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| Source Type: | Newspaper |
| Author: | n.a. |
| Publisher: | Nashville Banner |
| Place of publication: | Nashville, TN |
| Date of publication: | 5/6/1904 |
| Transcript: | Special to the Banner. Montgomery, Ala., May 6. – Acting Gov. Cunningham to-day took a decided stand against lynching. He wrote another letter to Circuit Judge W. S. Anderson, again calling his attention to the lynching of Reuben Sims, a negro in Baldwin County, and asking him to call a special term of his court. The Governor quotes an opinion from the Attorney-General, which says the Governor has the right to compel a Circuit Judge to call a special term. In closing his letter, the Governor says: “I can only request, as I now do with all the urgency at my command, that you exercise the authority committed to you, and about which there can be no question, and hold the court.” |
| Citation: | “Executive Speaks Out; Acting Governor of Alabama Takes Stand Against Lynching.” Nashville Banner (Nashville, TN), May 6, 1904. |