St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-27

cordance with divine law, and therefore
must be in accordanc ewith human law.
.'Self-government with God is heaven;
self government without God is anarchy
and hell" 1t is not with feeling OF
revenge that criminals are executed,
but with calm feeling of justice, not
only to the criminal, but society at
large. For the good of the future,
human life must be taken. We shall con-
tinue to shudder at the execution but
must shudder still more at the crime.
1T is impossible to give men in prison
enough to do without endangering their
security. stop simpering about the
invalidity Of capital punishment and
let your SympathleS go out to the world
Mt large" Government must have the
right over life. or contempt for law and
impunity of crime would ensue. Capital
punishment is deterrent, as often the
fear of death prevents the commission
of the crime. No other punishment is
SO we'll fitted to produce upon the COM
munity so Salutary a fear of the law
and prevent lyuching. She pictured
the feeling of disgust for the
crime, awe for the penalty, and
respect for the government which was
aroused in acknowledgements heart at
the hour of the execution of the Barrett
boys. Government must deal with
men as they are. and not as they ought
to be. Abolish capital punishment, and
some horrible assassination will shortly
cause a headlong lynching. A man
sentenced for life has one chance in
two of being free in seven years ac-
cOrding to the statistics of many states.
All wardens testify that the nope of
pardon is universal. There are doubts
whether prisons can be made secure for
both prisoner and officer and yet be
merciful. IF you wish our land to be
one of turmoil, strife, Instruction and
rebellion, abolish capital punishment;
if you wish the country to be peacea-
BILE, orderly and law abiding, maintain
capital punishment for the sake of
yourselves. your families, your country
and your God"
Leavitt Corning, replying, wished
speakers would look at the spirit of the
New Testament in
QUOTING FROM THE BIBLE.
In the Mosaic code. thirty-eIght Of
fenseS were punishable by death. He
quoted the chaplain of the jail at Bris-
tOl, England, as saying that out of 167
murderers, 164 had seen hangings them
selves. Communities were beginning
to dread executions, not being quite
sure they were right. He did not know
that any of the states which had abol-
ished capital punishment had relapsed
into anarchy.
Arthur Helliwell advocated keeping
all reporters out of the cell and eXecut-
ing men in the utmost privacy.
A lively debate enSued, participated
in by Miss Ruth kimball, Miss Bregg,
Messrs. Samuel Mills, Phil Allen and
Herman Oppenheim in the affirmative,
and Miss Georgia Lynch, Messrs. Ed
ward Avery, Charles Folds, Ralph B.
Sewall, George Folds and Melville Shaw
in the negative, during which several
very bright speeches were made, the
reply by Miss Blaisdell being particu-
larly worthy of comment.
The decision was given in favor of
Minneapolis by 2, lis points to 1900 in
favor of st. Paul. The Minneapolitans
were delighted at the result being given
in favor of the retention of capital pun
ishment, and cheered Justify for several
minutes.
Messrs. Allen. Skinner and Arbaugh
gave a guitar trio, and the senior quar-
tette of the st. Paul High school sang
acOuple of selections in good style.