Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-04-25


have been the recourse? He demanded an
apology and was confronted with death
dealing weapon. He delayed action, re-
straining natures most revengeful instincts,
in the hope that death might be avoided.
He asked that the man who had intruded
serpent-like, as charged by the wife should
make amend by the only method-aside
from the one adopted-an abject apology
for the wrong. Custom has made this a
salve to heal the wound of injured virtue
whether it should be or not is debatable
question but custom is a master and we are
slaves. 1t is not custom, however, that
suggests to the husband that death must
pay the penalty of an infraction of the sacred
ordinances of home. 1t is nature, manhood,
self-respect and honor asserting itself
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A man may chide his wife or the wife
the husband, father and son may quarrel
mother and daughter may disagree-al1
these factors may enter the home life and
yet when the honor, the chastity or the
good name of any member of the family is
attacked it is an un1oyai aggregation that
will not fight, the one for the other. Nat
ure has planned that twain of one flesh
shall resent insulted and encroachment.
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We trust that there are those, whose
names it would be unfair to mention who
will heed the warning in the shot that
carried death to the man who paid the pen
atty last week. We trust that it may re-
move some of the thoughts and expression
of lust so often heard. There can be no
harm in letting the outside world know
that the people of Idaho Springs stand
shoulder to shoulder with the man who
stands like loyal citizen to protect the
honor of his home and of his family
Should he refuse to do this he would be un-
worthy of citizenship in any city, in any
community or under any flag.
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And while commenting along this un-
pleasant line we must call attention to an
other phase of the social evil 1t has been
stated that we have parties here in the city
who have made the statement in the pres--
ence of other parties to the effect that their
presence was desirable in any home in the
city and that where it was not few dol1arss
or a mite of mortal suasion would make it so :
The man who makes this statement deserves
whatever he gets-even though his own.
life may pay the penalty. There is not
jury that would find extenuating cir, !,
cumstances in his favor-no law of reasor
that would inflict injury upon the man who
had inflicted the punishment upon the man
who would make such a statement.
1t is we'll that men should be considerable
in their remarks. The man who makes rel
marks of this character usually passes the
greater portion of his life in the half world
and has little appreciation of the ethics OF
virtue and decency as they apply in tho
real world. He is a moral degenerate and 4
dangerous person.
The woman who upholds the opposite
theories, who has no regard for virtue, whcf
knows no measure of the home tie, whS2
fails to distinguish between the life of th$
decent person and the indecent one, shoule9
not be considered in reflections upon thu
duty of humanity. There are vicious wo4
men and to these there is no world o4
chastity. Where there is no regard fo
virtue there can be no violation of a mor5
code if it is disregarded But let these ped
pie pass opinions among themseNes-thl5
outside world cares little what their expresS
ion may be. When people who claim to bsi
respectable and attempt to make showin@
of respectability, make such remarks the
get just what they have coming to them-vSS
even if it is the extreme limit We do nc !
care to mention such matters, as a rule
The tragedy of last week gives such oppo1 )