New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Louisiana Able
To End GriE, of
kla1l, u. s. View
scea,lnu.d frem pass saso


ana OF appealing to the Federal gov.
eminent" to take over the administers
tion OF government II, Louisiana.
The Governor In the letter concludes
as follows:
Masked men and invisible empires
have no place In America, and | have
denounced the Ku-Kiux kian as vig-
erousfy as know how in it's own
stronghold. We have only begun to
fight this movement, which strikes at
fundamentals of orderly government.
We will be able 10 rid Louisiana ef
this vicious development the more
quickly if we can have the help OF
other states and Of the Federal
governments.
We can deal effectively with our
local situation IL it can be cut off
from the support and encouragement
1t Is receiving from the outside. |
have sought cooperation in an effort
to meet the situation in the most
Immediate way and to free the peo-
pie Of some Of our communities from
the terrorism in which they now are
held. Since the khan doas not work
In the open / may say that the
problem presented is lara y an in
vestigatorial one.
According TO Louisiana nowspepe,
man in the Governors party, the state
of Louisiana was led to take it's first
official action against the Ku-KluS
Klan as the result of attempted muir
der of Mayor Mckoin of Mer Rouge
o small town of the stnte.
The authorities wanted two men
Samuel Richards ard Fillmore W
Daniels, to give details OF the crime
When the Governor sent officers tc
find them, they had mysteriously dis
appeared and every attempt to learn
where they were was blocked by minor
officials, who are alleged to belong tc
The khan.
Governor Took Warpath
Governor Parker then went on the
warpath after the khan. In recent
speech at Shreveport, he scored it Sc,
verely. He has for months been inves
tigating itsoperations and he has come
to the conclusion that it has inter
state ramifications and an interstate
organization. It was because of the
interstate character Of it's operations
1t is said, that the Governor wanted
the facts as he had found them mad5
known to Federal officials, including
the President.
Governor Parker made il plain that
on his return to Louisiana there woult
be intensified activity in hunting down
alleged lawlessness on the part of klar
members. He has certain plans ii
mind which he is not yet ready to
announce.
Governor Parker has letters from
former comrades Of Fillmore w. Dan.
iels, who was in the tan& corps in the
World War. commencing him highly
One of these letters 10 from Joseph
Morningstar, Of New York and an.
other from George B. Bacon. Boston
banker, both of whom were in the
army with Daniels.
Members of the Louisiana delega.
ton generally minimize the reports as
to Klan activities. in Louisiana. Rep
rcsentative Aswell, who is politically
hostile to the Governor, in a statement
scored him sharply. The Governor re
torted in kind, charged Aswell with
misrepresenting the facts and declared
Aswe}l's district: was one of "the
recognized headquarters OF the
XIX. K" @
That Governor Parker was serious
ly disturbed over the Kn-Klux Klar
situation has been known to the Ad.
rinistration for some time. but the
seriousness OF the problem confront.
ing the Louisiana executive is not re.
garded as sufficient to warrant any
Federal intervention, ono high official
disclosed to-day. He added that the
situation in Louisiana was similar tc
the Herrin, Ill.,, mine massacre, where
local people had winked at the crime
The trouble witt, all these irrespon-