The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-03

CBY STUART AcHEsox1

New York, August 31.-tstaff Specially
The series of race riots that have ta.en
place here and elsewhere III the North
have been pee lliar in the fact III Q 1T
tie comment has been made OF n "a d
so few cases OF hysteria .e u ed 1ulons
those who are usually rea1y .o 9ly
this affection when they seea, .14s. 5G
these Immediately outside u .net Own
household The Public Als ~ SEQ g
general, though vague. sense u disap-
proyal OK the Iiotings, anu the press in
the sections where the troubles nave oc-
CURED has deprecated the disorders Just
a tnv Press u any part Of the country,
North or South, dutifully does after sucn
events.
Here in New York the vehe-
ment protests against the actions
OF the police nave been strong
look OF a different question than thai OF
the elashing OF the whites and blacks
on the west side OF town ca several occa-
slons during the past fortnight.
AS Iar as the police are concerned, there
is very much for New York and me coun-
try 10 blush about and considerable 10
cover over The cosmopolitan metiopo Is
that is supposed TO be aole TO cope with
all classes OF marauders aud treat them
Unfortunately has suddenly SHOWN a
distinct case OF harbored vengeance and
race hatred. especially on tle pa.t o. lis
professional peace preservers, who threw
aside all precedent ana discipline and
went about with rampant eagrrness and
well directed blows in their efforts to dis
play IT,
But the significant fact remains that
after the most violent OF break u bitter
ness against the negroes in this city ana
elsewhere there has been no hold up OF
hands, no grea, pablo protest and 20 well
developed effort 10 prevent repetition o.
the rioting. Il would seem as il thlre
we're a certain class c. pualics.s who are
so mentally larsishted that they DO not
sea stains on their own door steps. Either
I this is true. or else the human natug. o.
the people OF these perts has been grossly
misrepreseuted b. ;heIn
AS q mater OF fact, riots aid mobs have
! been directed against the black onioai,s
o New York working under the passion
OF the foul murder OF policeman. Ne
groes have been iudiscrlminately beaten
and las ng. il IS hoped. lesson taush,
them by those who have suffered must
from their criminal acts, And under re
revocation no one has seen fit ii lsore-
! Nate Ih any Tts! way tae acuon tnSy nave
teken The eyenis have been passed Oyer
with decided lishtness ana perhaps good
has been il ever can be, done in such
| ways.
The affair msy shed little light per
haps upon the more real attitude NJ tbs
Northern public when brought face 10 face
with problem that it is so prolific in
solving from atsr In way it has mo-
behaved as well as those communities,-d,
which, while gaining notorlety by frequent
occurrences OF the kind deal more sanely
with the situation when prevention is stil
possible There have been very few oeca-
SONS here for the whites OF any distric
10 feel Il Incumbent upon themselves u
project their persons and their homes
by violent ana ultra-lawful means but
when one appeared they di2 not spare
black flesh wherever and however It VIZ
found.
II should be understood howeveF. IN
this instance that the grieyanc. which III,
white residents % the disturbed diztrlc
Nad VAS large and LONG c1ntirus,
ole In this etinn there are . c0-lstl
cradle number OF Black thugs and b T.
characters, who, wallowlng n vice aIpoal
their OWE kind, tnrn fselr crluign
activity towards assault and battery. Will