The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-29
GOV. CASbLER
of Georgia, Tells why There are
Lynchiugs In the South

Atlanta, Ca. July 2s-Governor Aller
d. Gambler. has since the Bainor1dgs
eeries OF lynching occurred been asked
by newspapers In various parts Of the
country. to give his opinion OF the race
question IN tho SOUTH and IN reply to one
of them, the governor has fully and froe-
| expressed hls views as % the cause
of the conflicts and the remedy theref re-.
Tho governor believes the present dav
cause OF tho uprising is the intermSadi diing
with The relations Of the whites and the
blacks IN the south by fools ana fana-
cs who know nothing about the a,u,-
ion but think the whole trouble dates
from the day Of the emancipation"
Governor Gambler believes a restrict
ed suffrage VIII remedy the evils. that tho
BALLOT should be given only to the intel
ligent negro. The governor begins his
paper by referring 10 the emancipation.
contrasting the treatment OF negroes by
,he white people Of the south before the
war with that carpet baEgers immediate
~ after" Ho says.
Before thehallot was th ust into the
hand of the negro he was happy and well
contented 60 occupy that subordinate
place 'u socioty TO which his nature and
Nr rHaH"ou. ass IEncd him
But after his emancipation came his
enfranCh.semeut and with his enfran-
chsemen. came a horde %; carpet baegers
pcnniless adventures without principle.
or patriotism. who took charge OF him
when HIS former master and protector
with whom he had llvo1 for generato ons
on the most friendly aud often even on
enectionate terms. was de-cluzcuzc zcd ny
the partisan recoustructiou laws
"lhe carpet bagger-. calling th,m-
selves republicans. but really "a band of
momuders, held together By the cohesive
power of public p'under swarmed an
over The south like the locusta I'm the
Egypt OF old, and falsely taught the me-
grnos That the southern white people
wore solely responsible for their enslave-
ment and were their worst and only enc
MES, and that therefore u was thir dutv
and their interest 10 vote against them
and their party and oppose everything
uhey were I'm favor OF. favor everything
they were opposed to--in short to hate
them.
They taught them that their freedom
meant immunity from toll. that llber4y
meant license and that they were the
wards OF the nation and would be pro-
tectcd by the general government whose
bayonets giistoned Ia every lamiet
whether they were reht or wrong
''rh eva teachings had but little per-
manent efrect upon the grown up negroes
out upon the children. the generation
which has grown to manhood since that
time, that effect has been most baleful
These were the prime causes OF the alien
atom OF the negro.
"A more immediate cause "a the perpet
uai ntermcddling with tho relations OF
the races I'm tho south by fanatics and
fools who know nothing about tho stua
ton. They call meetings and discuss the
imaginary wrongs of the southern negro
| which do not exist and dcnounco the
southern white people for crimes they
have not committed they publish In the
newspapers grossly exaggerated accounts
Of such crimes as are committed against
the negro Ia the south and omit any no.
uce OF The crime against the white wo.
men which provoked the crimes. the,
write iacendary letters to turbulent no
groes all over the south advising then
TO arm themselves with Winchester rifle
and for every guilty raplst who pays th,
penalty 10 shoot down the first tw.
white mon he meets
Thousands OF such letters have beer
written TO Georgia wthln the last thrc.
months
Governor Gambler says tho informed
ilrrs OF tho north do not represent d
respectable minority ana that the lawles.
and criminal negroes Of the south con
sutute less. He continues;
"a few abandoned reckless. crimna
negroes are Responsible Tor an the rapcl
and ynchngs that nave occurred aut
their Influence on those around them {.
, dcplorably bad
"sul lt is true that rape, the Grim,
which nine times ont OF ten s the caus
Of immediate or remote iynchng is a
much deplored by the better class Of ne
r groes az by tho white people But as
because some negroes commit rape .th
whole race suffers. because some whit
, mon lynch raplsts all the whites Of IN
south are abused
Ia spaaking of tho remedy. Govtrno
+, Gambler says.
"In Georgia f0r "a generation there ha
been scarcely negro between and 4
: years OF age that has not had access q
a free school AS a consequence. litter
hHN mas AeHitd1eu athoNh lhhiu Sd It
acy has decreased among thom from
per cent IN 1867 70 30 per cent in 1895 an
:. yet IL Is "a starun gfact tat crime anon
them has increased go That time la abot
: the same proportivn that Auteracy ha
decreased
There Is. however snoher sort Of "a
F" ucation which can ia time greatly r'
leye the situation This is moral cduci
/" tLon which must be scquirui az tho fan
" lv hearhstone and in the churches an
. Sunday schools and by the daily coutaS
" OF tho Inferior race with me superior %
:, years and even for generations Tine ggea
" CT crime ever porpetuatd, not onl
h against American IDEAS ana ineItgt on
and human liberty but "a gnaissHRD
" and human liberty but against Oh
u southern negro. was when, tdout pr,
ii pa-ation. he was clothed with ali t1
y ushts and privilege and rcap9nsoi.t, ,
" ~ citizenship
- we need a remedy mmcdiatoiy ln tn
effect and This remedy can only be foun
iu a quai fed suffrage
THE ballot must only be- entrusted
~ tne virtuous ana intelligent"
hid Roosevelt do II!