Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-04

ders filed in the war department in connection with the recent discharge of the troops in question, together with complete list of the men discharged. showing the record of each and amount of retired pay each was entitled to un- der certain sections of the revised statutes.
 Under the various requests that the matter go over nothing further was said after the reading of the resolu- tion.
 The message of the president was sent to the senate. It follows:
 THE MESSAGE.
 President Roosevelt in his annual
 message again urges the enactment of
 a law prohibiting corporations from
 contributing to campaign funds. He
 also urges the passage of the measure
 conferring upon the government the
 right of appeal in criminal. cases on
 questions of law. Continuing, the
 president says:
 I cannot too strongly urge the pas sage of the bill in question. A failure to pass 1t will result in seriously ham, pering the government in It's 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 recent decision by district judge leaving railway employees without remedy for viola- tion of certain so called labor statute. The importance of enacting into law the particular bill in question Is fur ther increased by the fact that the gov ernment has now definitely begun a policy of resortlng to the criminal law in those trust and interstate commerce cases where such a course offers req sonable chance of success.
 PROPER USE OF INJUNCTIONS.
 In my last message I 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. It is at least doubtful whether . law abolish ing 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. More over, believe 1t would be wrong alto- gether to prohibit the use of injunc- tlons. It Is criminal to permit sym pathy for criminals to weaken our hands in upholding the law, and If 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 as I advocated last year.
 AGAINST LYNCHING.
 I call your attention and the atten- lion of the nation to the prevalence of crime among us and, above all. to the epidemic of lynching md mob violence that springs up now in one part of our now in another. Each sec ton. north. south. east or west, has ts own faults. No section can with wisdom spend It's time jeering at the faults of another section. It should be busy trying to amend its own short To deal with the crime of corruption it is necessary to have an awakened public conscience and to supplement- this by whatever legisla- ion will add speed and certainty in he execution of the law. When we ieal with lynching even more Is neces- 'ary. A great many white men are ynched. but the crime Is peculiarly frequent in respect to black men. The ,reatest existing cause of lynching is he perpetration. especially by black nen. of the hideous crime of rape. the most abominable in all the category if crimes, even worse than murder.
 Lawlessness grows by what it feeds lpon. and when mobs begin to lynch or rape they speedily extend the phere of their operations and lynch or many other kinds of crimes. SO that wo-thirds of the lynchings are not Or rape at all. while considerable 'roportion of the individuals lynched I Ire innocent of all crime.
 There Is but one safe rule in dealing rith black men as with white men. { is the same rule that must be ap- lied in dealing with rich men and . cor men-that is. to treat each man. rhatever his color. his creed or his so- iaI position. with even handed justice n his real worth as a man. White eople owe 1t quite as much to them elves as to the colored race to treat relI the coIored man who shows by ] lis life that he deserves such treatment. l here Is no question Of social equality i [ negro domination involved
 In my judgment. the crime of rape hould always be punished with death. i . is the case with murder. Assault rith intent 10 commit rape should be 1ade . capital crime. st least in the iscrcsIon of the court. and provision hould be made hy which the punish ,ent may follow Immediately upon be heels of the offence.
 No more shortsighted polIcy csn be