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A if mE 4 _™ ve LAW iN THE QSAGE HILLS. After six years and the expenditure of thausands ; ; ‘of doors, the Govermment has exposed and eouviet- * ye, ed Wiilant K. Hale, “King of the Osege Hills,” and . : ee _iJakn Ramsey, his chief Meuterant-in a dastardly _.mulrd:r rlug which specialized in killing Osage In- ; ,dians fo. i.¢ir jusurunce money, Both got life sen- * hoe : : ‘denees. wear . Pate oo . | Inmnst be remembered ihat the soverescn State of - Okincor.a permitted the Oseg. outrages to gu wn- ‘hansshad, Sheriffs investigated and did nothing. State s Attorneys inverieated and did nething, The . “Atisrnesdienural dvestigated and did uothine. It the Governipent sent Department of at, . - ‘Jus! icy 3.cnts into the Gsage country that law be- ~ . . iCaiwe a tisns of ing;esty instead of a butt of tray- ee vesty. . ah ; : , --" 5 The Post-Dispatch has comsistentiy opposed the ‘marc. of Fedsral empire, the usurpation by the Fed- eral ©. cam ee Se ee ee oe MOW DM INRVEWN POUR INN eWNE OUD INV eUN HOU IK ~ > (Was oly when eee La aan 3, es £ \ aes Severument of ripats and nowerg be'onging to- the ctetes. The punishment of wurd:rers is the duty of the state. Bui when iocal government falls, as fi cid in Oklahoma, tlere ia nce aiternative but Fed ; Gra: iuvest.goiion. The underiying cause of the . . ay a ‘ . growth ef Federal power hag yoos the apathy of {ts oe . git Le carrupiness of local authorities and the . . - ‘disrescvcc. iata whieh state inw has falen becnuse . ‘eo? them. The whole strength of local self-yuvern- -lmant ja dependent upon the viger and efficiency of: ‘the men in loeal offices, . Waren locel iaws are mocked, as they, were by tha |Osage murder ring; when state officials fear to do heir duty, as they appear to have done during the “pogo of terror’ fa the Osage country, then the Gav: ; 'e. erumont of the United States stens in. The Govern. “4 mont OPeS BEail at the expens: of democratic law enforcement in a State, and the men Whose duty it was to keep their gwn house in order stand rebuked. etow * ee) ad rs Se Rete seme doen gerne age pene get kh ” , i att : Leenenallienieedemalanecdtbonie ae eee ae eT SR ae I 2 PONT OE IL arenes SAR aves Sayer oe rae - = Te ate: ne ae, an . roo ae ee ee ey eS ", te 7 o~ ae ” ” . - oe te . _ * —-— 7.