Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-11
A NATIONAL

Governor Harmon, of Ohio, has
..Ihance to put himself more solidl
s~shan ever in line for the Presidenc,
~An handling the lynching outrage il
Ms state. While we do not believe
That any action that Governor Har-
mon might take would be with the
purpose of winning popularity for
future honors, yet the whole nation
Is Mortified at the recent disgrace in
Newark, Ohio, and they demand that
Something be done to redeem the
name, not only of the state but the
nation.
1t has come to a pretty pass when
even a common murder cannot take
its regular course in law. We CON
denim the South for lynching negroes
for attacking women when immedi-
ate death in some startling manner
Seems to be the only way to make
an impression on such fellows. But
what is to be said of a mob of white
rmen battering down a Jail door in
the state of7Ohio to get a white man
who has shot and perhaps fatally
wounded another white man in a
saloon raid? Truly an example
should be made of somebody some
where.
%~ IT seems to be up to Governor
Harmon and he is evidently going
ITO do his duty. Yesterday he made
"a personal visit to the Jail in Newark
and saw the conditions for limsetf-
'~He bad spx-wwonference with the
Sheriff and the mayor. He promises
Ito make "a statement today as to
what he proposes to do.
1t is strange that the sheriff and
mayor. although admitting that they
faced the mob several times during
the evening did not recognize any
of the leaders. This seems almost
increditable, especially as all were
men of their own town. The only
reason hat can be given for them
Amb% declaring that they did not
S~recognize any of the mob is coward
ice. They are either afraid or do
not want to do their duty. At this
distance it looks as if the governor
would nave ample reason for sus
pending or removing them from
office, as the Ohio law permits.
This reminds us of the helpless
condition of the governor of New
Jersey in any similar case. While W.
do not expect to ever nave a lynch
ing in New Jersey-although we d.
2-het-Pese as being any better thai
The people of Ohio in this particula'
yet we do have deliberate defanc'
of the law, and the governor of tn
state is powerless to do anything
We have the recent case of Atlanti
City where the city and count
authorities both defed the law re
garding the excise law. They dare
the state to do its worst. Will
they admitted that the law Nigh
apply to other places they openl
boosted that it would never apply t
Atlantic City. The sheriff and mayo
in New Jersey, were even more de
fant than the mayor and sheriff /
Ohio are today. Yet Governor Fort
hands were tied. In Ohio, and |
New York also, the governors ca
suspend and even remove from ofnC
men who refuse to do their duty
enforcing the law. III Ohio the go
ernor can suspend any mayo Q
charges Under the General Code
the state. The sheriff of any count
can likewise be suspended upon tt
complaint OF FIVE citizens of ii
county. The suspended officials al
then given thirty days in which
make a defense.
4 If ever public officials should /
removed from Office this Ohio sheri
and the mayor of the city in whic
the outrage took place are the mel
TO permit mob rule in an %enlighter
ed Ountry such as this is e1cusabl
nowhere. A lynching in Ohio on 8
slight a proyocatiOn is especially t
be condemned. The whdle nation
suffers with the disgrace