Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-22

VIII 1UI tuTu OuJ W Dc u SoliVuS ohc'
The best reason for thinking that 1t
will not prove serious is that IL 1t
becomes a reality It will cause so much
trouble" Qt has been a tragic real
ity' many times in the Tennessee
mountains. and IL has caused the
mountain folk 80 much trouble" but
they have to obey it, all the same.)
"There is, however, no wisdom In
binding ones eyes to it. There is not
the slightest doubt that it is today
the law of the land" Ach, so? Then
pray why does not this paper counsel
It's readers to obey it? or, if it ought
not to be obeyed, why does it not de-
nounce the shooting down of the
mountaineers for dlsobeying it?
The Sun goes on to say: whatever
temporary means are suggested or
adopted for dealing with the matter
(thls means brow beating the revenue
officers into violating their oaths of
office to execute the law until the
street gets it repealed ''the only logi-
cal and thorough procedure is, Of
course, for Congress to instantly re-
peal the law Congress is not instant.
ly" passing laws to redeem its pledges
to Cuba "and to absolve everybody
from financial liability for previous
violations Of it,
Here is proposed an ex post facto
measure, with a vengeance. But If it
is carried through, by the same token
it is hard to see why the Kentucky
men ought not to be ''absolved' from
the consequences of previous viola
tions Of this same law, and why they
should not be paid for every still which
the revenue officers have smashed in
executing it.
''ub HNhi hih' lNlihN tilt luS
to say: "A mere repeal of the Law
without n wiping out of penalties
would mean that forever after every
house in Wall Street would be at the
mercy of this or that internal revenue
officer who chose to make himself
offensive
"Offensivew For richness the
term, in this connection, Is equalled
only by the milk-and-water breakfast
of Wackford Squeers. Is there a turn
key in the pententiary who does not
make himself offensive" to the gang
of felons under his charge? Are not
these same "internal revenue officers
all the while making themselves "of-
fensive' TO the Kentucky and Ten
nessee mountaineers, and shooting
them and destroying all they have in
the world? And does any New York
PdPNi eiii Oi .NOhtICoS W ItpCul lHt
law under which the shooting anC
burning Is done and to give them in
demnity against all past violations OF
1t? On the contrary does not New
York lecture them for being violators
OF law, and sell guns and powder t
the revenue officers to kill them with
through the week. and on Sundays Civ,
money to missionaries to make law
abiding Wall Street Christians out Of
them? Within a. week sermon ha.
been preached in one OF the churche,
OF this city for the purpose Of educat
ing them. We are sending no mission
aries into THE street." however.
But these people, these g,lardan
of the financial honor of the ma ation
and who have been busy for years il
saving us from the rcproach of an
archy, are as ready to buster as the,
are to beg, whine for relief from
Congress from the consequences o
their defiance OF law, and at the SAM
time threaten Others with the respon
sibility. The Sun further says: 81
Is reported that the banks, or man,
Of them, declare that they will wasl
their hands of tho business and le
the brokers fight II ont and this. /
true, means that these banking gen
tlcmen are hardly alive to their respon
sibilties. Under the law no banl
having stock deposited with It az col
lateral for loans has right To sell o
touch one share of this stock If th
agreement under which IL was de
posted does not bear the REQUIRE,