Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-10-21 | Page 5 | Local News

The Tribune has altvavs maintained tlnit, aside from lis linlessness nnd nrutallt, theie Is not the slightest call for Ivnchlngs of negroes In the South The whites have the exclusive lawmaking law-making power, they have the courts nnd Juiles, and thej Invc all the otn-cers otn-cers There is no leason whatever for nnj feir tint the arcuwd negro woull lecelve undue lenity In the courts, that Juries on piope- evidence would fall to convict, or that the sentences would bo undulj delivcd, and we point to the case nt Nacogdoches Tex is, as a complete vindication of that position When a culprit can be nirnlgned can plead guilt), nnd be hanged, all within the space of two hours, theie Is surel) no call for prompt vcngeince If tea tlmnny hid been lenulred. the del ly would probably not have been much greater f-n thit the courts of the fiouth have the cine nf the ljnchlng abomination In their own ban l And, not to he pirtlil or sectional, wo will add that the cnuits of the North aie about In the sune flx The ugly thing ubout the Texas court's action Is that It appears to hive been taken at the dictation of the mob.