Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-07-03
ASKSBLACKS To Be
CALM AND PATIENT
Booker 7. Washington Delivers
Strong Address to His Race
at Louisville. ~-
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MOB VIOLENCE LESSONS
Demonstrate That Lynch Law Is
Not a Sectional Question
Asks Justice For All.
MOB VIOLENCE LESSONS

Louisville, KY. July 2.-Before an audi
ence which crowded Macauley's theater
to the doors. Booker T. Washington to-
night delivered an address in which he
said that recent regrettable events in con-
nection with the race question went to
show that lynch law was not confined to
any one section of the country. These
events. he said,tended to simplify the race
problem by making it national He ad-
mitted that the race was now passing
very serious and trying period Of develop
ment, and appealed to the negro to be
calm and exercise self-control.
Principal Washington said in part:
I'm the present season Of anxiety and
almost Of despair which possesses an ele-
ment Of the race. there are two things
which wish to say as strongly as / may.
First. let no man of the race become
discouraged or hopeless. There are men
in this country, north and south, who
mean to help and see that justice is meted
out to the race Such a man is Judge
Jones. of Alabama, to whom more credit
should be given for blotting out the in
famous system Of peonage than to any
other !. 81, "
Second, let us keep before us the fact
that almost without exception every race
or nation that has got upon its feet has
done so through struggle and trial and
persecution.
mo one should seek to close his eyes
to the truth that the race is passing
through very serious and trying period
of its development; period that calls for
the use of our ripest thought and sober
Judgment.
''Let nothing lead us into extremes Of
utterance or action. In the long run it Is
the race or individual that exercises the
most patience, forbearance and self-con-
A.~Y AI>o 1E% %,,,yfv tnrS
wins it's cause. lat'.
'Let nothing induce US to descend to
the level of the mob. In advocating this
policy am not asking that the negro act
the coward; we are not towards The
part we have played in defending the
flag of our county is sufficient evidence
Of our courage.
1.-The recent outbreaks Of the mob en-
phasize two lessons one for our race and
one for the other citizens of our country,
south and north; for it is to be noted
that the work Of the lyncher is not con-
flned to one section of the country. The
lesson for us is that we should see to 1t
that SO far as the influence of parent
school or pulpit Is concerned, no effort
be spared to impress upon our own peo-
pie that idleness and crime should cease.
We should let the world know on all
proper occasions that we consider no
4cSdl punishment iSo oS'SAS ASA
wretch Of any race who attempts to out
rage a woman.
1.-THE lesson for the other portion OF
the nation to learn Is that both in the
making and in the execution the same
law should be made to apply to the
negro as to the white man. There should
be meted out equal Justice to the black
man and the white man. Whenever the
nation forsets, or Is tempted to forget
-, ,1o wiz irlo tho uyhO1a fabric nf
government for both the white and the
black man is threatened with destruc-2
ton" .t'-,
Council Elects Officers.
The American council today elect
ed the following officers:
President-T. Thomas Fortune, OF New
York.
Financial secretary-F. L. McGhee, Of
Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Fannie
Barrier Williams. Illinois.
Treasurer-John w. Thompson, OF New
York.
The election was not accomplished until
q stormy debate had swayed the audi
ence for more than an hour. There was
Booker De 9Iec + Washington in a on the the stage, but
the delegates were pacified by the bring
ing out Of large painting Of J. c. Price,
a southern educator, now dead, and plac-
II alOnSSlUe Tie /" CohNo
The differences arose over a factional
fight between the industrial, the higher
education and the political divisions IN
the gathering, but the industrials won
out.
There were many cries Of foul play. as
the majority report Of the nominating
committee was put and adopted.
Ask Protection From Lynchers.
Springfield. O., July. AIT a meeting of
the National Anti-Mob and Lynch Law
association, held to night, 1t was unani.
the president for some legislation for ''the
protection Of the negroes Of the country
from the lynchers and slave drivers. II
the rulers of the United States failed to
peal to the Christian nations of Europe.
The meeting was attended by President
H. c. Jenkins, Vice President ]: L. Har-
ris Secretary u, e. Huffman and Nations