Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-09
.pAISED A HOLY HOWL
Gov. Davis Negro Pardon Stirs Up
Massachusetts,.
Massachusetts,.

cheap bit ef ettIontely@ on the part Of
Coy. Davis.
Col. Thomas Wentworth Iligginsan
the historian: The whole matter is
trivial and Of no practical importance.
But as far as it goes | consider it y
mplment to the state of Alassacntl-
setts III showing that they realize that
we know how to take care of convict.s
white or which they do not.
Fhe whole ng is mere piece uf
! Dravado on the part Of the sovclno.
and we need fear no general adoptior
OF the idea do not think it is worth
saying anything more about
! Speaker Myers of the statehouse of
representatives: 1T is a case for the
| Iapplcation of the motto, least said.
soonest mended. 1t is a most unusual
and unheard-of proceeding. 1t certain
| ly is to be desired that there should
be such courteous and friendly rela-
tlon existing between all our states;
'tnat the officials Of one should not sue-
2eal even an atfront to another state
cannot help feeling that the COVER
nor OF Arkansas will, on second
thought, appreciate the situation and
j regret his apparently hasty act as
much as we do hero in Massachl5=
setts.
Representative +. B. Calender: III
the hie affords such precedent. thea
3the Fay state W65.1d he Justified in IN
~j0q5ia2 le6aliaJorx in !&ments and De.
: 2i'l-zli4@7 5a1fIsAneRt@ Of Italian mGF-
dpets 10 tine paradise OF bog5e finivez
and GevoNers. However, Massaciii-
i SETS can afford to welcome the South
nel' c4lprit, remembering that God
gave him d soul and that Arkansas
cannot by legislation take that gilt
away
Representative Dean: If Governos
Davis action be to test the genuine
ness Of Massachusetts sympathy for
the poor and oppressed negro of the
South, the test is needless Insult to
the state. We in this state recognize
the problem for the South to be a
grave one and are not disposed to un-
justly criticise them, but we do think
the South has not always acted with
Justice and sometimes not with hui
manity. to the negro. Certain the pet
ulant mood of this governor in sending
criminal here does not aid in the
solution Of the problem. nor in produc-
ing amity between the sections
Representative Adams: THE state
i Of hot ;orI,<
have been intended by the governor of
Arkansas as an affront or discourtesy
1t might be added that for the person
most concerned the governor of Ar
kansas could not have sent him to a
better state than Massachusetts,
Representative Mccartney. one of
the Socialist members of the legisla-
ture: 'The incident is evidently an
exhibition of choler on the part of a
man who has been exasperated by
criticism of southern methods of dea'-
ing with the negro race 1t establishe (,
very dangerous precedent 1t raises
serious constitutional questions. Shall
one state become the dumping ground
OF the criminals of another state? The
matter Should be met by legislative
action Oh the part of Massachusetts. =
Representative Kiley. of Boston
1T is an insult to the state that should
meet with the censure and condemna-
ton of all fair minded and homes
thinking citizens, not alone of Mas-a-
chusetts, but of the state which has
unfayorably for itself been so dis
graced by its chief executive