The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-08-20
Roosevelt On LynChing
HIS LETTER TO GOVERNOR DURBIN OF INDIANA COM
MENDING THE LATTER FOR HIS ACTION AT TIKI
TIME OF THREATENED LYNCHING IN EVANSVILLE
HIS VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT.

OYSTER BAY, N Y Aug DIN letter the publication Of which
authorized today President Roosevelt commends
The President also embraces the opportunity express his
reference to nchng and mob violence which form of ana
chy anarchy orerunner The President vigorously
that the penalty for crimes that induce yncng shall
be deemed strictly that the law adequate deal with crime
by freeing from vestige of techncaty delay
P GydTFP Bqos sy letter in full follows d.
init thank citizen for the way which you
have indicated the majesty OF the law by action reference
ynchng feel dear sir that have made all deb
tors who believe all far-seeng must that the webng indeed
the existence the Republic depends that orderly liberty
under the law which incompatible with mob violence with
form desposm OF mob violence simply OF
arc and anarchy is now always will be- the handmaden and
forerunner of tyranny.
for its good fortune has its chief executive but the whole
Nation 1t is incumbent upon every throughout this country
to show his realization that the matter of vital to us all
All men must feel that gavest alarm the growth OF ncng
this and especially the peculiarly deous forms often
taken by mob violence when coored the victims which
casons the mob lay weight not the but the
the In portion these ynched
been guilty of crime terrible horrible beyond description crime
horrible that far he himself concerned he has forfeited the right
to any kind of sympathy whatsoever.
The feeling Of all good citizens that such hdeou shall
be hdeous punished by mob violence due the least
pay for the criminal but lively of the train of dread
full consequences which follow the taken by the mob acng
nhuman for humn In such
well to remember that the criminal merely against human
lily objectionable fashion, but sins particularly against his
and does them wrong lar greater than any white man can possibly 40
Therefore such the cood people throughout the land
snoud IN every possible way snow e Dene at ey, more a a
others the community horrhed at the commission such
peculiarly taking possible
CRIMINAL immediate
slightest lack of vgor denuncaon of the crime or in bringing
the criminal justice itself objectionable.
Moreover every effort should be made under the law expedite
1.-THE proceedings justice the such awful
accomplish
the fundamental rights be heard his defense which
dear which lie the liberty 1t certainly ought
be possible by
the criminal and the immediate efforts of all legislators
Judges and citizens should be addressed securing such reforms
legal those
who undertake through violent methods
men who have been guilty like murder should be
and punishment, and made by
the them their rights should under crcuman
c be perverted techncay delay
their punishment The substantial rights of the prisoner fair trial
of be guaranteed have justly insisted That
they should be made subject the law work swift
surely and all should realize the
they do when they permit justice be delayed thwarted for technical
insufficient We show that the law adequate to deaf
by freeing every vege Of technically and delay
But the fullest recognition the horror of the and the
sympathy with the the least dim
which has been customary
these and the that already proceeding there
course inevitable that where vengeance taken by
there is remedy But where criminals
wrong by the mob the community itself we'll nigh
great Especially this where the nchng accompanied with
There hdeous sights which when
wholly na The fact OF hav
degradation This is housandfod stronger
of merely seeing the deed the man has participated it.
Whoever of country has taken part lawess
putting death criminal by the dreadful torture fire must forever
awful spectacle of his andwor scared into his brain and
soul He again be the
This of nchng would be terrible thing stopped
ynchng guilty of the nhuman and hdeou OF
rape of fact the awessness of this type does
such fashion Every violent in the