The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-06-28
HOW SOUTH CAROLINA VIEWS IT

INV cOC ~ CREOLtNA VIEWS II. |
: Governor Brown has been generally
commended for his action recently in
refusing TO grant the requisition Of
Governor Blease Of South Carolina.
for T. b. Fielder. a well known At
lanta attorney The governors acton
was commended by the press and peo-
pie OF the state generally. But the
South Carolina press is taking a DIFF
ferent view Of it, and discussing the
SUI ject the Charleston Post says
THE Atlanta newspapers are unan-
imous In commencing the governor Of
Georgia for his refusal to honor the
requisiton Of the governor Of South
Carolina for the delivery Of T. Il. Eel
der, the Atlanta lawyer to the courts
of this state for trial Of charges Io3g-
ed against him. They declare that the
whole case against Fielder is ridiculous
and that the pursuit Of the lawyer IS
merely q matter OF personal ami pyiit
zeal luminosity on die, part Of the in-
dlvidual now filling the office or gov
eruor Of south Carolina. AN Of which
may be and likely Is true, but # IS
wholly irrelevant and entirely without
the field Of coenizance Of the governor
Of Georgia in connection with Tie
requisitlon made upon him by the gov.
ernor Of South Carolina. The gov
ernor Of Georgia has fallen into TIE
loose ways OF those stewards Of the
public welfare who think they should
administer their duties according to
their personal judgment rather than
according 10 the law as written in the
books Under the law the governor
OF Georgia is bound to deliver to the
law officers Of South Carolina. upon
the requisition of the executive an.
thority Of this state, any individual
charged with crime who is a fugitive
from Justice, 1t is enough for the gov.
ernor Of Georgia to know that the re-
QUESTION presented to him is official,
that the person making it Is the gov
ernor of his state, and that the indi-
vidual demanded to be delivered up
has been charged with crime He has
no business with anything back Of that
record.
Coleman L. Blease is a poor figure
of a governor, but he is governor, none
the less, by the suffrages Of the PEG
pie Of South Carolina His executive
acts are valid and they must he re-
garded and respected as far as they
are supported by the law. His requi-
sition upon the governor Of Georgia
cannot be put aside because he is not
approved and his motives are con.
demned by the governor of Georgia
He is exercising the authority com
mitted to him by the people of south
Carolina and, though the people of
soutA Carolina should have better
Judgment than to put such authority
into such hands, that is not a matter
for Tie governor Of Georgia TO pass
upon.
IF the reqmsiuon of bad COVER
nor may be refused by a good COVER
nor the reqaisition OF a good governor
may e refused by a bad governor.
The rule will work both ways, sad
the only way to prevent working to
the ends of injustice is for the eSpon-
ents of righteousness and law to OBJ
serve the statutes to the letter that
Trey may insist that all others do like |
wise. What sort of an example of re-
spect for the law does Governor
Brown of Georgia set to Governor
Blease of South Carolina, when he VIC |
lates provision of the federal con |
stitution to keep a citizen of Georgia |
from answering in the courts of South |
Carolina to charge which he thinks
utterly without merit and, therefore.
presumably to be dismissed by the |
courts Of South Carolina upon sim
pie showing by the defendant?"
Atlanta women want the privilege
of voting That's obO,+ ~, ,,,t,. +b{,,. /