The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-30

les OF society VII nm o,- ~ en'-
y London Times Mr. Dourlas No, I,
son. IN paper rei not lone 90, '' ~ y
Ie the Statistical sSety. tells ns ~ ~, :,
'h belief rests on s.,,, '''A' -
? ana that when n facts .ra ''a !,
U yen Il becomes hhly don,, 49, :.
noher there has been,or, ,t 80 ~ =
lal decrease OF crit -, "a" "
,,onbt that the figure So. - '' =.
-. % support Of the sw..,,''''' a.
.,..t. would flin believe NJ '''' !.
M ~ The explanations IL :,
A., facts which se,u ~ rI
lam a. 20 justify Noth M
/, self-congraiulatlon ue'
.,,.r,,,,.,, vent which influence.
.on. ,tr,i., .uneonsciously all per
,sa 49,. 'pa the criminal law
tbs eg,c,cy oS,,eeling Of diHrusi Of
q conviction a'kiAss,r mlsrhIeyous-
mess IN many ca ba,, pity and ten
mails who are though -. ,bo vic
Tins uf circumstance
u has been said that.....- tf,gr.s
picture OF Jean Vatican. an,c,st
with noble instincts. who .,,I,
and again 20 oxtrlclte hlmh, ,-,m N
coil Of mistortunos. and who -,I, and
again slcCumbs iu The strup, pr,.
ioundly influenced tle admiuL-,tiou
OF The French criminal law. 90 ~.
many years that spirit Of pity an,,5l
Grafton which the French poet DO. -.
ed in Les Misera5les" has been eve,
whore in the air.
10 Is therefore right 20 caution n
F. public against con,ouudinr the dimln
/. ton in The number OF offenders detail
. ed DO prison in consequence o. vii
mitigation OF the severity OF the erin
iual law with corresponding dccrca
in The amount OF crime. It's Just pa
aole. however. that iu avoiding ID
extreme Mr. Morrison has pushed h
point too Oar and has given count
nance 20 a Respondent view as llt,
. Justified AS the optimism which Do col
dennis Ia interpreting the only ava
able figures the increased vigilance
The police ls an element scarcely 90
. oycrratel a scarcely less importa
element BE- that oi publicity. Every ,
Tense is noted The chances OF det,
ton are probably greatly increased
these DAYS. when every household ,
comes aware OF the person "wante
Tor any crime OF magnitude. To kn
that crime generally Is increasing Is
know very little. Il may mean
more than that certain ofense agaii
police regulations have increased
diminished. The morality OF the COT
try may be steadily rising though /
convictions Tor breaches OF the eduD
ton acts are increasing.
There Is a sensible dimlnutlon
certain unenses most indicative OF
lieeniious spirit Property is respe
ed more than % was. and some erin
. connected herewith aud productive
others Tor example receiving gto
goods in some towns BID fair 10 d
, appear.
on the other hand there Is no 81
OF reduction in certain other erin
which appear 90 come iu the train
material prosperity The report We
Is both % good and OF evil Of
neal causes OF crime and OF the ext
10 which % can be prevented by or
Itoable measures Mr. Morrisou's agu
tell one little that Is positive. NJ
than 5000 years ago Euripldes
pounded the theory Of the crlmlnel
under which lombroso. Mario
Fcrrl have lately lab0red. Tho or
writer puts into the mouth OF one
his characters the reflection n
whereas land naturally barren n
yield a good haryes, 70 the season
\ good and fertile land may be- ste
% the season be unkindly. mon are
ways what they are. the good alw
good even iu the pinch o.. hard circ,
stances. the bad always bad-the or
r incline certain 90 be In the dock. h
. ever carefully the philanthroplst !
J. after him What truth there Is In
j. Wow. how Gar the standing army
crime consists OF this element how
% people not much worse disposed
less lucky than others s;atisucians
not tell us perhaps they never
. But in that direction lies the int
OF the present and, sim more. tha
u the future