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Show -x5n 00 jjf M0B OPERATES .V IN KANSAS s Down in Barton county. Kansas, a 1 mob made an attack on four mon. I ' members of the, nonpartisan league,! Hi and stripping the Aininis, severely I beaL them. So far the officers of the HI county have failed to'act In the mat HH ter, and the crime, promises to go un- 'efjj: punished. 'V The nonpartisan league made a ''Si most unpatriotic exhibition during the I 'r nt a number of Its leaders have I verged close on to dlsloyaltv. but that '''M misconduct on the part of nonpartisan jLSjS leaguers does not Justify mob rule. If 'vsl theje is any form of frenzy and Intol- .'cM erance which threatens to break down j-'jmB our institutions of law and order It tiSk i the brutality of the mob. S8 If men offend against good govern HBH ruent and are without devotion to H; ountry. mobbing the offenders Is but Bjjjjfli adding to the offense, and it is a cow H W srdly course for men to overwhelm laB object of their hale and, taking advantage of numbers, proceed to mis , Ureal their helpless victims Good citizens everywhere good; Americans above all other people will stand against the rule of ihe mob |