Show r i iI I As to Capital Punishment i I x xi T i A Editor of of Tho The Herald to the tho bill now flOW before I R RELATIVE the Utah legislature to abolish capital capital punishment let lct us do things nearly nearh right while wo we are arc about It First then duD lot us not ot make too many 1 If any absolute rules for are any two men exactly alike nUke or or orare are there any two sets of oC circumstances that 1 Leotus Let Leot Letus Letus have hae no shades hades of or difference us not take from our officials all nIl dis dis- dis Instead of or saying as in tho the proposed bill that one adjudged guilty of ot first degree murder must be imprisoned while his life shall last with no V po power r In our officials to pardon pardon pardon par par- don let us rather provide that our pardon pardon pardon par par- don board shall not consider an application application cation from such an on one ono for tor pardon unless It shall hall first be signed by the tho Judge who sat at at the trial b by the at attorney attorney at- at torney who ho prosecuted and by er e every Juror who served if It known to be alive thus not removing forever from an any human soul the tho hope of oC breathing the air all of freedom in his declining years cars Consider for tor a moment the tho case of ofa ofa ofa a mere meie youth perhaps yet et In hl his teens Wo Vo have such an one ono now who after arter a Ufo of oC repentance when his form is bending low and his hair has turned to gray would It not be better to permit such an one to trend tread again tho the path poth of ot liberty to mingle with humanity to toll tell to the world tho the sto story of his existence a and d this as an object ct lesson to youth and ago age alike of ot the terrible consequences of or committing committing com corn nutting tho the highest crime known to the 1 law a I ask would such a course not be better than to brutalize our officials b by compelling them thorn to s their hands with human blood a thereby remove remo from tron sight sigh where wilt will soon be forgotten our lesson or to take from any hum huma heart every overy hope of ot life lite ex exec through tho the commission slon of or and perhaps ps greater crime Then let us not proceed as ns now confine contino the tho youth who is convict t tot of ot some som mere statutory offense alon aloo with tho life and other of the most hardened type b let us rather create an inner circle It If you ou will some Borne inclosure within th prison walls where the long tong terme terme and other desperate men may bo be kept kep Let the murderer and the long te to teman teman man be confined in the Inner cir dr de cle cleo perhaps In the tho discretion of t f th Ui court or on recommendation of or th Ut th jur Jury jar then permit the pardon board t t parole to the general prison a 3 m mw from said Inner circle and perhaps t commit refractory prisoners thereto Also let us provide machinery said inner circle and require the la th D mates to produce useful artl f thereby supporting themselves matter if th they y must roust work with J dan dangerous 1 implements If It the they ran nin mutt kill lot them kill one another u t state will be he well rid of ot thorn thom Bid X hear someone sa say organized labor Well what of or it Is not the state su su-'s su sut t preme And shall the subordinate power pOt control the supreme The Thet t while we e are arc about It let us pern permit our prisoners access s to powerful drugs and why not a a. room and ment meat suited to gas J Should not even a Jailbird he be free t to todie tol toldie die f If he shall so elect Who w would be the Jo loser cr Certainty Certainly not society I understand perfectly well that that should this article come before the time public It will probably be bo characterIzed character- character a a. dream of ot a or po l- l bly the ravings ra of a disordered brain and I am free to confess that BO so tar far taras far as I recall I have never ever heard of anyone any any- any j ny j jana ono one else advocating a a. similar p plan But is this necessarily fatal Had our ur fathers been content to do as ai their fathers had done this l land Ind d of ot the free tree would still have been darkened by that relic of ot barbarism African slavery If It we shall be he content to todo todo todo l do as our fathers have done how can the time come spoken of ot by the prophet of ot old when The Tho lion Uon and A Atho the tho lamb Jamb together shall He lie and none J shall hurt nor destroy In all aU the holy 11 M mountain D. D L L. OLESON s Salt Lake January 31 1913 4 |