Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 23 May 1924 — Page 2
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THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT
THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Demmocrats of Muncie, Delaware County and the Eighth Congressional District. The only Democratic Newspaper In Delaware Co.
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924.
Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postofiice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3,1879.
Price 10c a Copy—$3.00 a year.
Office 733 North Elm Street. Telephone 2540 GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher. Muncie, Indiana, Friday, May 23, 1924.
F I GiH T !
4th, and that answer will be— ; George R. Durgan for governor!
AND FIGHT!
Fight for the principles of Thomas Jefferson, founder
of Democracy!
Fight for those constitutional rights which are dear to the hearts of the mothers of the land! ,
Fight to keep the Democratic party an organization' anlma ' called ‘ h ' Yo " *°- , The 8an t <! , r , . , . . . r, 17 i '.republicans ajid the real democrats
true to its name untainted by the influences of the mask
or the mob.
The time is at hand— The man is here— • GEORGE R. DURGAN, of Lafayette. Governor of Indiana!
of the republican party in Madison 1 county will simply refuse to vote for ) Ed Jackson for governor. The demo-! cratic party here is over-whemingly anti-klux. The freaks who voted for Olin Holt do not count. They are not regarded as members of any party. They are simply a new sort of an
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES ARE NOTED IN DRAWING OF JURIES BY THE JURY COMMISSIONERS
Bob Graves, Colored (Continued from Page One-)-
of his officers proposed that the aware county officialdom
DURGAN — AND
(Editorial from Tippecanoe Co. Democrat, Lafayette, Ind., May 9, 1924.) Two outstanding facts developed in the primary elec-
tion held in Indiana on Tuesday last.
One—and it is by far the ipost important—is that the Ku Klux Klan is in possesion of the Republican state or- j 10Uen
ganization. Whether Jackson used the Ku Klux Klan to’citizens of that locality win simply
further his personal ambitions or the Klan swallowed up 1 run him out."
Jackson, it matters not—the two are linked together so So > he ha* been nermmed to m*
closely that Jackson’s victory, so decisively given, is a Klan unmol ested
m the people
1 are not safe. The people want a (chief of police who will tear asunder ! the criminal tie which binds murderous law breakers to Muncie and Del-
place be closed up.
“The best way to do It,” said the
near chief, ‘ is to let things get so
do we around there that the
So, he has been permitted to run
for over two years and
_ have had to put up with victory as well. /I-• , ^ ^ T i ifc whi,e the chief is waiting for the While it never has been established that Mr. Jackson p e0 pi e t 0 “ run B 0 b out." himself is a member of the Ku Klux Klan it is known that The Direct Responsibility, his predilections and sympathies are with and that his Judge Dearth has also becbme • i - -e i.'U.r.i- T-Hr nOTTl- greatly exercised over the murder.
Dearth is a klucker and like the
ms predilections aiiu ^r"" H 'j"nom- greatly exercised
support mainly came from, that organization, ms no
ination is distinctly a klan victory in the Republican party ch . ef the prosecutor and kluckers in and that will be vociferously claimed by the hooded Dretn- general i8 SU pp 0i . e d to be the mortal rpn and denied by no one. No voter need or will be m enem y of the colored race, yet Graves doubt concerning that. In Indiana the Republican party was one ot .m ardent supportem in *o n Klnv Klan nartv and entirely committed to all his political campaign and he and is the Ku KlUX Klan paity dinu Cii I j nnlitiral nlat- Graves were working for the same that makes up the tenets and composes the political plat cantiidat€s . n the recent primary form of the klan. The Republican platfoim, wh c The judge put out some kind o{ a be written and adopted yet this month, will either endorse statement concerning the regulation the Klan or it will by its silence on the question give assent G f dance hails as a preventive of octo all the Klan stands for. , . c,,rren "‘" £lmilar t0 t,, “ t '“ l Mon -
Tnrn now to the Democratic side for the second im- iar nigbt
lUin I1UVV t rpjjg g enera i public thinks there portant development. ^ T? Mr* Should be some regulation of crookThe returns nOW T in show that Dl.^ L . , ■ ed politicians who affiliate in
ap-
The people have confidence in Harry McAuley or they would not have elected him. Mayor Quick will perform a great public service by pointing McAuley at once. ANDERSONHORSE (Continued From Page One)
will be together here next fall and the “Unos” will turn as wellow as the paper their slafe was printed on. 'Watch for the Post-Democrat next week. Our investigator has been looking up some very important matters here, which will be of great interest. Watch for the boy next week
and buy a Post-Democrat.
