k men, women and children, who have been hanged, shot and burned alive during the past ten years, were innocent of the charges made against them. We have associated

b demands that the rule of law be reversed and instead of proving the accused to be guilty, the victim of their hate and revenge must prove himself innocent. No evidence he can offer will satisfy the

soner, and in so doing nine men were killed and a number wounded. Then the mayor and militia withdrew, left the Negro to his fate and he was promptly lynched. The business men realized the blow to the town's were given light sentences, the highes

ccessful, was that of Gov. McKinley, of Ohio, who sent the militia to Washington Courthouse, O., in October

e law, who had voluntarily placed himself under the Governor's protection. Public sentiment by its represen

and. Surely the humanitarian spirit of this country which reaches out to denounce the treatment of the Russian Jews, the Armenian Christians, the laboring poor of Europe, the Siberian exiles and the native women of India-will not longer refuse to lift its voice on this subject. If it were known that the cannibals or t

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an and moral forces in connection with your religious and social life, pass resolutions of condemnation and

ested localities as they would the pestilence when seeking new homes. If the South wishes to build up its waste places quickly, there is no better way than to uphold the majesty of the law by enforcing obedience to the same,

ntain itself by itself, or whether anarchy shall prevail; Whether this Nation shall write itself down a success at self government, or in deepest humiliation admit its failure complete; whether the precepts and theories of Christia

an speedily make this a law by sending resolutions to Congress indorsing Mr. Blair's bill and asking Congress to create the co

as been inflicted or attempted to be inflicted. Also to ascertain and report all facts of organized but unlawful violence to the person, with the attendant facts and circumstances, which have been inflicted upon accused persons alleged to have been guilty of crimes punishable by due process of law which have taken place in any part of the country within the ten years last pr

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lp the cause?" The answer always is: "Tell the world the facts." When the Christian world know

r, lecturer, or representative of any moral agency, the first demand is for facts and figures. Plainly, I can not then hand out a book with a twenty-five-cent tariff on the information containe

humanitarians of the white race, at home and abroad, must have facts laid before them, and it is our duty to supply these facts. The Central Anti-Lynching

ir order, or, if desired, will be distributed by the League among those whose cooperative aid we so greatly need. The writer h