The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-06

matters affecting labor or III matters af-
fectinR corporations. Il VIII be well-nigh
Impossible 10 prevent 10 abolition"
The Negro Problem.
The negro problem ~ given e~ousidera-
pc attention after calling attention 20
ne fact that no section 81 the country
Tree from faults. "a that no section
mas occasion 20 Jcor az the H-hurtcomings
81 any other section, ne turns 60 the sub
Jet OF lynchings, and especially hs APP
tha Rrcatest. EXISTING cause Tor mob law
ls the Preparation by the blacks Of the
crime of rape, a crime which he terms
even worse than murder. lie quotes the
a~dmoniu0ns 20 the white people spoken
BY Gov Gambler. Of Georgia, some years
ago, and by Gov. Jelks, Of Alabama, re-
Every c5foFed man should realize
mat the worst enemy 81 his race is the
negro criminal, ans above all the ne
gro criminal who commits the dread
tul crime Of rape; and ~ should be felt
as iu the highest degree an omense
against the whole country. and against
the colored race en- particular. Tor a
colored man 20 fail 20 help the oflcers
OF the law in hunting down with ell
possible earncEtncss and zeal every
such infamous offender. Moreover. IN
my judgment the crime 81 rape should
always be punished with death, as IS
the case with murder. assault with In
tent 10 commit rape h0u be made a
capital crime, at least in the discretion
made by which the punishment may
follow immediately upon the heels Of
50 conducted that the victim need not
be wautonlE ahamcd while giving tca-
tmouv. and that the least possible
publicity shan be giyen 20 the details.
The members OF the white race on
tho other hand should understand that
every lynchlng represents By just so
much a loosening Of the bands OF civ
l~Azatonf that the spirit OF lynching
Inevitably throws into prominence in
The community all the foul and evil
creatures wh dwell therein. No man
can take part In the torture OF a hu-
man being without having his own
moral nature permanently lowered.
Every lynchtug means just so much
moral deterioration In an the children
who have any knowledge OF a. and
therefore Just so mEch additional
trouble for the next generation Of
Let justice be both sure and swift.
bust let 10 be Justice under the law.
. not the wild and crooked savageg.
Of a mob.
Need fer Negro Education.
There is another matter which has
q direct bearing upon this matter Of
sometimes calls ii forth and al other
times merely furnishes the excuse for
It's existence. Il is cut Of the question
for our people as n whole permanently
20 rise by treadlng down any OF their
own number Even those who them
selves for the moment proht by such
maltrcatment OF their fellows Win in
the long run also suffer. No more
shortsighted policy can be imagined
than. in the tancied interest OF one
other class, The free public school the
chance for each boy or Fili 20 get a
good elementary education. lies AT the
foundation % our whole political situ-
alton. In every community the poor
cst citizens, those who need the schools
most. would be deprived Of them II
they only received school facilities
pruportpnately 90 the taxes they paid.
This is as iru OF one portion Of our
as OF another. 10 s. as true
Tor the negro as for the White man.
The white man. 10 he is wise. Will de-
1 clint 20 allow the negroes in "a mass %
grow TO mAnhOo and wpmauhood
without education. unquaEuonably ed
ucatlon such as is obtained in our pub
be schools does not do everything to-
wards making d man a good citizen,
huf 10 does much The lowest "a most
brutal criminals. those for Instance
who commit Tue crime Of rape, are IN
the great majority men who have had
1 either no education or very Ntes Just
as they are almost invariably men who
Z puts money by out OF his earnings
Ike She q who acquires education
is usually lifted above mere brutal
c~riminallty. OF course the best TYP,
] OF education FOR the coIoTrd man. a,
ken AS n whole Us such education al,
Us conferred an schools like Hampton
I girls the young men and young Wo.
men. are trained induEtrially as wei
as ia the Ordinary public achoo
schools turn ont well in the great ma.
Iority 90 cases. and hardly any OF then
become criminals while what ltsl'
form 81 that brutal violence which iu.
NitCs lynch law. Every graduate o
these sehools-and for the matter o
that evgry cher colored man ~ wo
mnn-who leads a $50 90 useful an,
honorable as 60 win the good Hiti an,
respect 81 those whites whose cig
Dor hc or she tH thereby helps IN
whole colorod race as a can - hoipo,
Ia no other way. Tor next 20 the neErl
himself the man who can DO most q
hslp See negro : bis white ne.she9
enort should bc 20 better the relation
between the two Great tho the bene
M 81 these schools has been TO thci
coiored pupilu aud Co the colorcd peo
PIE. ~ may well De questioned whttho
the bencnt has not been al least a
great 60 the white people among who's
thcsv cnlorcd pupils live after the
graduate"
Capital and Labor.
on the subject OF capital and laho
tho president takes the agitators % elias
hatred 60 task and says TO prcac
hatred 60 the rich man ~ such,
90 seek Go mfslead and innamo O. mad
meas honest men whose lives are har
and who have not the Kind 90 meutu
training which will permit Thorn 60 ~
prcclnte tha danger IN the doctrine
preached ~ 90 commit a crime aEainr
the body polite and 90 he false o. ever
worthy principle and tradition Of Amer
icau rational ufc" Continuing on chi
subject hr aaYut
"rho plain people who thluk-u
mechanics. tarmcra merchants WORN
era with head or hand the mon {
whom American traditions are deai
who love their ountr and trY 90 ay
decfntiy By their n~riHhhora U 2
themselves 90 remember that the mo,
damaging blow that can be given pof
uiar government iE 60 elect an un
worthy and sinister nEttatnr nu
platform % Vlolcncn ana hYpocTial
Whenever Euch an issue IS raised s
thla country nothinE can De gained D
ninchinE from a. for in such case den
oeracY u itself On trial popular self
government under republican forms
Itself on trial The triumph % th
mob is just as evil a htuE as the t-
umph % tho ~plutocracy and Co hay
escaped one danger aVaila nothin
MhnfaVaF AZ we sucWumh 10 the Dfha