Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-09-29 | Page 4 | Mercy Tempering Justice

I Mercy Tempering Justice c Tl T EMBERS of or tho the board of ot pardons will wm willI I MEMBERS I doubtless deal with tho case caso of or Harry Brewer at the proper time tine and in the proper way now that he has been reprieved The board Is composed of ot mature maturo men who win will willI I not be distracted from their dut duty either by bythe bythe the illogical appeals appeal of or mau maudlin or b by the demands of or tho there o extremists isis who would have havo the tho law Jaw enforced In I all Its rigors In every case If It public policy i is better hetter served by temporarily vacating vacating- the I Mosaic doctrine of ot a life liCe for fora a life the thc board i of ot pardons can be depended upon to temper r j Justice with ith the Ulc necessary ry mercy But the theory upon which a few of ot J those who sympathize with Brewer Drewer aro are askI ask ask- I tog ing clemency for tor him can scarcely b be Permitted Per pcr- j to pa pass unchallenged It Is not yet yeti i I the pr practice Uce In this state certainly It J Is not notI j I the law that the thief who steals by night into a place place- of ot bust business ss and shoots the proprietor proprietor proprietor pro pro- or his agent to escape arrest or InJury Injury injury In- In Jury can when apprehended plead set self der de do- r reuse louse Murder is la never nevor anything but tragic n and the execution of oC the death penalty Is equally so so yet there is a a. grim humor in the plea of one of or the unfortunate young mans man's i champions that there thero of ot other I men In this city who who if it placed In the same position would have done dono Just as Brewer did It merely proves we suppose that the trapped thief thiet will do murder to save his skin awn own 1 The Tho board of pardons as M at present constituted constituted con con- J has erred It if at all all on the tho side of or mercy There has b boon n no undue severity I I rather has there been beon at all aU times a a. disposition t I tion to extend clemency where clemency seemed ex excusable In the caso case of oC Brewer Brower tho board may may- maybe bo be expected to follow Its usual custom of at considering the public good rather than the individual of ot det dc determining the question before It from tho the broad stan standi standpoint stand stand- i point of ot public policy polley Application of oC that 4 i method is always a a. safe sato proceeding t Keep your eye on the barometer of or the Salt Lake Lako clearing house which continues t t to indicate the business growth of oC Salt Lake