Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-24

sreted BY said bodies, those powers iii
exceed those which the wire restr(cs
iona d our ESdeEai and state constttu.
ton contemplate Or psz7nit to X ens
used Ear Base Ends.
m practical sffect the attempt has
been nude and I'D being flade To- use
these newly created bodies torlow ana
kconternptiIe ends. Finder cover of these
laws attempts have been made to rem
der nugatQry the Bill az Rights ana
to put American ~citizenship back to
conditions that existed, when lii 1778
our revolutionary fathera threw or the
feldal yoke az the King sof England.
In certain settled sections Of our state
certain local Officers pf these councils
OF fdeense and OF the horne guard
have incited and participated In riot
Gus mohs. on their orders and BY their
hands heve been perpetrated the FOL.
lowing iawless and sometimes Grim.
inal acts:
a-Citizens have been prevented
the exercises Of the right Of free as.
semblage to discuss questions Of public
interest and political import;
b-Citizens have been denied the
exercise Of the right OF free speech;
c-Cidzens have been violently as.
sauited. stoppea on the, highways and
their personal property forcibly and
feloniously taken from them;
d-Citizens have been taken against
their will and forcibly deported from
the state and q from particular
counties under threats Of lynching II
they returned;
e-Cfi7ens have been forcihly and
Illegally denied the use Of the public
highways 10 the place they desired to
go.
f-Citizens have been restrained OF
their freedom, and without warrant,
subpoena, or other due process Of law,
subjected to arrest, to inquisition be.
fore impromptu and illegal tribunals,
and by order Of said tribunals imprison.
ed, held in durance by county officials
who, inundated by the arogated
authority Of certain chair1nen OF coun.
ellis or officers OF guards, have held
those victims Of mob rule in custody,
without warrant q trIal.in the county
jail.
Stain on Character.
Another result Of such layTlesssE1esss
and cowardice on the part OF sworn
officers OF the peace, and with the co
operation OF certain servile news
papers, 70 that the unhappy and blame
less victims Of these mob outrages
have suffered the opprobrium and
humiliation Of being publicly branded
in the eyes OF their fellow citizens as
..disloyal,,,s .spro.German,,' enemies Of
their country 'seditionists and
t~raitors.nv Those thus outraged arc
fafmsrs d members OF the National
Nonpartisan league, and all OF them
loyal citizens Of our country and sont
OF them fathers OF ons enlisted In thu
military service Of our country.
We d~enoupce all such h~igh-handed
Klu-K1ux terrorism and mob action a
outrageously un.American and deserv
ing of the most Drastic penalties by
law provided for such conduct. WI
assert that they. who inspired ard par
ticfpated in those outrages, have for
feited all right to be regarded as goot
citizens. We brand them with oul
scorn. as faithlesss at to the honor
able traditions and standards Of toul
country apdsto the laws and frstitu
tions Of this free state and nation
Greater and deeper than the insult AM
wrong they inflicted upon their victims
are the insults they have flung In th,
face OF every loyal American, and tn,
wrong they have done to the fair fam,
of our country.
NOrbeck Knows.
The several violations OF citizens
rights having been brought to tn.
official notice of the governor Of thii
state, he toe no effective steps. no
has he yet done anything effective i
stop such lawlessness or to SEQ that tn
law-breakers { brought to justice. o
the victims of these mobs vindicated
and their wrongs righted: He has don
nothing but make promises, non Q
which has he fulfilled. HEsHAS EyEr
iCONFEssHD HIS INABILITY TX
stop SUCH LAyVLESSNESS AM
IN JUSTIFICATION OF HIS MAC
iTfyITY AND INABILITY, sHAi
GIVEN CURRENCY 10 TIE sLANI
ERS AND LIREH BY WHICH
THOSE .LAWBREAKERS ATTEMPT
BID 10 JUSTIFY THEIR LAWLESs
II NESS Hiding behind liibblea an