Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-21
Will PUSH PROBE
OF KLAN 0UTRAGES
louisiana Governor Determined
to Get Facts Regardless
Of Consequences"
PRESIDENT ReAssUREs HIM
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request from ltOverHOr furkeTs ~
Louisiana. for Federal assistance IN
couragement which he asserts is being
received by the Ku Klux Klan organi.
zation in that State, President Harding
has given assurances that wherever
Federal interests were involved In the
activities of the Klan there the Fedora!
authorities were ready to extend full
AT the White House conference yes.
terday during which the Governors re:
quest was made, however. 1t was agreed
with Attorney General Daug gherty and
v. Coco, who also attended, concurring,
that the State Government would be
fully able to take care Of the situation.
Governor Parker on leaving he con-
ference declared that regardless Of cost
nr ccnseuuences." the Stat" uuthori-
ties were determined to make a thor
ourh investigation Of reported outrages
hy the Klan in Louisiana.
That there prevailed in that state,
however, any such situation as PIE.
tured in articles written. by stan
correspondent Of the Washington Post
md given wide publication was vigor-
ously denied by Governor Parker IN
letter to the Post made public yesterday.
amazingly Inaccurate observations he
had ever read In newspaper, the
statement in these articles that the
kian ''has engaged the sovereign state
of Louisiana to the vassalnge Of the
invisible empire" Mr.. Parker added
that the article was "a slander on
Louisiana and its Chief Executive
Now Orleans, Nov. 21.--1mpeach-
ment Of Governor Parker because he
was not a .'big enough" man to handle
the Ku Klux Klan situation in this
State was demanded in resolutions
adopted at an indignation meeting in
Hammond yesterday.
Known as n Bull Mooser. Governor
Parker has had n hard road to travel
since becoming Governor. For the trst
two years of his Administration his
path was smooth. Then came the klan.
Governor Parker ut first leaned TO the
Invisible Empire" But New Orleans
friends of different fnith from the
Klansmen, and who had elected him,
changed his opinion.
A year and half ago Governor Par
ker denounced the klan. 1t only served
MS an incentive to get more members.
Men of the old regular organization
ilocked to the Klan. Labor men did like
| wise. In New Orleans it was hard to
get Il Klan because of the Catholics
here. but the Klan propaganda went on
| and finally the entire Fourth. Fifth and
Eighth Districts were dominated by that
organization.
The Klan's boast is that it has AS. :.
| 600 members. and can elect anybody il
| chooses in Democratic primary. The
registered vote of the State in the last
olnrt;or wos 35t. 600. bur ONLY 313 600
went TO the polls.
Topeka, Kan.. Nov. 21.-(By \. P.)
Legal proceedings which may make it
unlawful for any person in Kansas to
be a member of the Ku klux klan
were forecast today in the announce
ment by Governor Allen that he had
been assured by the State Attorney
Generals Office that custer proceedings
against the Klan would be filed In the
State Supreme Court.
II was thought at the State House
that the suit probably would be begun
today. rs it was announced last night
all papers have been prepared.
The suit against the klan will be
brought on the ground that the organi.
cation is Georgia corporation not
registered to do business in Kansas.
The suit may further result in attempts
10 remove from Office all county and
State law enforcement officers known to
be members of the Klan. it was said. As
such Il policy previously has been out.
lined by Governor Allen.
The proposed proceedings IN the state
Supreme Court recall the campaign
waged by Governor Allen just prior to
the recent election. At that time he
stated he was determined to drive the
EIon out Of the State as soon as he
could find out who headed the organi.
zation in Kansas.
Monroe, L., Nov. 2l.-fBy 4. P.)
In connection with mention OF Ku
Klux Klan affairs in this State. author
tiles here last night recalled incidents
of the last year which were committed
by masked men.
Thomas Fletcher Richards. Watt
Daniels, ]. i. Daniels. w. G. Andrews
and "Tot" Davenport. citizens of Mer-
rouge, were kidnapped by masked
band Of thirty.fve or forty men last
August while they were returning 20
Merrouge after attending n good roads
celebration at Bastrop.
Davenport was Immediately released.
J. l.. Daniels and Andrews were Sc.
verely beaten, according to the parish
authorities, and after being held pris-
oners in the woods for twenty four
hours, were released. Watt Daniels and
Richards have not been found.
Since that time it Is reported that
numerous threatening letters have been
received and at least half a dozen
persons have been warned TO leave
town under pain Of death, the authori.
ties stated.