The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-17
|DENOUNCES .LYNCH|NG.
I IN VIGOROUS TERMS,
The Reverend George E. Bates of
Maplewood Declares Mob Law
Is Worse Than Murder.
.lHsuLI-To COURT AND JURY.

Commends Recent Utterances of
President Roosevelt and Pleads
for Lawful Punishment of
Crime.
In sermon entitled IT'S Suicide or Lynch
Law Ever Justiiable?" preached last night
in the Maplewood Congregational Church
by the Reverend George E. Bates. the min
lister commends the utterances Of President
Roosevelt. takes issue with the recent speech
of John Temple Graves and himself declares
that lynchings are more dangerous to So
ciety than deeds Of rapine or murder.
The practice Of lyniching." he declared,
Is an insult to the Judges bench. to the
trial by jury, to the legal profession and to
the flag of our country. which Furnishes
criminals az well as protects the innocent
Every lyncher Is a traitor rs well a.
murderer May God protect America from
the anarchism Of its frenxied mobs, from
the law Of the roadside gtbbet and the
burning stake.
The frequency Of lynchings. accompanied
by scenes Of brutal violence and unbridled
passion. is more worthy Of the age Of raw
agry. or the inquisition OF the Dark Ages.
1t was time for the President Of the United
o.aees W 10. ~ VOICE oe healo IN oenunoi-
s.on y. .usu .~lessuess' aho .or o.a1e
:" ~. VIII oe.ei Wneh
~ o.is III 1ne souln' "nere CONDITIONS
nAve appesfeo 10 e4lst 70 painate the crime,
put IN the quiet orderioving communities
VI .ne No.tn' inc course OF justice mas been
eons'uereo TOO oeh0efa'e 10 saus1y the pas
sor ior rssense UPON the criminal.
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'nu.usi .nien 1nes s1e oeAsneo 10 suppress
anu PUNISH.
Inc Supremacy OF American hw must
Ne upheio ma VinoicAseo- Inc autnor1ty
OF our courts ana omcefs OF law must be
demonstrated AZ any COST come otner solu-
uon OF inc negro criminal problem must be
FOUND tnan the violation OF the most sacred
principles OF our Constitution.
we cannot nero zeal with the negro
problem OF discuss It's possible solution,
put We can ana DO stand firmly upon the
statement OF the inviolabllity Of . prisoner
in the hands Of American law until proven
guilty and punished according to the SEN
tence Of the court
The question is now one Of national and
not sectional Importance. Not the South
alone. but the North also, has vitneased
these scenes Of violence with alarming fra
quency. We can only hope that the vGr4hv
example of Governor Durbin ~ No..
vile will be followed mn bv v,,o-ou. -,
determined cr,n,,.,, nro..,s,.,.ss - -1SN
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