Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-26

SoUTH PASADENA. CAL, Aug. 10, '99.
Editor Of The Planet:
Dear Sir :--On the e1st OF July. Bish-
op W. ]. Gaines lectured to packed
house IN the Auditorium of the st.
stephsns A. NJ. E. Church, Los Ange-
les-subIect Harmony between the
Races" To put it mildly the audi
ence was as badly disappointed IS
were the Bostouiaus with Bishop Ar
nett's hundred dollar "jim crow'' re- .
ply to Ex-Governor Northen's defense
of mob rule in the South. Like Biah-
Oh Arnett, Bishop Gaines believes that
lavlese white men OF the South would
be better If they were let alone by bad
Negroes, or words to that eff sct.
A WRONG CoEoLusIoE.
From his remarks concerning lynch
ings in the South, one unecquainted
with the facts would infer that mob
law ia only resOrted TO IN case OF rape
or attempted rape. His statements
ishs 80 is generally the ease with thosa
who attempt TO ap ,logize for cold
blooded murders. After stating in ef-
fest that lawlessneEs In tae South was
due to the presence Of bad Negroes, he
warned his colored hearere - keep out
OF politics, clinching his argument
with the statement that the whole
lynehinG business grew out of the Ne
gro's participation in politics. He
told the audience that he was neither
politician nor an Agitator aud would
not be. BE said he is highly respect
ed by all classes OF people in the South
''the mob not excepted" He seemed
to be imbued with the idea that he is
q great man., and tried TO so impress
hls hearers. He told them Of his
Is, 600 miles of railroad passes over
Southern roads. of the good treatment
he receives everywhere In that mob
ridden section. He told the audience
Of his relation to Bob Toombs, stating
that his mother is half sister OF that
eminent orator-greAtnesa inherited.
PECULIAR srATEMENrs.
He told US of his carriage and fue
carriage house, saying II have car
riage like any other white man" The
sheets on my bed tell you they are
white Said the good Bishop. COM
msnting pleasantly upon the fair treat
ment accorded us in this State in hav-
ing the schools, churches, hotels, thea
tres. railroad cars and sleepers open to
all regardless OF color or condition, he
said ito tell the truth I ride in the
sleeping cars in Georgia because am
. gentleman. II this last statement is
true, the Bishop has great work to do
in the South and ought TO be there in
fusing some Of the gentle art with which
he ie so ab1ndautly supplied into his
less gentle but oppressed brethren, to
the end that they may secure justice
and fair play, and the South reli ieved
from the uncivilized hordes that ars
roaming unmolested within their bor-
ders, Strengthening and burning her de-
fenseless citizens of color without re-
gard to age, sex, or condition. They
kill and burn Postmasters and their
wives and children on account OF their
color, butcher colered preachers,
preaching against crime.
SERIOUS CHARGE.
The good Bishop, the pious repre-
sentative of the meek and loWly Nsza-
rene, with commission from the God
OF peace, the gospel OF love, of justice,
OF the equality of men, of the eternal
worth OF the immortal soul, not only
endorsed the Wholesale sI~ lighter OF the
brave Filipinos for daring TO defend
their homes against the invasion OF q
foreign foe, but said il the administra-
tion could not complete the bloody
work with white soldiers, he himself
tho Ugh an old man was willing and
ready to go over and help finish the
job. The fabherhood OF God and the
brotherhood of man, the Golden rule
ke throws down at one fell swoop at
the foot of mammon. Looking back
at the rugged path over which we have
plodded, strewn with the wrecks OF
OuH defiowered virgins. by the whole
sale rapiag Of whom the skin of the
Ethiopian has been changed, path
covered with sundered family ties and
broken hearts, walled in with the
bones Of sixty thousand men, women
and children murdered in recent years
by that popular American institution
known as mob law. all of this done in
the name and to preserve American
civilization 90 9 blessing to mankind.
In view OF all thss facts, I hardly
thought that there was an intelligent
Afrc-American in this country that