New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-26

negro criminal and, above all, the criminal Oh
the htdeous type often hideously aSeheeu.
Trverv reputable colored man owes the duty 70
himself and to his race TO hunt down that GIN ~
inal Now AS to the white mans SIDE; Now, "
svense one hideous crime by another Is 10
6uca the ;,yenger to the bestial level AHotne.
thing which makes this lynch law SO apn i,, e -
10 that three-fourths of the crimes Tor Whlcu ~
&c invoked are for others than that asaiiiSl sa
women of the country Governor you , any
and all others in authority owe J.. ~ 90, Of
to drive out the reproacn ana tue menace
lvnch law in the United States 20
We can afford to be divided on questions OF
mere craftsmanship, for comparatively 'he u.l
ferences of tariff and the currency are OF no co
sequence After all. the real question Is uhat VI
decency in the life of home and honesty III pup
tic life 1t makes little difference III the lois
nm whether a Democrat a Republican >s
President but it makes every difference 10 nave
all our public officials honest ana cieai; ar+v
The candidate Is the candidate OF ms paitS'
bpt the President If he is worth his salt Is the
President of the whole people. ] gu can go
good public life unless you have good priNaee
life The country will be all right II the average
man is decent and clean in his nome me- put
If 1t goes below that average you can t snr
the country right have a great respect IoI d
good man and the only one have greater re
soect for is good woman and II there Is any
here who does not agree with me don't lnillk
rouch of him. We young men have great
heritage In this free country of ours ana let US
see that transmit it unimpaireo 70 ou ~
children Let their valor be their hero1sn OF
war and the forty years of peace be an IN
centive greater efforts
He closed with a tribute to the veterans OF the
Civil War, and said:
The only people feel as glad to see al the
veterans are the fathers and mothers WIN
babies in their arms Arkansas mas cause 10
feel proud of its natural resources, ana lts
greatest crop is the crop OF babies
The exercises in the City Park lasted an nour.
Then the Presidential party passed through
the streets, densely packed with cheering men,
women and children to the Albert Pike Ma
sonic Consistory. where the luncheon was given
at 2 o'clock One hundred representative men
Of the State sat at the tables, and several hun
dred others occupied balconies. At the Presi-
dents right sat Lieutenant Governor John T.
Lee United States Senators Berry and Clarke
and General Powell Clayton, formerly United
States Ambassad to Mexico, were among those
occupying seats Of honor.
Judge L NJ Rose, formerly president of the
American Bar Association, presented by the
POSTMASTER. President Rogers Of the Board OF
Trade, delivered the opening address. Judge
Rose said that President Roosevelt had proved
himself the President of political party but
the President of every man, woman and child
under the protection of the American flag. The
President joined in the applause which greeted
the remark
HIS ADDRESS AT LUNCHEON.
The President was wildly cheered as he rose
10 respond He said:
want to say just one word suggested by the
fact that Judge Rose was president of the Amer
ican Bar Association, and stands to-day one OF
that group of eminent American citizens, emf
for their services to the whole country,
whom we know as the leaders of the American
bar. 1 want to speak as layman again about
certain services that the learned profession Of
which Judge Rose is so eminent a member can
render to even greater degree than they now
render to the American people.
know that there is good deal or dlstrust
theology. But I am going to say just few
words on matter that concerns good citizen
ship, in which the layInan has a. right to expect
leadership both from lawyer and from theo-
Logan. We have right to expect from the
and quality of service to the public. There are
certain abuses IN connection with our whole sys-
remedy, but which earnestly hope that the men
of the law viii themselves REMEDY. Now. here
have got to speak merely to my fellow laymen
and shall have to invite correction. Our law |
comes down from the time when the state, the
government. was all powerful as compared to |
the Individual; when the government acted as a |
plaintiff, and it necessary that every posi- |
bic safeguard should be thrown around the de- |
fendant that he should be given every chance. |
and the fear of injustice a synonyme for |
fear of injustice TO the private citizen against |
whom the state proceeded.
1t came from time. if my memory Of history |
is right. when about per cent II speaking
now of the common law of any given number
of children born in England were punished b3-
henging-When people were hung for the most
trivial offences, and when all the machinery Of
the law was in the hands of the government
and directed against the individual; that the
one thing that had TO be done was to protect the
individual.
LAW CHANGES SLOWLY.
Circumstances in the last three four cen
turtles have wholly changed; but the pressure
or the law has not changed nearly rapidly.
at present there is not the slightest question as
TO the individual rights being preserved. OF
course. there is the possibility of in every
human affair; but, speaking generally, the man
accused OF criminal wrong, especially the man
accused of criminal wrong against the public,
has every possible chance secured him; but
the public has not got every chance secured to |
1t. No greater service is being rendered the
public to-day than by those members of the
great profession whose good fortune it has been
to stand forth prominently identified with the
prosecution Of crimes against the State.
When ! say crimes against the State I not |
only refer to crimes like those Of bribery and |
corruption committed by any public official, but
] mean such a crime murder, or any other
similar hideous misdeed. where the offence is
not merely against the individual but against |
the entire community. 1t is right to remember
the interests of the individual; but it is right,
also. to remember the interests of that great
mass of individuals embodied In the public, in |