Show L I BLACK BLACE RECORD i FOR SIXTY DAYS Booker BookerT T Washington Com Corn Comments Comments ments on n Recent Ly in tn the United States DANGER I TO CIVILIZATION EXPRESSED EXPRESSED FOR NEGRO CRIMINAL New York Aug 19 The World tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row will print a signed statement from Booker T Washington made at Baltimore today In Jn which the negro n educator com corn comments ments r at length on the recent lynchIng In his statement Air Mr Washington says Within the past sixty days das negroes have havo been lynched in different parts of the United States Of Ot this num number number number ber only four tour of at the tho were even charged with criminal assault upon wo women women women men How can our Christian civilization stand till titI I am ani making no special plea pica I for tor the negro ne ro Innocent or guilty su Ity but I Iam Iam Iam am calling attention to the danger daner that threatens our civilization No Sympathy for Criminal For the negro criminal and especially for the negro loafer lanCer gambler nd ind drunk drunkard drunkard drunkard ard I f have nothing but the tho severest con condemnation condemnation and antI no legal punishment is too severe for tor the thc brute that assaults a wo woman woman woman man manNo No doubt the thc people who engage In InI lynching I and und excuse them believe that they will have the effect of ot striking ter terror terror terror to the guilty But who shall say ay whether the persons lynched Inched are guilty I That Is what courts are for Those who have examIned Into the facts know only too well vell that frequently it is the innocent man who Is executed Mob Law Condemned Mob Moh o justice j undermines undermine the very vcr foun toun foundation dation on which our civilization rests viz r Respect for lor the law and confidence in its security There Ther are In my opinion two remedies First of ot all let us In a deter determined determined determined mined effort everywhere to see that the thela law lav la Is enforced that all people at all times and all nil places place seo see that th mn charged with crime Is III given Ien n a fair lair trial I Secondly let all nil good citizens unite m rn man an effort to rid rill the communities s especially ally ully all the large cities II of ot the tho idle MIl vicious and gambling element And in this con connection connection I would not be just and would not be bo frank trank unless I stated that the bet better bettee I tee ter element of ot the black race could use se their Influence especially In the city to see that the tho Idle element clement that lIves by b bIt its It wits without permanent or reliable occupation or place of abode abod is either reformed or gotten rid rill of ot in some man manner 1 net ner nl In most mOlt cases c es It t Is this element that furnishes the ponder for lor these ex cx explosions e |