The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-21
COMING HOME TO THEM.
Northern Newspapers Reaping Their
Harvest on Race Prejudice.

There is no so much rancorous rant
in the northern press on the question OF
southern outrages upon the negro, as
| formerly. This may be due to two rea
| sons. In the first place the firm stand
taken by southern governors and other
| officials, backed by the press for the en-
| forcement of law and against mob VIC
Ience, has had the effect of Furnishing
| lawless negroes as well as white men
by legal methods instead of by popular
vengeance In the second place the
sympathy expressed by the northern
press for the lawless negroes in the
south has been taken by the same class
| in the north as justification, and as a
consequence there has been Satur-
MALTA of crime by negroes in many
parts of the north, 1ncluo1ng criminal
assault, attended in many cases with
mob demonstra tons. On several Occa-
sions white women have been assaulted
by negroes in Central Park, New York
and Philadelphia has furnished SINH
lar case The latest is that near Bur-
lington, N. J., OF pecunarly h1deous
enormity, already commented npon IN
these columns. Referring to this bru-
tality and the popular attempt to
wreak summary vengeance on the per-
petrators, the Philadelphia Inquirer
few days ago made the following COM
ments:
I'VE of the north who have been
ready to censure the south upon this
score get a new view of the situation
when it is brought home to US by
personal experience We get to realize
that we should be no more willing than
thew are to permit the escape of a brute
whose existence is a peril to what we
hold most dear. We get 10 understand
that there is an offense TO winch ter
rifyine penalty must be attached, that
there are things which must be pre-
vented at any cost and in any way
Were the negro race as numerous in
the north as in the south and the same
fo n
claimed to the southern negro, there
would be tenfold the crime and V1o-
lence in the former as the latter. Even
with the present disparity between me
races there when such crime comes
home to them the people ofthat section,
as the Inquirer says, get IA new view
of the situation. This very admission
carries with it confession Oh IhaiI-
ference as long as II pertains " 1ne
And the following from the Indianap-
oils Sentinel of the 18th will show the
condition and state OF leellIls tIlele ol'
Another young white man shot by a
negro yesterday because a party OF
young men who We're swimming III
pleasant Run refused to yield the place
70 q marty of negroes. Have we not
had about enough of the bad Niger
Not only that, but Is II
not about time for the negroes TO re
that while they are entitled 10
have their rights respected, it is very
innortant that they respect the right
of Others? The people of Indianapolis
are getting exceedingly impatient Ne
gro despera does haunt every dive and
alIeyway. The city is full of disreputa-
Bile negro joints of all kinds. A grow
ing impudence and disrespect for oth-
ers is so clearly apparent that II does
not need to be pointed out. The auth
orities should make a special effort to
clear out the bad niger element ana
It ought to be done speedily.
Meantime it is to be hoped that de-
spite the provocations~for violence the
southern people will refrain,l from un-
awful processes, and resort only TO le-
gal methods in punishment-of crime OF
III kinds.-Iouisvi1le CourieF-Journal.