The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-03

The Iowa Senate has passed resolution author
izing Governor Cummins to call convention of rep
resentatives of the several states of the Union in
July to devise to secure amendment to the
federal Constitution so that United States senator's
may he elected by the people instead of by the egs'
latures
Senator Lewis, author of the resolution, in speak
ing of the need for such reform, said OF the United
State Senate that IL "has killed statehood-a
ator owns low taxed mines in the territories It
has refused to observe the demand Of the people for
railroad rate legislation during ten years. 1t has
adopted rules which gives one senator the right to
stop the wheels of government by talking 1t bor-
ders state of degeneracy. Three 1T its members
recently were under Indictment or conviction OF
crimes"
In New York there was a clamor for tax on
mortgages, Reformers contended that the money
lender should be made to bear portion OF the bur-
pointed out that the tax though paid by the mort
gagce would really be paid by the borrower through
Increased interest. The bill became law and it
is found to be failure. Eight months of its oper,
alton has given discomfort rs the rate OF interest
has been raised onehaf per cent, and both borrower
and lender demand a repeal
Legal action will be taken against faith cure
cult in Philadelphia on account of the death Of a
twoyear.old girl suffering from typhoid fever and
who was denied medical attention. The tenants OF
the family religion forbade them calling physi.
clans aid and prayer offered by the family and
other members of the cult. In the investigation be-
fore the coroner an lSyearold sister OF the child
said:
"Grace was sick for three weeks. We knew she
had typhoid fever. We did not call in physician,
and we did not give her any medicine; none OF us
believe in doctors or medicine. We realized that
Grace was very i'll, but we believed that the Lord
would raise her up by faith"
Many similar cases have been recorded in the last
few wears, but the remedy for such criminal neg
g,ncc has been slow of operation.
DIR. Andrew ID. White, former president OF Cor
nell University asserts that the principal cause OF
ynchings in this country is owing to the ease with
which murderers escape punishment. He said that
when it il considered that out of every 40 hom
cides committed in the United States only one in
As IL legally punished it is wonder that people
look elsewhere for the solution.
In recent address DR.. White sad
"rhcre is nothing more nonsensca or ridcu
Much may be said in favor of the quotation Of the
famous Englishman, Goodwin Smith, There are
some communities in the United States in which
lynch law is better than any other law
"Tn the next year 1900 people will he murdered
in this country. Az stand here today tell you
that 1000 people are doomed to death with all the
cruelty of the criminal heart and with no regard to
home and family ties.
81 have no sympathy for the criminal. My sym
pathy is for those who will be murdered. for their
families and for their children"
Judging by the records of the courts 1t Is APP
parent that sympathy for the criminal exerted in
form another is responsible for such con-
diton. Moreover technicalites seem tn play more
important part than evidence, and through these
important part than evidence and through these tech
nicaltes the meshes Of the judicial net widened
permitting the criminal to slip through.