The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-05

president Roosevelt in his annual
essage again urges the enactment Of
law prohibiting corporations from
ntributing to campaign funds. lie
SO urges the passage of the measure
fnferring upon the government the
ght of appeal in criminal cases on
testions OF law. Continuing, the
&esident says:
] cannot too strongly urge the pas
ge of the bill in question. A failure
pass II will result in seriously ham
{ring the government in its effort TO
&tain justice, especially against
.aalthy individuals or corporations
DO do wrong, and may also prevent
ts government from obtaining justice
r wageworkers who are not them
YES able effectively to contest case
here the judgment of an inferior
.urt has been against them. / have
.ecificaliy in view recent decision
district judge leaving railway
hployees without remedy for viola
IN of certain so called labor statute.
he Importance of enacting into law
)e particular bill in question is fur
)er increased by the fact that the gov
jlment has now definitely begun
|licy of resorting to the criminal law
those trust and interstate commerce
|ees where such a course offers a rea
liable chance Of success.
Proper Use of InJunctions.
In my last message | suggested the
|actment OF law in connection with
3 issuance of injunctions, attention
| wing been sharply drawn to the mat
! by the demand that the right Of ap-
hing injunctions in labor. cases
build be wholly abolished. 1t is at
list doubtful whether law abolish
8 altogether the use of injunctions
such cases would stand the test Of
D courts, in which case. of course, the
kislation would be ineffective. More
|er, believe it would be wrong alto
ther TO prohibit. the use Of injunc-
ms. 1t is criminal to permit SYM
thy for criminals to weaken our
fnds in upholding the law, and IL
In seek to destroy life or property
mob violence there should be no i'm
trment Of the power of the courts to
bI with them in the most summary
n effective way possible. But SO
as possible the abuse of the power
build be provided against by some
eh law as 1 advocated last year.
Against Lynching.
call your attention and the atten-
b Of the nation to the prevalence Of
|me among us and. above all, to the
|demic of lynchinS and mob violence
BIT springs up now in one part of our
|intry, now in another. Each sec
h, north, south, east or west, has
own faults. No section can with
sdom spend its time jeering at the
hlts of another section. 1t should be
sy trying to amend its own short
hings. To deal with the crime of
Eruption it is necessary TO have an
akened public conscience and to
)plement this by whatever legisla-
n will add speed and certainty in
. execution of the law. When we
II with lynching even more is neces-
y. A great many white men are
lched, but the crime is peculiarly
quent in respect to black men. The
latest existing cause OF lynching is
preparation. especially by black
n. of the hideous crime of rape, the
st abomipabl in all the category
crimes, even worse than murder.
grows by what it feeds
On, and when mobs BERN to lynch
rape they speedily extend the
here of their operations and lynch
many other kinds of crimes, so that
o-thirds of the lynchings are not
rape at all, while considerabl
portion of the indivi6-lals lynched
innocent of all crime.
here is but one safe rule in dealing
III black men as with white men.
is the same rule that must be APP
ed In dealing with rich men and
Dr. men-that is, to treat each man.
atever his color. his creed or his So
] position, with even handed justice
his real worth as man. White
,ple owe it quite as much to them
YES as to the colored race to treat
ii the colored man who shows by
life that he deserves such treatment.
ere is no question of social equality
negro domination involved.
u my judgment. the crime of rape
'uld always be punished with death,
Is the case with murder. Assault
h intent to commit rape should be,
de a capital crime, at least in the
erection of the court, and provision
'uld be made by which the punish
mt may follow Immediately upon
heels OF the offense.
20 more shortsighted policy can be
lgined than in the fancied interest |
one class to prevent the education
another class. The white man, IL
,roes IN n mass TO grow to man I
ID and womanhood without educa- |
Preachers of Mere Discomfort"
4 dealing with both labor and cap
. with the questions affecting both
porations. and trades unions. there
one matter more important to re-
mber than aught else. and that is
infinite harm done by preachers of
re discomfort. These are the men
B seek to excite a violent class ha-
! against all men of wealth. They
K to turn wise and proper move
nts for the better control of corpora
Is and for doing away with the
ses connected with wealth into q
lpaign of hysterical excitement and