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GOVERNOR HAS NO POWER. % \ «* VTTlJit\i:\ MsCRISES SMITH.It lt;* f **rr 11»g, of I ntirm*, !« ill* Nuilior-i i y in v #«* H« i ir •»! *it ppr****! *»gI’rim'-I Iclit*—Hi* ''in -» *!»•• %lnl~ 11-r ftn IliUir. l) |v» ll». H.inlt;h of flic I,I luitiurideii—«»me Su ivUircHAtt^ticy-O^n^ml Green Hmlth was much wrought, up Tuesday over an edit*»rial iu me of the evi*alng p iperswhich pulnt^d out hi* duties, i want itunderstood/' he mi id* ‘that the ait nr-iiey-general of thin M;n.* b gving to do he plrosro in this mat I or 0he Robymatron, and when he warps a p;i|*r t-» give him any Information he will let that pa;a*r know. The fact of the matteri- I ha\e ii * tighi to give orders, m*r liasthe governor, This is an affair that mnst he smiled by the locnl cl*, il author* Hies and ii w -uld bo itnpnd* fuv no, Iwon't say Impudent-e—It would he Ini-proper for the governor t.* Instruct thelocal oftieiate as tlt;« h‘»u to |»n.«d“The governor has got himself Intot his thing by attempt lug m do somethingthat h* tins no acih*»rtty u« do and Hmwhe don't know how to get nut of it, Hehas hirten off more than tic « an swallow.Tit* idea, of Hi* gov* rnor railing out the mill! la to stop the I to by prize fights ispr* n* ri^n-us. II** can only order out themilitia when the local authorities ajyiinahh* to enf »r - ?h** i.tw, and then hemust be asked by the toil authorities.When th** first fight occurred thesheriff of Lake county an 1 his twentydeputies were present and occupied aprivate \»xt as the guests **f the Columbian club, TiiU is a mutter *»f record, and the claim, which they make, thatthey were unable to stop Uu- fight Is asubterfuge And so is this cry that as the grand jury is not in h« ssniii there i*no us*- of arresting the men* That isanother subterfuge. The law of the state iMiys that during a ret-em of the grand Jury the prosecuting attorney shall arraign an accused and try himupon Information. *•‘Furthermore* I warn to say that Ithink it was very imprudent in Judge rUHcite to write that long letter t«» the governor in wh\ h he gave ids opinion of a case which will probably tome before him. It is n new departure fn law for a judge to * -z press his opinion beforea trial. 1 think It wan equally Imprudentin the governor to write t*i Judge illlPitr and ask his opinion for the sente reasonthat It walt; imprudent for the judge to reply as he did. The govev nor has no right to interfere In the matter at ulL The law says it is the rlpeht and duty of the people of I^ike county t«. prose utethroe people Tliiff is a government forthe people and by the people and the people of Lake county are the ones to look after Luk anility, and not the governor nor the attorney-general. Why i wouldn't go into the county to prosecute these people, or anyone else, without an Invitation from the local author* itj*«, Th * governor has less power than any of tin; state -fie iab, and for himto say that the authorities* of this or ofany other county shell or shall not dothis thing or that tiling Is going dear beyond his right or duties. When thepeople of Dike countv decide that theycannot enforce the laws and call uponth^ govern *r for assist anlt;r% then, butnot until then. I® it his right to a t/'Mr, Hmlth was very much in earn rotabout this, and emphasized hi* remarks with the Daniel Webster style of gesture to the imlnent peril of an oak chair which received the weight of his clenchedflat.
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Aug 02, 1893
Page 15
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Lake C.
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