The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-22

THE administration of justice in
this country is receiving the scorn and
contempt of the whole civilized world
declared Judge Marcus A Kavanaugh
of Chicago at the Chautauqua last
night. Our sword of justice is broken
and it should be mended not in tim
ker shop but in a steel foundry"
Our lawyers only tinker with the
law. Send your business men, your
farmers to the Legislature and permit
common, ordinary sense to be your
! laws. That's the only way you can
remedy the existing evil
Judge Kavanaugh's speech was logi-
cal, consistent and deeply interesting.
1t was an appeal for the punishment
of criminals who need correction, re-
form for one class and a plea for the
elimination of technicalities in the law
, through which criminals can escape
punishment.
The speaker was ivociferously ap-
plauded during his lecture. He was Civ
en- close attention by his audience
throughout and an outburst of ap-
plause which lasted sseveral moments
! followed the conclusion of his address
Homicide List Increases.
do you know there were 1852 hom
icides last year and $3.50 the year be-
fore. Those 9,152 persons who last year
suffered our sorrows laughed our joys
: lived our life-all dead by the hand OF
the assassin. | realize that / am US
ing strong language for public of
fetal but Will prove Everything l say.
! Each succeeding year sees the list
! of homicides greatef than it was the
! previous year and zach has died by
/ pistol, poison or knife.
People Are indifferent.
1--WE seem to bel doing or caring
nothing about it We are apparently in
different. We seem ito think it a dis
ease or a situation which comes with
| out concurrence and which we cannot
prevent.
! For every million of her population
! Canada has 13 homieides, England has
8, Germany has 5. Italy supposed tC
be the home of the assassin has Il
and the United States has so.
Travesty 90 Justice.
"This is a terrible travesty on jus
tice And the United States is the only
country whose prison population is
| increasing and it has increased Il
times since 1850
| That is not because we are an i'm
moral country. There is only one 9th
er little country which is more mora
than the United States. There has
been no nation. ancient or modern thai
has shed more blood for justice thar
this country.
| Many Are. Released.
1T is because the foreigner knows
he will be captured, tried and punish
ed for his crime. In the United State!
| there is not two criminals out of sil
that are convicted. And it is threE
/ chances to one that he will never BIZ
captured and 80 to / that he will nev
er be hanged.
Il believe in reform by appealing II
the better nature of a criminal but
believe he must be locked up while
geuI eAlC appeal OcIlcNc II
mercy and the law should counten
nance and teach mercy. The man ol
woman who falls into criminal cour
and asks forgiveness should be giveI
another chance but care must be tax
en- in discrimination.
Criminal is Selfish.
Behind every predatory crime il
selfishness. Every habitual crimina
is selfish l have not much sympath,
in dealing out the law for the sneakin,
contemplate person who tells on an
other to save himself. Four fifths o
the criminals are about % years o
age"
The judge here illustrated stor,
where he permitted his emotions Il
take the place of his judgment ant
the man whom he freed caused tn,
death of three persons later
The judges when they liberat,
criminals make other criminals. Muci
responsibility rests upon their shoul
ders when they are administering jus
tice,'' he continued
New Game Of Chance.
. The administering of the law il
this country is a disgrace to the na
ton. The trial OF criminal is a gam,
of chance and the criminal gets tn