Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-12-08
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,ho c,a,o I, is not a ouos,ion of con-
.o,sroo 49,. r,rch nc of oxnericnce. Let
ne r,,t f,ryct tho majesty Of the law
Mrs nc,.r. may he n degenerate, so
,ro ou criminals Their. We should not
ysrv our laws to suit individuals. he
h,d stood bctwncu n criminal and tic
law end that man Is now in the insane
as,l,u, If II were nv own sister be-
,nr. Cod should not could not vote
for communication. We give a clue to the
anarchist and other criminals; when We
! thus break the law which We have sworr
tr UNFOLD
| Mir. OSullivvan Of St Adams city char
lactcrizcd such an execution as cold
hloodcd taking of human life lie shared
I,hc sentiments of the gentleman from
| Chelsea and could never Qu"ll the whis-
pcrinc of remorse if he voted to hang
| this unfortunate woman. 1t is question
Ior sincerity and honest opinion. lie did
mo: think such Clemcncy would be III CON-
! nict with the law. The law has provided
/ that no criminal shall be executed until Il
session of the LEGISLATURE intcrvenes, the
purpose being to give opportunity for
accumulation. Nor can action of ours be
taken as rejecting on the court. Tho
| Jury said this woman was guilty, and SO
do We Though the Judge pronounced her
Iawtul doom, We put the words into his
jmouth. So We can legally and properly
change the form of punishment. Tho
speaker invoked 40 pretcXt Of irrcsponsi-
blity for her action. but took occasion to
read a. letter from the Catholic clergyman
of Bennington, who stated that tho
woman was an offspring Of ,nquity"
and was no more to blame than Pcrham.
Mrs. Bates and Knapp. The speaker said
that if men reverenccd women under all
occasions. tho standard Of woman would
long ago have boon raised SO that there
would now be no Mary Rogersos TO hang
A chief reason for his support Of this bill
llav in the fact that the criminal WIS Il
woman. Since We have made a place for
woman and discriminate against her in
all matters. We should not deal with her
thus as a criminal lie argued generally
against the strangllng of criminals as -
vindication We ur. all too guilty our
selves to punish others-we should cXor-
else mercy lie said two classes of people
committed murdcr-one. "a higher class
that escaped detection, and another class
low and Degenerate He said he NIGH,
not be right in this matter. his mind wa
not quite clear on the subject. but II,
could not bring himself to Not" aEalnS'
this bill and 10 hang this poor woman
We are about to send mandate TO- thu
sheriff of Windsor county. We canno
close our eyes to this Tho speaker drew
liz vivid word picture If tn" execution 81
Mary Rogers. This VIII hc done 10 vlnd
cato thn majesty of tin" law Gentle
men, Will have no part i'm IT,"
MIR Grout of pcrby referred critically
Ito the he1rt-appeal Of tho gentleman
from St Alhans. We should not BE- sweep
Iawdv by sympath etic nouriShes. The iurl
and Judge have undergone it already az
having heard IT, Mary Rogers was Yet
found guilty. We arr in a poor position
to place ourselves in the courts attitude
1T IS awful To execute, but It - awful for
one human being to take into her hands
the life of another The speaker alludc,
10 the revolving nature of the crime
There should have been as much sym
pathy and many tears around the biel
of the murdered man As there should br
here about the gsllows. Vote with thl!
thought firmly rooted in your mind. or
the higher plane Of justice the verde
would be Go. where thou hast sent the
: hfc thou hast thken.' This the speake
said after rehcarsng the case OF th'
woman taken in adultery and ChristS re-
ply to her accuscrs--a case which he die
not regard parallel TO this one.
Mr. Shaw OF Marlboro sad he NoteC
To retain capital punishment but h
1 should vote 10 commute because h'