The Washington bee., 1909-05-29

AbokZA2as@4 S4 GAs Turnpike COA-
Pa1&os.
LS3Asxzlls. ES-Thsge has ne4
been. II h -, q crime Of mob vie
lsaos oomnztksd In this State. in
Tennessee, OF, In s@O&, in any of The
8OutheEa Besess er IN any sf the
fiddle WesAsEu states in the past
several ysars. with ths exception Of
sAs SeeakIonAi 1ynehing sf . negro
~ = Heb. th4& las ASt been shoula-
sCeS en the Night Riders.
Tas Nsht E1dssS were an organ
kad Bo&y back In 1890. when the
AAAta ENStsaztuFs passed = law do
hg away VIA private ownership Of
HAAs sSsds. Fer months the turn
ESks sa<pzak4ons refused to obey
EAs szAs kMs. FAsy appealed To
- sEAss BzvsSas OouFt, then 70
6s OOaF< e Appeals. And lastly to
&s Uz1ssA DGStss Supreme Court.
I'D "a each aARSal they Would set
q say. Watch made It possible fer
tASSn g sa@szzUe rusu4ng their toA
esAss aaA sAaEG4aG two cents mile
~ every AsESs ST vehicle that passed
S~Ss tASsE BE0POEty.
Because sE tAs laws delay TIE
asa&ss3sz e he roads became fES-
kAasEkaA. Ia SWEETS Of the turA-
YSEsS WsSaa sst exRSAA eae esat
ssP szAsSswNASzts - Es2S - tAseS
vaS aEz2saA sf tAs1r bostAg thsaF
HERaxEy ~ 9 AAal ssHTt aScis4sa.
bxt tSsg 4kA sst OssSs 70 Zulct trES~
sG2SSN. Azi DIS wkFEs EAsy refused
. scospz he aAlT P<ass sESrSd ~
sSa STATE esr tAS4r rs&As.
n was tAsz that the Night Riders
Ssrs organised. TAs srganiEatteA
ss~sAA frsm EAsIby County to every
pxFt sS tAs ss@as. and enc Aight in
As Iaks tan RSa rode frem their
As@ss AAk kSGaa burning toll gates.
TASgS b zs record Of q toll Eats
kssDsE ksAng Injured uAlsss he zhsw.
e ras4stAAoe. Then hs was taEeA
ksz GAs hSwss, and II he eOatizuS4
. - as9Azt he was Acgged. II
nanssy-ASAs cases cut Of = hundFSa
g esls ssts keeper was glad to give
s9 kts 10 and let the gate burH.
RakAt aSaSrs undoubtedly brsugAt
- tzExwtks corporations 10 terms.
9NSgs wAs rot toll gate lSft stsBA-
Ag In the STATE Of Kentucky By the
following spring. Had the taxpHy-
sxs and farmers been contented 70
Anew tie law TO take It's never end
lag course the chances are that tell
gates weuid still be holding sp ira
VsIeTs on the State roads to-day,
And that the roads would have bseA
wOrSs Aow than they were when the
Night Riders became organised.
Tns Kentucky roads now are
among the best In the United States.
There are not millions OF dollars OF
watsred stock on which to pay int
sTssa, and the State tax has improv-
&C them and even made 1t possible
fer almest all Of them to be sprfn-
kiSd with oil during the summer
season, thEs laying the dust.
The success OF the Night Riders
in the war against toll gates led TO
"a orgsHlsAtion Of q similar char
aStSF when the fight was waged
against tie American Tobacco Com
Hany. Bat cut OF this last organiaa-
ki0n there grew a body Of violent
men, who live on excitement and
thrive On lAwlessness. Then spPang
an, too, lawfess bodies OF men n
many Of the Southern and Middle
Western States. who chose to cali
themselves Night Riders, though the
probabilities are that So per cent ef
the men asdn't ewn so much as q
horse 10 ride.
II list Of the original body of
pSzght Riders could be had the
chances are that the names of many
msa who &GGTed in the operations
e the cid Ku-Klux gang would Be
fSaad, and II tkis list were siftNd
9SWz It wOuld show that many prop
srty-oWBsTs and men Of promiHenos
had resortsd to violence because sf
their belief that action was their
sally safeguard against ruin, ana
that q defiance of Law had TO be msA
~ q Hike defiance.