The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-02-17
RATES
THE LASH FOR THE COWARD

~.h McEwen has an article IN
Bulletin. written in his vigorous ~
on the Lash for the Cowa.u. .
Even says:
IN Ithaca, N. T., the son of Sx-G
er,,or Waite of Colorado has been
,a.taa for beating his wife. Friend-
charitably urge that the young dian
must be insane, but the doctors VINO
Rave sat In Judgment on his senses say
there IL nothing the matter with MN
accept an ugly temper. which ne dsss
not choose to master. 1t would heiD nj
greatly to control it were the Aw Oh
Nav York to deal with him - he has
dealt with his wife.
Two Judges of young Mr. Waite's Ia
tive state. Hudson and Carton OF Den
var. advocate the whipping-post tSr
wife .beasexs. Many cases have been De-
fora them. and they say that IN nne-
70, lis of he divorce cases fled in ne
o.. urts the charge is made. AMI oft-r
pro, ed, that the husbands beat ,ntr
wivss.'
Throughout the country there rs =
srrcng sentiment in favor Of the iasn
as the penalty 70 rthis cowardly crime
The chief argument made in opposition
IS that the infliction of so degrading 2
punishment would destroy the manhood
OF the person subjected to it. The an
sver TO this is that anyone capable OF (.
crime Of ferocity or bestaiity against
woman or child is already so brutalized
that he has no manhood to lose.
Another argument against the WHIP
ping. post does not waste cons derauo
uI.on the woman-beater. but insists tnae
savage p~unishments have a 'owerins ana
hardening effect upon the people VINO
countenance them. The go)d oil day.
are recalled when not .nerf,y forgery
ard robbery. but petty larceny, we're
hsr sing matters-when exs;u.ioD were
public and parents took theih children
to see them, as morally improving spec
tacles, and the ~populace made holiday
about the scaffoldr
Possibly there would be danger - the
community In the, establishment OF
tho whipping post-danger Of a tendency
to extend its use from wife-beaters and
rarishers to other offenders. In Della
ware, where the post has resisted all
Sentimental efforts to remove 1t as a
relic of barbarian" thieves are whip
ped. That is a worse crime than half
of the msdeeds which bring the Della
ware negroes and other small thieves
under the cat-o'-nne tails. No offense
against property justtdes the lash.
Tut the danger Of an abuse Of the post
erected for men who strike and other
wa misuse women and children u more
aftzfetcal than actual. We have ad-
ed far enough upon the -oai toward
civilization to have acquired N the mass
q horror of the ferocious pu lishmcnts
which did not shock our more pious il
less humane ancestors. Hanging. for in
stance. We still employ the rope coca
sicnally on murderer. but there is pr
ce, tible no demand for the restoration
OF h old-time long list of capital
cilmesany more than there ia FOR 'se
re~introduction Of the rack and the Sta :
On he CONTRARY there is 4 p,..s
and growing opinion against the dea
penalty in n case. This opinion y a
socj deal more likely to prevail in Il
end than that the gallows will ~reconquer
lest ground. 1t is reasonable to thlnS
thatthe s~me humanity which has var
rowed the activity of the nangruan
would restrict the post o it's mt pu.-
poses.