The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-12-13
PRESIDENTS INT MESSAGE

a 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. 4 failure
10 pass it will result in seriously nam
pering the government in its tnoft 10
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. l nave
specifically in view recent decision
by a district judge leaving railway
employees without remedy for viola
tion of q certain so called labor statute.
The inheritance OF enacting into law
the particular bill il question is fur
ther increased by the fact that the gov
eminent has now definitely begun
Motley Of resortng to the criminal law
in those trust and interstate commerce
cases where such course offers req
sonable chance Of success.
Proper Use Of InjunctiOns.
Ia INV last message | suggested the
enactment Of Ii law i'll connection with
The issuance Of injunctions, attention
having been sharply drawn to the mat
ter by the demand that the right or ap-
plying injunctions in labor cases
should be wholly abolished. 1t ID 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-
tons. 1t is criminal to permit sym
Dathy for criminals to weaken our
hands In upholding the law, and II
men seek TO destroy life or property
BIZ 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 | advocated last year.
Against LynchinG.
| call your attention and the atten-
ton of the nation to the prevalence or
crime among us ana. above all, 10 the
endemic of lynching and mob violence
that springs up now in one part of our
in
ton. north south, east or west. has
its own faults. No section can with
wisdom spend its time jeerinG at the
faults of another section. 1t should be
busy trying to amend its own short
comings TO deal with the crime OF
corruption it is necessary to have an
awakened public conscience ana 10
supplement this b. whatever leglsla-
ton will add spec and certainty in
the execution of IT, law. When we
deal with lynching even more is neces
sary y great many white men are
Iynched. but the crime is peculiarly
frequent in respect TO black men. The
greatest existing cause OF lynching is
the preparation, especially by Dlaci
men, of the hideous crime Of rape, the
most abominablc in all the category
of crimes. even worse than murder.
IawIessness grows by what it feed:
upon. and when mobs begin to lyncl
for rape they speedily extend thu
sphere OF their operations and Lynch
for many other kinds of crimes, so tina
two-thir;tS at The lynchings are no
for rtpr III al. while Il considerab BIZ
prnuortinu oi the individuals lynche'
are innocent o. all crime.
There i nul one safe rule in dealin,
with bi;t,.!. men as with white men
Ii is the same rule that must be up
piled in dealing with rich men an,
poor meu-that is. 10 treat each man
whatever his color. his creed or his Sc
cial position, with even handed justic
ON his real worth as Il man. Whit
people owe il quite az much To them
selves us to the colored race to trea
we'll the colored man who shows h.
his life that he deserves such treatment
There is no question OF social eQuaht
or negro domination involved.
In my judgment. the crime of rap
should always be punished with dealt
with intent to commit rape should
made capital crime. at least in tn
discretion of the court. and p.ovisio
should be made by which the punish
ment may follow immediately upo
the heels of the offense.
No more shortsighted policy can b
imagined than in the fancied interes
OF one class to prevent the educatio
Of another class. The white man,
he is wise, will decline to allow til
negroes in Il mass to grow to maj
hood and womanhood without educi
ton.
preachers of Mere Discentent."
In dealing with both labor and ca
ital. with the questions affecting bot
corporations and trades unions, thel
is one matter more important to r
member than aught else, and that
the infinite harm done by preachers
mere discomfort. These are the me
who seek to excite violent class b
tired against all men of wealth. Tit
seek TO turn wise and proper NOV
ments for the better control of corpor
tons and for doing away with q
abuses connected with wealth into
campaign of hystericnl excitement al
falsehood in which the aim is to
flame to madness the brutal passio
OF mankind. The sinister demagogu
aud foolish Missionaries who are alwa
eager to undertake such campai
of destruction sometimes seek to :
sociate themselves with those work.
for a genuine reform in government
and social methods and sometimes m,
Querade as such reforners. In real
they are the worst enemies Of +!
cause they profess to advocate. just
The purveyors of sensational Islander
newspaper or magazine are the wo
enemies of all men who are engaged
an honest effort to better what Is b
in our social and governmental con