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I li it R ii IE OMIT JDURHAL crlfps, New Aesoclatla Tlflrm. 3 awl B O'cleck CWn. V HOK HOTHKH. 01 Iv Om Yer. t4.N Irt A4V4HMW. aWUThre JM, VM In A4vae, Wafcfy Om Yr, f 149. Ni, Avium. 40UHNAL. SPECIAL DELIVEnV. Om Week , ,...'$ 10 On. Month 85 Tareo JKonthj . .......... 1.00 At Journal ffics At Daus's Grocery South Salem. At .Bewrex Qroceiy, YewfoPark. Asylum Avenue Srocery More. EItrlo Qrocery, East BUte 8t -1 ,,T H'.f ' " , , N-IMWt'HM 1 1 1 1 1 1 p )IMIHII))1II1IIIMI1 The Weather. TonlfthtfeDd Thunder1. Mr. $1 i A ii i ii " CONCERNING. OB LAW. President Jtoonqrelt'e .letter on the subject ot mobs Is timely,, and la a credlt'to knth hlsihead afldhoart. Kw cry rikt-wlnded ellison. In normal condltlonawl, agree with him hearti ly. . The, trouble la that moa.aro not always In that normal condition Pla. to kald wit man wa "a perpendicular aatwd without foatbom,'' and tholle acrltloa will answer very well. While endoWed,' beyond tbo other animals, with tho power of speech, and tbo ability to, reason ho ha atlll the anl tnal Instinct jirc-locfc his weaker mate; and (he mora virile ho In, -the fljrcer la this Instinct) Itnce preser vation, riot Belf-prescfvatlon, la the first law of 'nature: nlaw or which our President I the moat strenuous ndVo? catejrOntblB law1 Is bullded the Uoo trlnrflof the survival ot tho fittest. It lafuDdarnental, and can neither be legislated out' of humanity, nor-cmdl-catcd by learned dlsseratlonn appeal Inn to reason, for, while admitting the evils' attending- tho violation of the law while cool nnd tincxcltod, when conditions arlso that nrouso tho ani mal Instinct to defend Ita lilnd. lien son takes a book aost, nnd tho animal 'W.'l'Ui'V -JePr' fcn,l n,1(1 4Ptrpyi taw mmtoi , Aga, It Is claimed that, "color" has mpca ot do with tho many cases of Riotfvlobnoo hy which the country has ""tfUX Vqo eliqtkcd. This In In part trao, but only In part: tho anmo of ffetke has cauaod nogroe-a to be tied to the nh,e In tho .Kost was n(jed out tho aamo puulshmont, and thMiii white man, but. n fow day ago. at Asotin, Washington, On tho other hand It must ho ro membjrhdl that Um crlrdo la siuatot when committed, by a negro, for thorc ' Uiojidilltlonal natural antipathy ol raq.Uio horror which uvery true whlto woman haa against mlsrogona. tlon. In other wonls tho crlmo Is not only against tho aex. but adds to It tho violation of that attonkest of all .net ural Instinct race preservation. The Prealdolit travels. Into the realms of Utopia, and deala.wlth theories, and thoso theories arp correct, frpm the Utopian standpoint. Tho trouble It that.man. takes a more practical view of JAejnatter; ho deals with It from djWereuT'noInt of vinw r- tn,. '.-. HKI04 0," humanity to tears; bq iff .as the prattle of children can ; thq aoul thrill with dellaht In tUfaa; o Ions aa the rod blossoms of lg jhaU gladden tho heart of man. ffSJP1?9 "lmJf0 b "nil" on hip HpeTo'TOcet doaU in any form, fol those he, evea--that long will ie hold M nauiht tho Uvea of thoso whose hands are red with tho blood of those whow ha calls, his own. Ther la. one remedy for mob law. ad only on If thereMa no crime ibr win be tio penUhnien,L Ut the en4 bstaln.,aad.ther will be no roo toitestraln. WURNAL X-nAYS. Klnjt Menellk, of Abysslnula, la r liMf'wIously lit Menellk has been ticked so often and killed ao many tlmos that ho can't aland many Icka ropro. e It now appears that Mra VanClerke, the-lady who used her bustle for n safety deposit vault, had 17800 sowed Us It. Obaervant-peoplo have no doubt noticed that bustles aeein more than usually plethoric, but olxdy realised wkt waa tho matter with them. e . . Twoi wook ago tho Salem brewory capttea 609 barroU of hr Into tho sewer, which, of courso, found Ita way lnt,tke.Hr. In lesa than a week tilrtt ra of salmon on rccont ataHeU up tho Columbia. la this mere ly t coiucldoneot May It not , fcW M' J"rr ' -- . uavj w MM -- -- IlAaIt 4MmMrt tf r r it rm i-i ill tliegck, IjVlmf'WptMfcugttMi. Bciieriryk., e.wtSjaiS! t r ISUSBIN ' : THE LAW The President Writes Letter Deprecating Mob Law Thinks it Teads t Degrade Those Participating in Pun- ishneats Outside of the Courts In a letter, tbo publication of which waa nutuorlied loooy, rreaiueni