The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-24

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northern people who live as theil
neighbors, and have learned to appre
ciate them as being men and women
like themselves. When Chicago greed
. forces its girls to resort to crime
against themselves to get meat and
bread, the south does not charge that
crime against the whole north. The
man who knows human nature Is the
man who knows himself, for the world
is close akin. The Tribune editor is
too full of self-deceit to know himself
or to know others. The kndest thing
that can be said of him is that he
should spend few winters in the
south, he should rub elbows with the
intelligence of the south, he should
feel the warmth of her cordiality, he
should mingle with the beauty and
| the culture of southern womanhood
and then he would knoW how the
south loves them, he should feel the
purity which Is the idol CT the south
ern rural community, then he would
know how to appreciate the southern
ers, and would know that, based upon
that purity and upon that freedom
from greed rests the hope of the
nation. He is guilty of treason against
hn a,,th nd trnn inc
section is impossible w!tnout treason
against the whole. Men cf his TEN.
permanent, and men of his astounding
lack of judgment are those who in
voked the war against the states. We
know one another better now, and
we are too intelligent and too proud
to put his words into the mouths of
Illinois and hear them against the
south. We refuse to be insulted by
men of his degraded and inexcusable
type of ignorance.
We publish here the Tribune edit
orial on the Frank case:
LEU w. MANN
For a very long time the name
of Leo NJ Frank will be remembered
as indicative Of something discourag
ing and not wholly explicable in Am
erican life.
I'VE know that elsewhere than in
the ill-ordered south, communities
can be aroused TO acts o. violence
against law, but usually the demon
stration is one OF low elements and
also one of hot blood
what has taken place in Georgia
is not due to mob violence. The
psychology of the mob does not per.
nit such steadfast malevolence, such
continuing purpose and determina-
ton. If a mob cannot act soon its
will dies out.
Frank was murdered by men con-
trolled by the spirit of the verdetta.
In the background of his fate there
was no element of laws futilty to
punish a crime. Law had not been
indulgent to Frank. 1t had been Sc.
we're. The questions of reasonable
doubt in his case were resolved finally
in his favor only to the extent that
he was granted the mercy of spend.
ing the rest OF his life in a peniten.
tiary.
"To this doubtful mercy, which
Frank asked only as a means by
which time for the disclosure Of his
innocence could be had, was added |
the terrible experience 20 which he
was subjected when a convict cut
his throat.
"Frank had not been dealt with
lieniently. What he had gained was
the smallest possible expression of
doubt He gained it at the last mo-
ment from the last man in authority |
to aid him at all. Every tine he
appealed to the law, every time with
out exception the law denied him the
benefit of doubt.
Therefore there had been no fail
ure of what we regard as retributive
justice. The trial Judge, who had de-
MED him every plea, was disturbed
finally by doubt. The United States
cunrnn,n court which ,ulad oooinct
him, contained two justices who had
doubts. The then governor Of Geor-
gia, Mr.. Slaton at last ocrld not en-
dure the responsibility of convic-
ton that there was doubt of Franks
guilt.
"Clemency obtained for him the
gift of life but in its hardest terms.