Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-12-06

ADMISSION or rejection Of evidence, or
for error as to any matter of plead
ing or procedure unless, in the opin-
ion of the court to which the appli-
cation is made, after an examina-
ton Of the entire cause, it shall affir.
raatively appear that the error con-
planned of has resulted in a miscar-
rage Of justice.
Injunctions.
In my last message I suggested the
enactment of law in connection with,
the issuance of injunctions, attention
having been sharply drawn to the
matter by the demand that the right
OF applying injunctions in labor cases
should be wholly abolished. It is at
least doubtful whether law abolish
iEg altogether the use of injunctions
In such cases would stand the test of
the courts; in which case of course
the legislation would be ineffective
I.ynching.
In connection with the delays Of
the law, I call your attention and the
attention Of the nation to the prev
alence of crime among us, and above
all to the epidemic Of lynching and
mob violence that springs up, now in
one part of our country, now in an.
other. Each section, North, South,
East and West, has its own faults; no
section can with wisdom spend its
time jearing at the faults of another
section; it should be busy trying to
amend its own shortcomings. To
deal with the crime Of corruption it
is necessary to have an awakened
public conscience, and to suppliment
this by whatever legislation will add
speed and certainty In the execution
OF the law. When we deal with
lynching even more is necessary. A
great many white men are lynched.
out the crime is peculiarly frequent in
respect to black men. The greatest
existing cause Of lynching is the per-
petration, especially by black men,
Of the hideous crime Of rape-the
most aboninable in all the category
Of crimes, even worse than murder
Mobs frequently avenge the commits
sion Of this crime by themselves tor
turing to death the man committing
it; thus avenging in bestile fashion a
bestile deed, and reducing themselves
to level with the criminal.
Capital and Labor.
In dealing with both labor and cap
.tal, with the questions affecting both
corporations and trades unions, there
is one matter more important to re
member than aught else, and that is
The infinite harm done by preachers
OF mere discomfort. These are men
who seek to excite violent class hat.
red against all men Of wealth. They
seek to turn wise and proper move
nents for the better control Of cor
porations and for doing away with
the abuses connected with wealth, IN
to a campaign Of hysterical excite
ment and falsehood in which the aim
is to infame to madness the brutal
| passions Of mankind. The sinister
demagogs and foolish Missionaries who
are always eager to undertake such a
campaign Of destruction sometimes
seek to associate themselves with
those working for genuine reform
iii governmental and social methods,
and sometimes masquerade as the
reformers. In reality they are the
worst enemies Of the cause they pro
fess to advocate, just as the purvey-
ors of sensational slander in news
paper Of magazine are the worst
| enemies Of all men who are engaged
in an honest effort to better what is
bad in our social and governmental
conditions.
Railroad Employees Hours and Eight
! Hour Law.
| / call your attention to the need
Of passing a bill limiting the number
of hours of employment Of railroad
employees. The measure is very
moderate one and / can conceive Of
no serious objection to it. Indeed, sc
far as it is in our power, it should bS
our aim steadily to reduce the mum
Der Of hours Of labor, with as a goa
the general introduction of an eight
hour day. There are industries ir
which it is not possible that the hour:
of labor should be reduced; just a.
there are communities not far enough
advanced for spch q movement to b.