Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

~ urges The passage OF 'he measure
,,rrinr ~ % upon the government the
ea. eoll.'l,. of anneal in criminal cases on
psn. ~ of law. Continuing, the
sssa .annot TO strongly urge the pas
~ ' ot the bill in question. A failure
ssv !. s,ss - Il viii result in seriously ham,
y 1.!,ns pa. tbe government in its effort to
gs..ls gs.sa iusticc, especially against
.sslthr .ys individuals or corporations
wa ssa''1o do wrong, and may also prevent
w. W. government from obtaining justice
-. ~ swaeewoikcrs who are not them
~ l.-o. allie effectively to contest case
'.r Esara tbe Judgment of an inferior
,",rt .a has been against them. have
srecacally in view recent decision
y n district judge leaving railway
.n,lovees without remedy for viola
w .ss os certain so called labor statute.
rsa nv, imnortance of enacting into law
.hs aa particular bill in question is fur
.hsr .h increased by the fact that the gov
.snrent has now definitely begun a
s, salicv of rcsortlng to the criminal law
= those trust and interstate commerce
..ses where such a course offers rea-
enable Glance Of success.
proper Use of Injunctfons.
In nv last message I suggested the
.nactment of a law In connection with
No Issuance of injunctions, attention
having Sen sharply drawn to the mat
~ by the demand that the right of ap-
,lving iniunctions in labor cases
.t .bould be wholly abolished. 1t is at
last doubtful whether law abolish
inc altogether the use Of injunctions
n such cases would stand the test of
tbe courts, in which case, of course, the
legislation would be Ineffective. More
oyer. | believe 1T would be wrong alto
sether to prohibit the use of injunc-
tions. II 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
hmob 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 rs possible the abuse of the power
should be provided against by some
such law rs advocated last year.
Against Lynching.
call your attention and the atten-
ton Of the nation to the prevalence of
crime among us and, above all, to the
|. epidemic Of lynching and mob violence
that springs up now In one part of our
country, now in another. Each sec
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
comngs 10 deal with the crime OF
corruption 1T is necessary to have an
awakened public conscience and to
supplement- this by whatever legisla-
ton will add speed and certainty in
the execution of the law. When we
deal with lynching even more is neces-
sary. a great many white men arc
lynched, but the crime is peculiarly
frequent in respect to black men. The
greatest existing cause Of lynching Is
the Preparation, especially by black
men, of the hideous crime Of rape, the
most abominable in all the category
Of crimes, even worse than murder.
Lawlessness grows by what 1t feeds
upon, and when mobs begin to lynch
for rape they speedily extend tho
sphere of their operations and lyncl
for many other kinds of crimes, so thai
two-thirds of the lynchings are moi
for rape at all, while considerable
proportion of the individuals lynchet
are innocent of all crime.
There is but one safe rule in dealing
with black men as with white men
It Is the same rule that must be ap
Piled in dealing with rich men ant
poor men-that is, to treat each man
Whatever his color, his creed or his so
clal position. with even handed justic
on his real worth as a man. White
people owe it quite as much to them
selves as to the colored race to trea
well the colored man who shows b.
Ms life that he deserves such treatment
There is no question of social equalit.
OF negro domination involved.
IN my judgment, the crime OF rap
should always be punished with deatf
as Is the case with murder. Assault
with intent to commit rape should b
made capital crime. at least in til
discretion of the court, and provisio
Should be made by which the punish
ment may follow Immediately upo
lne heels Of the offense.
NO more shortsighted policy can b
imagined than in the fancied interes
oi one class to prevent the educatio
VI another class. The white man,
ae Is wise, will decline to allow til
negroes In mass to grow to mai
aood and womanhood without educ;
ton.
preachers of Mere Discontent."
m dealing with both labor and cal
''ai' With the questions affecting bot
corporations and trades unions, thel
's one matter more important to +
member than aught else, and that
'ne infinite harm done by preachers {
uaefe discomfort. These are the INC
@no seek to excite violent class b
stea against all men Of wealth. The
seek TO turn wise and proper mov
.neh's for the better control Of corpor
.. aons and for doing away with Il
apuses connected With wealth into
.ea,npalgn of hysterical excitement al
.a'sehood in which the aim is to i
ua'ae to madness the brutal passion
W mankind. The sinister denagogu
anu FOOLISH Missionaries who are alwa
esser 10 undertake such campai.
- destruction sometimes seek to Q
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