TIIE SUNDAY OEEG ONIA2T, POKTLAXD, XOVE3IBER 30, 1919.
STATE PROSECUTORS
OREGON'S PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS BELIEVE RESTORATION OF GALLOWS A NECESSITY
CHANCE FDR POETS HERE
TO CHECK MURDER WAVE.
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CONTEST FOR TOtXG VERSI
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Walter H. Evans Calls for
District Attorneys' Opinions.
1 OUT OF 26 IS OPPOSED
Sentiment Throughout Oregon
Now Calls for Capital Punish
ment In Murder Cases.
When Walter H. Evans, district at
torney of Multnomah county, said
yesterday that he was convinced he
had made a grave mistake in voting
for the abolition of capital punish
ment in Oregon some years ago, his
convictions were echoed by 25 prose
cuting attorneys of the state in let
ters lying on his desk, in at least
one of which was the admission that
the writer, also, had voted with the
sentimentalists.
Believing his own experience in the
handling of criminals since the gal
lows, was abolished to be typical, Mr.
Kvans sought confirmation by writ
ing a personal letter to every district
attorney in the state asking views of
the proposal to restore hanging.
Twenty-six replies had been received
yestenday, in which but one prosecu
tor doubted the advisability of a con
stitutional amendment restoring cap
ital punishment and even he "admitted
that his feeling against the death pen.
alty was not as strong as it had been
in the past. These expressions from
state prosecutors familiar with crime
and criminals add weight to the stand
taken by the American Legion, Ore
gon btate Bar association and other
organizations which seek the return
I the supreme penalty.
Average Term Short.
From five to eight years is the'
average "life imprisonment" in Ore
gon, pointed out air. ttvans in ex
plaining his changed position on the
question of capital punishment. Ha
does not believe this to be sufficient
penalty to pay for the taking of hu
man life in cold blood. He thinks
society is entitled to protection from
early release of murderers following
sentences or uie imprisonment.
Hanging unquestionably would de
ter the commission of murder in
numerous cases, declared the district
attorney. The Claremont tavern trag-
eay ana tne Johnson slaying were
cases in point.
"When a man wantonly murders his
benefactress or cruelly slays two
citizens when on robbery bent, there
is no penalty proportioned to such
an offense except that the offender
shall forfeit his life to the state,"
commented Mr. Evans. "The state
ment in our constitution that all pen
alties shall be proportioned to the
offense is almost a paraphrase of the
old Mosaic doctrine of an eye for an
eye, and both of these rules are
founded on the experience of centuries
of human activities.
"The highwayman whose code of
morals is so slack that he can per'
suade himself to undertake a career
of robbery can easily satisfy his mind
that in the emergency of the moment
it is no worse for him to kill than for
him to rob, the penalty in both in
stances being life imprisonment.
have no doubt that the highwaymen
who held up the Claremont tavern
recently so reasoned.
Sensual Type Timid.
'The man who murders because of
the influence of sex no doubt would
be deterred by the dread of hanging.
Ho usually is of a timid type, is sen
sual in the extreme and the thought
of cutting off his physical pleasures
forever would go a long ways toward
staying his hand. And finally, the
man who murders in cold blood for
felts his right to a station In society,
because by his act he has shown him
self to be a person who cannot exer
cise the degree of moral self-control
to entitle him to be at large in the
community."
Referring to the brevity of "life"
terms in the penitentiary, Mr. Evans
said, "We condemn the murderer to
life imprisonment because he has for
feited his right to mingle with the
rest of his human kind, and we lose
sight of the fact that in a compara
tively short period of years the mur
derer is again restored to his sta-l
. tion in life, little benefited by his
confinement and with no more power
of self-control than be had when he
committed his murder."
A great deterrent force against
murder was lost when the scaffold
was abolished in Oregon, declared Mr.
Kvans, saying that experience had
clearly convinced him that he made
a mistake In casting his ballot in
favor of the amendment.
Discretion Is Debated.
In opinions which follow, state
prosecutors are about evenly divided
on the question of whether or not
the discretion as to death penalty or
life Imprisonment should be left to
the jury in first-degree murder cases.
The only officer heard from not in
favor of restoration of capital pun
ishment is District Attorney W. T.
MUler of Josephine county, who de
clared that he has not yet changed
his mind regarding the need of
death penalty though not so strongly
opposed to it as he had been in the
past.
