The morning times., 1896-07-28
BANDED To SIOPL LYNCH|NGI
Colored People Form a Per-
manent Organization.
MASS MEETING AT SHILOH
Urged Them to Continue the Agita-
tion Against Lynch hLaw-Addresses
Were Made by Colored Clergy men
and Others.


be done as the result Of the series of mass
meetings dcnunciatory OF lynohing which
have Teen recently held. A molten was
made and passed ut a meeting held last
night in Shiloh Baptist Church that a
conimittce be appointed to effect a Iernia-
nent organization, and that the society,
when constituted, shall collect and ariange
statistics OF instances OF mob Niolt nee and
seek to tring the perpetrators 10 justice.
This committee will lie appointed in u
few days and the work begun.
a large audience was present despite
the warm weather when Rev. j. AnGerson II
Taylor called the meeting to order. Prof.
j. NJ Langston was chosen chairman, and
after stating the object OF the meeting
called attention 10 the ly nchings in Mary
land.
IDA WELLS THERE.
In introducing Mrs. Ida b. Wells Earnett,
the au,i-lynch speaker, he paid a tribute
10 the members of tie two conventions of
colored women tina have Just adjourned.
Mrs. Barnett was enthusia stically re-
ceived, and during her remarks was fire.
quentiy interrupted 10y applause. She said
among other things:
.'Snce my previous visit you have lad
the sin of lynching broughthonle TO you No
man is now assured that he may rot he
lynched. not only within n stones throw
of the Capitol. but, even within the Cap
ital itself. The sentiment against this
evil is growing. II remains for us 20 take
action in the matt er and to be the ronserva-
torsofthepublicpeace ,toremindth The country
that it should stand for law and order.
have everything just so you give ine Jesus '
The white people have taken usat Inr word
and have given Us Jesus but have taken
everything else
The speaker then referred to the fact
that on Tie very evening of he's former
visit to Washington mos: horrible crime
had been Comnittcd in Paris, Tex,
when u oolored man had been cruelty
burned and tortured and his eyes lSOked
out with redhOt irons. She said that she
had photographs of the various stages II
the burning. This recital created intense
excitement among the audience.
Continuing Mrs. Barnett said: ''Do
not stop at resolutions. You must do some
thing that willbe permanent. Keept:iiking.
keep agitating. keep resoluting until
we succeed in gaining our point. Your
duty and rIine is to get facts concerning
every lynching and TO present these 10 every
gathering, every national Orgii.is al ion
and persuade them to put among taeir res
olutions one denouncing mob law.
A NATION OF MURDERERS.
Let US call the attention of the people
to The fact that we are fast becoming a
nation OF murderers, a nation with no
ri far no of
There have been many crocodile tears shed
over the Armcnians. Money has been sent
to help those subjected to the cruclt.es of
the barbarous Turk. Let Unde Sam take
the mote out of his own eye before he
seeks TO remove the beam from his brother s..
Statistics show that nine tenths OF
those lynched are colored. One paper in
the District has said editorially that we
are making a color distinction OF these
iynchings. We are not, but the lynchers
are.
'Since we are now aroused let lis unite
and keep the American people informed
about the barharous deeds. Let us create
a strong public sentiment against these
enorm:ties. Sentiment is stronger than
law. and when we have made a great hue
and cry from one end of the country to
The other, these deeds of violence will
cease. Every city and community in the
country should have society to push this
matter. We Should 20 into the councils OF
the WOman's Christian Temperance Cnion
to tie Young Mems Christian Association.
and ask their aid. My experience has
gone to slow that the people at large do
not know of these awful acts. have had
audiences TO express amazemeut ut my
saying that 100 to 200 lynchngs took
place every year, and that ninc-tenths of
the victims were negroes
X. s. Tharin, a sympa thiZer with the
. movement, then addressed the audience
The Rev. ]. L. Taylor, pastor of Ashnry
African Methodist Church, and the Rev
George W. Lee of Vermont Avenue Bap-
tist Church delivered short addre sses.
WILLIE CuLLINs' CASE.
T. L. Junes then took the platform and
was enthusiastically received. He spoke
of the case OF William Cullins, the coiored
youth, who it is claimed died from injuries
inflicted by Policeman while the boy
was returning home from a garden party
in Northeast Washington.
The Rev. j. Anderson Taylor then made
a few remarks and invited the audience
to partake of the refreshments which the
ladies of the church had prepared.
The following resolution was nan;n uusly
adopted at the close of Mrs. Barnett'a
address:
Whereas, the foul spirit OF mob violence
and lynch law is becoming so prevalent
and has assumed such alarming proportions
in this country as to make it impossible for
many individuals charged with crime to be
permitted TO enjoy an impair rtial trial
according to the provisions of the national
Constitution, which should be held inviolate,
and fi''
Whereas. tt is destructive OF popular
liberty and menace to our government
and its institutions, as well as to the
life, liberty and property OF American
citizens to permit its further federation
in any portion of the country whether the
victim be white or black, and
whereas, tile public press. the two great
political parties and the white ministry
of this country have been slow to 1ennunce
these crimes as foul bIots upon o,ir national
escutcheon and harbingers OF revolution,
anarchy and a subversion OF the republic.
therefore be it
Resolved, That we, as American
citizens, in mass meeting as.
sembied, do denounce and condemn these
lynching as inhuman, barbarous and un.
American, and as foreign to the principles
OF our government which rests upon the
sure foundation OF law and order; be it
further
Resolved, That We call upon the
entire public, the public press. and
the lovers OF liberty, OF home and of
government throughout the republic to
join us in this effort to exterm.nate this