The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-05-05
any ifs and auds" he would. in the

$ usual has made a bungling effort to
2 manufacture political capital. Had The
= News been impressed by this case as the
q governor says he was, it would have
{ seen Two Miller shrivel and rot in his
convict cell before it would have granted
g him even a conditional pardon. Be,
Y lieving as the governor did that Banker
/, Mcdonald did not criminally assault
+ his slayer's sister, The News would
t never have pardoned him. He offers
the roman a %grltuitons insult when he
| tells the people Of Mississippi he does
not credit her story of the assault he
E does not believe there was any crooked
ness in the selection of the jury nor any
improper conduct on the part of the
| court officials, and yet he pardons the
t prisoner. consoling the court officials by
assuring them of his loving confidence.
Vicksburg Dispatch We have had
hopes that the SANDER combine would
never be able to make any of their
charges against the governor stick, but
we must acknowledge that they have
old Anse in a pretty tight place at last.
just how he can escape, unless the pub
lie will take his general denials, without
specific proof, such as he has given in
other cases, we are unable to see. We
allude to the pardon of Ivo Miller.
They had arranged to catch the gov
ernor "a.comin' and a.goin'," whether
he pardoned Miller or not, and they
have him fast, because it is such a case
that he cannot enter into details. That
he has acted conscientiouslv in the
matter, after having given the case a
thorough examination and long study,
few who know his sterling worth will
doubt But that doesn't save hlm from
those who charge that he has tratiickel
in pardons, just how he could have
made any sort Of a trade in the case of
a poor fellow like Iyo Miller has not
been explained, But in the meantime
the governor cannot enter into a long
explanation of the case, and we suppose
he will have to grin and bear it. In
the meantime many good citizens will
doubt the propriety Of Juggling such a
case into politics,
Okolona Peoples MESSENGER: This
whole business is Il piece Of the most
shameful legerdemain. and we are now
fully prepared to believe the governor
o'l'iN NollN NV W IiJiIlU
lyo Miller, if he plead guilty, and was
afterward confronted with an influence
on the part of the dead bankers friends
he feared to antagonize hence his in
decision in determining the case. If
Miss Miller's character was such as to
Justify the governor to promise immu-
nifty to her brother for staying her u.s.
sallant, who was a rich and powerful
banker, it was gross cowardice to post
pone the pardon for more than half a
year. But ii she vas wanting in virtue,
as the governor has practically decided,
it was an outrage TO turn a bloody
handed murderer loose to shoot some
body else when another liaison comes
to his knowledge. If Ivo Miller is IN.
worthy to reside in Mississippi, he will
not make a desirable citizen in any
other state. II this is not openly bar
tering justice for political influence,
and a brazen attempt to run with the
hare and hold with the hounds" we do
not know how to characterize it.
Greenwood Delta Flag: W. have
heretofore been an ardent McLaurin
man, but from henceforth his name can
never be uttered except with feelings
of disgust. If Miller is an assassin he
should be confined within the walls of
the %penitentiary, but if he is innocent,
as the pardon really read. he should
have made a pardon Internationally,
and several months ago, for that mat.
ter. We have always used our best en-
deavors to further the governors cause,
for we thought him one of Mississippi's
greatest statesmen, but in the act Of
last Saturday he fully demonstrated the
fact that he is the damnedest ass in the
state, y + = He has killed himself
politically and otherwise in the state of
Mississippi, now and for hence more.
1t must he understood, though, that we
are not for Allen for the senate. $ $ =
We place the name OF Hon. John Sharpe
Williams at the head of The Delta Flag.
We sincerely hope that he will he a
candidate. If he should, he has the
undivided support of this paper.
Greenville Times Governor Nc
Laurin's failure to pardon him at once
has been made the subject of bitter
criticism, and his of finally do
ing it will no doubt provoke attacks
equally as violent. The only natural
inference to be drawn from the gov
ernor's endorsement on the back of the
pardon is that he did not believe Nc
Donald guilty OF the assault, in which ,
case 1t is difficult to see on what grounds
pardon could have been granted at all.
The Times is reluctant to Judge hastily,
and the Two Miller case is u strange and
mysterious one, but the unpleasant re-
Election will arise that the governor has
stultiied himself by the contradictory ,
of par1oning the man and at the ,
SAINT time writing such an endorsement ,
upon the pardon. +,