Arizona republican., 1892-08-12

insane frenzy, was knocked down and kicked to death in the streets. For hours his dead body was kicked about the streets and insuted by the mob.
 All this is recalled in vivid and striking letter by Joseph Howard in the New York Recorder. He himself was reporter for The Times, which the mob called an abolition paper, and he was caught and nearly killed, only escaping with his life when Il brave reporter named Cohen, on the New York Elk press, took off his own Express badge and pinned it on Towards coat, thus cheating the mob for the time. This was during momentary Hull after passing fire company had turned their hose on the mob and driven them back. The firemen picked up Howard and quickly took him to their engine house, which was attacked and stoned till every window was wrecked. The mob would have done murder only that some build ings near by were fired, and that drew the attention of these furies for the time, and Howard escaped. While they had him they dragged him up arsl down the streets by the hair and stoned him. Of the scene he writes:
 | was there in pursuance of my duty, and while looking at burning building noticed that a gang of half grown boys were annoying | an nlI t,ar ma bp pn m down tlp uNenue. Very naturally and very foolishly interfered, whcreupon, without a seconds parleying, one cut my lip open with brass knuckles while tho others robbed in les, than it takes to tell it. Then, raising Q cry, they attracted the atten- | tiOn of the crowd, no member of whom knew or had ever heard of me, but all recognized mo as @ victim and fell upon me with brutality of violence can never forget For at least | ten minutes was their plaything, rolled in | the dirt, kicked, Culiod, mGuled and hauled, hat gone, glasses lost, clothes torn, covered with blood, miserable remnant of, so to speak, humanity.
 On the whole, it is not much wonder
 that Joe Howard has white hair. He
 attributes the spread of mob frenzy to n
 flew malignancies," who act on the
 others like laughing gas. There are al- ways in these great crowds, too, those
 whose sole design is robbery, and these
 stir up all the racket they can. Mir
 Howard says:
 Men who have never seen riot know noth-
 ing of it.
 Men who simply read of the scenes of horror
 in Pennsylvania don't appreciate the hithel
 verge of the terror that exists there. Mer who have never faced Q mob can have no ideg of what that situation means. Human natur, is transformed into that Of beasts. The mill , of human kindness Is curdled and turned t' . gall; honesty of purpose becomes bloody in
 stinct: ferocity. bestiality, dishonesty and bru
 tality go hand in hand, seeking for prey, re . gardless of race, sex or condition. Nothing [ under heaven but the strong arm of de , termined law can stop it, and the time to en'
 1t is in the beginning.
 z What may seem cruelty is kindness. s What may seem measures of harshness ar the best possible policy.
 There should be no trmpnriZing with rioters . no arguing with armed miscreants; every vio
 lator should be brought-Rnd, if necessary
 brought with armed force-intO the courtroom
 and be dealt with by the law. The people O @ New York have faced it once and may have meet t again. There should be no amateu
 police work about it. If the local police fa - the state militia is there tO fall back upon, an ' if the state militia is unable to cope with th :, monster the United States governments dul ' Is as clear as the sun of day.
 Q And this is common sense.