The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-28

since unfamiliar to human intercou
under usual conditions but welco
even at the cost of conditions such
these. The truth gradually emerged
our consciousness rs not the evil
us that kills brotherhood, but the "a
unending effort 10 make the evil 81
good. Now our eyes meet one anothe
frankly; the skillfullest counterf
was worse than the worst reality. Nh
is nothing in MS TO be proud of. \
something TO be thankful for. Soci|
has done its worst to US; but it co'
not take away from us our mutual XII,
illness. or the qualities that justifv'
We are condemned as wicked, but
are comforted by one another IS "a
Prison, in short, more convincinl
than any abstract argument, dem
strateS its own futility as a meaus|
either taking revenge upon the prisor
or of inducing him TO hate crime aud
turn TO good Revenge, of course,
officially discredited nowadays, thol
il Is practiced as actively as ever un.
guises more or less civilized but
pretense of moral reform by penal
prisonmcnt is becoming too prepos
Gus to be tolerated much longer. On|
contrary, prison renders the great
gregate of prisoners collectively 8
conscious; the goats find themsel'
and are forced into antagonism n
the sheep not only as individuals, but
body. They make common cause
gether, and in obscure ways schieve
degree of organization. They learn
regard the community not as bei
than themselves, but as more succesl
pensioners Of fortune; they fear u
because the advantage OF numbers
on their side, but they hate them
cause they feel, either justly or UNI
", that they have suffered injustice
their hands, and they will prey u
them when opportunity serves not
from the original motive of physl
need, but from the additional and "a
sinister one, bred in prison, of reta
tion for the wrong done them.
When you sap man s faith In pl
justice, and terrify him with the Chr
Of irresistible power, and torture hin
mind and body through the exorcise
that power. you drive him TO the
port and society of mon similarly
cumstanced, and thus create the pre-
analogue in the body polite of car
in the individual body. Prison atteul
TO segregate this cancer, but only
notes its increase. It's poison is in
blood and circulates everywhere.
Will Prison Reform Him7
AS | passed out of the dining q
after meals each day, l came 70 mol
| II young man who sat at a table
| the door. He sat with folded arms,
with set and gloomy countenancei|
| eyes were fixed on vacancy, and he
not speak with his companions. A cru
leaned against his shoulder; ne had
| one leg.
L learned MS story. In the settlen1
OF small estate Of which he was
heir, sister of his had obtained mo-
that belonged 10 him, and when as
TO restore 1T to him, had refused 70
so. After some fruitless negotlation,
got angry, and sent her through
mails message containing violent
pressions Of reproach and animoS
| rhe young woman took this paper 9
United States marshal, who oroughi
to the attention Of the district attorp
with the result that the brother was
dicted under some law OF LIBEL OF OF
scene matter, was arrested, tired,
convicted. and sentenced to Alta
penitentiary for five years. After
had been lodged IN his cell his sla
repented' of her action, and sougnt
have him freed; but the law does
recognize such changes or neaili
the brother must serve out has tluo.
We ali know how easily family ql
rels arise, how bitter they may pe Y,
they last, and how readily, Withai, y
NAV be accommodated by tacLiui "a
ling. The sister had done wrongy
brother had lost has temper; IN ~
family has not such an outpreaA
CURED But because the brother
happened TO put his bad tempes
paper, the law, being rashly lnVon
seizes him, takes five years out OK
life, and brands him with the snamo
the Jail bird. Upon what plea can
an act be construed as lustIcei but
district attorney shows the court q:
the statute has been violated; tine IVY
charges the Jury. the jury finds its y
diet in accordance with the lesai
dence, and the thing is done.
mechanical proc ocess-nothing nun
about II. ,,..o~
Review your OVID life, and disco,
whether YOU have ever STOOD ~
shadow OF a similar catastropne. w;
YOU ever angry with relative OF
any other person, and did you exps'
yonr anger to him in words' Then ,
are as guilty as this one-leggec bGy'
ting there at his table with ms
ruined. Only. he happened to wife
anger, and the sister happened 70 s1'
il TO a lawyer. and the machine wss
in motion which no repentance % or =
giveness or rcmorse can stop. ons
machine does not increase the cuipll'
fault, and for such fault tne 3
penaitv may be FIVE years 10 lall; :
are not so remote from the suotet,
mean brotherhood as YOU may nave p
will prison reform him. Is soei:
protected? is faith in human Jusr
promoted by such things! HIS css.
but one of scores in every jail tna,
as bad and worse. ButILtte,,9s;" - II
the cry.
,copyrigh'. !'!s. By the wa'ol'r Syn4i''''