Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-09-10
The Rlaine. Clementson Controversy.

again expressing Cd0 NOA e -
Gov. Blaine has exaggeraleq u ~
,,,isranresented the disturbance III
connection with the recent khan par
ade at Boscobel, which dlstur panoo
from all accounts, was proVokeu en-
tirely by night watch act1nS WlCn9u.
authority of the mayor, his superior
offioer In fact. the statement has
bnnn made recently that the nlght
watob is not even a police official but
is Maid by the merchants OF the clCy
And that he was not only acting with
ont authority but had been told not "
;,e+orfo~n nv the mayor. But these
last noints are beside the MAIN POM
-'Tbicb ie that from all accounts the
attempt at gun play was made follow
mo blow from klansmans nsC
provoked by an effort to interfere VIII
the parade. .o, ,+rou,
iss11o +he governor has gone before the
state nosing as a defender OF the peo-
nIo,s liberties. And to make TO MAKE
his case stronger he insults and cen
sI1roe the county prosecutor and mn
ally suspends him. Ia
Elaine. it seems, has picked up not
notato instead of meekly submitting
r. an unjust attack, ClementSon n9nIS
hack He will carry his case 10 the
Sunreme court, not to vlndlcate nlln-
Golf in the governors eyes, but before
+bn naonle among whom he has spent
hie life The short duration OF MS
term means little but vindlcatlon as al On
officer of the law means much. we
believe he will win. ~ j
R1aine's reference to Herrln, Ill, IS
u;dja,,1o1,e He has withdrawn his
charge of a "mob" and now calls the
narade a potential mob" The stat
11tn defines q mob as a violent, tufpu-
Iont hodv imbued with malicious IN
tent. n,. dio
On lust what grounds Blaine dc
+a+ino to ClementsOn would prosecute
+be lIIansmen is not stated. Inc Kan
made it's parade with permission. Inc
members walked with their arms fold-
ed as a symbol of peace. UhtH the
niabt watch began stripping the
naslzs accosted a woman and was
knocked down there was no violence
If reports are correct, he pulled a gun
and attempted to fire it which would
certainly constitute violence.
ANY group Of people may be called
. "n0fenffal mob" Potential means
mower held in check The law cannot
+alzn coqnizance Of such imaginary
evidence. CIementsOn would have pc
come a fool and a mouth~piece had ne
followed the governors imperouS or
ders. ,so 7os+
,voal1 WAX purely local iii feeling mas
orovafled at Muscoda for years. Az
6resent the two factions there are DIV
idad ON l1lan and anti-Alan year
from now the fight viii be over some
thing else. From all indications the
faud Will still be raging when az Of
fla nresent generation are ln tneE
IN both instances, however, Ar
C}emantsOn has shown the disposition
and WILLINGNESS to take evidence ana
Duafsh where punishment IS deserved.
In The B0sc0bel case at the request OF
hofh sides he caused the arrest oil Jhe
nisbt watch to bring out the Iacta az
= baarine. In tine AL)lsc0da case ne
held an examination and later caused
fine arrest of Frank Groves Who is
charged with the shooting. tbs sole
aim. apparently, is to uphold the law
and maintain peace and ORDER, MAJ
uraIlv IKE cannot prosecute crime ne
fore il has occurred but he can ana
,.t7 80 f7,a+ oTanFare are brought
49, go. ND Give Them their dues.
~ ~, nm ff he governor VIII
leave aim alone From present mol
cations ono would infer that Blame
was trying to prevent the examination
of Shields
AS far as the Herald can detect
the people of Grant county are with
Clemants0n in the matter. II Alr.
,,rl,aTI l,f,,, W. III hot think he
~ 1o.,, -,aoffgaDt Ana since the
80 bss fal-a9 erch severe and
Srastfc aof;o,7 aaafnst our official we
~ =, ~ 4 e5isbe6 Fifher one or
the judge. Jury and ezeoutioner. let