The Forrest City times., 1906-12-07
THEPRES|DENT's ANNUAL MESSAGE
 ID LAWMAKERS Recommends Legislation on New and Important
 Subjects. INCOME INHERITANCE TAX He Believes Such Laws Would Curb Growth of Fortunes to Dan-
 gerous Proportions.
INCOME INHERITANCE TAX
His Views on Negro ouestion-Asks for Currency Reform, and Shipping Bill-Would Make Citizens of Japs Many Other Important Subjects Discussed.

washington. Dec. 3.-The notable fea- | lures Of President Rooseveltis annual | message to congress are his appeal for the enactment into law of several bills | introduced into congress last winter and l spring; his views on the negro problem tae,ns tne scoring he gives those whom he terms terms preachers of discontent;" the stand he takes for the control of corpor- | atons by the federal government under the interstate commerce clause of the constitution. and his recommendation for an inheritance and income tax law
 Many other subjects common to mes sages of the chief executive are touched upon. put the ones mentioned are by Tar of the greatest importance He es- peciaily urges the passage of the bill prohibiting corporations from contribut- Ing to campaign funds. and also that one Which would give the government the rieht Of appeal in criminal cases Of this he says:
 Another bill which has just past one house of the congress and which is ur- gently necessary should be enacted into law Is that conferring upon the govern ment the right of appeal in criminal exists in many of the states: 1t exists in the District of Columbia by act of the congress. It is of course not proposed that in any case a verdict for the de- fendant on the merits should be set aside. Recently in one district where the government had indicted certain per- sons for conspiracy in connection with rebates, the court sustained the defend ants demurrer; while in another juris- diction an indictment for conspiracy to obtain rebates has been sustained by the court convictions obtained under it. and two defendants sentenced to impris- onment. The two cases referred to may not be in real conflict with each other but 1t is unfortunate that there should even be an apparent conflict. At pres- ent there Is no way by which the gov ernmeht can cause such a conflict when 1t occu.s. to be solved by an appeal to a highes, court; and the wheels of justice are blocked without any real decision of ,ne question: | can not too strongly A failure to pass will result in seriously hampering the government in its effort 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 themselves able effectively to contest a case where the judgment of an inferior court has been against them. have specifically
 in view rocent decision by a district out remedy for violation of certain so- called labor statute. It seems an absurd ity to permit single district judge, against what may be the Judgment of the immense majority of his colleagues on the bench, to declare law solemnly enacted by the congress to be "uncon- government the right to have the su- preme court definitely decide the Ques- tion."
 injunctions.
 On the subject of the abolition of in- functions in labor disputes, he says Tn my last message l suggested the en- actment of law in connection with the issuance of injunctions. attention hav- ing been sharply drawn to the matter by the demand that the right of apply ing injunctions in labor cases should be wholly abolished. It is at least doubtful whether a law abolishing altogether the stand the test of the courts; in which case of course the legislation would be ineffective. Moreover. l believe it would be wrong altogether to prohibit the use of injunctions It Is criminal to permit sympathy with criminals to weaken our hands in upholding the law; and If men seek to destroy life property by mob violence there should be no impairment of the power of the courts to deal with them in the most summary and effective way possible. But so far possible the abuse of the power should be provided against by some such law as l advocated last year.
 The Negro Problem.
 The negro problem is given considera- ble attention, after calling attention to the fact that no section of the country is free from faults, and that no section has occasion to jeer at the shortcomings of any other section, he turns to the sub ject of lynchings, and especially as ap- piled to the negro of the south. He says the greatest existing cause for mob law is the perpetration by the blacks of the crime of rape. a crime which he terms even worse than murder. lie quotes the admAnitions to the white people spoken by Gov. Candler. of Georgia, some years ago, and by Gov. Jelks. of Alabama, re- gently, and then says:
 Every colored man should realize that the worst enemy of his race is the negro criminal. and above all the ne- gro criminal who commits the dread full crime of rape; and it should be felt as ia the highest degree an onense against the whole country, and against the colored race in particular, for colored man to fall to help the o.icers of the law in hunting down with all possible earnestness and zeal every such infamous offender. Moreover. In my judgment. the crime of rape sslould always be punished with death. as Is the case with murder: assault with in- tent to commit rape should be made capital crime, at least in the discretion of the court: and provision should be made by which the punishment may follow immediately upon the heels of the ofYense: while the trial should be so conducted that the victim need not be wantonly shamed while giving tes- timony. 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 so much a loosening of the bands of civ ilization; that the spirit of lynchiug inevitably throws into prominence in