The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-05-05
the PARDON OF lvo MILLER.
What the Newspapers Think Of the Gov.
errors Remarkable Performance.

there is something out of joint in THU
kind Of pardon. A man is not enjoyin.
full liberty if he is forced to leave hi.
home and state to miDgle with ths
outer world. If Miller was guilty o.
the crime without any ~extenuating ex
cuse, he should have bee.l kept in the
penitentiary. Ii he is entitled TO an,
pardon at all he is at liberty, according
to the constitution OF this free and lib
erty-loving country, TO 90 and come ii
will and not be forced by any ICON,
ditional' circumstances to be ordered
or traded ont of the state by the gov.
ernor. When n pardon is granted the
accused is supposed to be a free man,
exercising all the rights of citizenship.
even as an e~lector, or he goes branded
guilty az before charged We are not
blaming the governor for his con.
aitional' pardon of Miller. 1t may be
law, but poor law, 1t does not prove
Miller's innocence, but on its face con
firms his guilt. Then he should not
have been pardoned mt all. Wherever
he goes he will be POINTED out as the
man run ont OF his w state. He is an
o%utcast, "A criminal, a murderer fleeing.
not from justice, bnt from the governor
VI -nisSisIlppl Inc Jaws OF the slate
and property. These laws do not apply
to Miller's case. He must take no his
life, liberty and property and walk, and
the walking must begin within ten DAYS
alter his conditional pardon is granted.
This conditional pardon leaves the i'm
preston INA. Nilier j. nan guilty and
nun ilhocth1' nor crinhlh'i enou%h TO
leiI"lh ~ Ihe peili'ehtiary ana yet too
''in'''l'i - ieihalli III 'le state
Vicksburg Herald: The first thoupht
Of every reader Of this ay.r,npnt ia
We'll. what has he hardened him for1'
An emphatic declaration of the dnmerit
OF II petition is surely A cnrious nralnLe
ton pardon. It has even puzzled t,e
organs into silence-the skein ia foo
tangled for them to take mn without i,
clue. or II lead, The governor has heon
charged, specifically, with uronisiny
Iyo Miller n paruon, and NAT Ills ;n'
n"nr" tne i1ea VI suilty. me singular
t ~, ~ nn,' ei.olsenletI. gives lorce TO
)" ,aise' a''upuSh me constitution
a"nS ~" 'n,,' We no PARDON heIofc
Wv ',''?n' wine u promise IS net a
''"on' IL ~ us elniVaioht' II kept, IN
~ "'inT tno cheet when 'he constl-
,,u .hn, t'tNs " Suaru against Il release
T,u'ou 'innt ps J"ls. 9nuglng irom
lhe S1a.ei'ehts vi theHreenWood papers,
- ~i'uitaiis aha bitterly dl.
,'"o" uppn 'iie i,efl.s VI 'his case Ana
tNe p'iuoh wi'h sueh a cnllons en-
'o%laelieh'' Will uh'li explained by the
Soseiio,' iooh IKE an eitort to satisfy
oo'n si"es' Miller goes iree, but his
i,ee'oi' ~ coupled win the degrading
~" "hion Nc Is sald 10 nave plead
- 'I., a'o'u. ne was aiso required
" ,o",o .ue SUITE uh'ess lhlpiaeable,
'"s 1no"i" ea'isiS me lrienas OF the
nan nc sie"' aho as TOT the other
sue why 1nelr man IS iree, and that is
ne main .nlhs WIN MN. But for a
~ W eAe."l''e !eSoru, tnls pardon
""9'iei '"lhs Wnlcn WILL IL IS TO be
nope". na,e no '"'talloh' as " Is with
P'e'eoeh''
Huzlehrrst Corr;ar, wo ,.,;.,.o tLo
governor has erred in b;s c,ncan.;on of
the reason why a nardon Shn,iJ ~.
yranted lin fact tbera was no rsa as
signing anv reason at al, ;m Wow nf tLo
peculjar circumstances and tbs nran,
n]etition sent Tn tha sxscrt;va SC.
parts or the state asking that the young
man VINO a SO promptly defended his
sister be given his freedom. The en-
1orselnent' we say, was wholly unneces-
sary' IL was simply a case where the
people, with unusual concert of action,
asked the governor to pardon a man
SEM to the ~penltentiary for killing an
'ther VINO he had every reason to believe
inu taken advantage of his sister and
,~iShohored her, ana it remained only
lor '''' governor TO say whether or not
le would grant the pelitlon. The find