Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-17
LEIGH.
Justice Melted Ont TO Criminals by Law
and by Themselves.
Sensible Demands of Negro Rev. Dr.
Swing and the Theaters.

Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Chicago, March l2.--l4atcly two
criminals In this state have taken their
own lives by strangulation IN their
cells. Both should have been legally
hanged, but there was nstavery Natter
ing prospect of anything OF the kind
IL would seem that about the only
way for criminals IN this state to Get
justice Is for them TO measure II out
for themselves, II is cheaper and
Just as satisfactory IS the official
removals. u
Justice as dealt out by Judge and
Jury is liable to be far from Justice In
Indiana Jury gave boy who had
committed double murder, five years
in the penltenuary, and q boy who
had stolen clothing was sentenced TO
four years at hard work.
Reference has been made hereto
fore 10 the Sunday evening praise
services held In Central Music hall by
DR., j. III, Barrows of the First Pres
byterian church. Awhile ago he de-
voted an evening TO eulogieing Wen
dell Phillips; then he gave one even
ing to the Citizens League, in which
to set forth their work OF preventing
ards: the he allowed one evening for
Miss Frances T. Willard, president OF
the National w. G. Il. Il. Last sun
day evening was In the interest of
Lincoln university, and the education
of the black man. The hall wRs
crowded as usual with an audience of
more than three thousand, aud three
negro orators were listened TO with the
deepest interest. They set forth In
truly eloquent style the progress and
needs OF the negro In au educational
way. Lincoln university is CLASH
cal and theological school near phila.
delphia and the three colored men
who spoke were all ministers, grad
yates of that college They are doing
good work at enlightening their
fellow men. The plea was made that
! they did not ask for civil rights bills,
or anything else which they could not
earn, but they wished 10 have an
equal chance with their fellow-men TO
work and learn, an equal chance with
the liz norant supersttious immigrants
from foreign shores.
The passage of the Mexican treaty
gives very general satisfaction here.
Chicago feels TINT she has very large
interest prospective, If not present, In
the development OF and connection
with Mexico.
Miss Emily Faithful, the English
woman who Inns done SO much 10 help
| the working women and girls OF Eng
land, has returned from Colorado and
| California, where she went TO get re-
| llef from her asthmatic troubles. she
likes the people Of the West, and goes
home well pleased with what she has
seen. she l. going to write book on
| her three trips 10 America. She visit
ed Salt Lake City, and was well
received by The Mormons. Every
| attention WAS paid her, by
some Of tho chief peo-
| pie of that city, in fact oil persons
of note are treated with marked atten-
ton by the Mormons. They wish 20
make as good an impression os possible
upon NIL who nre likely 10 heve any in
iluence. But Miss faithful Is OF the
opinion that we have allowed the evil
TO grow to such vast proportions thai
there is but one remedy; that OF the
sword.
Proi DAVID SWING OF chicago,
Phillips Brooks of Boston, and several
other liberal-minded divines have been
speaking q good word for the etage
whenever they could, and have tried
! 10 give IL proper place among
the high arts; but Prof; Swing, IN
IA recent article, condemned In the ae-
yerest manner some very bad aud
low acting done bya very good COM
pany, or ut least a company had just
before given us some very wholesome
and meritorIous stage work. Ho says
IL is hard for people of the better class i
TO support the stage when there j. so
much low grade aeting- acting thht
appeals to the coarser qualities of hu-
man nature; but he very senSibly says
that good people can no more consist
emily condemn me whoie stage be-
cause some OF II Is bad, than they |
could refrain from reading |
all books because there are
many which .Comstock ahould |
contiacate. Theater goers ought TO
select and patronize the purely legiti-
mate atage productions ana dodge the |
others; why are there 80 many low
degrading things ON the stage? f0r
the same reason.that there are SO many |
things of the same style in literature,
because people patronize them. The
laws. OF supply and demand are mex,
orable. Whatever people want and
VIII pay for, they eau nave IN some
form. III lies WIN The people. III our
morals are corrupt, our books and
plays and paintings VIII in u measure
be corrupt because they are reflective
of the times and the condition Of
society. lShall i refuse to read
one book because another is hnd? Shall
i deny uyhelf the pleasure or looking