The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-12-04
WANTS CRIME OF RAPE
PUNISHED WITH DEATH
Urges the Need Of a Law
Limiting the Hours Of
Employment Of Railroad
Employees Would Aid
Shipping Industry Need Of
Currency Legislation

Washington, Dec 4.President Roosc-
velt's message was read in the House
and Senate this afternoon.
President Roosevelt In his annual
message again urges the enactment Of
law prohibiting corporations from
contributing to campaign funds. He
also urges the passage of the measure
comforting upon the government the
right Of appeal in criminal cases on
questions OF law. Continuing, the
president says:
cannot too strongly urge the pas
sage OF the bill In question. A failure
to pass 1t will result in seriously ham
pcring the government In its EFFORT to
obtain justice, especially against
wealthy individuals or corporations
who do wrong, and may also prevent
the government from obtaining justice
for wageworkers who are not them
selves able effectively to contest case
where the judgment Of an inferior
court has been against them | have
specifically In view a recent decision
by district judge leaving railway
employees without remedy for viola
tlon of certain so called labor statute
The Importance Of enaetlng into law
the particular bin In question Is fur
ther Increased by the fact that the gov
ernment has now definitely begun a
policy of resortlng 10 the criminal law
in those trust and interstate commerce
cases where such course offers rea-
sonable chance Of success.
Proper Use of Ininnctions.
In my last message | suggested the
enactment Of a law in connection with
the issuance of injunctions, attention
having been sharply drawn to the mat.
ter by the demand that the right of ap-
plying Injunctions in labor cases
should be wholly abolished. 1t is at
least doubtful whether law abolish
ing altogether the use Of lnjunctions
In such cases would stand the test Of
the courts, in which case, OF course, the
legislation would be ineffective More
over, | believe it would be wrong alto
gether to prohibit the use Of inJunc-
tions. 1t Is criminal TO permit sym
pathy for criminals to weaken our
hands In upholdIng the law, and II
men seek to destroy life or property
by mob violence there should be no I'm
pairment Of the power Of the courts to
deal with them in the most summary
and effective way possible. But so
far as possible the abuse Of the power
should be provided against by some
such law IS / advocated last year.
Against Lynehinx.
call your attention and the ntten-
ton Of the nation to the prevalence 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 another. Each sec
tIon, north. south, east or west has
it's own faults. No section can with
wisdom spend It's time jeerlng Mt the
faults of another section II should be
busy trying to amend its own short
comIHgs. To deal with the crime OF
corruption It Is necessary 10 have an
awakened public conscience and to
supplement this by whatever legisla-
ton will add speed and certainty IN
the execution Of the Inv When We
deal with lynchlng even more is neces-
sary. A great many white men are
lynched. but the crime is peculiarly
frequent in respect TO black men. The
greatest existing cause OF lynchlns is
the preparation, especially By black
men. OF the hideous crime OF rape, the
most abomlnable In all the category
of crimes even worse than murder.
I.awlessness grows by what it feeds
upon, and when mobs begin to lynch
for rape they speedily extend the
sphere OF their operations and lynch
for many other kinds OF crimes, 50 that
two-thlrds Of tho lynchings are not
FOR rape at ail while considerable
proportion OF the individuals lynched
are Innocent Of MI crime,
There is but one safe rule N dealing
with black men ais with white men.
II is the same rule that must he mp
piled IN dealing. with. rich men and
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