The record-union., 1897-06-09

thing as an entire community going
rabid under provocation and attendant
excitement. A brute of a negro at
Urbana, Ohio, assaulted q lady Grim
inally and accomplished his purpose,
was apprehended brought to trial,
pleaded guilty. sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for the full limit of the law,
twenty-one years, and still the people
were not content. A sudden mania for
lynching the brute took possession of
them, the militia was called out, the
Jail was assaulted, the militia fired on
and killed four of the citizens of the
town and mortally wounded another,
besides injuring others seriously This
only served to infame the passions of
the people, the Jail was assaulted again,
the negro dragged out, beaten and
kicked to death and strung up to
tree, being se-sawed up and down from
the ground to the limb until he bore
small semblance to the remains of liv-
ing thing And this occurred in the
stable State Of Ohio in the college town
of Urbana 1t was a monstrous pro-
ceeding and was not called for in the
name of justice, for the law had been
speedy and efficacious, but the people
Ol OTDdHa ndQ D6CO1uG IT0uZl6u anu
unaccounta BILE for their conduct, and
Ohio people can now understand and
sympathize with the people in the
Southern States who have been led to
commit similar excuses by similar
causes. 1t is all wrong, but it is not
to be stopped. The negro who lays
violent hands upon white woman will
surely die if the white men can ac-
complish his death, and it will be so in
any State and among any people.
THE POCKET TOUCHED
Riverside Globe: While public feel
ing is intensely aroused in this country
over the Righteousness Of Cuba's cause,
and her freedom from Spanish cruelty
and tyranny is unanimously hoped for,
very few of our people realize what
a loss this continuous warfare means
to America itself even from the dollar
standpoint. In 1895 the value Of our
imports from Cuba was more than
S15 100000, and our exports to Cuba
during the same year were $50, 900, G0O.
AS a direct result of the two years
struggle on the island our imports from
Cuba shrunk in value in 1896 to some
$50, 100000, and our exports to Cuba
last year amounted to less than 81 ,0OO,-
600. This is the direct loss, to say
nothing of the depreciation of prop
erty, which is a further loss of millions
to American investors. The American
pocketbook as we'll as the American
conscience has been touched. All our
interests, as well as humanity's, de-
mand the independence of Cuba.
DURRANT CASE.
San Diego Union: If there is any real
merit in the appeal which Durrant's
lawyers have taken to the Supreme
Court nobody will regret that the high
est tribunal in the land is to pass upon
his case, or at least upon some features
of it. To the average person, however,
it appears that the appeal is purely
technical one, and is taken solely for
the purpose of prolonging the pris-
oner's life. The incident is only an
other illustration of the ease with
which convicted murderers can stave
off indefinitely, on one legal pretext or
another. the execution Of the sentence
of the law Theoretically, the Supreme
Court will interfere in Durrants case
on the ground that there is some ques-
ton as to whether he has been allowed
all his rights under the Constitution
of the United States. Practically, there
is not a man, woman or child in the
State of California who supposes that
the prisoner was injured in his defense
by any of the supposed technical err
rors Worden's case is on the same
plane as that of Durrant's, and the
two furnish g. striking example of the
way legal ingenuity can make a mock
cry of justice.
A little camphor and water should be