Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15

Let the press from one end Of the
country To the other ngitatc this subject.
cnlightCn the people as go needed iin-
provemcnt In our laws and plead Cor
the enforcement Of those we have. let
accounts VI crimes he set In small type.
and dl details omitted. Lot mob law
be condemned under al circumstances.
Let good men cease 10 gct exemptions
from jury service 10y belonging 90 some
lire cor military company, but get their
consent to serve on iurics, and then see
that the laws are enforced.
Close the bar rooms There will never
be much Improvement gs long rs suloons
are open. w T. LLOYD.
REV u w LOwBER
answer your questions us follows;
!. Why do grave crimes cOntihuct
The crime problem Is one Of the most
important problems of our agv. A. long
as tho causes of crime continue, crime
viii necessarily continue. ! viii briefly
mention the principal causes of crime
without dwelling upon them.
/. ! consider heredity the first cause
of crime ] have heard Oliver Wendell
llolmes Lecture at Harvard University
This question was asked him: Cannot
most diseases be curcd N the physicinn is
called early enough 'AcH,' said he,
hut early enough would be two or three
| hundred years before the person h houa'
good could come Of him and Arrippinn
% Environment has much ~ do with
| crime. II the children of criminals arc
| placed under morul influence. they some
| times become useful men aud women.
| 3. Drunkenness Is a fearful cause Of
| crime, IL tcmpts TO lust and robbery
! by placing its victims IN the hands or
that class of persons; II makes It's Vie
! TINS reckless, and ready for almost any
! misdcmcnnur; IL stimulates cumulative
| ness. and causes murder: II Is closely
related TO the gambling house and broth
al, which are the hot beds Of crime.
| H. Why is crime not punished
Because of sympathy for the criminal,
and low standard Of morality. When
the people of Texas place higher value
| upon men than they do upon cattle, their
criminals win be punished. Perhaps
some forms of crime tsay horse and cat.
tic stenlng) are sufficiently punished
| i'm Texas.
| III. What Is the rcmedyy
l. All criminals should be separated
from society. No man or woman has "a
| right 10 live IN society who will not live
moral life Ancient lcpers were scpn
rated from society; and there is certainly
no good reason for sQcicty's tolcrutinR
those who destroy all law and order.
/ insist that morality il essential 20 the
very existence Of society, IL iH said
that the Jukes family cost the state OF
New York nearly two millions Of dollars,
WIN any reasonable man say thnt Maria,
the mother of crini al, should not have
been entirely separated from sOcietyf
. There should hc retOrmatory pris'
ons w every county
3. There should be universal education
IN morality
A. The state should prohibit every
institution which directly leads Ia crime.
.. Criminals should be- promptly pun.
ished. The certainty of punishment b.
much more potential against crime than
lts severity
n criminals are not punished, mob
law Is the result This shows that mans
moral nnturc demands a just punishment
for crime. ! certainly do not mean that
: mobs are Just. hut they result from 9
prryerson of justice. Tho relatives aud
friends of chmilNls, ~ a rule, do every
thing they can To lot them loose upoi
society.
6. The application Of Christian prin'
ciplos 10 society win do more than any
, thing else 10 stop crime. Mr. Lecs|
/, snya: christianity unites with is dis
, tinctiye teaching n pure ana noble HyH
: ten of ethics Society has no trouble
with those who live up TO the principle
| of Christianity.