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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
WHAT SUPERINTENDENT Riley
HAS TO SAY.

In commenting on his hope that ,he
state should never witness another
spectacle like the recent execution of
the gunner, state superintendent Riley
said: Il don't suppose my wish will
come true as there are now twenty-five
men under death sentence whose cases
are on appeal. and nothing can be done
to abolish capital punishment before
the next regular session Of the Legis-
laturc. ! am against this punishment,
and hope il viii eventually be dbol-
ished altogether. The Legislature at
the last session refused to act on a hill
which Endorsed and which would
greatly relieve the severity Of the pres
ent law. 1t places in the hands Of The
Jury the power to say whether man
convicted of murder in the first degree
should be electrocuted or sentenced for
life. By that means only men who had
committed cold-blooded. calculating
murder would be put to death.
The mistake generally made about
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
THE DEATH PENALTY BROUGHT
WAVE OF HOMICIDE.

In Maine the death penalty was
abolished in 1887. Later it was re-
established, and this move was fol
lowed by a wave of homicide. This In
its turn was the cause Of its abolition
for a second time and the sentiment
throughout the state is said to be in
tenseIy strong against II.
Rhode Island abolished the death
penalty forty-two years ago. Kansas
Minnesota and Washington are the
most recent TO join the states whose
severest penalty is life imprisonment
In Kansas the penalty has been prac-
tically done away with for number
of wears because the Governor refused
70 sign the necessary warrants for
execution. No bad results have fol-
lowed its abolition, it is stated.
Some states, however, show that the
abolition of capital punishment has
not worked as we'll as was expected
After it was done away with in Min
nesota the county attorneys passed
resolutions asking for its re-establish-
ment. These resolutions were passed.
two years ago but the state has ap-I
aprently made no move for the resi-
toratsn Of the death penalty, DOUBT
loss with the intent that the new
method be given a thorough trial De-
fore the old one is re-establlshed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
Ry II. ". STOkIS.

n URING the last week. when the
j death throes of the gunner
have been eagerly audited,
when the emotions Of mothers and sis
ters who remained in the prison during
the execution have furnished a thrill
for the strdphanger. when every Incl
dent has been recorded. from the spec
aGeS Of the eNecUtioner 20 the bill OF
Are in the death house. "a wave of re-
sntmen. seemed 10 have arisen
against capital punishment
This wave would not have been ap-
parent TO the casual visitor. ON the
DAY that The gunner died this casual
visitor would have beheld every man.
Woman and child of greater New York
with nose buried deep i'm a news
psper. The sinister shadow of the cleo
mic chair broodcd over every lunch
counter ir the city. Men greeted each
other with constrained remarks. joy
lsss words ON a single subject. a place
Of amusement established an electric
char I'm its outer lobby and installed
theaiu a man i'm the striped ssrb Of a
cnyiot. Barber shops for once were
not without a theme Of conversation Of
raj interest And at Q or 10 o'clock in
the morning the incoming trains began
10 deliver back To the city the un-
wontcdly silent reporters, physicians
and witnesses who had been present in
the death room. Later came the bodies
Of the criminals. and throngs of the
morbidly curious followed them TO their
homes.
Nevertheless. the execution Of the
gmmcn has been epoch making. 1t
may bring about the abolition Of the
death chair. This possibility has been
demonstrated by the writer, who inter
viewed d number of prominent men
concerning capital punishment. In or
der 70 make a case i'm favor of the
Seath penalty and publish something
on each side Of the question. he was
compelled TO go TO the District Attor-
ney. who. by reason of this Office. under
present legal conditions must speak in
favor Of the law if he speaks at all.
And the reply Of the District Attorney,
given unwillingly, is printed first be
cause il favors present conditions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
THE WHITE COAT.

John J. McGra1 was taking al camp
Marlin about his recent baseball trip
abroad.
king George liked the game ne said.
"All the English liked the game, in fact
It's a superior game to their cricket. you
know.
Il heard lot Of cricket stories in I>>"-
dcn. \ cricket umpire wears long, white
coat. We'll. / heard a good story about
that.
The Henons Bumpstead team was to
play a match, and orders went out that
the umpire must wear the white coat-but
that WAS an innovation in that backwoods
village
The umpire anyhow, appeared IN white
at the game, all right
The teams were lUnchng-you lunch
and have tea and sleep in a cricket game
when little girl came and SAID shs
wanted the man in the white coat.
The man in the white coatY said
PLAYER. Well. YOU can't have him. Hell
busy carving a turkey
"'Oh, is he busy carving? said the III
tie girl Well. please tell him. then. tina
mothers havin' a ht and We want the
nlshtie he's wcarin. cause she's got u
40 60 bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
THINKS MURDER CASES WOULD
INCREASE.

