The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-26

TO corruption for fear that, by making a
fuss about IL, the party might be injured
I have no patience with such talk. The
enforcement OF law cannot hurt any party
unless the organization In some way Is
particeps criminis. Ii should not injure
any organization 10 get rid OF public plum
derers. Ii party cannot get along with
out rascals. the people will get along with
out that party. There can be no trucking
10 Doodle influences at this time. The
watchword must be. No compromise with
public plunderers. ANY party that tries
to get the Doodle vote i'm Missouri will reap
a whirlwind and should meet with disaster.
The only way TO stamp out corruption Is
to strike IL hard whenever and wherever IL
shows itself. There can be no Cancellation
directly Indirectly between civic honor
ana civic depravity.
There should be constant search for
corruption. III Is an undertaking OF some
degree OF delicacy 10 ferret IL out. Enc
mics must be made IN the very efforts To
find corruption. Men still complain be-
cause they are interrOgated in reference 10
depravity. In the course of investigation.
individuals may be injured. but IL should
be remembered that one who has done
nothing * In no danger. No honest man
can be hurt by inVe~ ga tion. No dishon-
est man mas any right TO OBJECT because
his misdeeds are made public Pubhcity
and enforcement of law are the chief an
tldotes for corruption.
Some people who secretly sympathixe
with corruptionists appear TO get very in
dignant because reporters obtain and pub
lish them. Do they mean 90 say that the
people are not entitled to know who the
rascals are? The people are the ones most
interested, and IL they are being plundered
aud have been betrayed by any man, the
sooner they know IL the be 1ter There can
be no honest objections TO publicity as long
as the truth is told. and no one has YET
disputed on that score. No innocent man
has been besmirched in the slightest de-
gree. The interests of justice and the mau-
dates OF the law as 20 inquisitorial pro-
ceedings must be carefully guarded, but
things the people have lawful rights to
| ro I
exists in civic affairs, it should not be
hidden. There Is no secret cute for cor
ruption. IL IL exists. let hell be raised
until IL Is eradicated.
THE purpose of the law in Furnishing
crime is not revenge, but as an example
TO others as TO what they must expect il
this the punishment should follow the
crime. A justice OF the Supreme Court or
the United States has written an article
published In prominent magazine, adj
vocating the abolition of appeals I'm GRIM
inal cases. While may not be ready 10
go TO that extent, il Is unfortunately true
that there is entirely too much laxity IN
the enforcement of the criminal laws. The
criminal laws have come 10 be regarded
as a machine for the protection of the
guilty instead of the punishment OF the
guilty. With us a man may be solemnly
tried for felony; jury OF his peers may
pronounce him guilty and sentence him TO
] the penitentiary, yet IL he be wealthy or
have influential friends he can Immediately
give bond pending appeal and walk out OF
| court along with the jury that convicted
1 him. The wretch who is unable TO give
! bond must abide his time in patience within
! the penitentiary walls. while his appeal is
being passed on. This system is not dem
! ocratic il is not equal and exact justice
| to all, special privileges TO none for IL
| gives 10 the rich man his liberty on his APP
| peal and denies il to the poor man.
II have some sympathy for the man who
comes into court charged with crime, the
result largely OF environment. but 1 have
none for. the man who has about him the
| cloak of responsibility and glamour OF
wealth who deliberately cleans out munic-
| ipal larders and plumbers the people OF
an entire State III mercy be shown.
/ would have IL extended TO those who know
| not what they do when they violate law.
| The right TO bail after conviction should
exist not as matter of right. but solely
on the doubt that may exist TO the de-
| PENDANTS guilt. law should be enacted
providing that after conviction for felony
| there shall be no stay of execution on APP
! peal unless a judge OF the Supreme Court.
upon an inspection of the record shall de-
termine that there is reasonab Bile doubt OF
his guilt, and probable cause for the ap
peal. When the evidence Of guilt is plain
/ ana clear ana there II no error IN the trial.
| it is a mockery on justice TO have defend
! ant, Immediately upon the serdict OF the
! jury being announced. merely sign bond
and go his way il nothing had happened.
| There are times when this looseness OF
| judicial proceedings breeds a spirit of mob
! violence in the people. Good government
| demands a correction of this condition
There is a statute tho books now that
| evidently aimed to accomplish this result
| but IL has been rendered nugatory by other
statutes and judicial contradictions.
| Civic deDravity cannot exist IL the Dco
! pie make IN their minds not TO permit a.
There is nothing so powerful as public SEN
timent There can be no stronger orgaui-
Zation than the hearts and conscience or
! the people. The corruptionists cannot stand
! before the sentiment of just, intelligent
| and aroused public. Let that opinion have
| free course; let ii be pronounced I'm thun-
! der tones; let IL open the ears of the deaf;
| let IL open the eyes of the blind. aud let
| il everywhere be proclaimed what we or
/ this great State think OF the principal OF
| civic righteousness and of that corruption
we abhor. Let the decree be announced and
| enforced, that the corruptionists must GO