Show WHAT T ILLINOIS liftS HAS TO SAY SY n Cities aro a good deal Ilko liko individuals in this When hen they Insist on lancing dancing the they have havo to pa pay the 11 Illinois danced lanced i sarno omo weeks ago For th the tho rest of ot time lime sho she will havo have to pay tho L I There hero was a n race raco riot antI and several persons were killed Tho The city was given entirely into tho hands Jans of desperadoes for fez days dus All the troops of ot tho state either cither in iii actual service or oi upon ant and held hold In readiness Tho The local police pollee was was either cither overpowered o or willingly Inactive Tho The ThoI sheriffs sheriff's po posse so was unable to restore i or order er Incendiary Incon- Incon diary tIres lires burned man many homes an and assaults without without without with with- out number number and beyond description In iii atrocity were left len as tho the legacy or of a a. mall mail moments moment's JI pas sion slon Now time Iho governors governor's energetic action has cause caused the of or n a special grand Jury an and amid man many I I citizens who formerly imagined they were prom prom- have been bean indicted Some will vill bo punished But nothing nothing- the tho city can n do will wipe vIpo out the tho stain of tho those o riotous days ays Nothing will vill make malto the countr country country coun coun- tr try forget forset that Springfield nold Illinois tho the homo place of tho ho Great Emancipator was tho ho scene of or a 0 rac raca riot bigger in extent antI and duration and effects than an any that has happened to lie Iho Black Dell Bolt of or tim Iho South Thieve There Is 18 where tho fiddler will collect his pa pay rho Tho did l not concern themselves with It tL Tho The best the they can do is to punish overy man who was responsible In a any I degree for for the Iho tho horrors of ot that lawlessness And only by tho the best of or con conduct In him future can Springfield Illinois mal make c somo omo of oC tho tim people forget and amid prevent others from Crom ever learning of ot tho the burning disgrace It Is a vcr very bad thing for fora a qt 11 v to 1 forgot r ct civilization and turn oven even for a da tiny to b barbarism Tho The effects of or it are arc rather t too loo o far The They la last t too long and antI cost too much j |