Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-28
TuE COURSE OF LAW.

In the sentlmentalism that attended
the closing days OF the trial Of the
convicted wlie-murderer Harris, and
that has since male itself manifest In
the announcement Of measures 10
secure his pardon by the governor,
the American people have had about
as disgusting n spectacle rs the orimi.
nal annals Of the country have ever
furnished. II ought to be source Of
comfort to this rlght-icellng class
OF the community that with all
this pressure, ali this snivoling, all
this employment Of eloquencc, emo.
ton, ingenuity and cash, the wheels Of
Justice have rolled right along and the
wretch has been sentenced to the death
he deserves. 1t will DO still greater
cause OF relief from n menace to the
well-being Of society II Governor
Flower OF New York shall roslst the
appeals that arc being and will be
made to him, and shall permit the law
to take Its course.
Every effort to save the man from
conviction was made. The skill
Of lawyers, the testimony Of
witnesses, tho sympathetic mp.
peals TO jurors were all employed to
the uttcrmost. The court gave to the
case an almost incredible amount OF
patience, ana the press elaborated It's
various stages OF progress with unex-
ampled minuteness. Hungry speota.
tors In sympathy with the accused
packed the court room. and maudlin
and hysterlcal offers OF aid flooded In
ut all times upon him. Even when Ut
last the jury had found him guilty,
and within au hour after sentence Of
death had been passed, n bowling
crowd OF admirers and friends followed
him to jail, by their conduct and cries
insulting the court which had given
him 30 fair trial and the twelve men
who In Justice to the evidence, their
oaths and their sense OF duty had to
declare him n murderer.
The testimony in this case leaves
nothing to be said In extenuation or by
way Of an appeal Tor executive mercy.
II Instead OF being young, good
looking, educated and popular In high
circles, Carlyle Harris had been an
ignorant clodhopper, we doubt that
word OF sympathy would have been
uttered or that an effort ut anchor
alton OF hia fate would have been
put forth by the public. His
crime was atrocious. Why should It 10
merely because he is well.iavored
medical student, that he ia entitled to
consideration when Il would be de.
MED an illiterhte day laborer? On the
contrary, Is he not more deserving of
extreme punishment by reason Of his
advantages? He made business OF
wrecking the souls and bodies OF those
who would listen 10 his blandish-
ments; had his graces been less W Ia.
ming, his successes In his dlabollcal
career hal probably been fewer. How
afIihNeht Nhohi Nh' ''hNhNN fhh
would plead for his pardon on the
ground OF youth, beauty and intellect
The NEWS would not deny any
culprIt, high or lowly, the benefit Of
any charitable doubt that might exist
as to his motive for and connection
with his crime. In this case, however,
the testimony il all one way. Harris
was proud of his trlumphs over his
victime, and In order TO pursue un.
fottorod the course In which he had
been 40 fuecessful, he deliberately
murdered his child.wiie to get her out
OF the way. Al law, human aud
divine, demands that no pay the
penalty.