Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-25

a. %horfo Wor,on offc5- hofnfx fyod n
ufaLca ~ fbn afresfs a,,a ,lis,.,'5,s,1 s,,i
>nthinncd 10 death 4, tha ,.resence e,, 20, =,
howlinr s11obs Offenders hear tbo;,
own fIesh siss under the hot irons.
pnt what ,ra tho fscfss Tl,e,.s a.. -,
kinder neonIe % g. On ne earfb RI tban tbe "ip pns s
~inns ana r. most of thorn ,sr,,eit, = !
irrso.ejh;1itv hold II, INV ba,d = c.,d
Won 40 N, Il that red c;rcle That l.
kha rovernment's neal on n card r;v;no
i mo r3er7nissjon To visit ali fbe nr;snns "a
al Petereb,,ro as bad ex1rassad !
vvjeh In that direction. IA the N ene,e,
handed this card TO me he told me t6 a
4 carriage was at tbe door for INV dis.
roeal IN visiting the prisons. II 40 han.
pcned. however. that was crowded
with envavemenfs and coujd not m ka
fhe vieifnfion Rut 10 Vol, ,,r,,osa ,..t
cheerfnl nerrnission and a carr;aga 80, r.
boot would have been afforded me II the
prieons Of Russ;a Are such bells an earth
a. they have been described 10 be2
asked an esinent and distinou;sbed
American. "Have Won visited the Tr;s-
ons Of 81. Petersburg. and how do thev
differ from American prisons?p He re-.
Piled. II have visited them and thev
are as we'll ventilated and AS we'll condf-
toned in every respect as the mniority
OF the DTlS0DS IN America" VvpJnCn
yvhinpef] in the street3 No. that state.
fpent comes from the manufactorv If
Fabrication. manufactorv that rms
dav and night. so that the supnlv NAV
meet the demand.
But how about Siberia? NV answer
is. Siberia is the prison of Russia n
prison more than twice the size of the
United States. John Howard. who did
more for the Improvement of prisoners
and the reformation Of crimirials than
any man that ever lived. his name q
synonym for mercy throughout Cbristeu-
dom. declared by voice and pen that the
system of transportation Of criminals
from Russia to Siberia was an admirable
plan, advocating open air punishment
rather than endungeonment. and also
:. because it was taking ali offenders hun
dreds Of miles away from their evil
companions. John Howard, after wit
neesing the plan Of deportation of GRIM
inals from Russia to Siberia. Commended
It to England. If man commits muir
der in Russia, he is not electrocuted as
we electrocute him. or choked to death.
~ & halter as we choke him to death
Russia Ia the only country on earth from
which the death penaltv has been driven
except In case Of high treason. Mur,
derers and desperate villains.are sent TO
the hardest parts OF Siberia. hut no man
Is sent to Siberia or doomed to any kind
Of punishment in Russia until he has a
fair trial. So far as their being hustled
of In tho night and not knowing why
they are exiled or punished ia concerned.
All the criminals Il, Rnssia have an omen
trial before n iurv lust as we have in.
America. excent in Revolutionary or ,.iot-
ous times. and YOU know in America at
such times the writ of habeas cornus is
suspended. There are In Russia grand
juries and petit juries and the right to
challenge the jurors. and the prisoner
co1lfronts his accuser. and. mark this. as
in no other country. after prisoner has
been condemned by juries and Judges
he may appeal to the minister of the In
terror, and after that to the senate, and
after that TO the emperor. who ia con-
stantlv nardonino ''0 " -
Az said fhe Violent and nnrderous
are sept to the hardest mart Of Siberia
Int the more moderate criminals to more
propitious parts of Siberia. and those
who have only a little criminalitv to
parte Of Siberia positively genial for
climate. for Won ought to know. IL you
do not know. that Siberia is 30 large and
wide and long that it reaches from friq-
iditv To torriditv from almost arctic
blast to climate aa mild as that of Italv.
RIM vour finger along the man of the
world and Won will and that The lowest
mart of Siberia Il on the fortv-fifth de-
gree Of latitude. and the richest mart of
italy IA on the same forty-fifth degree of
latitude. 40 that Siberia reaches from
the furs at the north to the palm leaf
fans ut the south. It has been demon
strated that ninety per cent. of the Rus