Kluck Politicians (Continued From Page One)
even printing her picture this week. The Post-Democrat is profoundly i sorry for Edna Walling and her hard working young husband, who are now required to suffer while the big grafters, who get it in chunks, slink to the background.
ten days after receipt of his commission or certificate to give bond in the manner prescribed by law, the office shall be vacant.” Practically all members of the Madison county horsethief crowd are irresponsibles who couldn't give a bond on a bet. If they were not of the kind they would not belong to such an outfit. The horsethief association here its recognized as a definite subsidiary of the Ku Klux Klan and all of its activities have been aJong the lines mapped out by that
noble order.
They're >'ot In Politics.
The Fiery Cross, the official mouthpiece of the Klan, last week made a a po- J very definite assertion that the Ku
like Bob. Klux Klan is not in politics. There is above are several kluxers here who hate to
Few Purebred Bison. There are hut 9,311 pure-bloode#’ alson In the world, and 3.527 of tbest are in the United States, of which %nly one hundred are running wild.
would be made by the Underwood draining and paving with gravel.
J. J-i.V' A -
Culloch, of Indianapolis, has an extremely minor plurality j^.^ 1 wa ^
of the Democratic vote for the governorship. It seems Graves, "wL f^is u^Te
✓ likely that he will receive about one-third of the ballots me law and can get awav^im m,,,' ^ " llu ^ cast by his party. That means the decision will be made uer because of his “pun." 7 e , e ^ ord of their ow u official by the state convention which will be held on the 4th day The franklin Han dance was t>e- is bleating T ^ at Ieast ’ who of June. mg condu cted in a peaceful manner' klan Wh ° le And that convention—if it exercises the wisdom and f hen , a . ba “ d of protected outlaws, mdividuei is coronet j^se ^Deiber? the judgment which SHOULD characterize its delibera- uZrmed Ll InTwome? Th^ ° n kluxer de luxe ’ Spencerian expert tions—will nominate George R. Durgan as its candidate ii<* department, broken down 6 and" and aI1 around staff and mainsta y of and Will make a platform against Klanism SO Strong that inefficient under the weak supervis- the m0rals of the community.
all good, law-abiding, toleration-loving citizens of Indiana ion ° f a man like iienbow, did not
will be able to go to the polls in November and vote the even res pon d promptly when the him off fnr , Democratic dJ ticKet. A ‘ th0ugh ^ ^ FJSZZTiJZZ ■
We have reached the cross-roads in Indiana politics OTii oe * l i„t,,! >nl f h tw# ' )locks lrom the with base ingratitude That -r-'gS? •».«* tev.n *o ■en..^ee ,,,» and party lilies are lost! 5 P ° h “ ,touo " there parse, had r'eJon to be»e, e p " t,es . t0 \There can be no conciliating—no double dealing, no " •
evasion of the issue if the Democrats hope to win the state
KLAN ISSUE RISES AND IS BOTHERING BOTH BIG PARTIES Underwood Manager Tells Order’s Plot for New York Convention; Declares War. Indiana Fight Keeps G. 0. P. Boys Busy
Victory of Klan Candidate for Governor Embarrassing National Republicans.
