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

among those urging passage Of the
measure were Mr.. Campbell Of Kansas
ana Representatives Fcss Of Ohio. au1
Ansorge OF New York, Republicans,
Wllllc those who spoke in opposition
includcd Mr. Garrett and Representa-
tlVe% Pou OF North Carolina: 'Byrnes OF
South Carolina and Aswcll of Louis
lana Democrats.
Mr.. Fcss declared THAT the bill wa,
not aimed ut the South, but was de.
%'&ncd to deal effectively with mob
Niolcnco wherever it occurred. Ono or
the most Understandable lynchines
had occurred in his own State, he add
ed. Mr.. Ansorge said passage of the
Dyer bill would "forevermore wrpr
the stain of lynchings from the pages
OF American history"
On the other hand, Mr.. Garrett as
serted the measure should be entitled
Dill TO encouraged criminal attacks
and Mr.. Pou said it's purpose was to
pay political debt. Mr.. Byrnes char
acterized the measure as q proposal
which If enacted and held constitution
nj would prove ineffective while Mr..
Aswell commended passage Of the biN
would have n tendency to increase
rather than prevent ynchings.
Representative Begg, Republican
ohio broke into the discussion to tell
OF 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 he required to forfeit $4,000 be-
cause criminal met death at the
pands of a group of citizens?'
I'm not prepared to answer that
question:" replied Mr.. Campbell.
when Representative Kelley, Re-
publican, Michigan, followed with a
query Us to whether the bill would pom
aliZc county which' did its best to
prevent mob violence, but failed Mr..
Campbell said application Of the bil's
various provisions wou'Il have to be dc
termined during the debate.
Representative Bankhead, Democrat
Alabama inquired what would be gain
cd by passage Of the bill transferring
jurisdiction to the lFederal courts.
AREN'T judges and jurors In State
and Federal courts actuated by the
same desire to enforct laws impaut al
ly?" he asked.
During his attack On the bill, Mr..
Carrot declared:
when you place the idea in the
hands OF 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 be dealt with by the FEEDER
M court, you are but inviting an III
erase in the commission Of such crime.
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 q few Of a race a 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 JUsTIFABLE
mo political exigcncy can justify
passage Of this biaH 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
Wv VI vi tSl ASSAULT ana IdJ
terry, theft-in fact, every crime ard
cut the Constitution adrift in this mis-
demeanor known to law. If you man
ner you will not stop the cxigency, but
will set it afldat on the unchartcd sea
until in the end you will see the wreck
of the greatest government on earth"
Mr.. Pou was vigorously applaudei
by Democrats when he declared thai
Southorners had been doing their best
to wipe out lynching.
Were as much opposed to lynch.
Ing as you are, Mr.. Pou told Republi.