Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16
The Electro Chnir.

Many States will follow New York's
example within the next few years.
Minneapolis Tribune.
So far as preventing publicity in the
press Is concerned, the law seems TO be
a FAILURE. Perhaps ~ wouIu De morc~
exact to say that those who are charged
with the execution OF the law talk too
ch.-IndtGnGpolis Journal.
Those eIectrocutions in New York APP
pear to have been entirely successful in
removing from this life the four con-
demned murderers. Electrocution is
probably more merciful than hanging
Dayton Times.
If we must have capital punishment
It is possible the new method Is prefera-
bic to the old, but the people are en-
titled to know whether that is so or not.
and they never could know II the press
gag clause of the law were respected and
observed. -Rocheste Herald.
1t will undoubtedly be many years be-
fore the electric death Is adopted in the
other capital punishment States OF the
Union, and perhaps before 1t Is gen.
orally adopted there may be simpler,
although probably no less painful, meth
DDS of execution.-DeirouF Free Press
the o5 th bst seaiSn iS
zation. The only respect in which the
new law is failure is in its attempt
to prevent the press of the United
States from giving the news with regard
to that important change. Ptttsblir0
Dispatch.
Evidently the electrical process of
killing is more humane than hanging,
although IL Is barbal Gus enough, heaven
knows. Capital punishment Is hideous
and an awful thing, and IL seems a safe
prediction that twenty-five years hence
it will not be practiced In any form by
any people pretending to civilization
indianapolis Sentinel
1t does not need careful reading OF
the official story to convince any one
that the attempt to regulate by law the
sensationalism In reports of executions
is farce, and that the regulation can
not be repealed too soon. Apparently
executions by electricity comply with
all the requirements of a humane law,
but the Official report must be filed
away with other unsuccessful expert
ments.-1roy Times.
There are differences of opinion as &c
tho deterrent influences of the death
-pou.fcy- rvff-uv~sr---a--.<- -<i--e---ss--.s
room at all for donbt that while this
penalty remains In vogue the electrical
system of infilcting 1t has many and con-
spicuous advantages over all other meth
DDS yet devised.--St. Louis Globe Demo
crdt
1t does not make much difference
whether murderers are hanged by the
neck until they are dead or whether
they are put to death by electricity.
The thing is to kill them. and that
swiftly.-Cincinndt COmmercidl-G0zette
-Electrocution" draws the just con-
demnation of the New York Times
~Electrothany," which the Press was
first to propose year ago, Is the best
form yet suggested. 1t is philologically
accurate; IL has analogies in other words,
such as euthanasa, and its meaning 10
perfectly clear, and the verb @elec-
trothanize" can be derived from 1t in ac-
cordance with sound usage. -PhttddeI-
phid Press.
The only feature of the affair which
merits condemnation Is that provision Of
the law which prohibits the newspapers
from publishing any OF the details OF the
execution, aud which excludes represent
atives OF the press from witnessing the
official killing. When the New York
Legislature again assemblies IL will strike
that silly provision from the law.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The success Of the executions by cleo
tricity at Sing Sing will probably have
the effect of silencing the objections TO
the law providing for this method of
taking of criminals. That it IL more
humane than hanging Is practically GER
tain, and IL Is probable that for time
at least IL will have moro tcrrorizing
effect upon the imagnations OF Grim
inals.-Sf. Louis r. public