Roouovolt commenda Governor Dun bin, of .Indians, for tho attltudo ho as sumed recently respecting lynching. Tho- president also embraces the op portunity to oxpresm hls own views in reference to lynching and mob vio lence generally, saying mob violence (a ono form of anarchy and that en arcby la a forerunner of tyranny. The President vigorously urges that penalty for crimes that Induce a re sort to lynching shall bo applied swift ly and surely, but by duo process ol (he courts so that It may be deemed strictly 'that law la adequato-to deal (villi drlmo by froolng It from ovory rustlgo of technicality and delay." Presldsnt Roosevelt's Letter. President Roosevelt's 1 utter In full (o Qovernor Durbln follows) "Oyster Hdy, Hi V., Aiig.' C, 1903. "My Utp&t aoverriof iJurbln: Ppr tnlt- mo to tbnuk you. aa an AuiQrlcmi cltlson foe tho way In which you bavo Vindicated tho majesty of the law b your recent action In ruferenco to yncbliig. I (eel my dear air, that you iave made all nnm your debtors who pelleve, as all furaculng men must hat tho woll-bong, Indeed tho very existence, of tho rupubjlc depends on that orderly liberty under tbu law Which Is aa Incompatible with mob vloluuco as with- any form of dospot hiu. Of courstt'mob violence Is aim ily ono form of anarchy; and anarch) a now, as It alwayn will bo, thu hand maiden and forerunner of tyrnuny. "1 fuel that you havo not only ro ducted honor on tho statu which foi ts good fortuno has you as Its chief lixocutlve. but uno'u tho whole nation It Is Incumbent upon ovvry man I. urnuunouc tins country not on ly tc 1 hold up ha hnnd8 In tho courso you iave bcun following, hut to show his I'cnllintlou that thannattor Is ono o 'Hal concern to us all. "All mini must fool tho gravost ilarm over no growth of lynching In ho country, nnd especially over thi iiecullariy hldcoua forms so often ta en by the mob vlolonco when coloroo men are tl victims, on which ocens ons tiro mob seems to lay weight, not m tho crime, but on tho color of thi irlmlnal. In a portion of thoso tlu man lynched haa been guilty ot a ter riblo crime, horrible boyond descrlp tlon, n crlmo so horrible that as fai i s ho himself U ooncernpil ha has for- Mted th riot to any kind of aympa ihy whatsoever. No 8ympathy for Criminals. "The feeling of all good cltlxent that audi a hideous crime shall not bu hideously punished by mob vloluuco Is luu not In the least to sympathy for tho criminal, but to a very lively jense of the train of dreadful conse quences, which follow tho course taken hy the mob In exacting human ven treaiica for an Inhuman wroug. In such cases, moreover. It Is well to re member that tfce criminal not merely Ins aaalust humanity In unpardona ble fashion, but stna particularly against tils owu race, and doea them a wrong far greater than any white man can possibly do them. There fore In such cases the colored people throughout thovland should In every possible way show tholr bejlef that they, more than all others In the com munlty. are horrified at tho commls slan of such a crime, and are peculiar ly coucorned In taklnjr such measures as will prevent Ita Tocurrenco and bring tho criminal to Immediate- Jua tic. Tho slightest lack pf vlgot lthc In deoMnc,latlon of tho crlmo or In bringing the criminal to Justice is Itself unpardonable. "Moreover, every effort ahould bo made under the law to expedite tho proceeding of Justice n the caso of such an awful crimp, nut It cannot be newaaary In order to accomplish this to deprlvo any cltlsen of the fun damcnlal rlghta to t heard In his own Idcfenso, which are aa dear to us nnd which fr at the, root of our liberty ii i 'i ii i i ' " " T " .".'""