New-York tribune., 1903-08-15

sideraton before intelligent people. The murderers
and blatant demagogpes who may have I've
their acts but they, like the ostr1ch heelng & iop
the body GioiE Of their heir sin sIeie exposed
Any court of justice that would listen TO the
and Should be be moce Of
ad and fre8zed and that the mob is at the door
calls for a cooling time. that reason may resume
The effect. therefore, Of mob rule may be sum-
First1it brutaiizes the individual man.
Second-It destroys free government
Third-It increases crime.
WHAT is THE REMEDY.
Most emphatically we say the remedy is not in
against the criminal whose offence is the exciting
Law has its highest function in throwing its
shield Of protection before the ignorant, the weak
and the helpless and was specially designed as
& against f madnes and T9e more
the Criminal the more widespread and tense the
public rage the imperative it is that courts
ing. and that the guilt of the accused be estab-
crime they did not commit; in recent lynching
Of negro in the South. where 1t was found after
mi miles Of t the see scene of the outrage
Even confessions of the accused are not conclu-
State for the murder of Mrs Ida Collins. the wife
tracted from n1S him Confession of the crime, in
which he detailed the circumstances of the murder.
murder tt is impossible to say how many helpless
victims of mob law who. through fear or hope OF
not guilty when within the shadow of the gallows
When mob spirit rules, courts of justice should
be unyelding in their stand for fair dealing; other.
vengeance and not of justice.
The judges of Delaware have no apology to make
in the case of George White
DELAWARE COURTS.
Permit to say in honor of our proud little tie
e6as1Iv iYnchine Of White that in the past her
judiciary has consisted OF men OF the nignest al
formIy, the law has beer administered with fair
ness and all the speed warranted for safe re i {Gdg
ware justice have been generally accepted. am
have the honor TO be associated on the bench are
whit behind their predecessors.
carriages of justice In my for; years or eX-
perence at the bar and on the 6ebcn dS f 9t
much cited of late the leading case OF alleged
cbarFe The acGittai of Heaie was under the
laid down by the United States SUPREME me o9II; }
which contained some of the purest and best i men
in the St Sate no ea 6 TINS 96fee SaSe cuf the jury
that acquitted him and the then Attorney (egL5 bn
so ably conducted the case on the part OF the ne
State and who wisely permted m the bat eaSg 9rpos 1I
the Limitation of law which ne might have evoked {
our on % heads in shame until the recent brutal lynch
ing of White an occurrence which. if asked be-
mpossbiIity in our enlightened communTity nlT o-
tion the court NAV take 1t has the scent of blood
and seeks vengeance. In late case in the South
While aeA during the trial he was being taken from
the courthouse to the Jail.
CURE FOR MOB LAW.
One cure for mob law unquestionably is the fear ear
THIy ffS nun6er of case and Comment forci6ly
Seev t9 for the preVaent and increasing and
gerous mob spirit is very plain and simple Moth. tn
law wild mob attaching king a. jail bnds intent IN n on a% thS
10 burn n
full of peril to civilization if allowed to become
fit ffnaon for his po POSITION It'll The mob IS eoWary and
dares to act only when it has a 5e shoots 10 Ie harm
lessIy over the heads of the mob is a poltroon.
Se HS WTete6 IN hoT his eest0dy R duty
plain He EbaT B6 SPd dared 6l5 iut to
do their duty would end once for all, the attacks
oafers that Usually form the crowd will not go
against jaR il they know sheriff Wlll sho9i & 70
Foreign critics are already comInenung on on +t Ile
and to- superficial and far off observers there is
much to justify their reflections But the sI[elst IN
meet the evil the foreign critics do not understand
et tae g 21 tRei5 69e 5e6mnf Which even time
serving and cowardy officials dare not defy the me
demand now is for sherifs who VIII shoot 10 XII XII
in defence of their jails, and for Governors VINO
dare to @ mana4 @ f5 law s at e0g IS always wise and
best There may be cases and circumstanGes that tha
above laid down is safe one in the main cannot
Outside OF violence the remedy, in my judgment;
Is that the people shall be taught in season and
6 out Of 5nat TO our the law hs Should be
taught in our public schools. by the press by the
pulpit and on the forum; indeed wherever there
is teacher or an opportunity It should be tapght'
Sparta. Rome and France in their republican as
pirations lie buried under mob violence and are
if this lesson is wen learned and pIactised. The
law at times seems to be slow but like the mills
end grinds wonderfuy fine. Let public sentiment
be but aroused and we are safe. My faith IN the
people is abiding.
PROUD OF THE PRESS.
Much attention has been given to this subject
lately by the press, and while some sensational
sheets have given too much prominence to the
of this country has stood forth manfuliy for the
enforcement of law in the face of mobs. We may
be justly proud of the press. 1t is our bulwark in
The same may be said Of the American pulpit
With few notable exceptions the pulpit has uni
formly been on the side of law, order and decency.
In the George White case, already referred to.
Bishop, the father OF the victim Of horrible out
rage, with the body of the victim, his daughter
/ the excited people containing these words:
Our cup Of bitterness is full and we ask you to
join in appeal to all citizens OF our COM
monwealth to refrain from violence
of gold and framed and hung up in every American
household. They breathe essential Christianity.
This sentiment met the common approval of the
ministers of fthe Gospel in Delaware. There was
only discordant voice. A nameless seeker after
of Miss Bishop in the open air almost within the
shadow of his church, preached to a large crowd
stained with the blood Of the victim amid the cheers
of his auditors In that sermon sermon he is reported TO
Miss Bishop be lynched? Yes! But only under one
condition and that Is that i ms tri4t shall be de-
proved guilty. through some technicalty of the law,
or or any uaut m S I1enGe nee eLeI upon me JuIs = n M 01
the citizens of the State should arise in their might
The next night the mob took the advice to lynch
White, only dsregarding the conditions. The wllful