularly to be re-
GREETED and condemned by law
biding people everywhere. BAL
tlmoro News.
TIT
No more inAammatory or mis-.
chlevous gubernatorial utterance
than this can be charged to Altgeld,
Waite or Tillman. 1t is nothing
less than a public invitation to
murder-ofiicinl notice that while
Atkinson is Governor any man may
kill another for this offence i'm
West Virginia without fear Of pun
ishment. Y. Herald.
TIT
Upon the whole, this action Of u
Judge and Governor is even more
dlscouragelng as symptom of
American civilization than the dec
laration Of an editor in favor of
killing without trial all negroes
accused Of assaulting white women
or the declaration of Judge that
his was "a white mans court" in
which justice for blacks was not to
be expected. IN. Y Times.
TT
The New York Tribune, for, in
stance, thinks that tho Repu blicans
Of this State are entitled TO the
sympathY Of the whole country.
II says:
"They have elected a Governor
only to find him taking pattern
from the worst examples of Bour-
bon civilization which they have
sought to eradicate for a quarter Of
a century. One of the cardinal
principles of Republication is re.
spect for law and opposition to all
forms OF private feud and mob rule.
Yet Governor Atkinson has made
himself the official champion Of the
right Of individual vengence and
private execution Of the death pen.
atty"
TIT
These are mere samples Of
creed that is overlong and repoti-
tious, but they are sufficient to
prove the utter un1tness Of this
man for the dignifed Office he DIS
graces. When the executive head
Of sovereign State counsels assas
sination in violation Of the common
law Of the land aud OF the common.
wealth it is time to make bonfire
Of statutes, abolish the Legislature
and the courts and proclaim the
fug tive outlaw Hatfield chief Of
the West Virginia tribe OF savaees.
Gov. Atkinson has brought con-
tempt upon himself and disgrace
upon his State All the windy
mouthings to- which bo and his
supporters may give vent cannot
alter the TACT that should his view
as to the Observance Of the law pre-
vail, social chaos would come again
and the nation would perish by
ITS own haud.-Mail and Express.
TT
The Governor mikes bad mat.
ter worse by his Published state
ment reproduced from the Wheel
ing Register as TO the remarkable
letter he wrote plrdouing Kimes.
The Governor elbows his ignorance
Of the case by incorporating the
facts as TO the shooting. The Gov.
erHor seems TO have a wonderful
amount Of msinformation as to The
Wood county affairs on tap. Even