The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-04
rALrAGE ON THE VERDICT
,,al Life Worth Twenty-Five Per Cent
More Than IL Was.

Is.r the assemblagf in the Brooklyn
kuscle last evening had sung "Guid,
| . ,tou great Jehovah, the hymn that
Garfield sung at her husbands death,
nv Talma re. said We all breathe
| This week slice the assassin of our
[aept has been pronounced guilty in
[rourt-room at Washington. All civil
nations were interested in the trial
rse while sympathizing with u3 in our
{onal they at the metime
Sted 10 know whether there vas to be
nom in this world for TIE spirit OF as
Ination. Human life, especially life in
Hi position, is worth at least twenty-five
{rsnt, more than ten days ago. There
tsem to be some prospect that if a man
n mod at dramatizing in the prisoners
4 ne might commit any crime and yet
H. That prospect is blasted. Guiteau
he hanged, the law will be indicated,
4 from the gallows in the jail yard at
Ellington will re-echo the sentiment so
4 ago uttered, Whose sheddcth mans
III by man shall his blood be she'd"
fvo or three things we want immedi-
N ID be done: First, a law passed declar-
Ithat il man shall either successfully
RrsuCces sfdlly attempt to destroy the life
pre,ident OF Il member of the cabinet or
byernor he shall be tried by court mar
and immediately shot or hanged.
or two hundred thousand dollars
|he peoples money is too much
eypend in killing one adder. The
thinery is too big and cumbrous
funwieldly and costly for such result
4, week, before the governor of New Jcr-
there were six murder cases under
|sdemtion. This prolonged excitement
Ehe Guteau case has malarialized the
lire atmosphere OF the country The
Me earth needs fumigation. In all such
hes against our officials in high position
Ii be short, sharp, quick work, and three
Is instead of three months. Another
fuation is required. 1t must be declared
u prisoners interrupung the pro-
llings of the court room shall
dispatched to their cells until
" can learn decency of be.
flor. As the law now is this assassin 5
condemnation beyond repeal, but surely
Thigh legal minds of the country must
lW how to fashion statute that will for-
i prohibit the recurrence of the last
he months Of indeccnCy in the Washing
ICOurt-:Oom.
SHOOTING BUSINESS NOT so LIVELY NOW,
do net know why desperate should
allowed to pat his bloody hands over
lmoCth of judge and attorney and why
prisoners box should be lifted to a
|her position than the witness stand.
the judicial bench, or the counsels
|e. 1.-two such statutes of relief shall be
b ttthis midnight horror, the nation
PINOT have suffered in vain.
|ut whatever congresses or legislatures
h do or neglect to DO, one thing is GER
l-the taking of human life will be more
more an unsafe business. There had
pc to be III this country for some years a
lance Of assassination. Some man of
llth or social pretcnsion would ATTEMPT
lyenge his real or imaginary wrongs by
lnga pistol at the head or heart of an
Ter, and Immediately there
( sympGthies aroused, and
lawyers pleaded and the
Ctalors wept, and the jury was bribcd,
the Judge halted, and "a new trial was
nled, and the case was postponed for
lesSes to come, and after number of
iIhs IN prison, the door was opened and
murderer Went free. That was the
lGnce OF assassination. But | think that
lSplst No man has the right to take
. lille OF another except an officer of