The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-14

suDFsHCea TIE voters Oh sNfsLestAiiI tnas
the seai!old IL necessary to help an en-
largement OF .he public safety. swiszer-
land abolished the death penalty by con-
stitutional amendment In 1874. In 1873.
just Eve years asserward, this amendment
was abolished. The vote which abolished
this amendment gave power to the can
tons to reintroduee the death penalty in
their penal codes if they chose 10 do so.
and since 1873 eight cansons have ayaiied
themselves OF the privilege granted by the
revision and have .e-es.abiished the death
penalty. These ean.ons are Appenze!l,
obwaldsn. Uri. Valais. Zug. saint-Gali.
Luce.ne and Sciwy;z. In addition 10 The
above. sehaT hansen has just wheeled into
line. and the other can,ons are expected
TO follow in short order.
All efforts 10 abolish the death penalty
in Great Britain have failed. Italy, We
believe. last year abolished il, and the re-
suit Of its experiment. will be watched
with interest. In the Unite: States we be-
lieve that Maine. Michigan and Wisconsin
are the only states that have abolished the
good results have followed its abolition.
II will be remembered that the New
Hampshire fratricide who was executed
last year cnnningiy endeavored to save his
neck by trying TO prove that his brother
WAS really murdered on Maine soil, know
jurisdiction he would not suffer the death
penalty. In Wisconsin the absence Of the
death penalty only serves to stimulate the
mob TO acts Of lynch law.
Michigan is likely to restore the death
penalty. i'm face Of the recent poisoning of
prison keeper by I.a.imer, young drug
gist who hal been sent TO prison for life
for the murder of his mother. Latimer
committed his second murder in order to
escape from prison; he had nothing TO
lose AMI everything to gain by poisoning
his keeper. He was already life prisoner
10. murder: a second. third or any num-
Der OF additional, murders could not make
his last state worse than his first, for un-
der the law he could not be executed If he
killed a circus tent full. of people: he knew.
too. tina. his first murder, that of his
mother was executed with such demonia-
cal cunning and cruelty that he was not
likely to be ever pardoned, so that he had
nothing TO lose by another murder. He
committed that murder to gain his liberty:
il he was recaptured be was simply re-
turned to a state OF life imprisonment: IL
he was not recaptured he had secured his
freedom. TO a man so utterly destitute of
sensibi,i,y that he could carefully plot and
execute the murder nf devoted. afIec-
tionate mother, of course another murder
or two was of no consequence, 80 long as
there was no scafiold standing at the end
Of the lane Of his ferocious career With
the objec: lesson Of Latimer to consider.
Michigan is quite likely to re-enact the
death penalty.
In the last number Of the Fortnightly
ReeieW ''Ouida' has powerful article.
written in eloquent protest against the
growing infa.uation of society with the
murderer. In the primitive world the
general sympathy was not with Cain, but
with his victim, Abel. Tho God of the
Hebrews cursed Cain. aud he was sent
into the wilderness with a mark upon
him; he was an outcast, an object OF popu-
lar odium, although he killed his brother
in a quarrel and under our modern law was
not murderer. but guilty only of man
slaughter. But today Cain Is neither
afraid or ashamed. The Italian scientist
Lsmbroso and other so-cailed physiolo-
gists plead for Cain that he could not have
done other than he did with his cranial
formation. every body weeps tor the NV
ing. bnt nobody has any use for his victim,
the unfortunate Abel. ''Ouida" says:
IL -, an innate revolt against The artificial
bonds OF modern he which renders modern So
Getty so inclined to take Cain 10 its bosom aud
fling Qaicstima contcmptaonsly on the slain
BODY ot Aoeis or is IL due 10 the tendency. 80
grayely marked ia modern times. tn side with
,he strongest. to disregard The law Is 4, not,
perhaps. bs DAD al. Inspired oy the essentially
lao ieYE feeling that She man who has failed IL
an N nseiie beyond pity And Abel. wAa,evcr
form he ;aAes. IL of course al ut.er failure In
ths modern view of human existence. TIE
modern world makes a rssa II ,e,, and kicks
hlm into neglected grave. shs.e II buys photo
graphs of C1in sni seaas han bouJte.s aaa
settles oi oFanty.
Dr Netli cream deliberately murdered.
with stEychniue several poor girls ii Lon.
! den In order ~ obtain money by aecusin !,
| innocent 5nen of their murder. And vet a
| number Of English women wantes. this
! repuislve creature. man OF superior esiu.
| cation and intellect. reprieve,! ard merely
/ detained in an ass,gln "a an interesting
/ monomaniac- Carly.r Harris. Who yoi.
! -oned his wife, would certainly have es-
I >sped the death penalty Il the women who
/ spent their pocket monev tuyl"e tra.t and
I towers for this cruel Villain could have
! prevailed with GOV. Flower Ia interfere
! win ,Ae sentence OF the law. The artist,
j Luna, was recently acquitted IN Paris. Ns
/ VAS an Indian OF Manila, very small. ugly
! and repussve IN appearance. narries :
| span sh creole, very handsome and above
! hiB, IN yank. ana because she, rs he sni GA.
/ have tnre-esn. - an(sithfai 10 him ne i'll
| treats hes horribly. and finally shoots her
| AMI heg mother stone dead and lodges 4
| hall la she lungs 81 her brother Felix. Her
| mother aud hec brother had si1avs been
! most generous and kind IN him. and r al
| consented through smiab.l.gv 10 his mar
/ rage, - blch IS - d.saEreeat,.e and e;.sd
sanssgeous to them they sece wholly IN
| rt~eeas of any knowledge f Ia. N4ie's love
| Affairs, sud had bV~a eacrrly so.s~.;ous q
| bring about q veacesale separation te,
| tween thts lli-s>s0T;ed par Fh.s te-c,.ou.
! beast ei a luna owed this innocvnt a.,the,
and scn dozen years - k-u3nesS an5
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