The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-28


score OF 80 apiece.
from without To cultivate and
strengthen the good within a mans
heart with the view that this self
redeeming force will conquer the
evil. II the great central truth Of
The old method Of Furnishing the
maynard with cruelty has been
tried and found wanting II has
been a dismal and calamitous fall
ure. And the state, or society. 10
good citizen IN an asset. every bad
one o liability
Some months ago there rode In
Seattle's harbor the old British con-
century for transporting convicts
fmostly sentenced for trivial Of
fenses) from England to Australia
What a powerful though silent lee
ture is that old ship on new PEN
ology7 i know of no filter symbol
screws. ropes. stuffy and raylcss
dungeons were some OF the instru-
ments OF torture IL bore. Most Of
the great museums OF Europe. es-
,ains hundreds of these medieval
engines of pain. In their stupid ef-
forts TO reform men and elevate the
world. every nerve that could be the
courier OF pain Hdh SOUGHT ana
used. Men were spread-eagled in
the hot sun with their eyelids cut
off; they were boiled TO death In
hot cauldrons. their flesh was torn
with hot pinchers; they were drawn
and quartered. stretched on the
metal poured into their ears, and
rats imprisoned under upturned
pans on the stomach were driven by
heat to gnsw into the vitals OF the
II frAn
thieves are punished by burning out
the eyes.
All these shuddering horrors were
practiced with the vain hope that IL
would reform mankind and uplift
tho world. but instead IL but con-
tributed to its degradation. II de-
graded both the punisher and the
punished
I, is true that most OF these old
methods have been abandoned, but
still abides. Scientifically consid-
cred the prevailing penology is Just
as absurd and erroneous as that OF
the dark ages:
piled in dealing with crime the
same as we apply IL in treating dis
easesT For indeed. Is not the mind
of the criminal in some way or other
diseased Why not apply psychoi-
oRy in dealing with the wayfarer7
About all there is TO a man Is his
mind. There IS nothing great ON
earth but man, and nothing great
in man but mind" But this SUI
preme and all important factor. the
you by way of illustration: A
Of boys are arrested for .
Joint offeuse. Here we have sew
eral different personalities. all act
IL was fear. weakness.
malice. thoughtlessness. avarice or
criminal inclination. Yet the law
stupidity applies to each and all the
same punishment-gives each a pill.
as II were. and expects IL to take"
should be individualized. for we arc
dealing with human beings, not with
or mathematical entities.
The ideal prosecuting attorney,
and the ideal criminal Judge. above
all should be humanitarian. His
heart should be filled with sympathy
and love for his fellow man. for the
great lawyer and the great Judge IL
he who has the deepest sense OF
justice and right We are just as
broad as our sympathies. and Just
as narrow as our preJudices. In
this. as in all things, the law OF
love should govern. for II the law
lessons I, sons OF history are Of no avail
and the philosophy of Jesus is faila-
rious.
For the physically defective. the
MAIN. the halt and the blind, we all
have deep confederation; but for
that great class of far more pitiabie
,ripples, the mental detectives, we
display but little pity and treat
with a crude and stupid empirictsm
worthy of the dark ages.
The greatest enemies OF society
IRE not the riff-raff, the derelicts
on the ocean of life, driven hither
and yon by forces they cannot CONF
,rehend. much less control. Its real
'oes are those so-called respectabies
who. by unfair and corrupt means.
reap the harvest and gather the
Of the poor; who keep alive
Injustice I'm the world, knowing that
Injustice il the most destructive
u men. the plunderers OF society
who know the right but dare not
maintain it--are society's most in
'idious foes.
TIL, The new pe S,sS OF which !
, ,o@ins ""d into i" " recognition. ' Judge ah
osborn OF Sing Sing, and others
nave used II with eminent success.
Mr.. Edwin J. Brown, II you are
win adopt this new penology, you
will stop many practices that now
prevail. You need never. unless
circumstances render II unavoidable.
axe CNllufcn away from tneIr
mother. You need not permit men
o be railroaded TO the peniten-
iaries. and you can frown upon any
ffort 10 manufacture evidence in
my prosecution. You need not per-
nit the conviction OF men for the
AXE OF making a record
method OF treating human beings
cry similar to the score card of
baseball player. II you have reason
o think that a man has erred; that
le IL penitent and at heart a good
nan and deserves chance to make
,ood you can give him that chance;
ou need not degrade anybody by
UGH treatment of these men YOU
an prove TO the people OF King
'ounty that the element of human
ympathy can be used to advantage
n this office as elsewhere, and that
he office so used can become
mighty factor and force for good
n this community.
I indorse this principle and shall
dopt II as part OF my pledge and
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