Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-08-20
GOVERNOR WILSON
AND NIGHT RIDERS

accepted in good grace, but we viii
try this one dose Of il on governor
Wilson and let the responsibility res
on other shoulders.
The writer Of this is not the polIt.
zeal adherent of Augustus +. Wilson.
and tried bis best to keep him from
occupying the chair he is now hold
ing, but since he was elected, there
has not been n moment be would not
have held up the governors hands 10
a Legitimate fight for the supremacy
Of the law aud the glory Of the Com.
monwealth
The writer knows something oi the
seriousness of tho situation that has
confronted The governor during the
entire term o' his Official life, aud
gives him credit for sincerity OF mo
tiyos 10 his dealing with what is
know a, the might rider troubles
DO western Kentucky. lie has given
4 the subject doubtless much thought
and he has certainly spent much -
the state money in his endsavor to
suppress the Acknowledged lawless-
ness that exists IN certain counties
IN western Kentucky. TO what pur-
pose the records will show. Appar-
emily the spirit Of lawlessness is just
a. rife a. ever. No more plant beds
are scraped because there are no more
plant beds But people are still be
log whipped and property destroyed,
despite his efforts and the presence
OF the military. So far as the results
are concerned, one man has been sent
TO the penitentiary Tor a year, and
from what is generally said about him
he deserved the peuitentisry on gen
eral principles.
Even the horrible tragedy at Rus
.ellyille only points out the futlhty
Of the plans adopted by the governor
m dealing with the crimes. When a
mob starts out TO wreck it, vengeance,
it will no, rush headloug into eating
guns. but the use Of the military will
only prove a temporary eHpedien,.
Ever since the tenth day Of Deem
Der, when Governor Wilson was
sworn INTO office, he has held the
military in active service. H. in
herted a trouble At Hopkinsville,
which has clung to him. He fell
heir 70 grumhling 10 Tngg, and
the thunders still reyerberate through
the hills Of the naturally splendid
little county on the banks Of the
Cumberland river.
When Gov. Wilson summoned all
classes and conditions Of men to
TO Frankfort to talk over the tobacco
situation, II was hoped ;hst he would
strike upon a plan that would bring
the combatsnts together but instead
all went away with a hostile feeling
and snickersnecr in plain view.
The governor neither heard nor sug-
gested any semblance of plan that
would bring about peace and happi-
ness.
Now, we know those people dows
in Christian, Trigg, Caldwell and
Galloway As class they are the
best people under the shining canopy
Of heaven They are not outlaws.
There must be some reason WHY they
will indulge in these outrages or per-
init others to do them without moles-
tation.
Now to the suggestion The use
Of the military has not only failed to
accomplish an observance Of the law,
but has actually intensified the bitter
feeling. Men who have been indict-
ed for crime have been acquitted by
a jury of the peers Of the vicinage.
There is something wrong, and Gov
eruor Wilson can apply the remedy
# he only will,
Many people of Kentucky have no
confidence in his slncereity. 1t is
almost openly charged that he is an
attorney for the tobacco trust and
great muny people believe it. A