The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

De such as vii apply TO ali 6i.'z-ns a1";e. - .
ne estapllshment of rcformatorie for the
ina1 and reformation OF youthful Grim
inals is one OF the pressing needs Of the si,ua.
tlon, and Where they not prope, " provide
Tor now by law We earnestly petition fo- their
90 taollsnn.ent as means Of saving many of
our Youths from a life of vice and crime VIII oh
IS the result Of association of this ella 40 Of
transgress1on with old and hardened criminal s
~ the penal institutions Of the several states
we renew our Oft-repeated hoDes that tho
males and females as we'll as chii 1ren he soma
aIed when confined in these institutions. 80
strange and unreasonable as 1t may seem,
vet II Is true, that prejudice appears to be on
me increase, and legislation Of every con
f. ce1vaole character to crush, out and humiIiate
tne manhood ard woma nhood Of the race Il
. neng enacted To this class Of unjust leeisla-
lion peiong the separate car laws in many Of
the southern states, and so bold have the adj
vocates OF these measures become that they
nave forced these laws into the Very threshold
or tne capitol of cur nation. uncha lleneed ex-
cept by the manly efforts made by members Of
our own race acting upon the part OF the Ma
t1onal ro-Ame.ican council against then,
oucn legslation is unjust. unwise and unneces-
sary and though these laws pretend to require
equal and exact accommodations 1t Is rarely
II ever provided, and even IL it was, at the
bottom OF such legislation is always a bitter
and stern prejudice which BODIES not good to
common people In a commoun country
LynchfnE Denounced.
.Lynching. which is never justiiable is a
species of lewlessness and violence that is still
W. -
suppressed The strong and vigorous denunci, A.
tons OF mob violence by President Roosevelt
ana Governors Longlno Of Mississippi and Yates
OF Illinois must In, a measure create sentiment
In the right direction, and they have our
thanks and should have the commentator Of
the American people. An Investigation into
N. TINS question by the bureau Of our organiza
ton Justifies the statement that in large ma
oorfty OF the 4ynchings the victims are only
charged with misdemeanors and minor felonies
ana In many cases are entirely innocent: but
a Stofv1 ~F$~ ~.
msnt In communities where the lynching oc-
ours simply to crafty a thirst for blood, have
hung. shot and burned men, women and chill.
dren who are entitled to the protection OF the
law and trial by a jury of their peers We
plead first for popular sentiment against mob
violence. and 1awlessness OF every character,
and the enactment of such laws as will punish
those that engage in the business of taking
human life without the sanction of law
We have to regret that congress has deemed
1t for the public veal to refuse to exercise its
enter upon the thorough investigation of the
suffrage abuses in the Southern states pro-
vided for by at least one Of the five bills in-5
troduced into congress bearing upon this aues-S
ton, and in which not only we but the entire
electorate of the country are vitality con-
cerned. We have further to regret that the
federal congress deemed It not of sufficient i'm
portance to enact into law the Irwin inquiry
blk introduced at the instance Of represen-
tative Of this council, looking to thorough
investigation OF the conditions Of the Afro
americans IaS 1t has developed since the War
of the Rebellion. We have also to regret that
there has been a deplorab1e disposition man
ifest In the federal congress during the past
four years to ignore all matters OF legislation
In which the rights of Afro-Americans are
concerned. sass8s As e
/ (signed.) w. H steward, kentucky. chair
man: w. E. =. Du Bois. Georgia: w. A.
Fledger. Georgia; ]. NJ. Vance, Louisiana:
Nelson Crews. Missouri; W. T. Vernon, KAN
sass8 Mrs. y p. Porter, Minnesota; O. W.
Clinton. North Carolina: P. j. Smith, Massa-
chusetts: Cyrus Field Adams. Illinois; j. q.