The Omaha guide., 1933-12-02

EDITORIAL,

Every disadvantage has it's advan-
ages. In these days of racketeering.
major crimes and kidnapping, the stud
iOus retrospective mind is kept cnstant-
ly busy looking for the cause. No other
age, through which we have passed, has
produced as many OF more, wealthy men
md women as VIZ boast of now; nor as
many hardened criminals. There is no re-
ord Of such wholesale banditry as is in
vogue today. The pages Of the daily
newspapers are filed with news Of that
nature and no person is safe who lays
claim to the possession Of wealth; neither
are the members of the families Of those
who are the possessors of wealth. Never
have lives been so insecure as they are to-
day. Kidnapping has grownsto be one of
the principal enterprises Of the under
world, hundreds of thousands Of dollars
have been extracted from the pockets of
the rich, in the last year, andino one can
tell how far it is yet to go. What is the
cause What is the remedy? "a little
leaven, leaveneth the whole lump" is a
true saying.
For years the Negro has been used, and
misused, to assuage the desire for blood
Of the laWless and irresponsible members
of the dominant race. On the slightest
provocation, Of which the cry of rape was
)nly about fifteen per cent, Negroes have
been seized, mobbed, and burned at the
stake. Many times by the c%onnivance Of
the legal authorities. While the best
white people condemned the actions Of
the mob, yet when they (mob) were ap-
pretended and brought to trial, we find
ony a few cases wherein a verdict Of
guilty was ever returned against them,
and then in a much lesser degree than
the charge on the Indictment. Those
who, did not pull the rope or apply the
match charge on tide Indictment. rhtaoin
match held the clothes. CRIMES ARE
CRIMES. The American white man
nest learn that the desire of the vicious
wolf when once he begins to feed on hui
man flesh cannot be assuaged. After
nce having been supplied with a victim,
he may be appeased for a short time, but
when his thirst for blood again arises,
those who stood idly by while he devour-
ed the first will fall a prey to his
Wolfish desires. AS with the wolf, so
with a blood thirsty mob. It is noticeable
that since the number of lynchings has
fallen off. More crimes against the per-
son and life of whites by whites have
been committed.
In view of the above, there is a safe
rule by which men should be measured
The Golden Rule-regardless of race,
condition, creed or color. We bod no
brief for the black criminal, he is no bet
er than the white criminal, he should be
accorded a fair trial by his peers under
the law. The white man should have
every confidence in the law. It is his own
machinery; he invented it and he runs it.
Negroes with only rare exceptions have
anything to do but furnish the "Modus
%oporando" for putting it in motion, he
las no escape when accused of crime, he
hasn't a friend in court. Everyone con-
cerned in his case is of a different race
than he: the lawyer who is often appoint
ed by the court to defend him is Of the
ters not how fair the Judge may be in his
same race and color as the rest. It mat
rclings and instructions to the jury, the
fact fact remains that he can but help
feel his position and realize his predica-
ment. He has the same reactions as men
of other races have when separated from
their kind. This being the case the Ne
gro fails to understand why he should be