Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-09

Killing a Woman in New YORK
sbould have said eIectrOcuting the
woman. but Il was equivalent 10 "ha'
we can hanging. in Georgia, and was Il
suppose. judicial killings
They have a chair i'm the prison, near
the death cell. where condemned prison.
e-S ar carried a few days before they
are shocked TO death by electricity. rms
chair has strong straps. with which the
body and limbs are securely bound, ana
then the electric current is turned on,
enough to kill. just as a live wire Kills
when Svorkmen touch those suspended
over head in cities. II Is a sure XIII ana
II death must come that way, perhaps IL
is easier. or more humane, than the rope
and gibbet-
But IL was horrible so to kill that wom-
an! I am afraid Governor Hughes. who
declined TO commute her sentence TO life
Imprisonment. win never live long enough
TO forget II. or be glad he did il
When / see how easy the Coopers In
Tennessee got out from hanging and are
now walking the streets, free men. ex-
cept for the money bond. I ask myself II
money is all powerful before courts and
executives. and II this very wretched
woman had no friend and no succor?
A man met me on the street yesterday
and inquired: How does that execution
IN New York strike you? Didn't Gov
ernOr Hughes make a mistaken"
/ said II was horrible. and was sure
Governor Hughes made a most regretta-
bic mistake, and I feel IL TO be so down
in the bottom of my heart
That woman was a murderess, I admit,
but the world OF mankind revolts against
hanging or judicially killing a woman
There Is a feeling chat I may not be
able TO explainl in the public mind, which
looks at a woman from a peculiar point
of view. as concerned with motherhood
and the burdens annexed thereto.
Imprisonment for life would have made
her punishment greater and Of longer en-
durance. From that standpoint the mai
esty Of the law would have been fully
indicated. and the state of New York
has many and severe prison cells for vio-
Iaters Of law. Governor Hughes doubt
less had his reasons and can defend them
In the abstract. but from the worlds
point Of view IL was horrible to take that
woman. by force. cram her poor body
tracked by tormenting agony into that
electric chair. and deliberately shock her
10 DEATH
II all murderers were alike sentenced
TO hanging or electrOcuting. there would
be no excuse for complaint I'm this case.
but 1t is simply horrible that nine-tenths
of our bIOOdthirsty criminals. convicted OF
murder, should either escape by jump
ing bond. or 20 into term Of imprison-
ment Gong or shOrO while this miserably
friendlesS woman should thus be given
the full extent OF the penalty.
Governor James Smith allowed the
Eberhart woman to hang in Georgia Ca
long time agol. but I feel sure he wished
II had been otherwise. for more reasons
than one. long time before he died.
The Tariff on Wool
The present congress is struggling
with tariff problems. and the country is
waiting in anxious suspense to know
whether 10 risk any money in various
enterprises so long as these weIl-paid
gentlemen are having a good time in
Washington city. and joking with each
other on tariff questions.
The bottom has nearly fallen out OF
the iron market. and il iron are is
placed on the free list. iron ore in GeOr-
gia won't be worth digging or hauling
Up in Michigan and whereabouts iron
ore pays a royalty OF 40 to 20 per cent
on the ton. while in Georgia il is hard
20 average u 1-3 per cent. So, while
Michigan ore may survive the crash,
Georgia ore won't be worth mining at
all Hence these tears.
The lick struck at iron ore was quick
~ felt, and the prospect is gloomy as
We discover. but the shoe is on the
other foot when il comes TO textile IN
dustries. Hon Champ Clark. the Dem
ocratic floor leader in congress. has
much 10 say Of this wool and cotton
tariff. and there is a perfect howl about
free hides! IL always hits the farmer!
Mr.. Clark quoted Mr.. Griggs. our GeOr-
gia member. as saying that the tariff
rates on articles manufactured from
cotton are worse than on wooden manu-
features"
But let US get hack TO the duties on
manufactured wooden goods. which is
the subject Of our contention at this
time.
Everybody knows how dear blankets
and fine wooden goods are and hrw i'm
possible IL has become in Georgia to
raise sheep at home because Of dogs.
n was shown that protected wooden
manufacturers were making from 1s5 I'D
1S2 per cent on the raw wool they
handle, and it has reached place where
poor people must wear cotton clothes
or go bare in this country.
To my mind there seems 10 be
conspiracy TO cheaper everything that
the farmer raises. until somebody buys
what he has. and then put an enormous
per cent on the manufactured STUFF that
is made out OF what he was forced TO
sell at low prices. We import two hun