The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-03
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Adams Argues f or ! whipping VI :llp'l'''ls
for Wife B'catcr.s' u
District Of Columbia.
some STATISTICS ON J | SUBJECT 8
One Out Of Every 500 Husbands l'lt- II
i,i Distric W '''s' sOS s,ce
4 Years III Past Five Years,

K II. fFrom Our Regular Correspondence
sH1NGToN D. CT, 1Vehrlln Y: q 's,
I !, an,.esentative Adams. Of Tcnnsy lvnni,ail,5
author Of bill to punish at The WHIP NJ pf
ding post wfe-beaters In tho 5Llstrl1o OF
Columbia made ID strong appeal for t " :
measure before the Commit tee on
aor Columbia to-day lie urgucd thut t 4F''
mn i, who strikes Ills vito Is by nat ure
fa coward, and that Imprisonment cannot
do him any good lie fent's GO rpora@l l'uil -E
y islniciitg alone. gs l$iAS Ii.
n .1f that is true, I, ggestcd g member n, e.
bof tho committees q why not have ING
whipping post for all cases q assault '
..The clrcumsttnces surrounding "a ms
/. wife. beater are different from all ther
cases Mr. Adams replied. The, wifi els
/ almost invariably the weaker. y she,5
under the present law, charges her u Us
band with tile crime, he is sent 70 pria'oli
and She with herSmcans Of support wi TN
N drawn, 95 often has to 90 to- the ulllis-
house When tho @ husband gets out
/ a gain hc usually beats her some more ,t'i,5
AZ q rule he Is IA drunkard or " lazy
EIonfer. ana the terror Of the lash 5ls the
Only thing that would stay his hand
4 The object Of tho whipping post Is to
|. COW the brute 50 that he Will not con-
Stinue his cruclties.''' HI .g sl8
SS$$.'.yYhat would be W the IA fleet Of the
whipping post on the community 3, az
large? Interrupted MI pDei1 ~ tiii =
point e n il: I'll IN e sSS5 l5s "a ~
"IJnders this proposed Inv It would not
have the BAD Ell Gets Of the public whip
pings said the 8spea knr. Tho bill pro
lyidcs that these flogglngs shall be prii-
ivatc ana under the supervision OF O ply
,slcan. s,Se s55}Ss 5{:S .S.s Il e. IA
EHS.Thc economic side OF the question is
this: We prosecute and hang lnurdcrers
to save lives we llnprison thieves TO save
property; but we send wi To- bea ters to jail
and Tho taxpayers bear the cx pchs g 9,
without It's having any effect 81 on ne ~
wife heaters. Tho lash is the only proper
remedy d for the crime. 's55 i.$tsf
At this point Mr. Co wherd tnterDoseu'
the question: You are a bachelor, arc
YOU not. Mr.. Adams r. he asked.
s$..Wcll..',El laughed the bachelor. the mar
fried man who ftils ito vote for this bill
dn the. House lays himself open to s,s .-5
5picion. III $s s a{ " 9.8
& A further hearing on the bill will be.
had to-day. E "a ~ "a 55.3s, 3
q, Justice Ikilrlbnll OF tho5 District Police
Court, in response o Il q rcsolutlon u 81 8
| Congress, has trnnsmitte ted L to tina body
| through tile commissioners Of the Dis
iitrict$ Of Columbia, statistics showing that
during the past five years there have
1 bceir1 545 convictions for wfc-beatlng IN
the District OF Golumb a, an az, nual aSpr7t
a DC OF 119. 1t Is estimated that there
] IRE COZ 900 husbands IN Washington IL
/ these figures be correc t about ono out 81
4 every five hundred 81 husbands has as
1 sa,s.ted his wife once a year IN the past
4 five years. III ii MI