Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1922-11-24
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER "a, :

ST. JOSEPH,
HARDING GIVES PLEDGE OF U.
s. TO PARKER.
White Housie Statsmsnt On Con.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10
The state authoritiss Of Louis
lana appear at this time to be
fully capable Of handling any
situation within their jurisdic-
ton growing out Of activities
of secret organizations or
other a. encies, it was declared
in a statement issued at the
White House today after q
conference on the subject be.
tween President Harding, At
torney General Dausherty.
Governor Parker Of Louisiana
and Attorney General Coco OF
that state.
In view Of the suf6eiency Of
the state authority, the White
House statement said, "thsrs
is nothing at this time for the
federal gov.srnmsnt to do sx-
cept to give assuranee to the
state authorities that wherever
federal interests are involved
the federal authorities are
ready to extend full eo-opera-
ton"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-(By A.
PO-Activities of the Ku Klux klan
formed the subject of White House
conference today between President
Harding, Attorney General Daugh-
erty and Governor Parker and At
torney General Coco of Louisiana.
The conference took place at the
request of the Louisiana governor,
VINO seeks federal cooperation In
cu1bing alleged interstate operations
of the Kan.
Before going to the White House,
the Louisiana governor and the at
tcrney general had long conference
with " iiiiam j. Burns, chief OF the
bureau of investigation of the depart
ment of justice. 1t was understood
that they laid before Mr.. Burns in
formation concerning the reported in
lluence exerted by the Klan among
county and other officials in their
state.
In investigating the disappearance
some weeks ago of Samuel r. Rich
ards and Watt Daniels, from More
house parrish, Louisiana, Gov.
Parker Mas said. to hove found that
efforts to ascertain the facts had been
hindered by certain county officers.
His inquiry in that direction, it was
stated officially, led him to believe
that there was an interstate connec-
ton with which it was not possible
for him to deal. 1t was this phase Of
the question which he has taken up
with the federal authorities.
Richards and Daniels disappeared
suddenly after DR.. B. NJ. McKoin,
mayor of Mer Rouge, had been fired
upon from ambush and slightly in
jured. Daniels father said the two
young men were at the Daniels home
at the time of the shooting and had
no connection with it.
Widely published reports that the
governor came to Washington to seek
federal aid in controlling the situa-
ton in his own state were denied by
Mr.. Parker. 1t was emphasized that
the whole purpose was to determine
whether there could not be Co
operation by the federal govern
ment in the interstate pnase of the
question.
A staff correspondent of the Wash
ington Post, in a copyright story pub
lished Monday morning, declared
that Governor Parker was seeking
the aid of the federal government
to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, and
gave highly sensational details which
to summarize the situa-
ton in Louisiana and express the
position of Governor Parker. In
Baton Rouge Monday, Dave Evans,
secretary to the governor, declared
that Governor Parker had gone to
Washington to discuss the coal short
age problem, and incidentally, the
flood control problem.
Psrsons who have aassoeiatsd
with Covernor Parker recently
report hih ~ dssply eencsrnsd
over the possibls effect in Louis-
lana Of ths appsintnsat Of Wal
Ter Cohen to q pesitien in ths
Custom House in New Orleans,
and giving Sxeuss and stinulatiea
to the Khan movemsnt. Il 10 said