The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-16
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H., snTs-in your I-Euc Of January
appsars criticism hy TOY WAuEn
ksl of the views | ebpre""sn o"ho',n
iuw prIson reform In ~ article Nh'ch
an,.aY.d IN your Issue 81 pSoemher IL
am glad to note that In Hnm" 70.
apsctA Mr.. Waugh agrees win mo
note that nc Is opr""Hd 10 hHo","s
'rcpcaterp OF hardened e'm,na,n 70 ~,
tsrmInKls with hrHt-umcrH ana thht tn'
aurrounaIngs OF prison ShouId '"
made and kept sanitary Ana no
thinks there II merit In IN" HngErs''Vn
that each prisoner should ne LHuknc
aoms useful vocation or trade. oS
means OF which no may make nm honest
living when restored u liberty. bu.
no suggests no means Tor carrying QUE
these reforms, An he does IN I" cr,',.
ciss the remedy which l propoHc. to-wt
"A widening OF tho powers ot tho court
To Huap.nd scntsuccs In case OF youth.
ful Offenders and hrst Offenders, ann
n widening OF the remedy by parole. l.,
Mr. Waugh says thar punishment Is
not specihe II has maximum
and minimum limits. True. but the
court must mare tho punishment spe-
Gic between these limits and cannot
make II less than tho minimum time
"ffenSe Isae Code OF w Va, chapter
Isa. section 49, So that the limit OF
punishment Is liked by law. and there
Is no such discretion as should %
vested la the court In the imposing OF
penalties.
Usual Effect.
The imposition Of II prison santsn.o
In every case without regard To ago,
merit or haractgr. Is lke
The DOCTOR who d prehSTlhe
bleeding for every III
III the disease 10 not enough,
The trGatInapt heipa 10 kli'
And N a mars NOT had enough.
Ne doiugs him la sin.
Ana lot him out tn future years
Much worse then hs went In,
Ana this 10 RvneFaIiy tho attoot az q
prison sentence Oh young mon. sNu
thrSa .fourthH Of our pfls"n Inmates NJ"
Young men,
hAyc found that auapsndod son
tsptco with proper local nup"rVlHlOh, "
a moro efficient deterrent from crlW"
than tho infllCtion Of pnlnful ponhlS
MIR Waugh gives an inEth"ce wh"t"
paroIsd prisoner WAS guilty OF worry
nunravPtsd a~ccnd offouac nut ""
dose not note tho huulre dH and thou
papda 0f Instances where pRr"lcd prlH'
on@ra have made good records. And no
- does not note the thousands OF ~
'Su,ncra where men worthy TO DO parol-
ID are hold In c"nhneu'ent AFTER tnsy
minimum sentence feature OF tho law
In the single Instance which he CITES,
N there had been an efficient board OF
local Supervision. that man Would not
sentence would be IL two-edgcd sword.
Worthy mon would have short son,
tsnces Case hardened criminals would
remain In prison perhaps all their
Disputes Assertion
Mr. Waugh challenges my statemeh;
that lin the last analysts our crl'nihai
population furnishes tho basis OF civil
Society" Mr.. Waugh's whole argument
is proof OF that fact He says the law
is for the purpose OF Furnishing the OF
fsndsr-givinF him Pain-ahd not LOT
the purpose or reforming him. know
that this Is the view taken generally ny
thosa who prosecute. and this vie" puts
tho nan who holds Ia on oven lower
pIpne Of thought than that occupied ny
tho cTiIninai for the criminal may nave
SoIns excuse Tor committing crime
No agent OF the law has any Justinch'
tion fDr inf1icIinE pain simply to afat-
iTy malice aud tahs vengeance -" tue
p9is1nas Aud The Inaahs has deem
.xoSs1 wholly inefnoibni la rrOthrtlnE
n.sioty rho theory advanced ny hr
wsuEh has bee" tiled f"' thousands at
ysa'a ~ haze prove" I" leo wholly !"
affa.Ii,a Ia reducing 'riina because u
hatdspa the c'inlnsi a"d '"ehos h"'h
hbn aud HE fTis"da toaenlI"l
lite s.sH the lnius,iop ~ u all
lila friapda fEannt W 10"
The Law has made Ito enemies
10y what lts sE'nta h" ,
Tha ,saE son thu, lhsIe In 80 much
syh,psthy Expressed tnr criminals W
this day Ia that The public recognhe'
tho fact that We commit HIsaNr crIon',
against criminals than they c"nh''
against society.
The magEes ase tho wrong that's doho,
The Laws held up To acorn
And whIn the full frultlon cores
Foul anarchy Ia born.
For Booisty.
Mr. Waugh accuses mo OF champion
Ing tho cauNc OF tho convict. do. But
moi for tho convict alone. My hrSt con-
yict L. a member. III he is worse mnt
when he comes out OF the prison thar
when ne went Into II what good has
been accomplished for society
crime and apologizing 10 the convict
for hts imprisonment am doing
neither am not writing TO the pris'
oner: l am writing to inc . on.s,1s
man knows 10 be true, that for every
criminal In the penitentiary there arc
azores running loose. And tho men wh(
pass these atringer. laws TO lntlct Tor
lure ard male men WORSE who UNDERGO
them. and make paupers and criminals
OF their aepepdsnts. arc many time'
worse than the men who suffer this IN
Fiction.
or selling men for slaves,
And pay to raisa bigger crop
OF paupers and OF knaves.
Mr. Waugh says tho average NisoI
IL today furnishing it's inmates better
living conditions and moro In tho way
OF amusement and entertainment thar
tho average lRw-sbLdlns citizen can on
10y" This statement would load ont
10 think that tho prison was kind o.
haven Of refuge. Hn Institution u
peace and plenty. homo thht w
should all seek TO ontor. WIZ Mr.
Waugh point out Ia mo any sol or law
abiding cltiIons Slnrwhoro In this stat
who morh hino hOuTH u day during
tenn az years, fecslVs nothing for thol
worI are fed on fourteen 'Sntn day
ami AFRO confined In "a dunroon rvo loo
BY eight, while thalT families arc d.
pYiysd ~ thor Anpp"r,' 7" whn
hnhs,msrt rnd cptcrtR lnmspt docs Mr
Waugh refer In all thi"i I say.
our rTIson'- n Mace Of foul. nouthod nh
Diseases stalks nj tho door.
Tho white plague marha Ito Victims.
And Death claims them by tho score
And whom ItH Victims go abroad.
They sprend tho plague outside.
This fountain Of dlsehao and ain
Flows on with reHEc'eas lido.
The TWO Glasses.
Mr. Waugh attempts L" divide mos
Interested In tho subject OF Crimlno'oS
into two ClrsIss-- ilsh an
nrnrticalistK Ito says that tho srnSl
mentallyt Is chiefly concerned with th
Information of thu criminal while tn