The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-04-15
what We Think OF II.

Mr. EDrTOR.-l nc TTotcldNc assoeaa
,iou of Red Oak {alias Regulatory, met
lately st their usual place of meeting;
and, among other matters discussed, ID
which We ieel an interest, Was the late
forgery matter Of the Maynard .. aud
the Bair case. Now, If yoa will give Us
space IN your paper, we wish 10 iet Tue
| public know what our views are on the
! .have nsmed matters. hoping that II may
81, the people To thinking where We are
rapidly drifting TO. We highly appfe.
| ciste the enei getic action OF some of our
| officers, and are very sorry that their
! services seem to be valued at so low a
rate: especially when they have 10 risk
| their lives In discharge Of their dnty;but
| we IT the same time are fire. TO denounee
those officials who we're so dereiict Ia
| their duty, when two culprits were ar
| ranged before justice Of the peace. as
/ to step aside So far from all former usu
| ages and To admit one as bail for the
| other, when neither of them are respon-
sibIe. We thiuk this quite ucw way
of doing business.
And with regard to the Bair case, we
are of the opinion that there is big
screw loose somew rot.
ten in Denmark. When men who pass
| for respectable citizens take SO much
Trouble TO stir up So many movable
| things between heaven and earth to get
bali for a man before he was arfaigned, or
even before they were sure that he would
be las there might be good many slips
between Denver aud Tipton), we are of
| the pplaion that the state of the moral
atmosphere around us is not what it
| should be. II seems that human life is
held at very low figure when the bail
is only 81, 800 or $3.50 apiece, as there
| were two in this case. Calves and colts,
| and even sheep, sell for more than the
latter sum, and the first sum named
would net begin to buy good entire
horse. We understand that some of the
friends OF the accused plead up his limo
cence. OF that We do not pretend TO
judge, only from the testimony already
given and his own actions. 1t is very
seldom that the innocent flee. II shows
that he has very little faith in his conn.
trymen when h. kpows that twenty -four
OF his fellows citizens have to be conyinc
, ed OF his guilt before he can be convict
cd; and If they have any doubts, hs
knows that he has the benefit OF them
also. And 1t is on these grounds tina
t we base our opinions. We would b,
very sorry that any innocent person
should be punished, but we are just a
much opposed to lionizing, or making ;
J. pet Of man as soon as he Is accused o
! crime, no matter how heinous til
crime may be. It would almost seem o
late that the greater the crime the great
er the sympathy. The crime that Bal
l. Is accused Of ought to be held in TIL
k greatest detestation, for several reasons
r. First, because we have reasons tor bt
"A lieving that 1t Is practiced To an alarm
ing extent Second, that the number {
~ men aud women, meal and degraded el
b ough TO engage iu such helhsh busines
le is constantly increasing Third. It 10
n, tiers growing tendency toward libertil
ism; aud when that class is coupled wit
~ professional abortionists, where woul
It. any family be secure from invasion b
he their dsyelish Vaccinations.
IN II is not for the purpose of bringin
ourselves before the public that we wri
" this. but for the purpose oil setting Il
'h honest and moral portion Of the comm
" nifty to thinking and doing their duty
mr. For il must be acknowledged that y
have been very negligent in looking aft
our officials in. several cases. Thereto
re We hold it to be the duty of every CT
zen to look after these things mo
us strictly, In moral point of view. al
al likewise as tax payers; for II We " i'll on
figure up what il costs US every year +
prosecutions, it will be found lary
sum Nc matter bow loosely the accu
ed of crime be handled, he costs are SD
10 be footed up To The ;uh amount.
Another thing We would notice: b.
We is accused Of murder in the second q
n g,ee-we think the crime ought To
is murder in double acg-ee If il were Pc
"a ssble To make it so; and our laws shoa
~ make the punishment, on cpnvictio
con ,ist Of hanging till dead. and Tia.
detestahle corps then be given to Il
doctors for dissection. Even that pu
lshment is cot severe enough for the b
% man being that is deprsved and degl
W ded enough tn murder an unborn intal
" even if the mother survives.
w Viewing these things as we do,
mt have resolved that, in the future We "
'06 be more careful in electing men to off
III who have TO deal with those accused
'6S crime, for we begin TO feel that our p'
'52 sons and property are not safe Ii criI
'56 is allowed to run riot as it has done.
'3S Aud farther. we denounce the action
lib turning loose upon US burglars and I
5A ces.eries TO intended murder. after CO
'03 ing so much trouble aud expense TO 2
1913 them convicted The shove are our ho
'ls est convictions. Hsping ;ha; this n
'e2 be the means of STIRRING up othersto Z
'29 press their opinions, werespectfaliv 81
OF init. By THE SPECIAL Con-.
50 Ped Oak Anrji 10 1871