The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

| The New York Mail and Express (Rep.)
| thinks there must be a white martyr to
the cause of law and order before lynch
| ing will be stopped Referring to ex-Gov.
| Atkinson's efforts to stay the mob, the
| Mail and Express says: This courageous,
| but futile, effort of the former Governor
| is keenly suggestive. Had he been shot
| down in cold blood for daring to speak in
| behalf of justice and order the appalling
| wickedness of lynch law would have been
| revealed to the minds of the white people
| so wildly that the reputable citizens
| would have united to suppress it. Perhaps
| the abolition of this monstrous iniquity
may require its white martyr in the person
of some venerable white man who shall be
| slain by the mob while pleading for hui
manity and the institution of justice. The
| death of one white citizen under such cir
| cumstances would bring the South face
| TO face with the danger and cruelty of
| summary executions"
The New York Tribune Rep.) says:
From the comments of the Atlanta Con-
| stitution on Sundays murder of a negro
| wretch by a Georgia mob, we are led to
| understand that all who regard this crime
| and its ferocious accomplishments as an
outbreak of savagery rather than a mere
| irregular, but necessary punishment OF
another crime are to be set down as peo-
| pie who do MOI care for the truth The
| Constitution tells us that this lynching
| will arouse a flood of discussion carried on
| by those who know the facts on the one
| side and by those who do not care for
| facts on the other That makes 1t plain
| that the people who knew the facts and
burned the negro and saved pieces of his
| liver for souvenirs, are excused, if not JUS
| titled of themselves, and all who presume
| to take a different view are to be dis
| missed as full of ignorance and prejudice"
The Greenville IS. c. News (Dem) says
| the national government may have to in
| tervene to stop lynchings. 1t continues.
Eve have always been firm in defending
| the rights of the states but if this kind
| of ching continues it will be only a matter
| of time when the general government'WIu
be forced to interfere in the interests of
the worlds deceucy and the reputation of
the country Stories of deeds like this 60
| ing abroad, where the notions of our geog-
raphy and conditions are vague. involve
the whole country in the disgrace bring
against the entire republic the horrified
Indignation, contempt and disgust of the
world When state governments are So
such deeds to be committed unpublished
they invite some higher power to step in
and vindicate the reputation of the coun-
try"
The Charleston Is. CO Post Qnd) saws:
THE laws delay is unquestionably a
contributary cause to the lynching spirit
that prevails throughout the South. Tech
nicalities aud bubbles often serve to de-
feat justice, and white men who see vile
black criminals escape fate they deserve
thrice over, grow unwilling to trust to the
courts for punishment of crime They
take matters into their own hands. then
proper restraint is lost. and retribution
is burdened with barbarity There should
De an end to the technicalities that CLOG
the wheels Of justice. Gov. Gambler has
Indicated line for practical reform that
should be followed up"
The Philadelphia Times Qnd) saws Of
the Newman lynching: 1T is wrong II is
dreadful, 1t is revolving. 1t Is a disgrace
to the great state of Georgia. But il is
not as though this thing were done in Phil
adelphla, and unless we know the condi-
tions at Palmetto We can hardly under
stand this affair. and the conditions
stretch back so far into history and in
NoAFS - many Old-tlme wrongs that ma
tiou engaged in seeking the white mans
burden across seas must consider care
fully what may be the white mans bur-
den here at home.'
The Chicago Tribune (Rep) says: "The
appointment of Mr.. Quay during a recess
Is purely "a grandstand play If a special
session of the Legislature is not called ana
quay presents his credentials to the Sem
ate In December, they win not be received.
All the presidents are the other way. The
Senate decided some years ago in a Mon
tana case that a Governor could not an
point where Legislature failed to elect.
1t reaftirmed that doctrine few years lat
er in an Oregon case. To reverse the es-
tabhshed ruling to let Quay in would be
most embarrassing TO the Senate in other
cases II will not be done"
The Washington Post Qnd) says: THE
people of the United States desire to main
tain friendly relations with Germany, and
Capt Coghlans remarks, made informally
al banquet, should not be regarded as
more than an individual expression Of a
brave officer who has committed an indls-
erection by speaking his mind too frankly.
Capt Coghlan Is all right Wnen command
ing his ship IN the thick OF battle. but he
Is little too impulsiys when he discusses
International relations"