II capital punishment were abol-
.shed In New York State said Mr..
Whitman. Il have no doubt at all that
the crime Of murder would materially
increase in New York County
BIshor Greer was most decided IN
bis views. So was Miss Katharine B..
Davis. the Commissioner of Correction.
The Superintendent of Prisons, John b.
Riley. said that he hoped spectacle
Hte that ~ Sing sins prison last Mon
day morning would never again be
Witnessed iu this state.
aiiss ,lar. -. HaE. chairman Of the
Woman Suffrage party OF New York,
SAID that .n the opinion Of most OF
the suffrage leaders so far as she
knew capital punishment was not
only Lar.sIo... but a. economic
vaste-tta- ss punishment was in
tended t1 work refomatiOn IN the
rlm.rsl t.- murderer as we'll "a any
other delinquent should be allowed his
chance t9 become "a good citizen and IN
ume retuu 10 the community when
tae fact was established that he was.
dled 20 do so.
Eugene Smith. president Of the Pri-on
Aociatiou of Sew YORK. declared he
would 8. opposed 70 capital punishment
as soon ~ the permanor. iscarceration
~ the criminal could Doc secured by law.
%. p. Lewis secretary Of the Prison
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

District AHorneyWhitm ThinksltS
abolition Would increase Murder
Cases, but Many Leaders of
Thought Dissent.

corning criminals about to die, al
though such details may be necessary
have direct bearing upon crime in
her opinion.
With Bishop Greer and Miss Hay,
Miss Davis believes that not only
should the death penalty be abolished
but that the murderer. like every
other criminal, should have his chance
10 reform and return to society. IN
case he can never be liberated safely
there are still many useful services
that he can perform with beneht TO
the community, she said. Many OIL
the girls at the Bedford Rcformatory
are defective ought not to be al
lowed their freedom None the less
they are happy and lead contented
and useful lives She said that "Gyp
the Blood" in childhood was known
defective and that his downfall nau
been predicted Judge Hoyt once
recommended his being sent to a home
for feeble minded male detectives, she
stated The recommendation was dis
regarded because there was no such
institution. Gyp served "A term IN
prison. was liberated in due course OF
time and the murder followed.
Miss Davis and Deputy Burdette g.
Lewis. referred to the article IN The
Tribune By Arthur Ruhl concerning
the execution of the gunner as re-
markable piece of work and the best
story on the subject that was printed
in any paper. She was annoyed, now
ever. at certain newspaper articles
that she claimed had misrepresented
her opinion. There was 80 analogy
whatever in her mind between the
case Of the Sicilian woman who mad
killed the slayer of her husband and
! that of the four gunner who mad
killed for hire. If any criminal de-
served death the gunner did, she
thinks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
DR.. STEPHEN S. WISE ARGUES IN
OPPOSITION.

Or. stephen Wise said; Il believe
that if capital punishment did not
obtain as means Of Furnishing men
who take human life, we would not
continue to rest content with capital
punishment as penalty for man
slaughter. but would begin at the
other end, namely the right end, and
earnestly and. i'm time. effectively
seek TO lessen the measure OF man
daughter or homicidal crime lin the
nation. There has never been ue-
I,berate systematic and organized
campaign wsged in behalf Of the dig
nifty and inyioability OF human hte'
nor will there be as long az In our
s,bconscjousness there rests the idea
that n a man take life his own HE
shall be forfeited for IT. Were 1t not
for the fact Of capital punishment,
long before this, we should have had
q mighty campaign Of moral and re-
liqloug education which, In and OF H.
self. would have done more TO lessen,
~ not 10 end. homicide than any and
ali the penalties that have waited
upon H.
rife is sacred or II II not sacred.
The Seatc evidently regards NE as
sacred and lnyiolablc or IT would not
punish the attempted suicide Even
os man In not suffered to forfeit ms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
THE VIEWS OF WARDeNs ON THE
MATTER.

