Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-25

THE WHIPPING POST AGAIN.

The tiossing question has come up
again and is being discussed more earn
estly than ever. and strong as the senti-
snent agains. the Delaware institution
Us. the number of prominent men who
advocate the whipping post is surprising.
Recently one of the Connecticut judges
came out strongly for it and in New
York city. where men guilty of wife
beating and other brutal practices are
frequently arrested. there are also many
who favor fiosging.
This brings TO mind the fact that in
England. grand juries are constantly
making presentments in favor of logging
criminals for such and other crimes. A
grand jury of London. sitting N the CEN
trail criminal court. and dealing with the
matter of robbery by violence. expressed
the view that 'freer application of COR
poral punishment would serve as a
Wholesome deterrent to the class of GRIM
mails particularly addicted to this form
of crime" AS this crime is already pun
ished by floggins in England. and as tn
recorder had within few days not only
sentenced men to long terms and hard
labor but ordered them logged With the
'cat," the expression WAS taken as
urging the judges to use this power more
frequently. The recorder orders logging
with much care and discrimination but
he never hesitates to order ii in proper
cases. The London Solicitors Journal
taking up this discussion says that there
'are constant preSentments by grand
juries all over the country in favor of
extending this punishment To persons
guilty of feionious assaults or young
girls The Journal comments that These
presentments are often unanimous. and
are also the recommendations Of men
of education and intelligence. Noting
that it is generally difficult to persuade
tWenty-tlree men to agree to changing
law, the Journal argues from the fact
that twenty-three Intelligent men do
agree in this matter that THEN, View is
that. of a ma jority of pople Diminishing
the objections to fogging as "maudlin,"
the journal asserts that "a Very little
courage is all that is required TO induce
parliament TO alter the law in way
which Is calculated to save many little
children The infliction of bodily pun
ishnent in public has nearly gone by in
this country. There is much reason
against IL RuI at the same time. on
r-ading o. recent cases in The criminal
courts Of New York, thu suggestion comes
.n>tinctjy-Iy that if some OF these GRIM
&-a3s Mere logged through the streets of
n cry chey disgrace. thor would be
fever CASES Of this sort requiring the
Punishment Of the courts.
A. showing sill more st*ikingly how
strong thu sentiment on the subject is
gt9Wing. the following editorial under
tn healing The Whipping Post? Why
Not" is reproduced from the Chicago
Journal:
The neurotic will say it is too brutal
The brutality is the only punishment
that is able to make an impression OF
the brutes duh mind. The creature VIII,
will beat a woman can feel no humila
ton in being sant to jail to browse Il
warmth and comfort enough for HIM
Life in Jail is holiday to him, during
which he recuperates his strength from
che effects of his habitual excuses, an
ahom which he energies to vent his i'll
Almor With renewed energy upon hi