The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-15
SAYS STATES RIGHTS
SHOULD MEAN
DECENT GOVERNMENT.
tBy A. N. P.)

st. Louis, Mo-, July 1S.-The st.
Louis 9Globe Democrat in its issue Of
July carried quite an able editorial
entitled state sovereignty"-words in
the motto on the shield of the State
of Illinois-and goes on in a conclu-
sive manner to indict that great COM
monwealth for number of cases In
which the state has failed in exer-
cising its strength, and warning that
it's failure at Herrin will warrant the
intervention Of the United States
Government; THE unmarked graves
at Herrin. called on the state of IL
linois to assert its sovereignty-th
administration of Justice" says the
Globe.
II / mistake not. all the st. sI,ouis
papers made appeals for the carriage
OF justice in the last outrage In this
state-that of the lynching of Roy
Hammond at Bowling Green, a little
over a year ago; but that blot still
remains on the name of the State,
for no apparent reason other than the
state authorities evidently fail to see
any material advantage in UNFOLDING
the majesty of the law, though evil
dence is in possession of the highest
authorities sufficiently definite and
capable of verification by the slightest
Investigation to identify and secure
the indictment of actual members of
the mob. Yet Missouri falters and
our papers-as is frequently the case
all over the country-sit supinely and
pick the mott out of their neighbors'
eyes.
Illinois has furnished two extremely
exasperating cases of Lynch-Laws
East st. Louis and Herrin-as well
as enough other mob law cases to
more advanced southern states. but
Missouri must also say Me too" This
condition will obtain as long as men
place political advantage above their
oaths of office. The venerable Champ
Clark once stopped a mob in Bowling
Green single handed, but this state has
produced only one Champ Clark. A
sheriff by the name of Whitlock shot
up mob attempting to storm the
jail at Banville, Illinois several pears
ago, and a SPECIAL car load of mob
ocrats afterwards went to the penf-
Tertiary; thus shining examples of
manhood and law enforcement will
This question of State Sovereignty
stop twisting the appelation SC as to
make II fit some selfish use. Brecken-
ridge Long. Democratic opponent of
Senator James Reed in this state, Is
lieving the Dyer bill Is not a thing
which the Federal government should
espouse. but that II is matter
purely within the jurisdiction of the
eVeral states. He goes so far as TO
state that If an anti-lynching law
represented to the legislature OF Mis-
souri, he will leave the United States
Senate and return home to fight for
it's passage. Reed stands on much the
same ground. though h has not talk
en- as strong a position, on the Repub-
lican side the stand of the several
candidates is not clear at this time.
However, If the State Rights doc
trine is to prevail, II this lodging of
duty Is permitted, lynching will never
be cugtailsd in the Southern States
until those Wild people become weary
of bloody spectacles.
There is one consolation when things
reach the place where white COM
munitiet take each other to task
for remissness Of duty he Me-
gro's cause is gaining recruits. 1t
may be he is succeeding in educating
some of his more favored brothers so
that they are beginning to repent
The white mans government appears
to he firing of some of his pet hob
bies; they have proven failures and
the white man is showing much lack
of ability to govern, If the amount of
law failures Is any indication of adj
ministrative ability.