... ' " "".i,1 . ' MllST' Avtf'i Hair Vlawp aUfi mM CU&teto Wn yor fjy kr istri colorit u?cd fo.lwv?., TW PAILY JOUBNAt, 8ALEM, QUEOOri, WEPNESDAV. AUGUST To restore Vig or to the eye tea, promote sennd el cop and assist di gestion you should take a dote of the Bit ters brfomeecli meal. It will core Sick Headacne. nervousness. Indigestion. Constipation , Dyspcpslmnd Kidney trouble fciffifcs Beuro te try It. It cortalnlr ought to bo poalhle, by t)ie proper administration of tho laws, to bring Bwlft vengeance upon the qrlmlnal, and. the efforts of leglsla tora, Justlco nnd citizens should bo addrossed to securing such reforms in our legal procedure as to leave nc vestige of exctuo for thoso misguided men who undertako to reap vengeance through violent methods. Too Much Delay. "Men who hnvo been guilty of a Crime ilko rape or murder should -be Visited with swift and certain punish ment, nnd tho Just effort mado by the Courts to protect them In their rights Ibould under no clrcumstancos be per rortcd Into permitting any mero tech nicality to ayort or delay their pun (ahment. Tho substantial rights of (ho prisoner to a fair trial roust, ol Course, ho guaranteed as you havo so justly Insisted. That thoy should bo made subject to this guarantoo, the law must, work swiftly and surely, nnd til tho agents of the law should real (ze the wrong tnat they do- when they permit Justice to bo delayod or thwart ed for technical or. Insufficient rca ionB. Wo must show that tho law If adequate to deal with crlmo by freeing t fromevbry vcstlgo of technicality jind delay.1 "But tho fullest recognition of the jiorror of tlio crime .and tho rdost com ploto lack of sympathy with tho crlm nal cannot In tho least diminish our Jiorror at tho way In which It has been customary to avongotheso crimes and jit tho consequences that nro already Spreading the re fro im It Is, of courso Inevltnblo that whoro vengennco In taken by a mob It should frequently light on Innocent pcpplo, and far tho wrung done In such a casp to tbo Indl yldunl thoro.ls no remedy. Dut oven horo criminals nro ronchod, tho groat vrohg done, by tho mob to tho com Inunlty tnoir Is well nigh as great. Pspeclully Is this truo whoro tho lynching la accompanied with torturo, There uro certalu hideous sights which, whon onco soon, can nover be I wnoiiy ernseil from tho mental retina, I " moro fnot of 'mv'K "eon them iiiijmi's uPRrvuaiian. una is n tJiou tandfold stronger whon, instead of merely sojIiik tho deod, tho man has participated In It. Whoever In any onrt of our country haa ever tokon nart In lawlessly putting to death n 'riminal by tho dreadful torturo of 5 lro must forovor after havo tho aw 'ul npnctncla o. his handiwork scared into his brain and soul. Ho can nov or again bo tho same man, Violent Men Encouraged. "This matter of lynching would be a torrlblo thing oven If It stopped with tho lynching of men guilty ol tho Inhumnn nnd hideous crlmo ol rape, but n a matter ot fact tho law. lessness of this typo 'does not stoi vnd, never cup.stopln such fashion. : .. t .....-. , .. 'n Yiun-ni man in mo communl y la oncouroged by every caso of lynching, In which the lynchers go un junlshed, to take the law Into bis own hands whonevor It suits his owu con venlenco. In tho samo way the us )f torturo by the mob in certain asea la auro to spread until It Is np Jlled moro or loss Indiscriminately in ither cases. The spirit of lawless noss grows with what It feeds on am' when mobs with Impunity lynih crlm inalB for one cause, thoy are cortalr o begin lynching Innocent or alleged erlmluala for other causes." "In the recent cases pf lynching, ovor three-fourths were not for rapo at all, but for murder, attempted mur der and oven lesa hideous ofr.n.n. "Moreover, the history of these ro cout case showa tbo awful fact thot when tho minds of men are habituated to the use of torture hy lawless belles 0 avengo crlmo of a peculiarly revolt ing desqrlpt,lon. other lawless bodies wm uu lonuro in order to erlmos of an ordinary type. punish wtireiy no patriot can fall to seo ihe fearful brutalntlon and debase ment which the Indulgence pf such a tplrlt and auch practices lnovltably portend. Bnrely all piiblla men. all wrltera.qf tho d,lry prees,.ali clergy men. all teachora. who In any way have a right to address the public honld with every mm denounce such crimes, ami upirt those , M In putlng them down. Aa a poo Die. we- claim the right to apeak with peculiar emphasis for freedom and for fair treatment pf all wei without re sard to difference of race, fortune, eroed or color. We forfeit tho right o to speak when wo commit r . dono sush crimes as theo of which sliest. i .-.