Evening star., 1921-09-02
MOULD ANN|H|[ATE
WHOLE MOB SPIRIT
3ar Convention Told That
ILynching and Labor Rows
! Undermine Government.

~ the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, September q
Impartial annihilation OF the "hoie
poisonous, pestilential brood OF what
generally is called the mob SPIRIT Is
the only guaranty of national sa1ety,
Luther z. Rosser of Atlanta. Ga, told
the American Bar Association IN an
address on the illegal enforcement Oh
the law this morning.
Lynching, he said, will cease only
when negroes stop their attacks on
white women and when Tue NE
people reach such stage OF SER
control that they can restrain them-
selves in favor of the law-two Things
that are too deep-seated to pc met
by the law alone, but must be met
by an awakening of public conscience
and the uplift of the two races.
But lynching, he added, was only
one phase of the mob spirit that rs
constantly and industriouSly laying
the ak at the root OF government:
Labor mobs, though different IN their
Inception and makeup, were ue-
clared to be just as inlmlcai 10 'ne
safety of the nation.
i. whfrlwind Of Passion.
,srhe lynching mob is born In
vhirlwind of passion and survives
hut a day," he said. I'm the pres
ence of armed forces it sinks away
in the darkness and dissoIves In
terror. ,, too of,en IA horn
Of deliberation and preparation. II
often lives long enough to exert It's
corrupting influence upon leelslatloh
and administration and to secure the
universal object. of all such moDs;
Too often, in defiance of arms and
constables, it continues its work OF
destruction and murder"
!, Lynching But One Evil.
,"Lynching," he declared, is only
one of the germs. To attack one and
leave the other one osafely thrive
suicide. humiliation,
y6t dallying, is the only guaranty
tof national safety
II The action of Federal Judge Kene-
saw NJ. Lands of Chicago, national
5commi Ssioner of base ball, in accept
Ping private employment and private
Isemolument' while active on the fed
tine unqualified condemnation" of the
american Bar Association in a reso-
Hutton adopted last night.
Z Attack Judge Landis.s
K The resolution was adopted after
|s8tQrmy debate, in which former Sena-
ttor James Hamilton Lewis counseled
against hasty action and moved that
the matter be referred to a commit
stee for investigation. He declared
that Judge Landis should be accorded
Ia proper hearing before being con-
sdemned. The resolution was drawn
by the executive committee of the
association and was presented by
Hampton L. Carson of Philadelphia,
1ormer president of the organization.
X The administration of federal gov
sernment in the United States was at
tacked in an address before the con-
VentiOn last night by former Senator
Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, who
declared this country had turned from
a representative republic to a conti-
mental democracy"
|. States Rights Encroached.
4 Encroachment of federal authority
on states rights was criticized by the
FORMER senator and federal expendi-
stures were declared a riot of waste
and profigacy which has long dis
Eraced the country's affairs" Repub-
l1canS and democrats are now meet
Ing upon a common ground, MIR.
Thomas said, with even "the tariff a
g00mmon basis for plunder."
Il The international scope of the bar
Rssocia tiOnS convention was empha-
fized tonight by the presentation of
|R sakadzuki, Japanese loving cup,
70 fhe association by DR.. r. Masujima,
in behalf of the Japan Bar Assoc
c1at1on. DR.. MaSujima declared the
Japan bar looked to the American bar
Ps the preceptor of bar associations.
|. VIII Elect Omcers.
Z Election of officers and the annual
banquet of the American Bar Asso-
'cfation, to be presided over tonight
by Chief Justice Taft of the Supreme
Court of the United States, were the
principal features of the final days
session of the forty-fourth annual
lconvention.
n G. A. Severance of st. Paul, Mimi,
was the most prominently mentioned
man for the presidency of the asso-
ctation for the coming year. James
N. Beck of New York, Edmund F.
iTrabue of Louisville. KY, and John
w. Davis of Charleston, w. Va, also
haye been suggested. The general
Souncil will act to-day on a list of
|pmcers and submit it's recommenda-
lion to the association this afternoon
Z OF the many reports to be heard in
today'S final business sessions, that
on law governing aviation held
perhaps the greatest interest. Fol-
lowing a conference yesterday, the
special committee of the association,
headed by Charles A. Boston of New
KIRK, will present report today in
conjunction with a report on a uni
form aviation law drafted by a COM
mtttee, of commissioners on uniform
etate laws.
The commissioners report was re-
6erred back to the committee when
fhe commissioners association met
early this week. 1t was considered
probable that the Bar Association
committee would also receive their
report for further work, with instruc-
Hons to return it in revised form, at
the next meeting.
Test flights and demonstrations will
be made before the committee and
bther delegates tomorrow at McCAok
Field, Dayton. Ohio, where the asso-
ffation will spend the day as guests
bf the Montgomery Bar Association
FUDGE lands MAY REPLY,
FOO Busy to Issue Statement on