A district attorney who has ex
perienced a change of heart since
voting for the abolition or capital
punishment is J. J. Barrett of Clat
sop county.
"While I voted for the abolition of
the death penalty, I am very anxious
to see it restored," he writes. "I am
heartily in accord with the movement
to initiate a constitutional amend
ment for Its restoration, even in the
modified form suggested, to-wit.
leaving it optional with the jury to
say whether it shall be inflicted in
any particular case. I believe that
we would have more likelihood of
passing the amendment in this modi-
tied form.
Eugene and I-anc for Gallows.
Sentiment in Eugene and Lane
county is strong for the return of the
gallows, in the opinion of District
Attorney L. L. Ray.
"X am of the opinion that the senti
ment in this community is in favor o
re-establishing capital punishment for
first degree murder, and if the mat
ter were put to a vote in this county
at the next election it would carry,
he says. "Personally I am, of course,
decided in favor of such legislation."
Francis V. Galloway, district at
torney of Wisco county, woirld like
to see capital punishment on the
statute books but does not favor al
lowing the Jury to determine whether
or not a deah penalty be enforced.
"I am in favor of reinstating capi
tal punishment on the old basis," he
writes. "Not being able to say how
the federal law allowing the Jury to
incorporate the death penalty as part
of the verdict of guilty works out. I
can only reason it out that such a
provision would seldom be enforced
by a Jury. My view is that the old
arrangement, which made first de
gree murder always include second
degree murder, and consequently gave
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the Jury the option of imposing death
or life Imprisonment indirectly by its
verdict, answered ail of the purposes
of a law which gave the jury the
right of assessing the death penalty
directly as a part of their verdict."
Hedges Favors Hansons;.
"I am in favor of its restoration to
our statute books,' and I think it was
a mistake in repealing the capital
punishment provision," declares Gil
bert L. Hedges of Oregon City, dis
trict attorney for Clackamas county.
Jurors desire, the gibbet restored,
according to T. S. McKinney, district
attorney for Lake county.
I had occasion to interview a
number of the jurors in attendance
at court on the subject of capital
punishment and I find that there is
considerable sentiment in favor of
the enactment of such a law with
the provision as suggested in your
letter. Personally 1 am etrongly in
favor of such a law and I believe all
of the attorneys here feel about the
way I do about it.
From Sherman county. District At
torney C. M. Huddleston writes: "The
initiation of an amendment to the
constitution to restore capital pun
ishment will meet with my hearty
approval."
Roswell L. Coner, district attorney
of YamhiH county, would leave the
death penalty to the discretion of
the jury.
I have always felt tnat capital
punishment should . not have been
entirely abolished, but that there art
many cases in which that penalty
should be inrilctea ana am, 01 course,
in favor of an amendment such as
suggested in your letter," he asserts.
Pardons Objected To.
T would not object to keeping a
man confined in prison the remainder
of hi life for such a crime, if we
were sure he would stay there, but
the custom of pardoning and paroling
of criminals has become so pro
nounced that we cannot expect a man
to remain in confinement any great
length of time."
T. A. Weinke, dlstrlcx attorney 01
Gilliam county, asserts that he be
lieves sentiment has changed so that
people are anxious to put a stop to
the many murders tnrongnout. me
state, and believe capital punishment
to be the remedy.
Max Gehlhar, district attorney of
Marion county, is heartily in favor of
the Idea and says: "Experience has
shown that a man will not be kept in
the tienitentlary for a very long per
iod of time. The circumstances of
the crime are soon forgotten and the
public soon overwhelms the officers
of the law with a maudlin sympathy
for those in jail and .they are turned
loose. I fail to see how the provisioa
you suggest would change the results
any. but it will probably be mere
popular with some of th objectors."
Samuel B. Notson, district attorney
for Morrow county, is inclined to fa
vor leaving it for the jury to decide
on the ultimate penalty, but believes
sentiment in his community to be
strong for the restoration of the
death penalty. .
Malheur Believed Favorable.
R. W. Swagler, prosecutor for Mal
heur county, believes the amendment
would carry by a substantial major
ity, for 'I have had occasion to talk
to several people who voted In favor
of abolition of capital punishment
and I find that they regret having
done so. I do not believe the jury
should be permitted to fix the pen
alty, but that the law should be en
acted In accordance with our former
statute."
