The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-08-12
Some of the Effects Of Allowing MObs TO
Rule City.

Some Of the Effects of Allowing MObs TO
Rule City.
After the assault upon Frank Sibley,
last week, by mob of whiskyites at
Leavenworth, the papers talk of the af-
fair in smart sort of q way, as if ii
was very funny occurrence and some
thing to be proud of. According to the
Times report of the outrage there was
one man, Mr.. Fem, who had the good
sense to see what the effect of such oc-
currences would be abroad; Mr.. Fem
remarking that the thing would react
and hurt the city. AS will be seen by
the communications below, Mr.. Fem
was not far wrong, and Leavenworth
may yet wake up to the fact that wink
ing at breaking acts in the interest
of whiskyites and rum-hole keepers is
not the way to favor and to fortune III
the state of Kansas.
The following communication is from
Holton, thriving town on the Kansas
Central railroad, and tributary to Leav-
enworth in business way.
INDIGNATION MEETING AT HoLToN.
On the evening of July 3, 1881, Q
meeting of the citizens and business
men of Holton who favor the enforce.
ment of the temperance law throughout
the state, and were opposed to mob
rule, was held at the court house for IL c
purpose of protesting against the cow
ardly assault so recently made and mob
violence offered peaceablo and law.
abiding citizen of the state by certain
citizens of Leavenworth, and against
the public sentiment that tolerates sucl
an outrage, either in the largest com
mercial city or elsewhere in the state
of Kansas.
M. M. Beck was chosen chairman
aud E. Z. Rafter, secretary.
Speeches were made by M. M. Beck
Rev. - -, of Leavenworth
Judge Price, Rev. Mitchell and others
in which the proceedings were denoun
ced as unwarrantable and cowardly
and disgraceful not only to Leavcn
worth, but to our state, and i'll which
they urge our citizens to make decided
and determined efforts In favor of the
law and its enforcement.
The following resolutions were of
fered by M. M. Beck and unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS, A great outrage was committed n
the chief commercial city of our state last Thurs
day, when mob made desperate and coward,
assault on Mr. Frank Sibley, quiet peacabl'
ci izen of our state, who had been properly EN-
ployed by the Temperance League, responsible
organization of that CITY, to assist in bringing e
justice those yiolaters of the law, which the loca
authorities of the city were unable or unwi llinl
TO accomplish, We, the citizens and business mel
of liolton would proclaim the following sent
our adherence of such outrageous and law de
flying conduct and of the public sentiment tina
seems TO protect the law breakers from the pun
ishment they so richly deserve,
That while We heartily sympathize with thos,
good citizens who, though greatly in the minority
the temperance law, we deprecate the fact tina
the majority, including the local authorities
to sustain the bummers in their law-delying acts
And while such state of things exists, we can
not conscentiously wish for or contribute TO til,
prosperity ola city so controlled and governed
That we denounce the daily papers of the city fol
pandering to the lawless sentiments and acts o
the law breakers as unworthy OF the support ant
patronage of law-abiding citizens
1t was voted that the resolutions, as
adopted by the meeting, be published
in our country papers, and that copies
of them be sent to the Leavcnworth pa
pers, the Leavenworth temperance
leauge, and also to the Topeka Daily
Capital.
NJ. M. BECK, Chairmsn.
E. E. RAFTER, Secretary.
And the following is the copy of the
communication sent to the Leaven
worth Times by parties who mean bust
ness. 1t will explain itself:
OsAwAToMIE, July 3, 1881.
Editor Leavenworth Times:
SRI usually have the reading O
the great daily 'tReligious Journal
for which / pay. But Fridays ISSUE
did not arrive here till Saturday night
In that read the reporters account o.
the treatment of Il. j. Sibley by youl
citizens. Had he run the gauntlet Of
hell he hardly could have Jared worse
should thus beat and .bruise a defence
less citizen OF Lawrence for attempting
an heroic deed.
Leavenworth was begotten by the
hell-hounds of slavery, and is now fos
tered by the hell-hounds of whisky
All the hounds are about alike; if there
is any difference, the latter are The
worse. Your reporter seems to relisl
with a savage delight the rccitals O
snch brutality. Having finished the
reading, went into Maj. Williams
hardware store and said to Him, "Ma.
jor, have you heard Of the villainy 90.
ing on in Leavenworth?" eyes" he
answered and said further, "What dc
you thing | am going to dow 81 don't
know what" / replied. "Last fall. y
said he, 81 bought carload of stoves
of the Great Western Manufacturing
Company of Leavenworth, and all my
stoves now in store are from them, and
am going to send them this card:
OssAwAToSHE, July 2, 1881.
Great Western Store Co., Learen.
aoorh, Kansas:
SRs:-I buy no more stoves in Leav.
enworth unless the temperance law is
enforced there. III. Williams.
l said good! took that card and
put it in the post office here at his re-
quest. Please see if the company re-
ceive it.
Leavenworth is not so blind but what
she may see and feel the force. of that
argument. 1t is TO be hoped sheyHilI
get such from all parts of the state.
Webster used to say that our people
were more sensitive in pocket than in
conscience.
If Leavenworth has TO be the black
spot that cannot be cleansed out, may
she be wiped out of the map of Kansas |!
Yours,
Il. III. CRANE.
One of the wisest acts of President
Hayes' administration was dono aln,ost