"The shame of the thing is in violated law and the
discredible role which the national guardsmen were forced to play cause
of weak and unwise leadership. The authorities have been defied and make
a mockery. Lawlessness has been covered with a fictitious glory. A condition
has been created that is full of false lessons for the thoughtless. The
means to law and order, the protection to the honest and the punishment
of the criminal have been temporarily overturned and derided. Urbana will
recover from this serious blow, but the evil influence of the triumph
of disorder will long be felt, not only there but in other parts the State."