The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-25
POLITICS HAS CAUSED 1T.
CANDLER SAYS THE NEGRO WAS
aADE roo IMPORTANT.


Characterization. Atkinson states His
Side OS the CaSe--Somc of the Re
wares Have neen PAID.
Auapa. April 2h-Gov Gambler to-day !
save tbs following interesting interview
ON the Palmetto lynching
= ho',eve the whole trouble of all these
disorders Is tr0ceahie 20 politics The ball |
lot was thrust into the uegro's hand i'm |
mediateiy after has emancipation when he |
was utterly unprepared for the judieious |
use OF i, and the soallawags and carpet |
baggers, who came here and took charge |
of him, hlhd hls head full Of false ideas,
| eharaetNriz a him the ward OF the nation
and for PARTISAN purposes. and Induced
him 70 nslieve that he would be protected
| by the general government. whether right
or wroHg. This, in my opinion. is the
prime cause Of all the friction that has
ever existed in Georgia between the whites
and the blacks.
BishCp Turner one Of the wisest ne
groes il the state. has said that all Of
| the disc that have ever arisen have
been cotaned TO the younger men Of both
races t>Rt there has never been any an
| tagonisrS or friction between the ola mas
ter ana Ae old slave. And Bishop Turner
is right
Good Negroes Must Helm.
such crimes as have provoked lynch
| ings haze heen perpetrated by the voune-
er genet alton, ana while / aud my imne-
date predecessor In office have done an
| possible to be done 60 keep down violence
| Of this sort, aud while Z propose 20 con-
! unue TO exhaust an means 10 protect everv
| citizen, black and white, against lawless-
! ness ANA violence. I am at las, driven TO
\ the conclusion that 20 prevent such crimes
as have recently been enacted in Campbell
| ana Gov eta ana Lee and other counties
in the s ate, "a healthy, vigorous public
! sentmeMy in favor of law au order must
| be built up.
Good white men everywhere deplore
| such occurrences as that which took place
| yesterday. and they are using an the in
| nuence hey have TO prevent them. GOV.
| Atkinscll 'IGdge Freeman and many other
! good men in Newman did all In their power
! 10 prevent the lynching Of Hose.
| Now, eood negroes must be equally ac
| I'VE in building up a sentiment among
their raee againsg tine dfaboaieaf cranes
which ave always at the back OF these
! lynchines The ministers ard church mem
I
! be equally active and earnest in their ef-
! forts TO aui1 up a healthy public sent-
! ment aeAinst the crimes which provoke
| lynchlns as they are 10 bu2d up a scnu-
| mcnt against lyuchng. The safety of the
| negro rare demands this. and their lead
ers must he rs visilant and active in this
| direction as the leaders OF public senti-
ment an oug the white race are.
"The executive and the courts and the
! iurles mist and viii 10 everything in their
/ power to put down lawlessness and crime.
| as they ave been doing, but after an they
are Obliged 20 have the cooperation and
aid OF all good men OF both races before
their effo-js become effective and before
crime cau be suppressed
| Lawyers cause Delays.
/ "The legislature can do but rttle more
| than it las done There Is. however. one
! evil which thev may contribute something
| toward c3-rccting. That is the custom
which has grown up among some of the
| members Of The legal profession of trying
/ by techr icahties and Quihbles 10 protect
! their clients, even when guilty. A lawyer
/ swears u Sse that his client has justice.
| This he ought 10 do. whether that client is
! rich or poor black or white. When he does
/ this he has done his whOie duty. and he Is
not justi,lab,e in trying 10 defeat the ends
of Justice and tampering with the verdict
/ Of juries and~the judgment of courts by
| a resort 70 anatory pleas and mere tech
/ nicahties This evil has grown 10 such an
| extent ttat IL is made an excuse for lynch
/ law. the tuohs claiming that II they do not
take ths administration OF justice in
| their owN hands IL viii not be admin
| istrated that lawyers by such means as
| / have n eutioncd, viii cheat the galloWs
| or the pinlteutlary and turn loose upon
society the burglar the red-handed MUIR
derer or The rapist I am glad TO say that
| the lawyers who have INDUCED In this
| reprehenSihle practice do not constitute a
majority or the most respectable part OF
| the bar but nevertheless this evil does
| exist IN the administration OF the law.
| and il bejloOves all our legislators and our
| courts 20 discourage In every legitimate
way such practices as have a tendency 10
defeat H. = ends OF justice and destroy
oonhdenc In the willingness and ability
of the co trts 20 protect the innocent and
punish tha guilty"
some Rewards We're Paid.
], h. jones, one Of the men who effect
ed the ca ature of Sam Hose came 10 the
city ,o-dsy and put IN application for the
| re wards taat were outstanding for the ne
gro. Gov Gambler declined TO pay the
$500 offers hy the state outright but has
taken the matter under advisement with
the attorney general until Wednesday. He
win investigate the circumstances OF the
delivery GE HOSE 10 the HneflM OF IoWpta |
county, tC determine whether or not the
spirit Of th3 proclamation Offering the re-
reward WITS carried out or not.
There it no question that the letter
Of the pr selamation was adhered 10. as
the negro was formally delivered into the I
hands OF the sheriff az the jail as re-
Quired by {he Governor. This delivery is
however. open 20 suspicion Of collusion
between those who handed the negro over. |
and those who took him away from the
Jail. and d Is 20 settle this that the Gov
ernor is having an inquiry made before |
paying thu state reward
Mr.. Jcney collected $500 from Col " 4
HemphIll. president OF the Atlanta Consu- |
tuition that paper having supplemented |
the states reward 10 that amount.
Mr.. jacob Haas. vice president OF the |
Capitol Cliy Bank also paid ar. Jones |
500. Mr.. Haas had offered 10 be one Of |
ten men 70 give $1,000 several DAYS ago |
for the ca Ature Of ihe negro. The other |