The Tomahawk., 1919-12-11
WRR VETERANS
ACT ON kUnDEEN
DEPORTATION
:Ex-SoIdiers to Push Case Against
Mob Action at 0rtonville.
.ExCEssEs AROUSE PEOPLE.
Loyalty shouters Arrested In Mime
apoiis-Ortonville1 Citizens Pro-
81 test to Governor Against
Treatment Of Ex-Con- -
-
-. uressman - Issue
Reaches Crisis. .a.5

Reaches Crisis. .e.r
~ Minneapolis, MINI. - Deporta-
ton Of ex-consressman Ernest
Lundeen from OrtonvilIe promises
to bring to climax the struggle
against official and semi-offieial
mob violence in Minnesota.
Lundeen was "arrested" by the
sheriff as he opened his speech on
the League. Of Nations. Outside
he was turned ever to alleged rep
resentatives of the American
Legion who confined him in re-
friaerator car. He was released
at another. town 20 miles away.
Governor Burnquist declined to
take action because of alleged d,
lack Of official information. But
the World War Veterans associa.
tion has taken charge of the case,
and unless the governor Gusts tho
sheriff within two weeks, will
bring court prosecution against
him. s>
: The sheriff and hers concerned IL
this violation Of la& and order allege
that they acted to protect the ex-con,
,gressman, but no evidence is at hand
to show that any danger was present
other than what these themselves Of
fered Nor did the sheriff and the city
marshall make any effort to protect
him from the alleged danger before
depriving Lundeen of his constitu.
tional rights and presenting the peo.
pie Of Ortonville from hearing his
ideas ON this viszl subject.
'-- Citizens Protest.
One group Of local citizens has pre-
sented the governor VITA protest
against the illegal treatment The as.
sociation OF returned soldiers has tax.
en- up the case not because or agree
ment with his ideas or any connection
with the ex-congressman but because
of the, principles which must be main
tanned If free government is to be re-.
stored in Minnesota.
{ In Minneapolis the mayor and chief
Of police have had to take stern meas.
ures to stop illegal assaults and de-.
struction of private property by inter
ests anxious to head of reform with
the loyalty" issue. Already several
Of the men prominent in publishing
the rabid anti-farmer, anti-labor pa
pers have been arrested for these Of
lenses. g.. ~ t='-...-'. ..-. -
.@s. Ex-SoIdiers Act. 49, =
.tf Resolutions adopted by the World
. War Veterans association on the Lun-
deem case, read in part as follows:
I'VE realize that there is prevalent
in this state vicious disposition on
the part of many newspapers and too
many public officials to spread fear
and intimidation among the mass Of
1.-THE people of the state by suggesting
and encouraging individual and mob
violence and by publishing false
propaganda Of law, order and loyalty
as camouflage for actual oppression.
"And, whereas, we are honOrably
discharged service men Of the late war
and our experience therein has
brought home to us responsibility as
citizens and our duty as such to see
that the law is enforced equally upon
all, we must therefore and for all the
reasons stated take upon ourselves to
demand and insist that mob rule and
the intimidation of our citizens be
stamped out in the state Of Minnesota
and we must, If necessary, take upon
ourselves the initiative in enforcing
the laws. OF the state and causing Of.
tenders guilty Of intimidation under
color Of Office and those guilty of mob
vioience and ct encouraging mob NJ
lence to be brought to Justice and
prosecuted t. the full extent of the
'aw.
Uphold Constitution.
And, whereas, our slogan, is, The
enforcement Of the Constitution Of the
United States Of America as 1t is writ
ten,' be 1t therefore
Resolved, that we appoint com.
mittee of IL Of the members of this
organization, to be known as the slo-
gan committee and whose particular
duty It shall be to see that the spirit
Of our slogan 10 realized in fact; that
the committee shall solicit informa-
tion leading 70 the arrest and convic-
tion of those who practice intimida.
tion or mob violence upon our citi.
zens and others within our borders,
and that the committee shall review
all such information and shall with
their recommendations bring 1t to the
attention Of the regular state head
quarters meeting for reconsideration as
to what action snail be taken. Be It
further
Resolved. that VIC invite all citi-
zens who wish to see intimidation and
mob rule crushed to lend their assis-
tance to this organization in putting
these resolutions into effect"