Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-11-04

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speech by Governor Davis i'll which the
lynching Of negroes was theoretically
defended. Turning to the governor, the
president said that the worst enemy Of
the negro race WAS the negro criminal
Of tie type referred to and that it was
the first duty of the colored man to aid
in hunting down such criminals, but he
added that ''to ayenge one heincus
crime By another heinous crime is to
reduce The man Doing it to the bcStti.ti
level OF the man who committed the
bestial crime" He said the horrible
effects Of lynch law were shown in the
fact that three-fourthS Of the lynch
ingS were not for that crime at all, and
he insisted that the governor and him
self, as representative of the law, owed
it to the people and to the cause of civ
ilization to do everything in their pow
err to free the United States from the
menace and reproach of lynch law.
The enthusiasm at New Orleans
leaped beyond all bounds, and the
president was hailed as the savior of
the city for his prompt action in the
recent yellow fever crisis. While on
his way down the river the presidents
boat had a collision and was run
aground. But he was uninjured.
'"This is the most strenuous birthday
/ have ever known" said President
Roosevelt about midnight, when he
took command of the tender Magnolia
in which he was going to the Passes to
meet the battleship West Virginia.
beached her safely on the river bank
and prevented her from going down in
the middle of the Mississippi. 1t was
a closer shave than the president him
self was aware of, for the Magnolia
had three big holes in her hull as the
result of her collision with the steam
ship Esparta. He was forty-seven
years old Oct. p.
The President at Sea.
Mr. Roosevelt is the first president to
leave the jurisdiction of the United
States during his term of Office, unless
MIR. Cleveland did so when he went on
a cruise in E. G.. Benedict's yacht while
occupying the presidential Office. But
Mr.. Cleveland never admitted that he
did get outside the three mile limit on
that occasion. President Benjamin
Harrison and President Mckinley stop
ped at Ell Paso, Tex, OH their Swings
around the circle" but both declined
invitations to cross over the Rio Grande
into Mexico.
A great many people suppose that
when the president leaves the United
States the vice president exercises the
functions of chief executive. But the
Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks is to
have no such honor and authority con-
ferred upon him. There is nothing in
the constitution to grant him the right
to act as president in. the present in
stance. Besides, even when Mr.. Roose-
welt is out beyond the Jurisdiction of
this government he will be aboard an
American warship and in measure
will carry United States territory along
with him.
Bank Scandal Growing Worse.
Another feature in the looting of the !
National bank at Allegheny, |
Pa, which has come to light is the dis |
covery that notes given by Republican |
politicians for personal loans against
state funds on deposit were missing to
the amount of $Go0,0O0 AT the same
time State Treasurer Mathues confess
ed that there were in the looted bank
81 O3O 900 of state funds Attorney
General Moody took steps toward the
prosecution of those responsible for the
banks condition, and Governor Penny
packer appealed to the federal govern
nent for action.