The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-26
LITTLE ROCK PLAYS
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 negro criminal, and above all the negro criminal of that type, for he has com mitted not only an unspeakably hideous and infamous crime against the victim, but he has committed a hideous crime against the people of his own color, and every reputable colored man, every col ored man who wishes to see the uplift- ing of his race, owes it as his frst duty to himself and to that race to hunt down that criminal with all his soul and strength Now for the side of the white man.
 ITO avenge one hideous crime by an- other hideous crime is to reduce the man doing 1t to the bestial level of the man who committed the bestial crime. The horrible effects of lynch law are shown in the fact that three-fourths of the lynchings are not for that crime at ail' but for other crimes. And above all other men, governor, you and l, and all who are opponents and representatives of the law, owe it to our people, owe it to the cause of civilization and humanity, to do everything in our power, officially ana unofficially, directly and indirectly, to free the United States from the menace and reproaeh of lynch law"
 Escorted to Luncheon.
 The exercises in the city park were brought to a close at 12 :SO p. m., and the presidential party was then escorted through streets densely packed with cheering men, women and children to the Arkansas consistory, where luncheon was given, beginning at p. m. One hundred representative men of the state sat at the tables and several hundred others oc- cupied balcony seats overlooking the scene. At President Roosevelt's right sat Lieutenant Governor John P. Lee. United States Senators Berry and Clarke and Gen. Powell Clayton, former United States ambassador to Mexico, were among those occuping seats of honor. Judge U. NJ Rose of this city, the former presi- dent of the American Bar association, was presented by the toastmaster, Presi- dent Rogers of the board of trade, to de- liver the opening address on 'The Presi- dent of the United States"
 In his address Judge Rose said the President had proven himself the Pres ident of no political party, but the Presi- dent of every man, woman and child, un- der the protecvtion of the American flag The President himself led in the ap- plause which greeted the remark. ano throughout Judge Roses address he gave | undivided attention, frequently showing his approval of the sentiments uttered | The President was given a great ovation l as ne arose to respond. lie Salu:
 Speaks at Laynan.
 'I want to say just one word suggest I cd by the fact that Judge Rose was pres I ident of the American Bar associatiQr and stands today as one of that group oi l eminent American citizens, eminent fol | their services to the whole country whom 1 we know as the leaders of the American bar. I want to speak as a layman agair ] about certin services that the learned l profession of which Judge Rose is SC eminent a member can render to an ever | greater degree than they now render tC | the American people. I know that ther, | Is a good deal of distrust, rightly, for th' | layman who speaks of law or of theology
 Concerns Good Citizenship.
 1 But I am going to say just a few l words on matter that concerns goot ]! citizenship in which the layman has { l right to expect leadership both iron I lawyer and from theologian. Very na | turally in any professionN there come t' 1 be men who treat the profession as al l end instead of as a means. l am no speaking from the standpoint of the in dividual: but from the standpoint of th nation, of the state. Just as in Christian ity, we have a right to say by their fruit | shall ye know them-just as we have right to- judge the man of religious pro fession by the outcome that comes as result of that profession-so we have right to expect from the great profes sion of the law from that which is per | haps the leading among the liberal lay professions, we have a right to expec