The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-05-25

Last Saturday Largely Attended Strong
Resolutions AdODted.

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at the court house Saturday, Nav
III, every section and neighbol.
hood being represented.
The meeting was called to or
Ider by I. Brady, Jr., and on mo
ton, y. p. Jones was called to the
chair and L. Ell. Bowen was chos-
en- secretary.
The object was stated: That
| the citizens were called together
to give expression Of their con
demnation of whitecap organiza.
tions and outrages, and to take
such steps as may seem wisest and
most expedient for bringing tc
punishment the perpetrators OF
this form of sawlessness.
P. z. Jones, Esq. spoke briefly,
deploring the existence of white
capism; pointing the financial loss
which must follow in its wake;
the danger of the example spread
ing until other classes rise against
classes and anarchy result, show
ing that white supremacy is not
menaced, and closed with an APP
peal for justice to the negro.
Ina ringing address, 7. Brady.
ESQ.,, admonished the law-loving
citizens to make united stand
for peace and good government
and declared that it ought to be
the purpose of every good citizen
to bring to justice the assassins of
Henry List and Levi Hilson. He
found three causes for whitecap-
ism: 1st, Racial antagonism to.
ward the negro, which is ingram
ed; End, Absentee landlordism,
which can not be prevented be-
cause sanctioned by law, and the
law is stronger than any class;
3rd, Labor agents and persons de-
string to profit by labor disturb
ances, and this may be remedied
by the law.
Rev. r. H. Purser and Rev. G.
w. Crisler, being called for, de-
clared themselves present not in
their ministerial capacity, but as
citizens, and willing to do any
thing or perform any service in
the interest of good government.
The latter deplored any form of
mob law and declared that no
crime under high heaven justifies
the people to take the law into
their own hands. One remedy
for infractions Of the peace is for
each man TO feel the responsible
ty, the individual responsibility,
for the enforcement of law, wheth-
er as private citizen, witness or
juror. Does not believe that any
citizen should be exempt from
jury duty, but that the best cit
izenship should be selected to
judge cases involving the rights
of property and the destiny of
man. He deprecates the maudIin
sentiment which, after man has
done all in his power to convict
wrong-doer, will cause, him TO
sign petition for pardon as soon
as the convict raises whine.
Robert Criscoe declared for law
and order and pointed an instance
where after juries had convicted,
petitions of citizens had undone
the work and so tempered justice
with mercy that justice had
about been lost sight of.
S. P. Oliver knows that lawless-
ness does exist, and TO the injury
of every interest, the greaest in
jury being to the young people,
who are growing up with a con-
tempt for law. He said, Il don't
want to raise my children under
such influence and would sell out
and move rather than have them
imbibe such sentiment. I" He sub
mitted figures showing the num-
Der of convictions during his term
of eight years in office, as follows:
Murder, 10; manslaughter, A;
assault and battery, IS; arson, 8;
adultery, Z; perjury, 8; grand
larceny, IL; attempt to rape, A;
retailing, 81; concealed weapons,
so; miscellaneous, Sc. Total cost
of sixteen terms of court, $40, :
632.10; average annual cost,
.$5, $4,000.
By direction of a motion to APP
point committee on resolutions,
the Chair named the following:
Beat /, D. Hickman; beat 2, B.
E. Summers; beat 3, j. C. John
son; beat 4, S. B. Wactor; beat
5, /. Monroe Calender. To these
were added, on motion, S. P. Oil
yer and 7. Brady, Jr.
Strong resolutions were adopt
ed condemning the conduct Of the
midnight riders, white cappers,
regulators, and bulldoozers, pledg-
ing support to the officers in fer
reting out and bringing to jus
| tice all offenders. Protection was
pledged to all law-abibing citi-
zens, irrespective Of race. Labor
agents we're strongly condemned.
The blind tiger was condemned in
lno uncertain terms, and the actor
lof the recent Legislature and tht
Governor, in making the appro.
priation to secure the conviction
of whitecappers and law-breakins
lin white cap counties was en-
ldorsed.
Before the meeting adjourned
it took up the matter of gooc
roads. Several gentlemen charg
led that the contracts have no
been fulfilled and that the road
Iare in bad condition. The secre