Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-04
Restoration of Whipping Post
ADVOCATED BY GOVERNOR BALDWIN IN SPEECH
ALSO STERILIZATION
South Carolina Governor Says Lynch CTS of "BIack Brutes" Will Go Un- Punished in His State,

RicnmOn0, Na Dec. 3.-ReStOratl0n of the whipping post for certain class es of criminals and sterilization for others were advocated by Governor Baldwin of Connecticut today in an address before the fifth annual gov ernors conference in session here. Gov ernor Baldwin's address followed an address by Governor Shafroth of Col orado in which Governor Shafroth ad- vocated leniency, but certain punish ment to criminals and cited his own state as an example where this system had worked well.
 Severe Punishment No Deterrent. i. Governor Shafroth declared that se- were punishment had proved no de- terrent to crime. Certainty of pun- ishment, in his opinion, with an op- portunity to shorten the sentence through labor and good behavior, not only punished the criminal but served as deterrent against future crimes and as an incentive to reform He advocated the system in vogue in Col orado under which gangs of fifty men worked without guards, save at night, 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 performed
 Severe Penalty for Lynchers.
 Governor Donaghey of Arkansas de- clared for a severe penalty for lynch CTS and said no punishment except death, would deter the murderer.
 Why, it has come to pass" he de- clared, where a man is certain of punishment if he should steal a horse, but where nine times out of ten, he is able to go scot free if he commits murder"
 Abolish Courts of Appeals.
 Every court of appeals should be be abolished, in the opinion of Governor Eberhart of Minnesota. The jury sys- tenn, he thought, was at the root of the evil of frequent miscarriage of justice. Nowadays, he declared, a man could plead guilty to many varieties of insanity and escape the consequence of his crime. Under the present jury sys- tenn, he added, it was all but impos- sible to select intelligent men for jury service.
 Hats Of to Virginia and New York.
 T want to take off my hat to Vir- ginia ands to New York, said Gov ernor Gilchrist of Florida, Tor I be- lieYe they have done justice in their recent murder cases. I don't believe
 
 convicted in my state"
 South Carolina Encourages Lynchings.
 In the name of the state of South Carolina Governor Blease served mo- tice that lynchers of negro assailants of white women in his state would go unpunished.
 Governor Blease also warmly defend ed his use of the pardoning power, declaring that in twenty-five months he had pardoned or paroled approxi- mately 400 persons and that he hoped the number at the end of the second term would be 800.
 Will Not Protect "BIack Brutes." q have said all over the state of South Carolina and I say it again now" he declared, that I 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 it be understood that when a negro as- l saults a white woman, all that Is need ed is that they get the right man and they who get him will neither need | nor receive a trial"
 Penitsntiary Tuberculosis Incubator. Governor Blease justified the use he l had made of his pardoning power, he said, by conditions he had found in penal institutions in the state T walked through the penitentiary | of South Carolina" he said land found it a tuberculosis incubator, | where poor devils were dying at their 1 tasks, making money for other people; poor devils who had no choice but to stand and work or take the lash. Just | oth Dol | from Charleston, stopped me as I was walking through and respectfully asked permission to speak to me. He told me that he had been kept in jail for ] 22 years for stealing a $27 watch. 1 Eleven Years for Stealing $e.
 T said: If you are telling me the 1 truth you will eat your Christmas din- ner with your family at home He i saidi Governor, have no folks Then replied You will eat it away from here And he will. Another negro | had served eleven years and seven months for stealing $9j a judge wrote to me that he had sentenced to death a man when he did not believe the man had been convicted beyond req sonable doubt. Another wrete me that he had sentenced to death a man whom he did not believe should be put to death. He did net believe it at the time, ner does he believe it now.
 Fighting Errors of Justice, These are the errers of justice I ana trying to right with my power to pardon. l am proud of my record"
 (AR abstract of Governor Baldwin's 1 speech is printed on Page s.) |