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Show Declares Lynching Best Law Enforcer Kriitqr. Tha Ttlegram: Juat a lull calm talk about lh trrltta t?) Irachlnga la Taaaa whk-b kava brvugitt ao much ran -uro from tho a who ara pot In Iniimata rontart wiih tho aitaaiion ahlrh lha peopl of tho aouth hate ta fare. Till la not a problem ahlrh III oulaldara ran Intrlllgently dlaruaa beraua one muat bate lirat-hand lirat-hand knowteitg of lha alluathm a It confront th poto of tho aouth In order ta approclata their way of looking at II; moreover. It la unfair to 4le-'U a aubjart publicly unlea hold aldoa hat an equal opportunity opportu-nity lo exprae Ihalr view. In fhla raa. wa ara ao far ramoved from th condition that make thea lynahinga fraqaent that wa ran look lha part af horrified aalala. but bu I maa nafur la pmlfy much lh aam lh world over and boaatlr aalura la liken le. It la a aafa bt that If any largo aaaemblaga af tha poo pla of Malt lake wara placed In lha aam aituatlon that tho peopl of lb aouth ara living In Ihrra would bo Juat aa many lynching and Jul aa much vloleoca accompanying lltrm. I cannot bellova that th people nf thla atala ara any em rcaperUul lo their woman than tha propla of Iba aouth; aU It need I hrtng out th aam rwvenga I tha aame crime committed again! their women. Ilut. to anawer lha old and afl repealed objection lo letting mob vmlenca Inlerefara with lha admin-latrrlng admin-latrrlng l juallc. It will b remem-bor. remem-bor. that lha vary aalur of lha rmnlnala and Ihalr paycholog kal reaction mak thla productive of mora crime of tha aamo nature. Tha low priwaa of lha law will annoy lha criminal ronaldorahly, but whatever what-ever lh penalty It will not operate to reduce rrlma of thlatyp becauae It doe not atrlka at lh root of til aril. Drprated human being who are no much llko lh beaat af tha Held, whatever Ihalr race or color may be, will not hold lha heat nature la chock utileaa th puniah-ment puniah-ment la likely to b awlft and aur and Involve bodily harm or death. Mob ravenga hi lha moot effective wan nun that allele lo make the south aafs for respects bla people. It ass aisled that tha Illiteracy of Ihs atala of Teiaa la vary high. Thla I true, hut It doe not Indicate any auch elate aa lha Informant would hav us believe ailata there. Teias haa belter facllltlea for educating edu-cating tla people than moat elate have, bill liter la a rarlaln clement there that haa not lh rapacity for aaalmllatlng knowledge. Thla la Ihe earn aa lha element again! which lh mob vmlenc la occasionally directed. Has It been so long ago ttial some of a havsn'l hesrd sbout the IvecJl-lla IvecJl-lla parties thst used lo ba held In lha weal for burs IhlevesT Tha results re-sults wera very sstlefsctory, too, wo learn If wa Investigate. Tha conditions con-ditions wera somewhat lha same aa tba raaa wa ara dlacuaalng; there was lh lowly criminal element lo deal Willi, tue criminal In question had no fnar of th law. and vengeance had lo outer llo tka punlahnient In order to make Ihe low order of Intelligence e thai n waa for th good of It ownr to obey lh laws of decent soch-iy. It would ba pualhh I (IV In-atance In-atance of lynching In the elate of Utah which war almost tha aame aa thoos In Texas, so are wa ao much different from those terrible barbarian bar-barian la Teaaa? Ye. Juat an long aa wa ara not dieturbed by the revolting re-volting crime and lha need for null-able null-able punishment thai arouse our manhood. A UTAH CimUN. Dlngham, Canyon. |