The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1906-12-07
The Negro Problem.

The Negro Problem.
The negro problem is given considera-
BILE attention, after calling attention to
the fact that no section OF the country
Is free from faults, and that no section
has occasion to !eer 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 perpetratlon by the blacks OF the
crime of rape, crime which he terms
admonitions to the white people spoken
by Gov. Gambler, 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
full crime Of rape; and 1t should be felt
as In the highest degree an offense
against the, whole country, and against
the colored race in particular, for
colored man to fail to help the officers
OF the law in hunting down with all
possible earnestness and zeal every
such Infamous offender. Moreover, in
my judgment. the crime of rape should
always be punished with death, as Is
the case with murder; assault with In
tent to commit rape should be made a
OF the court; and provision should be
made by which the punishment may
follow Immediately upon the heels of
the offense; while the trial should be
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 loosening OF the bands of CIV
iliZation; that the spirit of lynching
inevitably throws into prominence in
the community all the foul and evil
creatures who dwell therein. No man
can take part In the torture OF a hu-
m w m vi htd
moral nature permanently lowered.
Every lynching means just so much
moral deterioration In all the children
who have any knowledge of It,, and
therefore just so much additional
trouble for the next generation Of
Americans.
but let IL be justice under the law.
and not the wild and crooked savagery
of a mob.
Capital and Labor.
On the subject Of capital and labor
the president takes the agitators OF class
hatred to task and says ito preach
hatred to the rich man, as such, :.
ness honest men whose lives are hard
and who have not the kind OF mental
training which will permit them to ap-
the body polite and to be false to every
worthy principle and tradition OF Amer
lean national life." Continuing on this
subject he says:
The plain people who think-the
ers with head or hand, the men to
whom American traditions are dear
who love their country and try to act
decently by their neighbors. owe 1t to
themselves to remember that the most
damaging hlow that can be given pop
ular government Is to elect an un-
worthy and sinister agitator on a
platform OF violence and hypocrisy
Whenever such an Issue is raised in
this country nothing can be gained by
tinching from IL, for in such case dem
ocracy is itself on trial. popular self
government under republican forms is
mob is Just as evil thing as the tri-
umph of the plutocracy. and to have
escaped one danger avails nothing
whatever II we sucuumb to the other.
or poor. who earns his own living and
tries to deal Justly by his fellows. has
as much to fear from the insincere
much and performing nothing, or else
performing nothing but evil. who
would set on the mob to plunder the
who, for his own ends, would permit
the common people to be exploited by
the very wealthy. III we ever let this
government fall into the hands OF men
show ourselves false to Americas past.
Moreover, the demagog and corrup-
ZIONIST often work hand in hand. There
are at this moment wealthy reaction
aries of such obtuse morality that they
regard the public servant who prose-
cutes them when they violate the law,
or who seeks to make them bear their
proper share OF the public burdens, as
being even more Objectionable than
the violent agitator who hounds on
the mob to plunder the rich. There Is
nothing TO choose between such a re-
dictionary and such an agitator; funda-
mentally they are alike In their selfish
disregard of the rights OF others; and
1t is natural that they should Join In
the aim Is fearlessly to do exact and
even justice to ALL
Railroad Employees Hours.
He asks for the passing of the bill linn
itng the number of hours OF
employment of railroad employees, and