In connection with this point Dr..
Lewis supplied the writer with the
opinions OF many of the wardens. one
Of the most striking was made some
time ago by Warden Osborne, Of the
New Jersey State Prison.
During the last five years Of my
connection with the New Jersey State
Prison, twenty-five men have paid the
death penalty" this warden stated.
Just how many, If any, of the number
forfeited their lives through human
Judgments is known TO no one but God.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
MARY @. HAYOo CHAIRMAN
II WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY
OF NEW York

!. said My opinion upon this point is
not due to sentiment l am anything
but sentimental Many people think
| am overseverc.
Dr. O. F. Lewis. general secretary Of
the Prison Association Of New York,
said that he was more in favor of the
abolition of capital punishment than
he had been. While he is opposed to
It on general principles, however, he
does not see any substitute which is
safe. What We are coming TO is the
long minimum for those who are con-
demned." he said. And then parole
AT the discretion of the board. Few
men live through a twenty-year SEN
tence. Something seems to be taken
out of every man that goes through
a long prison term. The probabilities
are that with the twenty-year mini
mum few men would survive, while at
the same time hope would not be
eliminated.
"A very striking thing concerning
capital punishment is the opinion Of
the wardens," he declared. They arc
very frequently opposed to the death
penalty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
EUGENE SMITH
PRESIDENT PRISON ASSOclAI
,OA Of NEW York

own life. neither can the state take
IL away. The policy of capital pun
ishment on the part Of the state
is dictated by the circumstance that
il holds life sacred. The state may
not take human life under the guise
Of capital punishment any more than
II lies within the power of man 10
take away the life Of his brother
1T is true that the abolition OF
capital punishment pre-supposes ana
must. in truth, be anticipated by the
substitution Of an entirely new sys-
TEN OF prisons and prison discipline
and prison treatment. Tie prison must
cease 10 be--what II still largely IS
solely n punitive institution. II must
cease TO be merely vindictive. The
prison. or that which is TO be the
substitute for the prison. plus capita'
punishment. must remoralize and re-
create NE II must be spiritually
regcncrativc.'
Eugene smith. lpresident OF the PTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
Execution OF the MurderOus Gunner
StirS Into Vitality the Usually
SmonIdering Antagonism to
Capital Punishment.

1T IS a disgrace 90 the state TO have
prison like Sing Sing. There is no
classification of criminals whatever.
First offenders are placed i'm the same
kind of dark and dismal wholly UNI
sanitary cells as the most hardened
and invcterate offenders Lights go
out at o'clock. and night after night.
year after year a man sits in his cell
and broods. coming out in the end
hardened criminal. As others have
done / call Sing Sing prison a college
Of crime. To educate and train up
criminals is more than a mistake; it is
a blunder In the last sixty years the
number Of criminals among us has in
creased three times as fast as the popu-
laton. This may bc partly due TO inn
migration. but shows at all events mat
there is something radically wrong
with our prison system
But to return TO capital punishment,
| say that 7 am going to do what / can
20 work for it's adjustment in the in
terosts Of society | believe that ulti-
mately it Will he abolished. old pencil
osy has been vindictiye. The new. as
we all know. should he reformatory."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
HER OPINION NOT BASED ON
SENTIMENT.

Her difference with the viewpoint OF
District Attorney Whitman, who said
that the death chair and everything
connected with it struck terror to the
heart of the gangster, IS Striking
Capital punishment is not making
one less criminal i'm the world" she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

AS WARDEN nave pCtAOAiASo ANS
sworn duty as prescribed by the writ
ten law, and | saw that the death
sentence was executed. But every
fibre of my being revolted against the
horrible procedure on each occasion
This was not due TO any morbid sense
Of pity for the condemned, but due 70
a full realization that the state was
actually killing men. That II was oe-
liberately, cold -bloodedly doing that
very thing for which il condemned an
other-taking human life.
You may call it law, you may can
it capital punishment, YOU may defend
il upon the ground that it is the col
lective wish of society in the interest
of each OF its members. but in the
sight of God It is murder just the
same and has no defence upon which
to rest but ignorance And l believe
that every right thinking person in
tuitiyely feels that IL is murder and
would abolish it could he but find a
means whereby the lives Of all could
be protected otherwise. That is why
| predict that it is only matter or
a few years when capital punishment
will be blotted from the statutes Of
every state in the Union. \ just and
right punishment for the crime of muir
der will be found
HOW 1T WORKS OUT IN LANDS
ACROSS THE SEA.
In European countries, despite the
establishment Of the guillotine in
France. the abolition of capital pun
ishment seems TO work out favorably.
Holland abolished it in September "i
the year 1870 There had been np
executions since 1860 The murder
statistics remained practically at
standstilI for the ten years following
its abolition. showing for that time
decrease of per cent in the mum
Der Of homicides. Our own states
show some unusual statistics. The
death penalty was abolished i'm the
state of Michigan in 1917 and during
the next twenty-five years there was
a decrease Of 81 per cent IN the num-
her of murders in spite of the Increase
in the population. In Michigan public
sentiment is strongly against the
death penalty and many of the most
influential newspapers are also op-
posed 10 it. When particularly re-
voting crime is committed there IS
generally some talk Of re-establish-
ing the penalty, it is said, but this -
usually forgotten by the time OF the
next meeting of the Legislature.
Wisconsin abolished capital punish
ment in 1872. The penalty in that
state is life imprisonment, and such
prisoners may be paroled after serv-
ing a thirty-year term with time de-
Quoted for good behavior while in
prison. This means that model prls-
oner is eligible for parole after serv-
ing for sixteen years and three months
in prison. Such prisoners are said 10
form better class, at least so far as
concerns the prison authorities. than
the ordinary run of shorter term COLI
victs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

