Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1921-09-10
BILL WILL PENAL.
1IE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
INNCHGNGS TAKE PLACE,

Among those urging passage of the
measure were Mr.. Campbell OF Kansas
and Representative Fcss of Ohio, aul
Ansorge or New York, Republicans,
while those who spoke in opposition
included Mr.. Garrett and Representa-
ttvcs Pou of North Carolina; 'Byrncs OF
South Carolina and Aswcll OF Louis
lana Democrats.
Mr.. Fess declared THAT the bill wa,
not aimed ut the South, hut was de.
s'},ncd to deal effectively with mob
Hiolcnco whcrovcr 1t occurred. One or
tho most Understandable" lynchines
had occurred in his own State, he add
ed. Mr.. Ansorge said passage OF the
Dyer bill would "forevermore wipe
tho stain Of lynchings from the pages
Of American history"
On tho other hand, Mr.. Garrett as
serted the measure should be entitled
Dill TO encouraged criminal attacks
and Mr.. Pou said its purpose was to
pay a political debt. Mr.. Byrncs char
acterized the measure as a proposal
which If enacted and held constitution
al would prove ineffective while Mr..
Aswel commended passage Of the bill
would have a tendency to increase
rather than prevent ynchings.
Representative Begg, Republican
Ohio broke into the discussion to tell
or the robbing Of bank In Cleveland.
Citizens he said, turned out to appre-
hend the robbers and one Of the ban.
dts was shot.
Under the terms Of this bill" he
asked Mr.. Campbell would that coun
ty be required to forfeit $4,000 be-
cause criminal met death at the
pands of group of citizens?"
I'm not prepared to answer that
question" replied Mr.. Campbell.
When Representative Kelley, Re-
publican, Michigan, followed with n
query as to whether the bill would pom
aliZe county whichi did its best to
prevent mob violence, but failed Mr..
Campbell said application Of the Bills
various provisions wouil have to be de
termined during the debate.
Representative Bankhead, Democrat
Alabama inquired what would be gain
cd by passage Of tire bill transferring
jurisdiction to the IFederal courts.
Aren't judges and jurors In State
and Federal courts actuated by the
Same desire to enforct laws impart al
ly?" he asked.
During his attack on the bill, Mr..
Carrot declared:
when you place the idea, in the
hands OF a few Negroes-comparat
ly few--the idea that somehow some.
way they will be less subjected to pun
1shment for crimes against women if
they are to he dealt with by the FEEDER
al court, you are but inviting an in
,3,,ic opc Oh
This bill simply will encourage the
very crime you are seeking to put
down.
"You do not know what it means to
live in section where, because Of the
acts Of a few Of race mans wife
dare not travel alone; you do not
know that over the head Of q daughter
unprotected from the vicious, hangs
the sword Of Damocles.
DECLARES NOT UNSUITABLE
NO political eXigency can Justify
passage Of this bi1I Surely you must
rea'iZe that if you can single out the
crime OF lynching, you can place with
in the purview of the Federal court
the crimes Of murder, assault and bat
terry, theft-in fact. every crime ard
cut the Constitution adrift in this mis-
dcmeanor known to law. If you man.
ner you will not stop the eXigency, but
will set it afloat on the uncharted sea
until in the end you wiz see the wreck
or the greatest government on earth.".
Mr.. Pou was vigorously applaudei
by Dem ocrats when he declared tha.
Southerners had been doing their best
to wipe out lynching.
Were as much opposed to lynch
Ing as you arc, Mr.. Pou told Republi.