Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-04
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CO UNPUBLISHED
GOVERNOR BLEASE WONT PRO
TECT NEGRO WHO AS
SAUITS WHITE WOMAN.
Defends MANY PARDONS
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut Ia
Nors Restoration of the
Whipping Post.

Whipping Post.
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RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 3.-GOver-
nor colo l.. Blease of South Caro-
lima served notice to the fifth an
nual conference of governors which
opened here today, that lynchers OF
negro assailants of white women
would go unpunished in his state.
u have said all over the state Of
South Carolina, and | say 1t again
now" he declared. that l Will never
order out the militia to shoot down
their neighbors and protect a black
brute who commits the nameless
crime against a white woman.
Therefore, in South Carolina, let 1t
be understood that when a negro as
saults white woman, all that Is
needed Is, they get the right man,
and they who get him will neither
need nor receive a trial"
The address was the most remark
able of a day devoted to the consid-
GRAFTON of crime and It's punishment.
Governor Simeon f. Baldwin Of
Connecticut advocated the restoration
of the whipping post for certain
classes of criminals and policy Of
sterilization for others.
Advocates Sterilization.
"As for the cruelty of sterilization"
said the governor, the same degree
of suffering is inflicted, for a pur-
pose in one respect not dissimilar on
half of our larger domestic animals
We do not deem It cruelty to them.
So far as vasectomy is concerned, 1t
has recently been pronounced not
cruel form Of punishment by the su-
preme court OF Washington, and in
several states there are laws author
izing the operation upon degenerates
in aims houses, asylums or prisons"
Governor Baldwin's address imme-
diately followed an address of Gov
ernor John f. Shafroth OF Colorado,
In which Gov. Shafroth advocated
lenient, but certain punishment, to
criminals and cited his own state as
an example where this system has
worked WELL He declared that Sc
we're punishment had proved no de-
terrent to crime Certainty of pun
lshment, in his opinion, with an op-
portunity to shorten the sentence
through labor and good behavior, not
only punished the criminal, but serv-
ed alike as a deterrent against future
crimes and an incentive to reform.
He advocated the system in vogue
Iii a, %
fifty men, without guards save at
nights. worked on the public roads,
and expressed the hope that the time
was near when the state could do
more than this and pay the convict
a nominal wage for the work he per-
formed.
Murdercrs Escape Punishment.
Governor George w. Donaghey of
Arkansas declared for severe PEN
atty for lynchers. no punishment save
death he said, would deter murder
ers from their crime.
"Why it's getting to the pass" he
declared, where a man Is certain OF
punishment II he should steal horse
but where, nine times out of ten, he
Is able to go scot free If he commits
murder"
Governor Adolph o. Eberhart OF
Minnesota thought the jury system
is at the root of the evil of frequent
miscarriages Of justice. Nowadays,
he declared. "a man could plead
guilty to 81 varieties of insanity" and
escape the consequences of his crime.
Under the present jury system, he
added, 1t was all but impossible to
select intelligent men for jury serv-
ice.
81 want to take off my hat to Vir-
ginia and to New York." said Gov.
Albert w. Gilchrist Of Florida, for
! believe they have done justice in
their recent murder cases. l don't
believe Henry Clary Beattle could
have been convicted in my state"
Governor Blease, in his address, af-
ter promising immunity to lynchers,
warmly defended his use OF the par
donlng power, declaring that in the
twenty-five months he had paroned
or paroled approximately 400 per
sons and that he hoped the number
at the end OF the second term would
be 500. a.
% Years for Stealing Watch.
81 walked through the penltentlary
of South Carolina" he said in defend
ing his use of the pardoning power,
"and found 1t tuberculosis incubator
where poor devils were dying at their
tasks. making money for other peo-
pie: poor devils who had no choice
but to stand and work or take the
lash. Just the other day. Jim Rob- |
erts, a negro from Charleston, stop !
ped me as | was walking through |
and respectfully asked permission to
speak TO me. He told me that he
had been kept in jail for twenty-five |
years for stealing s27 watch.
Il said. II you are telling me the
truth. you will eat your Christmas 1
dinner with your folks at home. lie 4
said, Governor. | have no folks !