Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-01-10
MANNING MONITOR PASSES
THE BUCK" TO II. G. SPENCEl

The following lines taken from the
Audubon Advocate Will be of interest
to a number of Manning people who.
when they read them, will realize
that somebody has lied and some
body is trying to spread soft soap
around that those who believe in mob
rule can slip into their holes without
Earring sensible peoples nerves.
Following are the lines:
THE party arrived in Manning and
soon located the house where he was
supposed to be taking quarters. The
house was surrounded and about that
time the mayor and the marshal of
that city arrived on the scene and
began to question the crowds aut-
hority for being in Manning. The
leader of the crowd in few well
chosen words informed the two gen
tlemen that it would be well for them
to seek repose in the confines of their
own comfortable homes, which were
built and existed under the protec-
ton of the country which the crowd
represented. They took their word
for it and went hon.e.'
The following is the truth of the
matter.
Perhaps 60 men came from Audi
bon county between and 10 o'clock
Sunday night. They stopped in one
of the restaurants and had lunch
that is most of them. They made
no attempt to conceal their identity
and practically every person in the
crowd can be named.
Word had come to the officials of
Manning that they were coming and
the Mayor and Marshal met a num-
Der near the Christian church. They
lacked a leader and at first claimed
that they had come to charivari the
young couple that were married that
day at the church. When more sharp
ly questioned they stated that they
were after Rev. Starck, but were in
! formed that he was not in Manning,
The Mayor knew personally a num-
Der of boys in the crowd and talked
to them a few minutes, and they dis
persed, some of them going one way
and some another. There was no
bluffing or angry words. A few went
past the August Meyer home but no
one stepped in the yard. By half past
ten all had left Manning. Had there
been hot heads in the crowd no tell
ing what might have happened. 1t
is needless to state that the people
of Manning do not believe in mob vi
ole1ce and would not stand for the
lawlesS acts.
People in Manning are wondering
about Audubon. They wonder if they
do not have officials down there who
will protect their citizens from out
rage, and give them justice according
to the law. People here are fighting
in the great world war for the very
principles that the Audubon people
are tramping into the earth-name-
ly that the world will be made safe
for every man, woman and child, NO
matter who he is or where he may
be. Manning has already sent 60 of
her young men to the war that right
may be made right, and that justice
shall be melted out to all alike. PEG
pie here do not uphold treason or
reasonable acts, but they believe in
letting the law take it's course. With
out law, hell rules, and mans safe
ty is a farce. Mob rule gets a town
nowhere 1t debases its citizens, and
always brings odium on those who
are law abiding. An officer, min
lister, a newspaper, a citizen, in fact
any one who condones mob rule, is
far from being right, and will live
to regret his stand.