The nonpartisan leader. [volume], July 19, 1920, Image 14

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for having his "eyes opened,
•which he also denounced the League
and renounced it and all its workakpC
GOVERNOR DOES NOTHING
IN GREAT B&ND CASE
Kansas'Reign of Terror
Canada May Interfere to Protect Its Citizens From Mob
-The Shame of a State Government
AY W. McFADDEN, a
No pa tis.an league
farmer of Stafford, Kan.,
was in his cornfield plow
ing on June 17 when over
100 men got out of auto­
mobiles at his place and surrounded
him in the field. The men were mem
bers of the American Legion, town
rowdies and clerks and employes of
business men who are opposed to the
farmers of Kansas organizing.
Mr. McFadden
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seized by- the
mob, beaten, jumped upon while pros
trate bn the ground, and dragged into,
one of the waiting automobiles. Let
him tell his own stoiy from here on:
"They proceeded with me to Stafford
cemetery, where they held me for
about an hour. Doctor J. C. Buller
presented some papers to me which
he said .'sign' or he 'would 'turn me
over to the boys.' Most of them smelt
ed strongly of whisky. There were
over 100 of them with clubs and guns.
I signed."
The paper Mr. McFadden was com
pelled in this manner to sign was a
statement that the Nonpartisan league
was a disloyal organization, that he
(McFadden) hereby renounced the
League, and that he was signing the
statement "voluntgmly and of his own
free will."
"Then they took me to Stafford and
locked me up in the American Legion
buiicHng," Mfc McFadden's statement
continues, "with several to guard me.
About 9 o'clock. I was taken to the
opera house, where there was a full
house and was exhibited "there. There
was blood over my face and clothes.
I guess I made a good appearance, as
the ex-service men all cheered. They
called on me to make a speech, but
had previously told me what I had to
say. I said it by adding a few 'ifs,'
which did not please them, but they
let me go.
"When I had gotten a half-mile to
wards home two cars overtook me and
took me fcack to the opera house. Then
the commander again decided to let
me go home. I arrived home about 11
o'clock at'iiight."
•.The Kansas newspaper accounts of
these incidents, were to the effect that
Mr. McFadden had been called upon
by a committee of American Legion
members, to whom, after they had
explained that the« League was dis
loyal, Mr. McFadden "admitted" he.
-had been wrong in joining, and "volun-.
tartly" signed a statement to that ^-^Neverthefess, the Leagtie is going to
feet, and afterwards, the papers said/ -prosecute the matter vigorously and
he made a speech at the opera house relentlessly, both before the' state and
which he^expressed his "gratitude'?- federal authorities charged with en
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forcing tiie laws and constitution, and
against the individuals and leaders in
the niobs who. are specifically guilty of
violations of the criminal statutes.
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partment of justice. Neither the state
or federal authorities have yet done
anything.
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These incidents occurriecl shortly
after the mobbing of members of the
Nonpartisan league and Farmers'
union at Great Bend, Rail., including a
woman League wqrker from North
Dakota, hitherto reported in the
Leader. The Leader has also printed
a photographic reproduction JOf a let
ter sent by Great Bend post No. 180 of
the American Legion, to a Nonparti?
san league organizer,threatening the
mob violence which occurred later at
Great Bend. This letter "warned" the
League not to hold the proposed meet^^i
ing. ?'^way can get in touth with the situa
,- Mr. McFadden's statement, as well tion by writing to J. O. Stevic, Post
as the facts and affidavits concerning, office Box 453, Topeka, Kan. Mr. Ste^
the Great Bend mobbing and the writ- vie and his assistants are making a
ten threats of the American Legion, gallant fight for the preservation ofw
-have been laid both before Governor^ „American constitutional rights. The
J. 0. Stevic of Topeka, KasiMi^nf&n
ager of the League, one of those mob
bed at Great Bend, has been informed
by Kansas lawyers that the League
has the following causes of action
against members of the mob and I
-American Legion: For assault and
battery under section 3404 of the gen
eral statutes for kidnaping under sec
tlon 3406 of the general statutes for
robbery in the first degree under sec
tion 3443 of the general statutes. The
latter refers to the theft by the mob
of valuable League papers and securi
ties, taken from the persons. of. Mr.
Stevic and other League employes.
These papers are in the hands of the
attorney general of the state, as near
as can be learned, and he has failed to
return, them. Mr. Stevic has authen
tic information that members of the-,
Legion "planted*' with the papers
taken from the League men some
W. W. literature and documents, In
order to make it appear that, the
League is'connected with the I. W. W.
and favors violence. This frameup-is'
to be sprung in due time by the mob-"
bists and state officials, it is under-- /.
stood, tod is to be used to convince
the public that the League is hot /en
titled to any protection against the!
mobsters and Legion members, and to
justify the refusal of the state offi
cials to enforce the law. None of the
Leaguers! "who were manhandled and
intimidated by the mobs .ever had apy
I. W. W. or other inflammatory liter
ature* about them. This frameup is
probably the ^most dastardly part of
the whole business.
BOYCOTT USED AGAlNS*^
LAWYERS FOR VICTIMS
Despite the fact- that the provisions
of the laws and constitution regard-'
ing free ispeech and peaceful assembly
have been violated, and the almost as
serious fact that the criminal laws of
the state relative to assault and bat-
Vtery, kidnaping and robbery have
..been openly broken, the League in
Kansas has had difficulty in obtaining
tM^ral counsel to push the prosecutions
those guilty and properly present
the cases before the state, and federal
authorities. Lawyers who even look
., into these cases on behalf of the or
i?-J^amzed farmers. are instantly boy
vycotted and denounced in the press.
Allen -of Kansas and the federal deH|j|many thousands of League members^
The Leader will have more to report
regarding the case later.
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Strong posts of the World War Vet
erans, the independent ex-soldiers' or
ganization, have been organized in
several parts of Kansas, and more are
to be organized among the workipg
men of the cities and the farmers, the
War Veterans announce. These posts
have passed strong resolutions against
•mob rule in Kansas, against suppres-"
-sion of constitutional rights and de
manding that the authorities investi
gate the matter and prosecute those
guilty.
Persons desiring to assist in any
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