WASHINGTON—Evidence
Astonishing coincidences accom pany the drawing of juries by klucker Jury Commissioners John Hampton and Jake Cavanaugh. To begin with ninety nine and nine tenths of the men and women drawn for jury service are kluckers and she kluckers. And the amazing thing us ually happens that an exactly ever number of men and women are drawn from the box. How come? Only one colored man has been drawn by Hampton and Cavanaugh since they were appointed a year and a half ago, and it happened that this fellow was a preacher . who sold out to the kluck republican machine in the election which elected Judge Dearth, and who later ran away with another colored man’s wife and is now wandering around in parts un
known.
Notwithstanding that there are many responsible Catholics, Jews and foreign born tax paying citizens in Delaware count, not one of these lias ever had a chance to serve eithet on a petit or grand jury in the Delaware circuit court since Hampton and Cavanaugh were put on the job. And besides, 'it is almost uncanny the way the names emerge from the box when one or more jurors do not qualify for service and another
drawing has to be made.
If two women, for instance, have to be replaced by other jurors, a grab into the mysterious recesses of the jury box brings forth the names ot two more women. If one man and one woman are to be replaced, the drawing of another man and another woman is accomplished without turning a hair. It’s just like taking a white rabbit out of a plug hat. During a celebrated trial here a |
few years ago the defendant claimed there was something wrong with the jury box. The trial judge ordered an inspection of the box and it was found to be a queer contrivance of many compartments, so artfully arranged that a trained set of jury commissioners could select almost any kind of a jury they wanted. One compartment was for the Germans, another for he Irish, one small one about the size of a matcli box for the democrats. plenty of space for regular republicans, a small crack for bull moose, and other pigeon holes for red headed persons, one eyed people, dyspeptics, neurotics, Methodists, Presbyterians,. Campbellites, Mennonites, wets, drys and other bartenders. The judge looked the darned con traption over and ordered it destroy- - ed and another put in its place. There was some complaint among, the old timers. The box had been in use here for twenty years and nobody had ever found fault with it before. But the judge was inexorable and a box was secured’ that bad no partitions. It took the jury commissioners some time to get used to the new box but eventually the new order of things was accepted and thejury box ordered by the judge is still in use. Nobody would think for a minute of charging such exceedingly conscientious persons as Jake Cavanaugh and John Hampton, the political crony of Bob Graves and Mrs. Gill, with irregularities in the matter of drawing names from the one-com-partment box, but nevertheless, it is. astonishing how the thing works out when the drawings are made.
forces at the national convention to i obtain the adoption of an anti-Klan plank as part of the party’s plat-
; form.
| Whether or not it should be, the | Klan is an issue,’’ said a statement j from Mr. Carlin. “It has made itself accumu- one G f jt s own volition.” The state-
man iP-p Hen how did not Helbert sim P*y cant get over the , y x —xnviuenue one of its own volition/' TUe stateman uac Btnbow, did not way j lls klucker brethren knocked i Qtor i irin wian . • i , , , ond promptly when the r. lated today that the Ku Kl11 Klan ment Presents evidence to show that
will have a part in the national po- te Klan organization in Georgia, has
men on ,hand for twenty minutes.
Time For a Change.
in favor of
This is in the form
of an alleged order to Klan members
this fall.
The Klan has their candidate
-they made sure of that
aastis “ “■
■ - Others Have Reason to Know.
minimize its importance. Senator Ki a n candidates,
j that he was the kluck “slate” for Underwood has indicated that he in-
congress in the eighth district, but t en d s to bring the Klan’s activities in 0 f the Georgia state convention “con-
Ma>or Quick has been uiged time he was double crossed by his own politics to the attention of the demo- ^ ro u e d by the Klan,” according to and again by friends who have his bunch. He was dealt out in the dea l l cra ti C national convention next month the statement. The statement -says interests and the interests of the city which was made between Jim Watson , JTW i twr-o „y„ xv-of « > . „ ......
at heart, to get rid of
and there are signs, that a friendly that this. order is “evidence that thte relationship that seems to have been voice of the Klan will be heard in established between the Klan and the New York convention” and that Senator Watson since the recent Klan “wherever possible thq Klan is pack-
, „ , ^ nd there are others, not klans- victory in the Republican primaries ing’ delegations to protect its interThe Democrat party can hope for no strength from Z y “ K " ow ' hat
same manner.
