The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-08-04
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of the Pardoning Board, as stated,
Wednesday of last week, and besides
presenting the petition, several Of them
made very eloquent pleas for Taylor 5
release. After the matter had been
thoroughly presented and the ladies
were about to retire, Judge B. S. Lid
don 90 hard-hearted one whom even
tears and supplications of woman can
not touch, who has the audacity to face
without emotion the eloquent, aye, the
touching appeal direct from the hearts
of a body of women simply because a
State law has been broken, simply be-
cause the encouraging of such would
endanger civilized society, simply be-
cause the safety of law abiding citizens
would in a measure suffer-, arose and
demanded a hearing, and having repre-,
sented the State in this matter at all
former trials, related the facts in
the case which were the chief
and only reasons of his conviction, and
as opposed to the noble mission these
ladies sought to accomplish, argued the
justice of the courts verdict, with the
result that Taylor was ruthlessly. torn
from the love of family and happiness
of home and forced to serve his SEN
tence imposed by the circuit court and
upheld by the Supreme Court as
we'll as the Pardoning Board at a for
mer session.
The ladies became indignant, They
demanded that the Governor explain
this intrusion -the fact Of a paid attor-
ney being on the ground with hard
hearted fact to Offset the very object
of their mission. The Governor re-
piled that all meetings of the board
were duly advertised and, in fact open
TO all who might wish to attend. At
the same time, in the eyes OF the
ladies, Judge Llddon was an intruder
and no amount of explaining will ever
suffice to set him right with those who
were there for the purpose OF rendering
an act Of mercy.
One of the ladies went so far as to
write a letter to Congressman Lamar
requesting him to telegraph the Gov
ernOr to grant the pardon of Mr.. Tay-
lor, but even this always gallant and
obliging gentleman refused TO interfere,
telegraphing that he could not cOnsis-
tently ask that the verdict Of the court
be reversed.
Is the day at hand when the men are
lacking in chivalry2 Where are those
of the old school TO whom it was but
ltGtbbdIN III q WOlldil W ~
quest that the body bent and the head
went down with graceful bow signi
flying that it was granted? Have moi
worldly lawyers without a semblance OF
love in their hearts for their client
without an expression that would sig
Nifty tenderness, appeared before the
Pardoning Board and by the reading OF
few extracts from the pages of some
dull and uninteresting law book secured
the liberty of their clients? Many too,
were convicted on more serious charges
than Mr.. Taylor. Isn't it said also that
politics, plain, cold politics, govern
many Of the actions Of some Pardoning
Boards? If such is the case with Flor
ida's Pardoning Board wasn't great
mistake made when it refused TO inter
fere? Who in this day would mount a
political stump without appealing to
the women for the votes of their hus-
bands7
Yes, there can be no doubt of it,
Judge Liddon is in a peck of trouble,
and the day may yet come when his
head may fall off the opposite side OF
the block. Quincy Times.