The sun., 1891-07-14
THE 1Aw THAT MUST co
Ccntiaued Con udennstion OF the Outrage on
the Press and Pu6iie.

Sosunued Coudennotion OF the Outrage on
the Press aud Public.
FROM TIE Udca ob,over.
Although Warden Brown went unjustinably y
beyond u Q law in unnecessarily IMPOSING SO.
9recy en- the witnesses, the fault lies with the
aM ITSELF or rather with that al sur and wo ri n
isfs s. section forbidding the publication Of do
First, 1t Is indeen siblo.
From the Ld~renee DdHs American.
New York has a Inv forbidding tho publica-
ton OF nny accounts OF the inflic,ion Of the
death penalty; the papers get and rrint the
fullest detIils. however. and no one thinks OF
the absurd statute but to sneer at It.
From ne oshkosh Da'iy Aorthweserr.
Any law which seeks to keep from the public
knowledge the official acts OF the peoples
representatives will not long survive in this
country OF Tree press ind free speech.
Prom the Bc'ton D,ny Globe
Sing Sing prison during the late electrical OK
ecution OF four murderers was guarded BY mon
armed with Winchester rifles In o, der to keen
guards had guns It is pre- umed they we're in.
struc Cd :. use them II the "ccnsi n arose. II
Killed they would practically make tresrassisg tres slug
punishable with nth. Yet unthnking peo-
ple etill persist ir calling this iree country.
From the Kansas titp kprn,ny Times.
The law clearly defeats its purpose. In only
two ways could the secrecy sought be main.
tanned effectualy. One would necessitate tho
execution OF condemned prisoner by the
Mssn be or oSsr some S "1S ocIal Without Mt
ticable ones.
t,"n the Rochester Tns: Erpress
This parer is not prepared 10 affirm or deny
that execution by electricity is better than
execution by hanging. simply because there
Is no means OF knowing the real character
Of the fnrmer {. , methGd The prespmnilnn Is
about gns for Il has eeen Mus nhG%s @
for nges. MEDICAL men undersand iis oper.
n3n M.h nnd Gan estimate It's panSs
snes en- Of men who have been partially hanged
bn;, t3 sSrrs S.. as guide The world knows little
forbidden, to fnd out. Until they can and out
the serious affairs oi lie is either fraud or "a
humbuG.
The provision for secrecy put into tho law
could have but two purposes.
one was to prevent criticism. The men who
urged It knew the experimental character Of
any public ki oNlodge OF their possible and
probable bunders.
The other was to estahli, b a censorship over
N y" !, one dare ayow the first motlys. The sec;
is at best in bad taste to publish them. The
paper is the Judge of what he should publish.
ai and the readers real Of ne mnewspaper are the Judges
VI VIM Lu0V WVDt Dlu 10 publish. ID6 LeDtE.
the matter e and hs " ha tFht the 20 csSes
Insist upon has the no rsh
What they like 10 read is their The oW OWN tss basi.
drink. If II, man does not like what is in one
newsporer. let him subscribe for another that
him let him lnll back on the magazines and GOOD
private gossip. II he does not
e sh e dictate to other geor
not interest him.
dstest the details "f Them and the sensational
effect ia grently oy ated-so that IL We are to
wons naee to e Sepe
be edited according to Legislative enactment, |
there there are hundred more important points to
We don't propose to have 1t edited by leGis-
From TIE Oneida ros.
Electricity as an agency OF capital punish
mont is successful. but the co-work ing section
Intelligent people aud insults the press Of the |
keeping private what the people should essen
Tally know. Canital punishment is one Of the !
onS Gnnx ihs to
.very detail OF 30 tmportant nm action to the |
1ssoTe ss the E desne
lion. which dscrees that no law shall be
or G bs 9r ss e
shoula make ~ issue" says THE NEw YoTS
De their cry until the law is repealed.
Prom the iocheater D-moc'ot aud Chrnfcx
The exclusion Of the press is a retrograde
instead Of progress. I am not surprised. in
Iced: at ,h}H 9nna,s a., indignaton in which tho
ufe e snS sns hgT
horrors all through this time OF uncertain |
Yea eah rn.t ana %any nervous le'ne have sni
nightmare o"erhnng the whole place. AMI now
the disgrace is generally irlt 1t is nunis cd |
D the me rorois! Ye. and the execntfn n has |
iamaced real estate to such degree that the
he removal OF tho prison % and % its mysterious % W
from N, Chicago Nail
A law which cannot be enforced owing to |
he opposition o. public sentiment should be |
pu blisheh he do nj s Of the Sing Sing electri al
executions contrary to the statute. but their
,bdsne the liberty Of 'feVg the Dress az are '1Ms un
American and must go.
From The i,fcn 0sserr.r
Two or three New York newspapers have vir-
ually deled the State and LEGAL authorities to
prosecute them for printing the del ais OF the |
h9rities 40 not make move Evidently they !
eel that there is NJ use Of going ahead when |
fou are sure you are wrong.
frnm tie HrrdeM Repub'icnn.
There is q general protest against the clause
II the New York Electrical Execution law
which max kos il a misdemeano or to publish more
han the simple announcement that the execu-
ion took place IL will l,s the duty o. the New
I ork Legis ature when 1t meet. again to take
immediate steps toward rerealing tho s ar !
,hnm er clause. IL ac"omnlishrs nothing save !
giving n cheap politician like Warden Brown /
opportunity ior an unnecessary display OF his ,
a bicycling Street.
" II would ha n 0na hiD thing amid h;ov