The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-22
AN ELABORATE PAPER.
Booker 7. Washington Discusses the Race
Problem.
GIVES A REMEDY TO STOP lyNCaINGs
He Advised the negro 10 Remain In
the south and work out IFS
Own salvation.


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~..,s ''ss 49, ~ ''ao'
V'"'u ulsouasion OF the race question IN
the form OF paper, Prof. Washington
begins hIs pnper by saving that whlle II /,
trua ,hero aro ossa. =, ,,ao,,a.. AZ, ~.
49, ~ sanes ~ iSnon'ns' anu Out
| rage IN tho Northern and western States
| candor compels him to admit that nv Ia,
,bo me-, 80 - $3.50. ,s,,
IN, ~ ~ ""'n'"b 'eA'
p'"No IN OUT southern States ana most oil
the perrcns lynched are negroes,
with all tho oarnoslnesa NJ nv bnar, "
ha snys ar ,on, 4. ~
appear NOT 10 the
presiaont OF tho United States, Mr.. McKin-
Icy, not TO the people OF Now York nor
New England .hut Ia tho eI,i,.n. 90 a,,.
| Non,h,.n co.. N''"V"s " o''
V''.'e'" Se"'Vs' 10 pSslSt IN creating such
a PUBIC sentiment as will make human
iltc mere Just as safe as anywhere In the
world
me paper then offers review OF the
appeal that has been made through tho
/ press and given out by prominent men
thet the problem be left 10 the South He
roclios thnt the whole country from the
| president down has been inclined TO do
this, by the policy Of non -intcrference
tho south has been given sacred trust.
fear but few people In the South real
Z
ing or the taking OF life Without duo pro-
cess OF law has taken hold OF us aud to
/ whnt extent Il Is not only hurting us In
tho eyes OF the world but injuring our
own MORAL and material growth.
Many people In tho South and also
| OF the North have gotten the idea that
lynching Is rosorted 20 for one crime only
| | have tho facts from an authoritative
source.
During last year 127 persons wero
lynched IN the United StatoB, OF this num-
Der lis were executed In the South and
none In the North and West or the total
number lynchtd 102 were negroes %
whites aud Indians. Now let everyone
Interested IN tho South, his country and
the cause OF humanity, note this fact---that
only twenty-four OF tho entire number
were charged In any way with the crime
OF rapei that Ia tweuty-four out of 1877
cases OF lynchings. BiNty-ono OF them were
Tor murder, thirteen being suspected OF
murder, ak for theft etc,
During one week last spring, when
Kept careful record thirteen negroes
were lyuched In three OF our Southern
states ana none was oven charged with
rapo, Let us take another year, that OF
1892. for example. During this year, 1899
2ii persona were lSgched In the whole
United states Thirty-six Of this number
were lynched IN Northern and Western
the Ell lynohcd IN tho whole country 100
were negroes and Ave OF these women.
The facte show that out OF the 2il lynoh-
ings In tho entire country In 1899, but
nifty. ecvon were even charged with at-
tempted rape. leaving In that year alone
iSl porsona who were lynched for other
cauBcs than that OF rape. Within n period
OF six years about 200 persons have been
lynchod In our southern States This Is
but few hundred short OF the total NUM-
Der OF soldiers who lost their lives in Cuba
during tho war II We could realize SIN
more fully how far this unfortunate habit
IS leading us, note tho CLASSES OF crime
during few months which the local pa
pers aud the Associated Press say that
lynehlng has boen indicted for. They in
clude murder rlotlnS, nccndlarlsm, rob
borN, larceny, self defense, Insulting
women, alleged stock poisoning, malprao-
tioo, alleged barn burning, suspected rob
berry, race prejudiee, attempted murder
aud morse steallng, mistaken Identity. etc,
Ahe PRACTICE mas heen growing untll we
arc now III the point whore not only blacks
are iEhohed IN inc South hul white men "a
wen Not ohly TINS nut Wlthm tue last
AiN years az least halt dozen colored
Women nave neeh lynohed ana there are q
lVW V"s'S WnetV utbVooN nave Nnphol
ueiupe'e ., tse,t own race Whet ~ 70
ny, ny w wv OF ,hls heslues thls, every
n nVn Hls uii'Ss nuuu'ees pl pe6Ioes ,IpFh
ny uno 'a.u'ns uis.r l, ol 'ne SCUM Wnete
my nlaNe thv pes, llNlns anu whore ,nelr
. saNi1uS e,u VI ssea,Vst naiuo w tho VoHh-
w. n,a go, ~. ,V nv o,e'us,
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nm, az otber .crt,nns ~ "a ,hny ,'nt
I van, 70 soa n,,s h,sa1,tis,,i snntbisSa ,rna
from mia iar,tnio cya ~ usnching In,n n,nV
ing aoes not ston erlrne. - ~"
TIN the Hnmedinte section ~ tho sonfh
whero n ceIorsd man rerentiv renmit,nd
ma most tcrrlhlo cr,me eyer rhargoS
opainet a ,nerhnr 30 nv ra,n h,t ~ ss,,'
weola nrnyious ~ this ava colorsd rrar
Mad been lvnched nv s,nnos,i ,nceoaIer'
tsm. n lvncbne was ~ cSre enr crir.
surely the lynehInr Of Ave yorla havn nre.
vented npother nerro frnm con,mttth,,
most helnous orlmS a fev wrsIs i,eer
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ana wisely since INA hs,,r,,trs F ~
world erl,ne has heen cnr,r,,,,aS w. w ~
clylliseA ana 1mciy,i,,c, na,n,rtns ~ "a,
certain amount Of crin,n yvm n1,,aS S' %
q mmltted hoth In ths Nor,h 49, ~ ~,
south but heiieve maj ma nr, ~ ~ ~. Nv
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