The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-12-07

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I cannot too strongly urge the pas
sage of the bill In question. A failure
to pass II will result in seriously ham,
pering the government in its 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
whefe the judgment OF an inferior
court has been against them. ! have
specifically in view a recent decision
by a 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
eminent has now definitely begun
policy of resorting to the criminal law
n those trust and Interstate commerce
cases where such course offers rea-
senable chance Of success
Proper Use Of Injunctioas-
In my last message 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 iDjunctions IN labor cases
should be wholly abolished. It ID at
least doubtful whether a 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, I believe 1t would be wrong alto
gether to prohibit the use of injunc-
lions. 1t IL criminal to permit sym
pathy for criminals to weaken our
hands In upholding the law. and II
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 80
far as possible the abuse Of the power
should be provided against by some
such law rs advocated last year.
Against Lynching.
I call your attention and the atten-
tion OF the nation to the prevalence OF
crime among As and, above all to the
epidemic of lynching and mob violence
that springs up DOW In one part of our
country, now In another. Each SO
tion. north, south, east or west. mas
IL own faults. No section can with
Weldon spend its time jeering at the
<.,,1t. r,f another section. 1t should be
hnsy trying to amend Its own short
comines. TO deal with the crime OF
corruption It ID necessary to have N
awakened public conscience ana %
supplement this by whatever iegisla-
zion Will add speed and certainty ID
the execution OF the law. When we
deal with lynching even more Is neces-
sary. A great many white men are
lyuched. but the crime IL peculiarly
frequent In respect to black men Inc
rreafest.existing cause Of lynching =
.fhe perpetration, especially by black
: men. Of the hideous crime OF rape. tne
most abominable In all the category
~ crimes even worse than murder.
Iavlessness grows by what It feeds
mon. and when mobs begin to iyncn
for rape they speedily extend tne
snhere or their operations and lynch
FOR many other kInos Of crimes, 70 that
fwo-thlrds OF the lynchings are moi
for rape at all. while conslderepie
nronortion Of the individuals lyncheo
are innocent Of all crime
There Is bpt one safe rule IN DEALING