The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-09


o little over . fortnight, he has been petition
cd TO pardon George Waterhousee, sentenced
fer two years from Fort Benton for breaking
Jail while awaiting trial on indie, mebt fpr
highway robbery; Elisha Reed, under sen
tence for killing Eugene Garland At Philips
burg; Joen o'Donnell, sentenced for thre'
ysau for grand larceny and John Romaine,
snder ten years sentence for murder. Gov
snor Crosby mas done we'll. Laws are mad'
for the government and welfars of'the pee
pie. They prescribe penalties for certain
crimes. 'Whena man has committed one Of
these crimes and 10 finally brought to trial,
he has the benefit Of every. reasonable douh
of every technical point In his favsr tba
counsel can fnd either In the law, the pro-
seedlings, or the rulings; then II even one Of
the twelve iurymen under oath still hs.
doubts he cannot be convicted. II convicted
or felony and sentenced. and his attorne.
falls to get the trial overthrown by tb.
supreme court, he Is 6ually placed In the
peniteatfary to explate his crime, to reform
him II possible. and To be an example TO
Other night-be offenders. All this b &C
eomplished 1t heavy expense, aad In convict.
Ing him. The odds are heavily sgainst TIN
community. The laws are not 90 frsmsd
that .no guilty man can sisss.," bss ere. y
framed that no innocent man oAy b con-
victed. Now, what y tr1vssS % Justice
and Right II Is that becsass, ss,s ID then oea.
victs has friends Who can Ssrt hin up
largely signed petition, he sAeah b - mr.
on that cr-porte representatives. sd svVss
q against the judgment - Tbs csssss, shs
laws Of the country and In sxSrssssd sn
Of all the people, while srs s<nsliy Assssv
ing but without frisnds ass - vssssia. tn
power Of pardon vested In ~ Es~ssisss b
most extraordinary oas, -passsstes IN ~
chsracieristics, and shoslA ~ ssssstast On
der only extraordinary eircsasstssess. u J
claimed the hope Of pssasa saasess essts
behavior. To follow up he iasss q VI
argument the hope Of psraos ~eASW ssn
vlction less TO be dreaded, @s4 bs~es u
penalty for crime IL lees. ~ - sssss1. N
crime 10 more frequently eonNitts&. y
side, penal institutions are not especially q
Aligned To be experimental inssituticss fss "
development OF moral suasion. Is D. n~u
humane, but innexible discip'isA thss
needed. Again, Il 10 urged ihst ear ssAaes
llary 10 too small and some nsst b pssAss
Cd 10 make room for more. II would b. ~
q reasonable TO say that Our tssssasts'
should repeal ell our criminal'lswS sniii I,
warden Of the penitentiary No. ~0ss suea
/. Why 70 10 the expense Of catching - ~
.vlctlng new criminals just 10 crowd 90 o
oness II our prison 10 too small - mu
have larger one, or Others. TAA b u
only solution ofthst problem. rssAiscso'
pardoning on ez parts petitions y nSssf .
binary circumstances . dangsrsos s1ssee
OF executive authority and, however ares
able IL may BE- TO have largely aevSsesa Y
attribute OF mercy for the ind kSea ~
has committed crime, Il u well tAss N .
scutIve should have Is fully dsvesoesd d
attribute Of Justice 70 The censAxa,v .
larrss The duty Of m Executive ~ VI
cssss q not matter Of sentiment ~ ~
shsn Il that Of the Judge, and u b pt1ta
sofsuet Il. Governor Crosby sppAs4s
hsvs good msmory. -.