Milford chronicle., 1904-01-15

the barricaded walls Of your own home.
No, no! The only safety Of life de
pends upon this fact: If you commit a
murder In one state and then run away
another state governor will recognize
your extraditiOn papers and allow you
to be forcibly returned to the place
where you committed the crime.
Divorce Laws Should BE Uniform.
We recognize the necessity of con
certed action between states on the
murder question. We recognize also
the necessity Of concerted action be-
tween different nations and widely
separated authorities in cases Of theft
as well as murder. few years ago
all that a cashier had to do after
wrecking bank was to cross the Cana
dian line and he was safe. Ontario
and Quebec and Montreal were "cities
Of refuge" crowded with fugitives
from American justice. Hundreds of
defaulters from Chicago and New York
and San Francisco and other cities
were living there, gloating over their
crimes. But now men guilty of fnan-
cial crimes legally have no escape. A
criminal in the United States is a GRIM
inal in England, a criminal in Canada
is a criminal in France. To suppress
forgery and theft there must be con-
certed action between nations as well
as states Why, in the same way,
should there not be concerted action
between states in reference to the di-
vorce law? But though concerted and
harmonious action by the different
state courts should be regarded as a
necessity yet we find the actual condi-
tions just the reverse. To illustrate
how man can defy the divorce courts
Of one state by living in another state.
q prominent member Of the Presby-
terian general assembly committee told
me that short time ago a man died in
the United States and left three legal
widows. He left three widows. and
he was not a believer in Brigham
Young either! How was that? A few
years ago this man went to a western
state and there settled and married. ,
After awhile he became tired Of his ,
wife and decided he would marry an z
'ther woman. So this man left the !
state where he was then living and +
vent into another state, got divorce +
IND there remarked. OF course the q
tate OF his former residence did not q
the second marriage. h
Time passed on, and this husband 4
lred Of his second wife. He moved TO Il
mother state, got a divorce and mar Fl
led third wife. The marital disease cl
nth him by this time was becoming n,
lronic. But now neither the first nor h
lie second state where he used to live
,cognized his third marriage as legal. 70
lme passed, and this husband OF o,
ANY wives died. What was the re- a
lit! Each of his former marital COM n
lnlons inherited the property Of the to
7ad man which then existed in her ~,
vn state! BY law that man in three or
Herent states left three different an
ives, each a legal wife in her own bo
ate' out illegal in the other two is
ites. Such is an instance Of the he
Iculous and Infinite absurdities ex- br
ing between the conflicting divorce ev
urts of our land. But there must be fo,
legal change The divorce question in,
IL never be dealt with as it should be "if
long as a married woman living in ma,
w York city can go and spend few of
eks In western state and then take no,
in and 80 back to her old home bo'
other mans wife. Concerted legal tbo
ion must be established between the be
tes. 1t is you, Christian people to bsi
ON God assigns the duty Of arousing ems
bic sentiment against this evil and bas
npelling our national and state legis-
ors to take such action as will result
making the marriage al.ar some
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