The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-20

or remunerative, both jafls and aims
houses would be compelled to close
their DOORS" and his analysis of the
cause OF crime leads him to the con-
cluson that it is the production of the
industrial condition of society: 1T is
only when the owning Gloss has been
established and the exploiting class
grows UP that the Jail and the peni-
tentiary become fixed institutions, to
be used for holding people in their
place."
He repudiates all punishment for the
reason that it accomplishes nothing.
To punish the criminal on the quid
pro quo principle is, to the author,
vengeance, pure and simple, and can
only be vicious in it's effect. He be-
lieves that no criminal was ever inn
proved by punishment and that So
ciety in its effort at devising humane
| means of punishment and in its anx-
iety to reform persons shows itself
thoroughly ashamed of it's work. En-
ecution, to him. is murder and u viola
| tion of the commandment Thou shalt
not kill" Punishment is vengeance,
| which fact becomes more clear every
day and society marches to one newt
| aDle result, lI1e dDOlltlOll VI hh JuuS-
ment of man by man."
This position is still further confirm
ed by the consideration that the Grim
inal is the production Of our social Or
! ganization which rests on possession of
property, the impossiblity Of just judg-
/ ment in the case of criminals, the in
| fallibility Of courts of justice and Of a
| judiciary and the impossibility to mete
~:x1~,,o lyrr fpf f1Na ft,V
of the crime.
! 1.-The cunning man without strong
convictions of right and wrong can al
ways find ample room to operate his
| trade inside the dead line the law lays
| down 1t II as rule, it
is not only the weak or the
| extremely conscientious or de-
voted that violate the law, and it does
not follow that this or any other class
really intend a wrong or consider it in
any such light as their judge, when they
/ commit an act forbidden by the law"
| Men commit crime because of their
feeling, emotion and passion, which
alone are responsible for the deed; and
if the vast majority Of criminals were
F., to reflect and give place to the action
Of conscience, they would not enter into
| the affair. There is no Justice in human
punishment unless it is based upon
F.; the theory of intrinsic evil in the vic
! tim Every criminal is man and his
condition is largely due to circumstan-
ces and if we truly diagnose his case and
consider his motives, he is not worse
than the man who goes uncondemned.
when we look at the criminal in the
Jail, the malice, the hatred, the want
Of human charity that dwell in our
hearts" rise like a fog and hinder us
from seeing the man in him. 1.-The
criminal is always the man we do not
know or the man we hate"
Because of these reasons. the machin-
cry of justice, as exercised this day,
is mischievous and productive Of great
evil. 1t does not hinder crime-it rather
encourages it. 1t is raid against the
poor man, who, falling under suspicion,
is cast into prison, and when brought to
trial, both judge aud jurors look upon
him as guilty man: innocent or
guilty, it is miracle if he escapes and.
in this miracle, the fact Of his innocence
or guilt plays but the smallest part"
"All prosecutions are malicious and all
judgments are meted out in anger and
hatred Z Is today, as ever, the eX-
preston of force and never fails to
bring evil results. 1t should be done
away with for it only adds to the sum
total of human misery and intensifies
the bitterness and hatred which are
found among men.
Thus having found the criminal the
creature of circumstance, and the ma
chnery of justice such as cannot dis
pense justice, the only remedy remain
ing to reclaim the criminal is that of
love and sympathy; "if the child or the
man is taught his right relations to the
world, and feels the love and sympathy
due his fellow man, he has no need of
written codes; his acts so far as those
of mortals can be, will be consistent
with the light and happiness of his fel-
low men. And this not through fear,
but because he bears the highest atti-
tude toward life" Hatred, bitterness,
violence and force can bring only bad
results-they leave an evil stain on
every one they touch. No human soul
can be rightly reached except through
charity, humanity and love-"
The book is not scientific treatise
on the criminal and the science of PEN
ology. 1t is rather popular and phil
osophical discussion of the general sub
ject and thrown together without much
logical sequence in the treatment of the
theme. The author confesses that the
criminal must be studied scientifically
which has been done by eminent Grim
inologists in the last fifteen years, but
the conclusions of some of these spec
ials are not accepted by Mr.. Darrow in
his doctrine of non-resistance. One