"The normal balanced cltlsenship of
this county would favor and strongly
favor the restoration of capital pun
ishment," writes Glen R. Metsker,
district attorney from Columbia coun
ty. "I have always been an ardent
believer in the necessity for capital
punishment. It should never have
been abolished. In my judgment it
would be unwise to leave the ques
tion of death penalty to the discre
tion, perhaps 'caprice would be a bet
ter word, of a jury."
Thcmgh heartily In accord with the
return of the gibbet, A. J. Derby,
prosecutor for Hood River county,
doubts "the wisdom of amending our
constitution to conform with the prac
tice in federal jurisdictions, as a jury
would often hesitate to recommend
hanging where deserved, though on
examination they might disavow any
prejudice against it."
"I have never favored abolishing
capital punishment and am more con
vinced than ever that our constitu
tion should be amended po as to re
instate it," writes DistrTct Attorney
T. H. Goyne from Tillamook.
G. B. McCluskey, prosecutor for
Lincoln county, favors the plan and
believes the district attorneys should
take the lead in securing such a con
stitutional amendment.
have not changed my mind regarding
it, he writes.
"I have had four murder cases dur
ing the term of my office, but in none
of these cases have I felt that society
would have been more amply pro
tected than by giving the defend
ants life terms in the penitentiary. I
might say, however, that my feeling
against capital punishment is not so
strong as it has been in the past, as
cases like the one which recently
happened in Portland are almost
enough to make me change my mind.
but individual cases should not be
considered in matters where the peo
pie as a whole are concerned."
Old I. aw -Best Bet."
"I believe the law, as it was in this
state prior to the enactment of the re
cent constitutional provision abolish
ing capital punishment. Is the best
bet," writes District Attorney E. B.
Tongue from Washington county. "If
you leave it to the Jury to decide no
body will ever hang. They will use
that opportunity to shirk their re
sponsibility." Though much in favor of hanging.
District Attorney J. S. Hodgin of
Union county would not leave any
thing to option of the jury for he is
"afraid that it would be, like the ju
dicial parole, abused, Those with fam
ily. pulL or with relatives would un
questionably to a greater or less ex
tent create sympathy, while the un
fortunate without such Influence
would suffer the extreme penalty."
While favoring the restoration of
the extreme penalty. District Attorney
John F. Hall of Coos county does not
think it a wise thing for the district
attorneys to father the amendment in
any way, "as they are supposed to be
rather blood-thirsty."
R. L Keator, prosecutor for Uma
tilla county, has found an increase in
murder in his county since capital
punishment was abolished and a
strong sentiment for its restoration.
He would include a provision against
pardoning any person convicted of
murder in any degree.
Linn Man In Harmony.
After mentioning that he is in har
mony with the movement. Gale S.
Hill, prosecutor for Linn county.
points out as of passing interest
press report that the ex-convicts of
Hamburg. Germany, have formed a
society with various reforms in view.
te first of which is to abolish capi
tal punisnmenc
Collier H. Bufflngton, district at
torney for Curry county, declares him
self greatly in favor of the change
and expresses the belief that a large
majority of the people in his com
munlty feel the same way about it.
Edward K. Piasecki, prosecutor for
Polk county, favors the return of the
gallows.
Capital punishment would very
probably serve to lessen the number
of homicides in the state, believes Q,
M. Roberts, district attorney for Jack
son county, who would leave the man
ner of punishment to the jury.
A. D. Leedy. prosecutor for Grant
county, believes some amendment
should be made to the law "for the
reason that proper punishment is not
carried out to those guilty of delib
erate murder."
Crook Attorney Sympathetic
Though intimating sympathy with
the movement, wtllard H. Wirtx, dis
trict attorney for Crook county, does
not take a direct stand on the aues
tion in his reply to the letter of Mr.
Evans.
W. T. Miller, district attorney for
Josephine county. Is the only prose
cutor with whom restoration of capi
tal punishment In Oregon does not
find favor, out of 26 replies received.
"I have thought considerable con
cerning the recent agitation to restore
capital - punisluncni and, as yet. I
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he American expeditionary forces
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as yet, he says.
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The thought of enforced banish
ment from home and loved ones is
inexpressibly saddening. Think of
being shut out from the companion
ship we yearn for, excluded from the
presence we most esteem, debarred
from participation In worthy activi
ties that might have been ours. It is
sometimes worse to be shut out than
shut in. The lot of the exile may be
more grievous than that of the pris
oner. Banishment Is part of the doom of
unregenerate souls. The Savior illus
trated this fact by an expressive par
able. You know the story of that
little company of girls, all ready, as
they thougrht, to take their places in
the wedding procession, and fully
expecting to enter the house of
srladness alone: with the other hon
ored guests of bridegroom and bride.
