The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28

"Ip this connection l will recom- mend that the Legislature name. the lowest iio&nse q city of certain class may receive for the sale of whiskey. Tho Legislature might fix the license so high that hundreds of small dives around the edges of the cities-breed- ing places for crime. many of them1 and loafers' and vagrantS clubs. will
 Tt is complained that the black man does not get good treatment in the courts. This .s a fair charge. It seems to be true and am not ture 1t is not true without seems! And yet the statute may not primarily operate unfairly against him. He may really get no more than the strict word of the Jaw prescribes for the crime, but we all know that the wtite man gets less many times than the law pro- vides This is deplorable. On many occasions l have stood up to declare that equal and exact justice should be done sll men in the courts. One might reflect, however. that worth money and no friends, is likely to get the supreme penalty. while. on the oth- CT hand tho man with means. with q life of decent conduct behind him, and juries. through sharp and shrewd law yers. to grant him undeserved clem- '"rhe more serious crime charged agalnSI your peOple, WHeH d SpScidi case is known. stops the leaping blood in the veins; palsies the heart dazes the brain-to turn loose & moment afterwards a fiend in that persons body God above! Let us hope that another situation among us like this will be long delayed.
 But as I have said. it Is the eternal and wel1-night universal presence Of thinness of surface that divides gem eral order from general disorder. Add to this this other crime The kings arm should hardly hold back that oth- 'nent. which, with only nature arms, are well-night invincible. This last army wrecks a confused purpose Horrlbie. HeGr i horrible is lyhchins: not only because it Is trampling upon the sacred statutes. but because in one half of the cases, the mob's anger falls upon the unproven and even inno- cent victim More than one time since I have occupied the Executive Chair. the ruthless viOlators have laid their as Innocent of the offense charged as an angel.
 Problem For Races.
 How to live together. This Is our pie who live at distance. however, well meaning. can give us no help ex- cept-by giving us} a free way with It. and nng mine. " and et'1e' yet believe iHS o 1t is problem more for your race than for mine. We need army of good col ored men in every section of this State to stand out boldly in favor of de- manding a reverence for the statutes of the State. There are many brave men and honest men among your peo- pie that recognize the sacredness or hesitate to make themselves felt In n war on those who violate them. They are honest but inactive.
 tuous as the women of any people. They keep their homes in order like Martha. Their husbands rise up to call them blessed and their children of non-wage- earners allow their chill dren unkempt. their house to remain in untidy condition and all the sur roundings suggesting :. visaf diriorfe rom n the be considered vagrants in the law. however, able their respective hus-
 T accept the responsibility. in part. for the appointment of registrars wnc disfranchised your people. want to say now that 1t is my firrs insistence that evcry man of your race who can register under the law, should be aI- lowedt and urged to do SO I am for the laws of the state. every one or charged with the privilege of saying that one law is good and another bad. one law ought to be enforced and another ignored. Every. one of them has equalf sanctity, and every good citizen must so regard them. I be- lieve 1t Is best for all concerned. astde from the observance of the statutes. that every one who can come in un- der the permanent place of the con- stitution should be allowed and even urged to register and to vote.
 Finally go to the best white men in your respective committees and lay your troubles before them. They will help you There are men in Montgom- cry and every town. who will lend you a helping hand. Let them understand that you are driving the Ioafers to work, and that you are willing and are running down and giving up the crimi- nals to the law, Let us establish a comradeship with each other, a com radeship based on respect for law and a willingness to see that it Is enforc- ed, and further a comTadeship of mu- tuaf helpfulness
 God knows I wish you well. I wish my own people well. and I could not do that and wish ybu III, our mutual