Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-12-10
RESIDENTS MESSAGE

sage again urges 'H0 VI
Dess~7 prohibiting corporations from
lT ',rting to campaign funds. He
coD'' .,.,es the passage of the measure
fsV ING upon the government the
coIi 81 appeal In criminal cases on
rgnt. ,ors of law. Continuing, the
resident says;
s,nnot too strongly urge the pas
- the bill In question. A failure
sases II will result in seriously ham,
u - the government in its effort to
' YIN Justice, especially against
soaltby individuals or corporations
We, s, do wrong, and may also prevent
.orarnment from obtaining justice
Wv Tvapevorkers who are not them
Toe able effectively to contest case
l,ra the Judgment of an inferior
,.+ has been against them. l have
.oocfcally in view recent decision
" district judge leaving railway
|.,loveps without remedy for viola
.,.1 If q certain so called labor statute.
~Sa inheritance of enacting into law
ho particular bill in question is fur
Nv wv increased by the fact that the gov
..ornenr has now definitely begun
.,Iiov Of resorting to the criminal law
|. those trust and interstate commerce
..ses where such course offers a rea-
.onoble chance Of success.
proper Use of Injunctions.
n nv last message / suggested the
,octmeut of a law in connection with
no issuance of injunctions, attention
,orinc been sharply drawn to the mat
,,r bv the demand that the right of ap-
nring injunctions In labor cases
sbould be wholly abolished. 1t is at
I.ost doubtful whether a law abolish
inc altogether the use of injunetions
IN srcb cases would stand the test of
tha courts. in which case, of course, the
Hesitation would be ineffective. More
aver believe it would be wrong alto
cotber to prohibit the use of injune-
firms It is criminal to permit sym
natby for criminals TO weaken our
hands in unfolding the law, and II
mon seek to destroy life or property
N by mob violence there should be no Inn
naIrmpnt Of the power of the courts TO
deal with them In the most summary
and effective way possible. But so
far as possible the abuse of the power
should be provided against by some
sDcb law as advocated last year.
Against LynchinE.
I call your attention and the atten-
tion Of the nation to the prevalence OF
crime among us and, above all, to the
Epidemic Of lynchlng and mob violence
that springs up now In one part of GU
s country now in another. Each sec
ton, north. south, east or west, has
lis own faults. No section can with
wisdom spend It's time jeering at tbs
faults Of another section. 1t should De
busy trying to amend its own short
comilgS To deal with the crime OF
corruption it is necessary to have al
NJ awakened public conscience and II
supplement- this by whatever legisla
ton will add speed and certainty IL
the execution of the law. When we
deal with lynching even more Is neces
sary. great many white men ar'
ynChed, but the crime Is peculiarly
frequent in respect to black men. Th'
greatest existing cause of lynchlng Il
the Preparation, especially by olaei
men, Of the hideous crime Of rape, tn
most abominable in all the categor!
Of crimes, even worse than murder.
Lavlessness grows by what 1t feed
upon and when mobS begin to lyncl
Tor rape they speedily extend III
sphere Of their operations and lyncl
Tor many other kinds Of crimes, so tina
n twothirds of the lynchings are no
Tor rape at all, while a consideraDl
Proportion of the individuals lynche
are innocent of all crime.
There is but one safe rule In deaiin
with black men as with white mel
1t is the same rule that must be az
pied in dealing with rich men an
poor men-that Is, to treat each maj
Whatever his color, his creed or his 81
cial position. with even handed 1ustic
Oh his real worth as a man. Whlt
people owe it quite as much to then
selves as to the colored race to trea
well the colored man who shows D
Ills life that he deserves such treatmen
there is no question Of social equalit
negro domination involved.
In my judgment, the crime OF raI
should always be punished with deaf
as Is the case with murder. Assau
with intent to commit rape should {
made a capital crime, at least IN IL
discretion of the court, and provlsio
SHOULD be made by which the punls
ment may follow Immediately upo
Tue heels of the offense.
No more shortsighted policy can
imagined than in the fancied intere
Vi one class to prevent the educatie
VI another class. The white man,
Ne Is wise, will decline to allow u
negroes In a mass to grow to ma
nOod and womanhood without educ
ton.
PREACHERS of Mere Discomfort.
In dealing with both labor and ca
4ai' with the questions affecting DO