The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-13

population. A day. OF a week. or a
month. more or less. costs a low.
grade negro nothing at all in oppor.
tunity or In money. The native ne
eroes OF Delaware know their place
and make no trouble. They are far
above the average in habits and in
intelligence. but we have a floating
negro population which Is lefiniteI =
rad' and we must safeguard our peo-
pie. white and black. against those
who come from all parts OF the Shore
country 10 the Canneries. work a few
weeks or months and then pass on.
only 70 give place 10 another lot t~st
as bad. or even worse
The negro with city habits is a
worse proposition than the farm
trained hand. who is usually law
abiding and useful. Delaware can
handle her own negroes with little or
no force. but the passing throng of
bad men needs attention. and they
file hy with eyes front on the whip
pr q. osts. Cells mean nothing at all
to .-ch men. white or black.
Delaware is absolutely free from
all forms OF white slavery. This par
ticular form OF crime Is punished
here without recourse 20 the Mann
Act or aid from the Federal authori-
ties. Did the whipping post do
nnught else hut keep cadets out OF
Delaware n proves its eternal value
here. In every other State In the
Union IN which there Is a large city
the white slave problem comes M
with "A degree OF regularity. The
same people who condemn the whip
ping post wiring their hands and won
der what 10 do about the cadets and
their wretched victims. Delaware
answers, Whip the cadet"
Years ago a gang of desperndoaS
undertook 10 rob a Wilmington bank.
They tunneled under the building.
and would have carried of $500. OUn
in negotiable securities but for the
suspicious of an alert watchman.
They were arrested. and on trial paid
one attorney n very large fee solely
TO the end that they might be saved
from the public whipping. The Iafe
great Chief Justice Lore sentenced
them TO long terms in prison and 10
the utmost limit OF the law a. TO
pilory and lashes.
There has never been bank
robbery attempted in Delaware from
that day to this by professional bur
glars. These men were bank rob
bers OF the first grade. The same men
who managed one OF the sensational
-ohberies i'm New York Metro
poItan Bank ! think. That type OF
criminal never considers Delaware
now for % second.
a prison term means nothing NJ all
to him. but be- would never dare show
his face iu his usual hauuts after the
lash fell on his bare bach n Della
ware iai'
All prison reformers and all hui
Uanltarians agree that the Oh iect OF
an punishment Is 10 prevent crime
remotely 90 cure the criminal. We
are not discussing the cure OF Grim
inals We are discussing the whip
ping post per so. and ] submit that
the whipping post has prevented two
or the most terrible Of all crimes
short OF murder white slavery and
burglary. There is a grave doubt
iu my mind if there has been a single
burglary in Delaware within twenty
years committed by a man who was
entirely sane and wholly sober. and
] DO not recall any second offenders.
DO viii not be seriously questioned
that society has right 20 protect
itself. u The whipping post proves
to be perpetual and potential pro
tector AGAINST the burglar. the high
wayuan and the cadet. why CIV down
JOS nTcctitDrcssf New York had an
epidemic OF gunmen. Chicago had an
epidemic of h.Ehwaymen Boston and
Philadelphia made war on cadets
Delaware simply painted her whip
ping posts and multiplied school
houses.
within recent weeks. fn ThIndr
ps.1. Judge Norris 3 Barraft DO.
si4reI from the bench that nothing
except 1 thoroughly good whipping
CT "a public pos, would serve % afr