- pwic; Cornwatone of Rspubll Th .teflon; Jlka," the-lm c ft vajmanS mp Individual, f qannot cotrlmft a crime with impunity Ij we are guilty of lawlessness unu brutal violence, whether our guilt con sists In active participation therein or in mere approval and encouragement we shall accordingly suffer later on because of what wo have done The rornerstono of this republic, as of nil free governments, is in respect for nnd obedience to the law. Where wo per mit the law to be defied or evaded whether by rich man or poor man. block man or whlto, we nro Just bo much weakening tho bonds of our civ ilisation nnd Increasing the chnnces of ita overthrow nnd of tho substitution thereof of n system In which there Ibnll bo violent alternations of an archy and tyranny. Sincerely yours, "thkodoiie noosnvKi'r." 0 Drief but Pointed. Governor Chamberlain went to Port land this morning for a visit at his home. Befoto leaving, ho. was asked by a Journal reporter as to his opin ion on the letter of President rtooso veil to Governor Durbln, of Indiana, on tho matter of lynchlngs throughout the country, and in responso ho said: "I unlto with tho President In depre cating lynchlngs anywhere In the country. Thcro Is ono certnln cure for It let men quit committing rape "Itapo upon a child or a woman up on tho public highway ought to be punished by death, and punished promptly through tho Instrumentality. of tho courts. Our statute, oucht to be amended in tins regard bo as to pre scrlbo capital punishment for this crime." ARE YOU 8ATI8FIED. If Not, What Better Proof can Salem ftesldenta Ask For? , This Is tho statement of a Salem citizen, Tho 'tostlmony of a neighbor, You can readily luvestlgato it The proof should convlnco you O. S. Cooper, farmer, living throo Inlles north-east of Salem on tho Gar den road, says: "I waa raised in the wheat district and whon a good lump pf a boy I prided myself on having hs much strongth as any other boy In tho neighborhood nnd whon a number pr us got togothor wo often tested our strength by lifting. I very ofton lift ed two bags of wheat but havo slnco rcgrottcd having dono so ns tho result was that I strained my back nnd aver nftor had moro or lesa troublo from dull aching palna acros my loins nnd other symptoms of kidney complaint. jn soino way Moan's Kidney Pills Woro broimht to my notlco ami thn first tlmo I wont to town I droppod Into Dr. Stono's drug storo nnd on quired about them. I wnB told thoy woro highly rocommonded nnd nd vlBed. to glvo them a trial. I did bo. and whllo I did not follow tho treat ment an regularly ns I should bavo 'Jno, being a poor hand to tnko any iim or mcuicinc, trio benefits I de rived from tholr uso stamps thorn as n remedy which nets fully up to tho roprosontntlons mado for It" Sold for CO cents a box by all deal ors. Kostor-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.. solo agents for tho United 8tates. Hemombor tho nnmo. Donna, and take no othar. Uso Trlb for Liquor habit i Money to Loan. Loans In sums of J10.000 nr loss on short tlmo, or for a period of years. J. N. DROWN, 8-l-lm Doom 5, u?stalrs. Tioga Dldir. U i Uso Trlb for tobacco. The Chicago Inter Ocean mentions a citizen ot that burg belus: bo Inter ested In a nowspapor ho was reading as ho walked over a bridge, that ho .lid not notice tho draw was open, and deliberately walked Into tho river. Whon flshed out ho wns atlll clinging to tho paper It waa a copy of The Capital Journal INCURABLE. Thot Is What tho Books Say ol Clironlo Kldnoy Dlseaso, But tho New Pulton Compounds Havo a Rccoi-J ot 87;, of Rooov erica Atnonii CUnonlo Cucs In curublo by All Other Modlelncs. Dranltts Im ttt kUUty at.M thtt bti fcn on tlgtl r t BtMilkf Lm Uouoit chronl u4 lfc.1 ll U t i(Udd by yhjdoUu it UsontbU and U up M tt kJitat ot t Wm Oempeiud Uist Mtfclnc .a Vbelr ttiolrn wuU m, (U l ti a yravta fai U1 nlj slwUavM et at ue., j mi eumblt, an4 (runit UsouitTc r. tutisf th bw Coq muu1i, On. l U. rtMTvtM u Or, ZclU JUI, SH ftMMUWO, M T4 U to OTtr ootolku ncottMd. Ur U luotiici lKic.ia. rvvwTvrj. n vofT uua u. bCT.- "aimt ..iyH im . oT.r a year juars I.II..IH. nil mtwj rfCOTrmi IU)t tM UibmU kmi tonaisu In iuccvruli ll IUht U (tirllT rvs.nltd Htal B.luT.nrthtVUUu.or UMkldatit. Jo Kltn ct i ,m Jiult. AtUs Midi -i t UlMl Mtlsttu ana vat aeoa oeaTl&ocd 1 atouid naa.1 btXit. v&&vg$zs& -i l.2Z ." -" wkVlSS jS..,JfiN,w. 5lBM ' " b wea S55i.5i!SS;A, v ? 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