The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-01-25
Kansas CHILD or 1Hr MOB.

KANSAS CHILD OF The MOB.
The Leavenworth negro.burnlng epi
sode has given southern papers a
Glance to shy few bricks at Kansas
Georgia papers print columns Of inter
views touching the Kansas exhibition
and we find the following remarkable
story IN the Atlanta Constitution. A
contributor TO that paper says
Many people seem to be surprised
tlat a negro should have been burned
T.. death by a mob OF Kansans. There
ls nothing surprising that such deed
should have been done IN Kansas. In
fact, IL was in keeping with the tradi-
tions Of the state that a human being
should have been oiled and burned at
the stake to furnish @ spectacle for the
people Of Lcavenworth
Those who are expressing surprise
at the Leavenworth tragedy apparent
Is have forgotten the history Of Kan
sas. The state Is the child of the mob.
You needn't shy at thaZ statement It
is a historical fact Back IN the terri.
turial days the abolition mob. with old
John Brown for IT'S leader. began de-
Sing law out there and administering
justice according 70 it's own theories,
aud the spirit Of the mob has been
rampant In the state ever since
"You hear people sing occasionally
that John Browns soul goes march
ing on. There's modlcum John
Browns soul is marching on, but IL is
marching on in Kansas. Nearly every.
where in the country John Brown is
now recognized for what he was
bloodthirsty ruiflan who was Justly
hanged for melting mobs to rise and
/ slay and burn But out In Kansas they
tell "A that old Oaspawattomie' is re-
gardod as a demlgod Undoubtedly
I his sould is on the march and Kansas
and the result Of its pcregrinations
was seen in that holocaust on the
reachtree of the third city OF Kansas
Il believe good deal in atarism.
aud. therefore. the Leavenworth affair
causes me no surprise. It is perfectly
in character for the descendants Of
those who encouraged and followed
John Brown in his bloody raids and
arson expeditions 10 be burning a man
at the stake That the victim was
black, doesn't count II is true that
years ago they were killing white folks
out there, because the latter owned
negroes in accordance with the con-
stitution and laws of the United
States, and that now they are burning
negroes for assaulting white women.
But there is no Inconsistency in that.
When the mob rs around the coiGr of
the victim doesn't count In any state.
and still less would II count in Kansas.
which, as | have said Is the original
habitat OF the mob and IN a way owes
I rs statehood to the forces Of disorder
you must have noticed In the story
ci the burning that Il had touches OF
refined cruelty about It which differ
entlated IL from similar affairs that
have occurred IN more southern lati-
tudes. That was 70 be expected AS
the original moi state of the union,
the people Of Kansas naturally know
more about such affairs than those
who make mp the mobs In the states
which owe their existence to the or
derly processes Of law Down here
we are sort Of Neophytes in the mob
business, and therefore, our holo-
ceusts are marked by eruelties But
out IN Kansas, with the spirit Of the
mob born in them and kept alive by
stories OF the deeds Of John Brown
and his outlaws the people kapw how
to burn a negro in a stylish manner
Down here these infractions OF the law
are committed In out OF the way
places. Ont there the finest residence
street in one OF the largest cities in
the state is selected for the holocaust
ond The tragedy is enacted With dress
suit accompaniments
"Oh no; don't be surprised az the
Lcayenworth burning and don't blame
the Kansons for
"'John Browns body lies mouldering
In the ground
Eut his soul goes marching nr'--
In Kansas