Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-08
RESPECT FOR LAW.

From the Lawrence He5ald-Trbgne.
Obedience TO law and freedom of
speech are the corner stones upon
which han-as commenced to build
thirty year, ago. 1t was long and
fearful struggle, a hand-to-htni con
test. force against freedom, mob rule
against respect and obedience 20 law.
The latter iriumphcd and Kansas be-
came a free state. The mob spirii
was bamished and law was enihroncd
al the capital of the state and al over
the prairies.
At Lcavenworlh the Old mob spirit
seems 20 finger. The rule nj the old
pro-slayery. South Carolina rHiliaus
is attempted To be established. Free
dom of speech is To be dcthronad. and
respect ard obedience 10 Law dcrj,icd
and oblitcra ted. Leaycuworth goes
back To the methods of 1915 6. On
saturday a meeting was held AT IcaN-
cuworth at the court house. DIR.
Phillip krohn made prohibition
speech, and asked the people To obey
and enforce the law. l. had been de-
tcrminca beforehand ihat no such
speech should be delivered. The
alleged cspectablp(0 element gathered
in large numbers. ici by hoodIums
and di>reputablc persons. They ieered,
booted. deridcd and cried him down.
and when he went out of the house
one of the mob hit HIM violently in
the mouth.
In the evening i; was announced
that a temperance an! law aud order
meeting would be held AT the Baptist
church. In a card DR.. krJhn saN>:
The temperance committee. after
having secured the church, were uoti-
fed bv one OF the tra~tces of the Bap-
tisl church that they had recoHs:acrrd
the matter. aud had declined TO allow
the meeting to be held. because thcy
had been notified by the Lcayeuworth
Whisky League " that DR.. krohu
should not speak again in Leayea-
worth. aud that ii the meeting was
held nj the church as announced, they
would not be responsible 70. the q lam
ages that might oceur.'
This l. disgrace TO LeaVcu orth.
10 the state OF Kansas, and TO all who
endorse such Infamous proceedings
The struggles of Cows. Robinson ami
Carney. Lane. Montgomery, Col. Sam
Wood, senator Plumb and all Ihc old
settlers have been in vain II free
speech and ~ appeal to the people Jo
uphold and sustain the laws are 10 hr
stricken down in the commercial me-
tropoliS OF the state. Instead OF cou-
dcmning he outrage in a feeble and
purfuncioTv way il the local coll
umuS OF his paper Col. Anthony
should have hurled double loaded
leader at the howlin- ant Eoci'ng
mob, and defied them. He >houli
head call, or rather DR.. :. f. Nceiey.
mayor of Leavenworth. should head a
call To be followed 10y the names OF ID.
Il. Anthony, Thos. CARNEY. Gep. +.
Anthony, y. Caldwell, Len T. Smith.
I. I. Lynch. II. {. Burnct, II. NJ. Al
Ter and one hundred other leading
citizens of LeaSenw orth should unite
in letter, asking DIR. krohn 10 come
10 their city and make 4 speech. and
10 continue his addresses - often a.
he should care TO speak. or the people
would wish 10 hear him, and they
should demand that the laws be en-
forced.
In this way only. can Lcavenworth
purge herself of the iniquiIv and wipe
out the disgrace and iuiamy tina, now
rests upon the fair city, of having iu-
voked a mob to deprive a free people
of free speech in Kansas.