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Editorial
January 28, 1925
The Pageland Journal
Pageland, Chesterfield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Editorial praises North Carolina Governor McLean as a capable business leader and advocates for a pardon board in South Carolina to limit the governor's pardoning power and prevent wholesale pardons.
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One thing the Old North State has and which she is not doing much horn blowing about is a good business governor.
Of course, it is yet young, and the blowing in the future will be a plenty, no doubt. But as we started out to say, Governor McLean has a head full of gray matter, and he knows how to use it. He started out on safe and sane grounds-not to go too deep in debt. Now he comes out on a subject we have advocated for years for our own State, viz: a pardon board that is a pardon board.
Our idea is two-fold. First, it will prevent one man from using the pardoning power too freely. Let a board of three or five be elected or appointed in some way so as to be uninfluenced by the governor. Let the governor be one of the board, if so desired, but let him be only one member of the board instead of the whole of it as at present. Second, it will take a big burden off the governor. We are of the opinion that any governor would welcome some plan that would relieve him. Give us a Pardon Board that has the power to act and not merely to advise and we are sure South Carolina will not have wholesale pardons as it has had in the past.
PJ
One thing the Old North State has and which she is not doing much horn blowing about is a good business governor.
Of course, it is yet young, and the blowing in the future will be a plenty, no doubt. But as we started out to say, Governor McLean has a head full of gray matter, and he knows how to use it. He started out on safe and sane grounds-not to go too deep in debt. Now he comes out on a subject we have advocated for years for our own State, viz: a pardon board that is a pardon board.
Our idea is two-fold. First, it will prevent one man from using the pardoning power too freely. Let a board of three or five be elected or appointed in some way so as to be uninfluenced by the governor. Let the governor be one of the board, if so desired, but let him be only one member of the board instead of the whole of it as at present. Second, it will take a big burden off the governor. We are of the opinion that any governor would welcome some plan that would relieve him. Give us a Pardon Board that has the power to act and not merely to advise and we are sure South Carolina will not have wholesale pardons as it has had in the past.
PJ
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Reform
Crime Or Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Pardon Board
Governor Mclean
Pardoning Power
South Carolina Reform
Old North State
What entities or persons were involved?
Governor Mclean
Old North State
South Carolina
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Establishment Of A Pardon Board In South Carolina
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Pardon Board Reform And Praise For Governor Mclean
Key Figures
Governor Mclean
Old North State
South Carolina
Key Arguments
Governor Mclean Is A Capable Business Governor Who Avoids Excessive Debt
A Pardon Board Of Three Or Five Members Would Prevent Abuse Of Pardoning Power By One Person
The Board Should Be Independent Of The Governor's Sole Influence
A Pardon Board Would Relieve The Governor Of A Heavy Burden
South Carolina Has Suffered From Wholesale Pardons In The Past