The sun., 1891-07-10
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A Free rress Challenges the outrssssus
ststrte Awainss Tsili.s OF Electrical
Killings..>
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The people have the right to know ali the
facts In . matter OF such importance, and no
n.s Rsw srsns
Prom TIE PaibIroh Dispotoh-
OF course the foolish attempt Of the New
York law providing for electrical executions to
prevent accounts OF them. reaching the public.
mas not been successful In suppressing re-
Prom ne Rartrord Tvmel
The SuN voices the sentiment OF the lending
papers OF that State In announcing it's inten-
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death penalty inflicted upon criminals.
Prom The BnDato Enquirer.
An Account OF the execution appears IN
our news columns. This is contrary to tho
that section Of It which. prohibits the rubIira.
ton OF suoh report OF the execution OF the
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From the fnI,sde,pnia rrea
Secret executions must go in Now York State
Their existence is an insult to tho newspaper
rse HSne but
Witnesses present. how ia it 10 be known that
einRs. such as havo more than once beon In
fnsted M MSi. on human ~ IAN beings condemped to death
py uoctotS, IN the name OF medical INQUIRY
from the Bostnr <dps,tiser.
That provision OF the New York law which Ia
intended to exclude reporters and forbid the
cntons e a iarco aud innre. The question m
on VIII eos Or tho
various Stnies ~ or,ier for right ronrluslons
Bic 10 have that Q! Value fn,l I snoWieass s'o Of
sd s as nsss ssSs 'i'Ss 1 thus
Ge enacted rs n result Of .spe imSnts @ TS nj A Au.
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from he Neo Hoo,n Erening Rects.er.
Tho law is m abridcment OF tho freedom Of
tho press and as such is unconstitutional THE
SuN call. upon iis contemporaries to work for
inc 5SRea o. 2, ne ih 'qw and refuse to Hpnort any
who docs not promise to vote. or work neNt
wi1e. ioT .hs rsreS 2, The Law Wheh mus
doubt the new spspers Renern ~ will respond
to this call and thus secure he repeal Of that
at lnwlnakins has b,en made BY modern leGis-
lative assininity than the endeavor to limit
q sseoasons 1Sy BY paIe an
Yum The I",ike,s He,ab
The State OF New York has been grievously
outraged By the occurrences in connection with
this priv to execution. And with little sober
minds u our esislators and pu Bic oiiieiaIs nc S
II R'Tso ss will not es Try Sr to o
press: i they do not kp"w i now they hey may S
try. rightly treated. is the mightirst engine ior
good that % We have; tho strongest and most
In free country. But it must not be muzzled
t'om the Philad-pnia NeWA
Nobody except those present at the oxecu-
tions knows whether the four condemned
men killed by electricity at Sing Sing yester.
accounts oIthe Witnesses are conf citing. Mast
Of them try 10 give the impression that the
themselves too far ty explicit expressing:
but one. DR.. Daniels Of Buirnlo. says: might
tel great sd deal This would IL make mi startling
for the people to believe thnt the ghastly
tortnres Of kemmler emu were repeated upon the the
thing more. The secret law" IL likely to be
repealed.
From the Hartford Times New FORK E>:ter
There was no mistakinR the popular de.
tion. The demand was satisfied, Every means
formation. The chance was offered 10 i'nag.
never dons Before. T61ir ssrvices WEI were ISa re-.
!ected Sy every aewspaper; Instead e Xonr cor,
sent out men Who had built ap sfor for
ability to find out the truth. and who had that
rar.r auslity yet. the Courage to resist n"
hundred co. umns printed here reveal in almost
ne desire sIns to tell only
From, the baltimore sun.
The Sun calls earnestly for concerted effort
on the part OF the press TO bring about The ro-
peal of this unconstitutional provision. In
sulsing to the very name Of American liberty"
cip'e.." The law is not only offensive in its
ATTEMPTED a6rt smeIt Of the liberty ri OF the
iorr that reason alone should be ,H, repealed.
There & Il positive eyil ipyo 70 yed in It's applica-
iic as to what actually occurred in tho death
thing NAV NOT have happened which it was
deemed expedient TO cover up, Besides. If the
is denied in one particular. 1t NAV DO denied in
others; and after time the nrc.s might be
make It almost vnlueless rs vehicle OF news
in ureciselr those matters to which tho
public has tho right to the fullest Information.
From n, Phiildetnh,d Iress, A.ro FOX LITER
Under the electrical execution law 1t is n
misJemonnor to print anything about an ex-
ecu'ion except the nero fact that a con-
new: paper IN Nov York. ,exeepIinc ono.
Ing in double leads announced that tie
violation vas dsin;erat. and nart,y for tho
thor ties to take mn tho deflunce AMI under
inke to prosecute the press II the District
In the law, he must prosecute. and III that case
II The Sun should be .e!ected that pnper
would admit violation. and delnur 10 no pros
ecuti0n on the ground that the law is unci n
stitntionai, inasmuct as it iniringsss s,s on M the
yors would be o. ly too glad to take tho case to
tn. Court of Appeals. 1T is quito likely that
The SuNs defiance and the magnificent vio-
lati,n OF this clnuSn which was made 10y every
pal or OF the city. with ono eNce,tion. may re-
suit In creating n reaction OF sentiment. nnd in
tho abolition of the electrical execution law.
FIRM. ths IUs KrIrcss.
SAID TO DE EXECUTED.
It Is announced that four condemned mur-