Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-03-28


President ought TO have vetoed the bill will
provoke smile The man who has taken
every present ever rendered him from bull
pup TO a brown stoue-house is not the man TO
veto bill that puts S25, 900 additional for
four years, into his pocket, if be be willing to
stop atthat # he did the millennium would
be near at hand.
The MuRDERERs oM-Thc execution of
six men within the past two weeks for the
crime OF murder is remarkable in these days
of squeamishness and sentmentality. Two
were hanged in Illinois, one in California, one
in Boston, one in Syracuse, and last Friday,
Foster, (the car-hook murderer, Yin New York
1t would thus seem that the authorities are
seeking 10 afford some redress for the outrages
committed against society, and to furnish, as
FIR rs the punishment goes, a preventive of
their repetition. Whether these executions
will have this effect or not is involved in much
doubt In all cases of wilful murder, if the
law were permitted to take its course, good
would result and the crime would be dimin-
ished. But SO long as the executive clemency
is implored in behalf of criminals, on account
of their social position, and that clemency is
extended. inst so long will the crime continue
TO be committed. This was the case with Fos-
ter, who two years ago, in cold blood, MUIR
dered his victim, because Of the protection he
had afforded some ladies whom Foster had in
suited or the cars A the ingenuity of his
counsel, and every technical bubble that could
be raised, were used in his behalf, notwith-
standing he had been tried and convicted by
jury Of his peers, and but for the Roman firm
ness Of Governor Dix, there is little question
that Fosters sentence would have been COM
muted. Had Foster been a common laborer,
without means, he would have been executed
long ago. The Goddess of Justice is painted
blnd-bearing her scales with even hand she
knows neither the high or the low-the roble
or the ignnble but herself would visit punish
ment upon all offenders, and were exact justice
melted out to all, then, indeed, woald crime be
diminished This is the case of Stokes, whose
life now hangs upon the decision of the Court
upon a review Of his case. His money and So
oial position give him advantages which the
Goddess of Justice does not grant, but which
the Courts do 0'Brcn, in Georgetown, who
insuted eentleman's wife, and then shot the
Imprisonment for life, by the President, thro'
the agency of Ben Butler, hn6 other friends,
when, perhaps after n few months or n few
years, at most, he may be pardoned and turn
ed loose upon society to commit similar Of
Tense. This condouing of crime for the sake
of the criminal, is not the justice the law re-
quires nor that which the good of society de-
mands.
Tue RIGHT SPimr.-The people of Rockville
are beginning to see that something must be
done to improve the town and increase its bust
ness interests. To this end they have organi-
zed a Building Association which promises 20
be complete success, but here we must urge
upon the friends of the measure the duty OF
pressing its claims upon all until success is
placed beyond peradvcnture, remembering
that perseverance will bring its own reward.
The whistle Of the Metropolitan is sounding in
our ears, albeit the train is net passing, YET
this gives sure token that the road is near its
completion, and that The cars will soon be rat
Ting by, freiehted with passengers and mer-
chandize. What viii this benefit the town I'M
less its citizens embark IN new enterprises
which will bring profit to them and at the
same time aid the road. Hercules did not help
the wagner who called on him for aid when
he was so unfortunate as TO be mred, but told
tn Law cbott u, -ba,l
is the push that is needed, and if rightly
applied will accomplish surprising results 1t
is TO be regretted that the officers of the Metro
politan did not make Rockville a point al
which passengers could take refreshment Ii
may have been they feared want of accom-
notation. II so, our people should at once
give favorable consideration to the proposition
to form joint stock company to have erected
first-elass Hotel. Fifteen or twenty thou.
sand dollars would be ample-leayng room
for future addition and adornment if increased
business would justify the expenditure Thi:
amount ought 10 be easily raised by paying
such a percentage on the shares of stock quar-
terly, half-yearly and yearly, giving the share
holder four or five years to pay in the Who'll
amount. A sufficient fund could thus be rails
&c TO commence the work and carry it on t
completion. BY judicious management tn
stock could be made pay four, six. eight Q
ten per cent. in the FIRST, secoRd, third an
fourth year, after the Hotel was put in goo
condition and under popular management.
By adopting some such plan, il is easy
see that the scheme would be success, and
would materially advance the interests of III
town, and the door of progress once ope
others Woald enter in.