Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13
ROOSEVELT FILES HIS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Nat.on's ChiefExecutivc Would
Bar Campaign Contributions
From Corporations.
FOR INHERITANCE TAX
Handle the Negro Question Without
Gloves. Saving Blacka Must Not Be
Allowed to Grow UP in Ienor-
aac@-Oencunces Lynching.
TOR INHERITANCE TAX

Wasii.r.toE. Ice. = demanding that
Lc..;h b" The penalty Tor rap. and calling
;oH tn" Enactment III a national law
governing divorces. President ttoosevclt's
message was read 10 the j"o branches OF
tons'.ss today and Mas greeted with
cheers, The president sticks 10 phonetic
spelling 10 som. extent but dsea the old
fashion. 1 style in most case. Prominent
among III. features al TIL nocuincnt are
MIR. itonseveIt's recommendation that Il
law !" PASSED prohibiting all corporations
nom contributing to campaign funds, \
Jaw such as has already been passed ny
one branch of congress. iMs declaration
that II would be wrong TO proven, The use
"f injunelions. his bitter ,lenupcia,ion CT
lynchins. his good words Tor lHe .urther-
ance CT i general eight hour dag. his de-
:nand .er :; 'thoro probe into he ques-
tioN Of woman and chic labor his AS
:sc,Non mat 1t is Wise 'hat progress along
int ~ci,aace tax lines should be gradual,
his Urging OF the ia.sase of a ship sub
sid, bin. his statcinen; that the prcs.n,
currency system IS seriously defective and
his warning Ia cuba that she must be
good. Tho president also declares that he
wfi race cannot afford 10 let III" negroes
sros. up, III Ignorance. says The income
tax stand on am entirely different footing
from the inheritance tax because it in
wolves 40 question Of In, pcrpetNation Of
iortu:es swollen 10 an unhetlihy size"
ana 'sils the atte.tion of congress to vhc
nce'i ~ passing a hin limiting ths hours of
employment of railroad employees. Nj.
Roosevelt states that effort should not
~ mace TO put combines ont Of business
nut to prevent them from doing injury to
the public. A particularly strong para
graph IL that i'll which the chic executive
spinks the Pacific coast for it, an,i-Jai-
anese sentiment and Lands tn mik;ldo's
country IS Il prime friend OF Uncle sam.
Tho muck raking magaZin@ writer's come
III for some caus;tic remarks.
The message starts ont by SAYING:
As 4 nation we still continue To .njoy
q literally unprecedented prosperity, and
X is probable that only reckless specula-
ton and disregard of Legitimate business
mGtEnlG an tho V.t ,t tho l.rlsi1aass world
can materially mar this prosperity.
Congress is ,hcn COMMUNICATED and The
president next takes up the matter OF
corporation contributions 10 campaign
funds. He says:
again recommend a law prohibiting all
corporations from contributing 10 the
campaign expenses of amy party. Such Il
bill has already past on. house of con-
sress. Let individuals contribute as they
icsir'. but let us prohibit in effective
fashion al! corporations from making con-
tributions for any political purpose. ui-
rcct!y o. indirectly.
Injunction.
Passing 20 the question OF iniunctions.
the president says:
In my last message I suggested the en-
actment of a law In connection with the
ISSUANCE of injunctions. attention having
been sharply drawn to The matter by the
demand that the right OF applying injunc-
tions IN labor cases should be wholly abol-
isned. 1t is at least doubtful whether a
law aholishing altogether the use of in
functions In such cases would stand the
test OF the courts: in which ease of
course the legislation would br ineffective.
Moreover. L believe i; would he wrong al
together To prohibit tho use vi injunctions.
1t is criminal to permit sympathy for
ing III. law: and ii men senk 10 destroy
life on property by mob violence there
should b" no impairment of tho power of
the courts TO deal with them in the most
summary and effective way possible. But
50 far a. possible tho abuse OF the power
should pe provided agai,is; 10y some such
La "a a a}x-,ca..n1 lnct r,r
OF course q judg< strong enough 20 be
Il. for his office will cnioin any resort to
vtolsnge or naturalization especially. by
ina" be of the rights OF tho original quar-
rel. There must be no hesitetion in deal
ing with disorder bat there mus like
wise be no such abuse OF tn. iniunctive
bower as is implied in forbidding laborins
:nen to strive for their own b"tlcrmcnt in
p]caceii! a.d lawful ways; no, mus; the
iajuaciioi be used merely to aid some hig
corporation in carrying out schemes Tor
's own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 1t must be re-
Iua:nborod that a preliminary Injunction
In = lano. case, il granted without a,c-
l"at' pico: tcven when authority can b.
ound 70 silpport the conclusions of law
en which il is founded. may often settle
the dispute between the parties: and there
fore # improperly granted may 10 i:re-
parable wrong.
Justice and Courage.
Tho Two important clements of .,ora.
character III Il Judge are an earnest desire
10 Ieach 4 Just conclusion and COURAGE
TO cnforc" it Insofar AZ fear of uuhiic
comment does not affect the courage of Il
Judge. hr. only spurs him ON TO search his
consc enc" and to r"ach The result, which
approves .ts"lf tn his Utmost heart. such
ypnmrnt serves a useful purpose. Th"rc
are few men. "ilctho: they arr. judges for
life or Tor a shorter term. who 40 MOI Pre-
:er 10 earn and holi the respcc. of all. and
who cannot BE reached and made Ia ,a,,s,
and deliberate by hostile public criticism.
In The case of judges having q lifn tenure.
indeed, ii.lr very independents" makes the
right freely 10 comment on their decisions
Of create Importance. because Il is the
only practical and available. instrument In
the hands Of "A free people - keep such
judges alive to the reasonable. ,ienlnnds of
those th"y serve.
l%ynching.
In connection with tn, delay # the law.
call Your attention and the attention of
the nation 70 Tie prevalence of crime.
among rs. and above all to tho epid.m:, of
iynchiag and mob violence that springs mn.
now IN one part of our country, now in
another. Each section. north. south. cast
OF west, has its own faults: no section can
with wisdom spend its time jecring at the
faults of another section: ii should he busy
trying to amend its own shortcomings
necessary To have an awakened public
conscience. and to supplement- this by
certainty in the execution of the law.
When We deal with lynchinE even more is
necessary; a great many white mon are
Quent II respect to black men. The great
est existing cause of lyncling is The por-
?etration. especially by black men. of the
;iideous crime of rape-thc mos: abom-
Enable IN all the category of crimes. even
worse than murder. Mobs frequently
avenge the commission OF this crime by
themselves torturins to death the man
committing 1t: thus averging in besfial
fashion II bestial deed. and reducing them
selves to a level wIsh 1he criminal.
upon: and when mobs begin 10 lynch for
rape they speedily extesa. he sphere Of