The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-31
A auAcK REMEDY.


State, and the uniform answer Is. In
substance, that the old Commonwealth
Is suffering for want of Repuoilcan
Governor. To turn the State over to
the Republican party. II is assumed
would make everybody happy except
those engaged in lawless conduct.
AS TO the troubles IN Breathitt
county the Courier-Journal has spoken
at length, and has demonstrated that
il has not the. slIg htest disposition to
shield anybody who stanos In the way
of restoring that county to peace and
prosperity. But 1t is worth while to
inquire whether Kentucky is so much
worse than her neighbors as she Is
represented. and especially whether
the remedy proposed has been found
eiiicacIous elsewhere.
Illinois has a Republican Governor
and has had for number of years.
A. Danvllle. in that State. Saturday
night bowling moo had possession of
the streets, lynched negro and burned
his body, tried to storm the jail TO
lynch another negro, were fired on and
lumber of persons were WOUNDED.
Dynamite was sent for to blow up the
Jail, and WAS actually on the way
when it was interrupted.
Danville is not a mountain town,
remote from access. 1t is city OF
80, 900 population. 1t is the residence
of Joseph u. Cannon, who is to be
the next Speaker of the House OF
Representatives. Only the other day
William E. Curtis wrote it up In the
Chicago Record Herald rs model
city of its class, complimentiug the
people who reside there. 1t ls IN Yer.
million county, which in 1900 cast
9, s52 Republican votes to 6,147 Demo
cratic. 1t has a colored militia COM
pany, and the mob announced Its in
tention to kill all of them If they
were called out.
This is not a solitary instance for
Illinois. It was only recently that IN
another Republican county OF that
state negro school was broken up
and the negro residents chased away.
Several years ago former Republi-
car Governor refused to protect
negroes and threaten ed to call out the
militia to prevent them coming into
the State IN quest of work. A hepub-
lican Governor has not been found to
be an antldote for lawlessness in that
State. Equally Intellectual has been
the election of county officers belonging
to that party. The Sheriff, indeed
seems to have tried to do his duty, but
even this was not effect ual to prevent
an outbreak OF lawlessness.
The State of Indiana has also a
Republican Governor, but this did
not prevent a serious riot attended
with considerable loss of life recently
In the popuIous city of Evansville.
The local officers were Republican.
Vanderburg county, in which the city
Is situated. gave 1908 Republican
majority last November. A number
of smaller towns in Indiana have
recently chased away all the colored
residents, and the depredations OF
whltecaps in that State is an old
story Somehow the specific OF a
Republican Governor does not seem to
work uniform cures In the State OF
Indiana.
Over IN the dominions of the Sultan
of Jolo the representatives OF a he
nublican Administration have complete
control. aud yet Republican rule has
not produced an ideal state OF affairs.
Slavery aud polygamy are permitted
in order to reconcile the natives to
Amer, ,an rule, the Constitution OF the
United States not being regarded as an
obstacle to an agreement among
friends The Sultan and various
dattos are paid monthly subsidies, or
salaries. yet recent advices say that
they are not satisfied. Some OF the
natives have an awkward way OF run
ming amucK every once and a WHILE
killing everybody that comes In the
way, until they themselves are killed.
On complaint being made to datto OF
one of these cases recently. the datto
promptly announced that he had sold
ali the man s family into slavery. as
high minded and vlrtuous ruler ought
to do. The Moros are no doubt u hard
people to contrui, but 1t is evident
there, as elsewhere, that the poiiticai
complexion of the powers that be is not
a guaranty OF exemption from lawless
conduct.
So far the troubles in Kentucky are
concerned, it is very plain that the he
publicans at this time are much more
anxious to make political capital out OF