The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
Mob Violence in Georgia Must
Be Stopped.
THE STATES FAIR NAME
Has Suffered at the Hands of the Lynch
ers-The Law Is Amply Sufficient
to Punish Crime Courts
Must Be Upheld.

Atlanta, Ga, July Ex-Governor
Gambler tonight issued an appeal to
the people of Georgia to join hands
and put an end to mob violence IN the
state. The governor believes the only
way to restore condition of peace
and tranquility and to bring an end
to the lawlessness that has been man
ifested in different parts of the state
is for the people to uphold the courts,
aid them in bringing to speedy justice
all criminals, and by the strong force
of a public sentiment bring punishment
to law-breakers of all kinds. The gov
ernor tells of the reproaches heaped
upon the state by the repeated out
breaks, and says:
The purity of the mothers ard
daughters of Georgia must and shall
be preserved and at the same time the
lives and liberties of all the law-abid
ing negroes in Georgia must and shall
be protected. Arson and burglary and
assassination and robbery and rape
must stop and at the same time lynch
law must stop. The good of both RACES
and the fair name of the state demand
this.
The ordinary process of the law is
amply sufficient to punish all crimes
Our judges are pure and incorruptible
Our juries are composed of our most
intelligent, upright men, who seldom
make mistakes. The mob often makes
mistakes and the innocent are made 10
suffer with the guilty 1t never knows
where to stop but, after furnishing the
guilty, drunk with the blood of one
victim, it thirsts for the blood of an
other, and often sacrifices on the altar
of vengeance those who are guiltless
Of any crime.
I'VE must away with the mob. We
must re-enthrone the law. We must
restore the altar of reason and tear
down the altar that passion has erect
ed We must do this in the interest of
the white men of Georgia, and in the
interest of the negroes of Georgia, and
for the fair name of Georgia, and to
protect the virtue of the women of
Georgia
Lynch law does not stop at arson
nor murder, nor robbery, nor rape.
This requires the strong power of the
vigorous public sentiment"
Il would appeal continues Governor
Gambler, ito all officers of the state,
civil and military, urging them to re-
member that the dignity and the fair
name of Georgia are IN their keep
ing.
Il would appeal to them to remem-
peace and happiness of the people of
this state. 1t is their duty to appre-
bend and bring to justice all who vio-
late the law, whether it be the negro
who commits rape, or the white man
who kills him for the crime. The grand
juries must realize that it is as much
their duty to ferret out and return true
bills against members of the mob who
lynch a murderer as it is to return a
true bill against the murderer him
self.
Il would appeal especially to the bar
to bring the potent influence which the
members of the profession exercise in
every community to the aid of law and
order. not only by discountenancins
mob rule, but by aiding the courts and
juries in bringing the accused party to
speedy trial 1t is the duty of lawyer
to see that his client has fair and i'm
partial trial. but he should not resort
to mere technicalities and preteXes to
defeat the end of justice or even to de-
lay the enforcement of pealties where
by sCciety suffers and the confidence of
the people in the ability of the courts
to punish crime is destroyed.
I'm bringing about this end said
the governor in conclusion. Il would
invoke the active, earnest cooperation
of all good men, white and black, with
tie officers of the law in their efforts
to prevent crime, suppress mob Vio-
Ience and bring criminals to justice
and to restore peace and order ana
tranquility to all people of every race,
al nd