Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-06-17
\ Race Characteristic.

I.- c.l...Iav. seems 50 anxiops TO
.e. ,, liz. ...jt.n.iary for his crime
imnrls Il. ha,.rft that il was know.
cd..e of ~. in4af.ab!e penalty for
s.-h acts by drunken negroes in the
south that suggested a welcome pro
lection Of prison walls. Liquor with
a., black man develops lust with
white women forthc victims. Lynch
ins MS til only remedy. and it was
this condition which has 50 largely
tended to spread the feeling OF pro-
hibition Of manufacture or sale of
ardent spirits or AL forms Of intoxi-
cantS in the Southern States. 1t
was Simply the only way OF meeting
acondition, universally acknowledged
to Exist. Hence tie willingness. and
indeed anxiety, OF the brute to accept
,hc less punishment, in anticipation
OF the greater. if public sentiment
should be aroused to an enlighten-
ment that experience has taught
those who are familiar with the ne.
cro's most notable incentive.
Pending the trial of Bledser for a
crime which the law provides as 4
penalty Imprisonment at hard la
Dor from FIVE to ten wears, a system
of surveillance has been established
against the negro soldiers of Fort
Lawton. resembling marshal law in
the territory adjacent to the post
grounds. where the Twen,v-fifth In
fantry (coloredl is stationed. OF the
sixty policemen bn duty, three are
mounted who patrol the sparsely set
tied sections of the district. at all
hours of daylight. The three mount
ed officers are former United States
cayalrymen. who thoroughly under
stand mounted patrol work. The
others have been divided into squads.
in charge of three Serpeants. the
LARGEST force being on dutv from G in
the morn;no until 7 in the evening
Those arc the honrs between which
the men Of the district are at work
and the women are left unnrotected
in their homes A station house has
been furnished Inv tho residents Of
INTERPLAY and there three Seroean,s
are on duty at all times with eleven
natrolmen and a mounted officer
ready tn receive telenhone calls from
residents whenever negro soldiers mr.
other susnicions characters are found
lurkinp about homes =.
Following the confession Of Rled.
ser that he attacked Mrs W
Rodd;oo last Saturday of,orroor tho
incident which caused the nomlar up.
rising AGAINST the tcoons stationed ot
Fort Tawton and hronoht On order
from the War Denactment command.
inc that thew be hold inside tho most
enclosure nnt;, the affair haze boon in.
yos,;rotod = w,s ost.h,;sbod tho,
Rlcdser was intox;cated when he in.
vaded the Rndd;nv home
Anv hes;tancv If tho War narort.
ment in orderino n withdrawal If the
Twentv-fifth Infantry from the State
is doubtless owing 10 the fact that
the same conditions NAV nossiblv he
developed wherever thew are sta.
TONED. and the onl, wav to deal with
the matter is to use vipor and deter.
minative measures for complete
punishment. \ public mass meet.
ing is suggested to emphasize the de-
mand that tho neuro troons ha 70.
moved from the State.
Gov. Hay telegraphed from Fari.
bault, Kansas, q few DAYS ago:
"Your message received and
transmitted to the Secretary of War
with the request that the Twenty.
NTH regulars De removed from the
otate.
senator wesley l.. Jones replied as
follows TO message from r. ;.
steiner:
Inc delegation has taken up the
troop matter WIN the secretary OF
war. he says the troops cannot
now DC removed out every enort 70
PUNISH the guilty Will be made. The
commanding omcer has been ordered
10 make a compete investigation
CONNIE the Offenders and detaln wit
an Immediate rerort hoe hoor o.l,o,7
forn
Til said that tho Twontvsfth H.
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