The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-07

equality" or negro domination" in
volved; only the question Of relent-
lessly Furnishing bad men.
Every colored man should realize
that the worst enemy of his race is
the negro criminal and, above all,
the negro criminal who commits the
dreadful crime of rape, and it should
be felt as in the highest degree an Of
fence against the whole country, and
against the colored race in particu-
lar, for a colored man to fail to help
the officers of the law in hunting
down with all possible earnestness
and zeal every such Infamous Of
fender. Moreover, in my Judgment,
the crime of rape should always be
punished with death, as is the case
with murder; assault with intent to
commit rape should be made a capt.
tai 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 offense; while the trial should be
so conducted that the victim need not
be wantonly shamed while giving
testimony, and that the least possible
publicity shall be given to the de-
tails.
In his next paragraph President
Roosevelt discusses capital and la
Dor. On this subject he says:
I'm dealing with both labor ana
capital, with the questions affecting
both corporations and trades unions.
there is one matter more important
to remember than aught else, AMI
that is the infinite harm done by
preachers of mere discomfort. These
are men who seek to excite a violent
class hatred against all men Of
wealth. They seek to turn wise ana
proper movements for the better cor
troll of corporations and for doing
away with the abuses connected with
wealth, into a campaign of hysteri-
cal excitement and falsehood in
which the aim is to inflame to mad
ness the brutal passions of mankind.
The sinister demagogs and foolish
Missionaries who are always eager to
undertake such a campaign of de-
straction sometimes seek to associate
themselves with those working for
genuine reform in governmental and
social methods, and sometimes mas,
querade as the refOrmers. In reality
they are the worst enemies of the
cause they profess to advocate Just
as the purveyors of sensational SLAM
der in newspaper or magazine are
the worst enemies of all men who
are engaged in an honest effort to
better what is bad in our social and
governmental condition"
Continuing, the President says:
Il call your attention to the need
of passing a bill limiting the num-
Der of hours of employment of rail-
road employees. The measure is
very moderate one and | can con-
ceive of no serious objection to it,"
The President, however, believes
there are industries and districts in
which 1t is not possible that the
hours of labor should be reduced.
On the lsthmus of Panama, for
instance, the conditions are In every
way so different from what they are
here that an eight-hour day would be
absurd; just as 1t is absurd, so far
as the Isthmus is concerned, where
white labor can not be employed, to
bother as to whether the necessary
work is done by alien black men or
by alien yellow men. But the wage
workers of the United States are of
so high a grade that alike from the
merely industrial standpoint and
from the civic standpoint it should
be our object to do what we can In
the direction of securing the general
observance of an eight-hour day.
Among the excellent laws which
the Congress past at the last session
was an employers liability law. 1t
was a marked step in advance to get
the recognition of employers liabil-
ity on the statue books; but the law
did not go far enough.
The commission appointed by the
President, October 16,1902, at the
request of both the anthracite coal
operators and miners, to inquire
into, consider, and pass upon the
questions In controversy in connec-
ton with the strike in the anthracite
regions of Pennsylvania and in the
causes out of which the controversy
arose, in their report, findings, and
award exprest the belief that the
State and Federal governments
should provide the machinery for
what may be called the compulsory
investigation of controversies be-
tween employers and employees when
they arise"
This expression of belief is deserv-
ing of the favorable consideration
of the Congress and the enactment
of its provisions into law. A bill
has already been introduced to this
end.
The message after announcing
that all remaining coal lands have
been withdrawn from sale urges that
their ownership and control remain
with the Government.
The present Congress, continues
the President, has taken long strides
In the direction of securing proper
supervision and control of the Ma
tional Government over corporations
engaged in interstate business-and
the enormous majority of corpora