on Association of New York, said that
his support of capital punishment
under present conditions did not mean
that he was in favor Of such punish
ment.
81 should favor its abolition II there
were security that the sentence OF Ire
IMPRISONMENT would be carried out
ne sald But there Is always the
danger that after a guilty man mas
been i'm prison FOR a number OF years
and the circumstances Of his crime
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
KATHERINE B, DAVIS
Of
CORRECTION

criminals is the belief that the severity
Of the punishment serves as proven
tive Of the crime. Nothing is more ao-
surd. How many men who commit
crime on impulse caused by rage or by
some sudden impelling circumstances
stop 10 think Of what Is TO become OF
them"
The border vidette., 1914-12-19
VOTE A STRAIGHT TICKET

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 tcke will have make thrtythree a straight Democratic ticket and Jet 1t at that
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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-05-23
CONSTITUTIONALISTS SAY NO
Mediators Proposal Will Not BE Ae-
ceptabIe to Them.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Ell Paso,/ Textile plan for the
pacification of Mexico Of the South
American mediators, which, 1t Is an
nounced, would eliminate Huerta and
establish a provisional government, In
which both the adherents OF Huerta
and the Constitutionalists would be
represented, will not be acceptable to
the Constitutionalists. according to
Constitutionalists officials here.
The Constitutionalists will agree to
nothing less than the complete elimi-
nation Of Huerta's entire party. They
declare the ousting Of Huerta would
be but an empty victory, unless the
system for which Huerta and his fol-
ers stand is abolished.
plans of the Constitutionalist gov
eminent contemplate nothing other
than complete victory for the reforms
for which we are fighting" said Rob-
erto V. Pesqueira, confidential agent
of General Carranza here.
"Why should we compromise with
them?" he asked. I'VE have beaten
Huerta at every turn, and why should
we yield our advantage when we have
the reforms for which we strive al
most within our grasp?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-05-23
PROBE PLANS START STRIFE
Tensas Land Suit and State Bond Is
sue Are Under Fire.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge, lathe fires OF poll
tical strife were kindled with the in
PRODUCTION in the Senate by Senator
Leon R. Smith of Caddo of two reso-
lutions calling for investigations, one
for a probe of the compromise of the
Tensas land suit, and other for issue
by the State Board of Liquidation.
While Senator Smith, the introducer,
was quick to disclaim any political de-
sings, the resolutions were immediate
ly interpreted as an attack on the ad.
ministration, and as such was resent
ed in administration circles and coin.
cidentally, although Lieut.. Gov. Bar
rett promptly disavowed all resonsi-
bility for the resolutions, scores of
the legislators, particularly those
friendly to the administration, as
promptly jumped to the conclusion that
the proposed Investigations were a
Iart of the Barrett gubernatorial cam
paign program.
Friends of Lieut. Gov. Barrett were
very emphatic in denying this charge.
They called attention to his public
statement expressing a desire for a
peaceful and business-like session.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-05-23
SENATOR CLARKE SOLD ROAD
Arsenta Street Railway Purchased by
c. c. kavanaugh and Associates.

weste-n Npwsppp per Trinn News Service.
Little Rock.-The Argenta Street
Railway Company changed hands Fri
day, Coburn c. Kavanaugh and busi-
ness associates taking over the stock
owned by United States Senator James
P. Clarke, who retired as president Of
the company. The price paid for Sen
ator Clarke's interest was not made
public.
New officers were elected at a meet
ing of the new owners, c. c. Kavan-
augh being chosen president, E.. w.
Jackson, vice president, and W. A.
Cantrell, secretary-treasurer.
The Argenta Traction Company has
been operated for many years by Sen
ator Clarke. II consists of three lines
operated to Barring Cross, one on East
Washington avenue and the third or
North Main street. This will soon be
extended across the free bridge for
the intercity service.
Mr.. Kavanaugh and Mr.. Jackson Of
the new owners are trustees for the
1ntercity Company, which is to
strengthen the bridge to handle the
traction line. The Intercity Company
and the Argenta untility will furnish
the Intercity service jointly.