The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-23
DENOUNCED LYNCH LAW
C0lOred Citizens Declare 1t Is
Not a Race Question.
ISSUE IS FOR AMERICANS
Mass Meeting at Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church Discusses Mob Law
uud Pass Resolutions Expressing
Its Srnciments-Local Police ana
Specific Cases in Court discussed.

| Many of the CDIoFcd people who are
| Interested IN the lately launched antIlyn'li-
ing movement met last night at Vermont
Ayenuc Baptist Church, where speeches
| were heard ON the lyuchIng Of Ram Oiph,
! tie relation of the o0.nred people I" tie
| police OF Washington, and more partI'-
| u.agiy the case Of Willie Cull!ns, who
recently died from Injuries alleged to
| have been inflicted by Policeman C ol"r.
| All OF the speeches We're temperate III
| tone, and all the spcakcrs endeav"r"d 20
| remove from the pLhl.c mind that there
! was any motive IN the movement TO array
| one class OF citizens against tie other,
or to ask Tor the protection Of coIorcd
| men against mob law, Ignoring the rights
| or white Tncn IN the premises.
Mr Stewart VI Lewis called the meeting
to order aud announced that II was
| part Of the arrangements that rrOf. John
| NJ. Lausston should be the pre-, idiu- officer.
! col Perry Carson was vice president and
! MIR Il Suowden secretary. Mcs~rs.
! Lewis. Halter. ana T. l. Jones wrr" APP
| pointed 4 committee oil resolutions who
| reported The following which were unJni-
| ImpusIy adopted
| PASSED : Resolutions
y.-,,..r, ,,,..r, .,,,, women,
which has been 50 frrIu"n' IN our country
! aud which hav.. been denounced by poll
| r.rIans and tIe publ, press, and
/ Wner~a, these rrl.ue~ have gone IN
| uOuceI hy the White ministers OF the
| country with hur tew exceptions. br II
| Resolved mat We d-u0uucc the silence
| OF tuc>r ministers, aud We further declare
that such Silence ~ -" face Of ~ueG crime,
| o,:au.,, %, ~ c1ul, their rraity :, the
! cause Of Crr.=r and Ills church
Resolved That We den"mo' al forms
( OF 'nm" Il .yn'an=. whether III" VICTIM
! hr W'!tr or h.', 4, anu "r he"r'' 'nd' an
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! me nan me. ,rlri... If lvu,rIp, IN e, rr.-,
violation ,r tie aw Il fr, land ana II
/ God. We cali upon au citizens. regardless
/ Of rtrr. " COLOR. "r creed &" t";n H. IN
u" 'i''f' - stay ms i''"i'''F'''N tF-' ,'iit
,r,ar y..,,,r,s,n m v.,,p,,,
I ami reckless praru,c Of certain polio" Of
| r,cr, ID tie p'>,rI't "i t"'EHila IN we
| abuse oI tier 'ifi'.d' power. ana ."', ".'.'i
al -'' " ',.'.-'.'- ,,,-,-.,,.,,
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PRO, ,ir,..,oi, -,..,,,.. tn. gu..n!ng speech
/ .r ,,.r..r IN. t..scr,n,u. ,n.. soon. OF the
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I So. ,,n.. ,,.,s prhI,.E.d That We nave
.,,,,,.-l.,l,, u, -. rt,i. movement ,,lcly
| o., ,,.. ..,r.r..- ar the c,I,r.d pc,ul...
/ >...r is not rE,. fact for At the preyrou,
.....,,r,.. ,,,,ila 7 Denounced TIE. Iyncu4ng OF
,..,rin.,, Ms, rnr..,,nr,d liz. hucn!ns
/ ny,nrr,p... :, ,,.r.. W.. world demand tor
.,.cr,-.,,, ,.,r,zr- whether wnl5,. or black,
! ,.,.,f rr,,,,.rrr,n which ., h.. uad ia the
r,,,,r,. md winch Is r!r.,ut..,.d oy the con
I .r.t-,.t,r a. ru, T-rfr.l Stltr,.~
Jror I,nr.,ou .pnS. II the shirt
nt ,-,,i..rI.. winch manifested ITSELF N Tie.
! SaI,n and West in IvurEin., ana which
wasn't -,rrfrn..,, o., .r..,.s ..tl,lS, c,ilr..li
u..n,l,.. Mrbla,v. fr,. SAID. WIS the lingering
.,trI, or tn, Old siIv. holding >pIrIt
form r.I,. ant b.liIru S the ,.4y.and the
! n,,r y-lur., rrlu w-r.. rlas-rd together
, with tn. advantage. II any. 70 the slave.
| ,-,T-,CEr-1, THE rxor-rsT
Rr II r,frs,u u..G, a short speech,