According to the olden custom, the
festivities were appointed for the
night time, so that torches and lamps
could be used to good effect in add
ing brilliancy and beauty to the scene.
When, at midnight, the heralds an
nounced the aDDroach of the marriage
I party, the ten virgins, aroused from
drowsiness, eet about to trim their
lamps. Half of them were prepared
with oil for replenishment; the other
five found themselves without oil.
While the improvident maidens were
in quest of oil, the wedding party
passed into the house, and the door
was shut against all tardy comers. In
time' the unwise virgins arrived, and
called from without, pleading for ad
mittance: "Lord, Lord, op- to as. Bat
he answered and said. Verily 1 say
onto you, I know you not." (Matt. 25;
also Doctrine and Covenants 45 and
63).
Shut out in the darkness while the
marriage supper was in progress!
Were the incident nothing more than
one of ordinary social festivity, it
could be treated with little concern;
but the Master's introduction to the
parable shows it to be a similitude of
conditions governing admission to the
Kingdom of Heaven.
The Jews of that day boasted or
their atatus as the chosen and cove
nant people of God. With deplorable
Intolerance they saw no good in oth
ers, and were slow to admit evil
amongst themselves. They counted on
ready admittance to the heaven where
dwelt in bliss the patriarchs of their
race. Christ had warned them repeat
edly of their eruor of self-assurance
but they proudly asserted their Is
raelitlsh descent and held themselves
sure of a place in "Abraham's bosom."
When a certain Roman a Gentile,
and In Judalstic eyea a heathen had
come in humble and reverent confi
dence to Jesus, soliciting His healing
ministrations for another, the Lord
granted the man's request, and, doubt
less to the , surprise of the Jews,
averred that many not of Israel shall
be admitted to the Kingdom of Hea
ven while recreant children of the
house shall be kept out.
We read further of the Lord's ad
monishment to Jews who were intoxi
cated with racial pride, and of the
danger of their being eventually shut
out from the heaven of their hope.
"Strlv to enter In nt the strait gate"
he urged, "for many, I say nnto you,
nill seek to enter In, and shall not
be able when onee the master of the
house Is risen np, nnd hath shot tn
the door." And to their desperate
pleading he shall sary: "Depart from
me, all ye workers of Iniquity. There
shall be weeping and gnashing ot
teeth, and when ye shall eee Abra
ham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God. and
yon yourselves thrust out." (Luke 13:
24-28).
It is not incongruous that the Lord
shall recognize chosen peoples, se
lected nations, covenant races, and
yet be, as the Scriptures affirm Hira
to be, free from all respect for per
sons. With Him there Is no favor
itism, save it be the righteous love
for righteous men, which is godly
favor, as far above man's unjust par
tiality as godly zealousness exceeds
human jealousy. Israel Is the cove
nant people, rich in promise of pros
pective blessing, through whom the
Lord has wrought much and shall yet
accomplish more of His purpose with
respect to the redemption of mankind.
But to be of Israel carries no Immu
nity from the penalty of sin, no cer
tainty of salvation. "Knr hehold, I iaj
nnto yont That as many of the Gen
tiles ns will repent arc the covenant
people of the Lord; nnd as many ef
the Jews ats will not repent shall he
cast offi for the Lord covenantcth
with none save it be with them that
repent nnd believe in his Son, who in
the Holy One of Israel." (Book Of
Mormon. 2 Nephl 30:2).
Conversely, all who will not repent
and obey the Holy One, whether Gen
tile or Jew, shall be shut out from
the Eternal Presence, and be con
signed to the outer darkness of lost
opportunity and consequent despair.
Neither earthly wealth nor genius of
mind shall compensate for failure to
obey the laws nnd ordinances of the
Gospel. Others beside Simon, the one
time sorcerer, shall come asking bless
ings on special plea, only to be re
buked with the soul-plerclng rejoin
der: "Thou hast neither part nor lot
In this matters for thy heart is not
right in the sight of God." (Acts
8:21).
The door to the Kingdom Is open to
all men. None shall be shut out but
those who are. culpably unworthy to
enter. Strive ye to gain admission
while yet there Is time!
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