The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-29

a word that u 1t 10 be Anal has been
satd on the negro question by Prof. W.
Il. Durshardt Du Bois. Of Atlanta UNI
vsrsity. This brilliant young negro has
made his way to the front through the
hardest kind Of educational dghtsng
AnA he speakS with quite a. mucn
kuewledss Of the white mans attitude
- a the coiored mans. He had his
flrss education In Fisk university. and
subsequently, graduated from Harvard
with commencement honors and with
the GIT Of scholarship to carry him
through higher studies in history and
political economy. Prof. William James.
tho psyehoiogiss. once spoke Of him AZ
having the k.enest mind in the uni
versity and one Of the keenest that had
ever bssn In the university"
Prof. pu Bois. In an article In the In
dependent for May Is, declares first that
The development Of a negro criminal
class following emancipation was TO be
sxpected. A radical social revolution
must produce some reacstonary ele-
ments. But 1T Ia astounding" Prof.
Du Bots holds, that . body Of people
whose family life had been so nearly
destroyed. whose women had been
forced into concubinage. whose labor
had been enslaved, and then set aarlft
peAniless, should In a single generation
be able TO point 10 SO many pure homes.
% many property helders. 80 many
striving. iaw-ahiding citizens"
The criminal class. Mr. Du Bols right
u sets forth. does not represent the
u,ass Of the race As the Atlanta Con-
stitution says; "Ninety-sive per cent.
of the negro men are as respectful To-
ward white women as any people on
earth" The rate OF iilegis.nacy Among
the negroes 1. less than In Austria and
Italy. and. according to the writer. IL
would be ssill smaller IL law AMI pubic
opinion in the South gave the defense-
less black girl half the protection ii
throws about the white girl. II Is not
\ natural DEGRADATION OF the race that
prompts and keeps alive the crimes IN.
which the white sentiment ~ the South
takes It's fearful revenge.
'~rhe arst AMI greatest eanae og negro
crime" writes MIR iou nals. % th4 can,
Wet Lease system States watch 'ssr ers.r-
mais as sources 81 revenue I'm ~. hands az
irresponsible spscuiasnrs whe herd girls
neys. men ana wernea nronstsgsl-,s4wfS %,
eether without distinction s,v ,sof.srstssa
who parade caayfsiS Ia ;sueHss rsrssssr.f ~
slaves ana pistols END rA.en s,ssr~s t4.a
this abyss az degradation sAs txnersns H.
TIE black hcs WIZ steals a casekgn as a
handfsa 81 p~taats~~what Gan sueh states
expect es,' harvest Of criminals mnd mos
s'sotesf tsoes II not stem natural thss shn
~eass which prssncetf Sam Hose & xsgasv
~ the Atlanta Consi'nssass ser,ar.Ms ~ a.
burning shame Of converting eur nenaI
establishments inso schools ~ s-ra.,,s~
Ne next greatest cause e sesra crime
IN the sceth>" eoaglaues shx writer s.sa ths
atttfBte % the courts Tfe Sau.hsgs ,@t,,v,.
have erred IN I've ways. one n ,rs=.,s, :
the crime at ;as whites 80 ,ersSossssy .n.,
resf-aAn3s.s mafssswF~ walk fS.e art sra
faesss nss is<sf f4tta ~ sssfassstS q t@stts~
The ether. tn treating the srsss~s ara yrsx
defnssner- Of nsgross WITH secA xs.,asrs.s
shsf the lesson Il punishment il hs.r
throuxA risy fer tire assafxss>s
The fhirs, cause of shs crime :. Ems
Increasing sawss~~ness ard baftssrtsx az
ress- Il skaters tire szsfs - TIE wnaxs al
negroes IN fsasfsc~. u taaas them 20 al 90,
criminals, Il makes race aatvcs eeresg. A
dsscosissses aasses efs agt II transforms ar
Ter =; ertnse fato sympathy far m. to-
csres victim, an& q skats ths hsnss a.,
kss~hs TIE sa9nsne~ ~ sha~~ race leader,
~h0 ara striving tA preach faFA~zvsax~
ens Aaf~ss eszssSXer 20 thesT ssansa =.
teaches ssso..s srcnsesi ,ssspgp Is sts-a,s,.
esviisssssaa wases " ret egytgs-Ss..
The good spnse as tss&ss vssss - Ia
Sseas II Ia atgqasssemssa and s.sanxsls
true. II ~ she sefs es thinking tha,
even southern people Should read -,
IN the end the problem ~ s,sufevs.t,,
beth Ire negro crime ard tAs WAT.
/ oe.'s rneAinx rests upon she Southern
fosep'e. They ssass ana sors.s mean. a,