Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-06

| 70 DO away with he power Of ih3nnctleni
ana thorctoFo 9uoh careless p19 81 ~
injunotiye process ten1a n threaten ~
very exinfenoe, for Il The American peg
pc ever become S11., coylnss R Ssa n ~
matters Affecting labor o. n matters ias
fecting corporations, Il will be well-nigh
impossibls % prevent ~ abolition"
The Negro Problem.
The negro problem z given considers.
the. fact. that no section Of the country
u free from faults, and that no section
has occasion to 1eer ct the shortcomings
Of any. other section, he turns 70 the sub
ject Of lynchingg, and especially. a. ap-
piled 10 the negro Of the south. He says
the greatest existing cause for mob law
10 the perp0tration BY the blecka Of the
crime Of rape. crime which he terms
even worse than murder. ne quotes me
PSSSp a ush E zsofs ss9 s3sS 9 y
ago and by Gov. Jeiks, Of Alabama, re-
every coiored man should realize
that the worst enemy Of his race ID the
negro criminal, and above all the me-
gro criminal who commits the dread
full crime Of rape: and It should pc felt
as in the highest degree an offense
against the whole country, and against
the colored race In particular, for
colored man to fail to help the ofiicers
Of the law In hunting down with All
such Infamous offender. Moreover. IN
my judgment, the crime OF rape should
always be punished with death. - Is
the case with murder; aSaault with In
tent to commit rape should be made
Of the court; and provision should be
made by which the punishment may
follow Immediately upon the heels OF
the offense; while the trial should be
80 conducted that the victim need mot
tlmony, and that the least possible
publicity shall be given to the details.
The members of the white race on
the other hand should understand that
every lynching represents by Just 50
ilisation; that the spirit Of lynching
inevitably throws into prominence In
the community all the foul and evil
creatures who dwell therein. No man
CSn bsnFP a wtSo1 5he bSynT n own
moral nature permanently lowered
Every lynching means just 80 much
moral deterioration in all the children
who have any. knowledge OF ~. and
tTOubls Tor the next generation q
Vet Justice be both sure and swift;
but let II be Justice under the law,
and not the wild and crooked savagery
Of q mob.
Need for Negro Education.
"There 10 another matter which has
q direct bearing upon this matter of |
lynching and of the brutal crime which |
sometimes calls 1t forth and at other
times merely furnishes the excuse for |
It's existence. 1t is out Of the question
for our people as a whole permanently |
to rise by troading down any Of their |
own number. Even those who them
selves for the moment proht by such
the long run also suffer No more
policy can be imagined
than, in the fancled interest Of one
class, to prevent the education Of an
other class. The free public school, the
good elementary education. lies at the
of our whole political stu
alton. In every community the poor
est citizens, those who need the schools
most would be deprived Of them II
to the taxes they paid.
This IL as true of one portion of our
as Of another. 1t 10 as true
for the negro a. for the white man.
The white man, II he 10 wise, will de-
slime to allow the negroes in mass to
grow to manhood and womanhood
education. Internationally ed
loation such as is obtained in our pub
lie schools does not do everything to-
wards making a man q good cltisen;
brutal criminals, those for instance
who commit the crime Of rape, are In
the great majority men who have had
sither no education or very little; just
Is they are almost Invariably men who
puts money by out Of his earnings,
ike the man who acquires education,
s usually lifted above mere brutal
OF course the best type
K as a Whole, Il such education as
q conferred in schools like. Hampton
Ind Tuskeges; where the boys and
girls, the young men and young wo-
men, are trained industrially as well
S the rS Es0H @sSdu.s 81 ssss
Ichools turn out well In the great ma
GRITTY Of cases, and hardly any OF them
'ecome criminals, while what little
iriminality there y never takes the
,ites lynch law. Every. graduate Of
hose schools--and for the matter Of
hat every cher colored man or wo-
leads life 20 useful and
honorable q to win the good win and
'or he or she L. thereby helps the
Whole colored race as II can be helped
n no other way; for next TO the negro
imself, the man who can DO most to
Ielp the negro T. his white nsighbor
fort should be to better the relations
etWeOn the two. Great tho the bone
i Of those schools has been to their
olored pupils and to the colored peo-
le, Il may well be Questioned whethsr
'reat to the white people among whom
hege colored pupils live after they
raduate."
Capital and Labor
On the subject OF capital and labor
he president takes the agitators Of class
atred to task and says ito preach
atred to the rich man, as such, :. :.
0 seek to mislead and inname to mad
ess honest men whose lives are hard
raining which viii permit them 70 Hp-
reciate the danger In the doctrines
reached Il TO commit q crime against
he body polite and 10 be false to every
ssn national life" Continuing on this
n fss y pam people who Sthihk-ths
mechanics farmers, merchants, work
Fhom American traditions are dear,
vho love their country and try to act
ecently BY their neighbor1, owe Il to
to remember that the most
liar government IL TO elect an un-
gorthy and sinister aSitator on
latform OF violence and hypocrisy.
Whenever such an issue 10 raised IN
his country nothing can be gained by
craey To itself on trial. popular self
government under republican forms 10
tself on trial. The triumph OF the
mob IL lust a. evil a thing AZ the tri-
Imph Of the Plutocraey. ana 70 have
II we suouumb to the other.
n the end the honest man, whether rich
II poor. who earns his own living and
Iies 70 deal Justly By HI. fellows. has