Arizona republican., 1922-05-27

Il very deeply regret" declared the
governor, that the membership in
cludes some very prominent citizens
in several communities of the state
and cannot understand how nor why
they have joined such an organization
unless they allowed their minds TO
become poisoned with un-American
practices and intolerance"
Governor Campbell added that he
had accumulated a mass OF liter
ature given out by and pertaining
to the Ku Klux Khan.
L am willing and ready to pay the
reward of $3.50 offered some time ago
for the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties responsible for the
assault upon Rollin T.. JONES' was
the declaration of the governor last
night. following the finishing testi-
mony in the case of j. N Waller and
his son, b. i. Waller, being tried be-
fore Judge r. c. Stanford in the sa
perior court on a joint charge of hav
ing taken an active part in the whip
ping administered to Jones, the prin
,cipal of the Lehi school. on the night
of March 90 1t was this and prior
displays of mob violence that brought
forth from the governor the offer
Of $3.50 reward for the arrest and
Blot on Arizona's Reputation
Governor Campbell declared that
the outrage committed on Jones and
similar assaults which had taken
place before and after the Jones af-
fair was giving Arizona an unsayory
reputation.
when in the East on a recent
business trip" declared the governor.
Il was interviewed by representatives
| of several metropolitan newspapers
! regarding these mob attacks" He
| added that he was going TO use ey-
cry effort to clear the state of such
! blots upon its name.
"Since these laswless attacks We're
made | have given much personal
| time and effort to become acquaint-
| ed with the personnel and working OF
the Ku KluX Klan." said the govern
or, 'in order that il this organization
| shared any responsibility in these
proceedings / might trace out the
guilty parties and also might be in
position to prevent any repetition Of
| such outrages.
Since these affairs in this county
7 have been making an investigation
and have possession of some very in
teresting facts" he said. These in
clude the personnel Of the member
ship of the Klan in the various cities
of the state"
Phoenix. according TO information
gained by the governor. he said, has A
| membership of 500, and there are So
members in the state.
Unfortunately there are no stat
utes available for prosecuting men
merely because they belong TO such
an organization" said the governor.
"but give them the warning that, in
dividually or in groups. marked or
| unmasked, if they are detected in
the commission of lawless actions
they will be dealt with to the full
severity OF the law, regardless OF
their prominence in social or political
life.
Il can think of no greater menace
to proper and orderly society and the
well-being of the community and the
respect necessary for laws of the
state and nation than to have an orr
ganization whose full purposes APP
pear to be to usurp the powers and
responsibilities of the Legislature
that makes our laws. the officials
who administer them and the courts
that interpret them.
Pursuing such practices to their
logical end means the dissolution and
failure of the constituted govern
ment and a menace TO the very bull
warl of one of the fundamentals OF
American citizcnship--a trial in an
orderly manner by a court and jury.