Williams, but for some reason or
the Klan through the nominatioh of a Klansman a Klan ^ ,, ie Grgve8 jolu . lwo sympathizer or a candidate for governor who refused to lhe s> . ecll year 0ld bjy ^ was openly condemn the Klan, on the Democrat ticket. I here s i lo t through the heart Monday night must be no soft pedaling of the question of Klan suprem- would sun be living. acy in Indiana. Mayor Quick must also bear his
definitely in politics. Ed
Toner, high class republican, for tional politics,
many years publisher of Andersofi’s
When it is ascertained that a majority of the dele- ^
recognized republican newspapfer, V ealed before the Senate committee was ruthlessly slaughtered in the investigating the election of Senator
Ordinarily To- Mayfield, democrat, of Texas, who is
charged with being a former Klans-
his state may inject the issue of ests” in New York. The Georgia the secret order into Republican na- delegation to the New York conven-
tion, it is asserted, ‘will be a mili-
practices of the Klan as re- tant Klan organiation.”
Alleged Georgia Klan Scheme.
The
house of his friends.
Oi Madi- man, and still affiliated with the Klan tnen'
son county in hi.s i ace for governor, politically, is i further accentuating
Jackson on the
gates elected Tuesday to the state convention are anti
Klan some other candidate may declare against the Klan kn aa ws i Uiat Benb p and Sheriff
as a bait to catch t)ie anti-Klan convention vote, or a sop- tion .'" t , when , the bi ' partlSiln kluck Mi.- fssuc promise may be made to put an anti-Klan plank m the t 0 the mayor ye t he comim,^ mac ? me put out its “Uno” bai. T n tn,n
platform. ' him, ku „w iI16 ttat he is £ *«<>
George R. Durgan is himself the platform on this
question.
His power of discernment (an essential qualification for the governorship) disclosed that the contest in this
Following is the order, which, according to Underwood headquarters, has been issued to Georgia Klans-
stands for.
George R. Durgan—the ONLY candidate running for
governor on a straight-out anti-Klan platform; without the support of a prominent party leader; without the expenditure of a large sum of money; has surprised everyone by running second in the primary and for the ONE REA-
SON, that he is opposed to the Ku Klux Klan. The six candidates opposing Mr. Durgan were excel-
As set out in the specifications, plans and profile now on file in theoffice of the auditor of said county., by and under the laws of the State of Indiana, said road being of the esti mated cost of $5 > 7I;'i.G0- 1 Said scaled proposals will be opened and the; contract awarded for said improvement on the 21st day of June, 1924. Bids or proposals will be received up to 10 o’clock A. Ai. on said date. The said road to be improved is located in Washington Township, in Delaware County, Indiana, and is to be known as the John E. Cox road
when so improved.
Bids will be for the completion of the said improyement in accordance? with the plans, profile and specifications in the office of the Auditor of said County, and shall include alt labor and material for said work. In no case will extra compensation be allowed for any additional work al leged to have been done by the contractor or contractor to W'hom is
awarded the contract.
Each ^>id shall be accompanied by a personal or surety bond in the sum equal to double the amount of the bid filed for the work bid on, to he approved by the board of commissioners of said county. Said bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the work: the sureties, if personal, shall be resident freeholdex's of the State of Indiana,, one of whom shall be a resident of
Delaware County.
Said bond shall be for the bepefit. of any person, persons or corporatiora
‘You are hereby instructed to scan \ the list of de’egates named to the
In today’s testimony before that state democratic convention for your committee, E. J. Clark, a former county and ascertain the names of
was defeated in his own G ran d Titan of the masked order, Klansmen appearing thereon and is-
double crossed clear down the line county, three to one, by Jackson, the g aV e details of the wholesale system sue to them the following instruc-
by the fellow he took out of a night pet of the regiment. of espionage maintained by the Klan, tions:i
watchman’s job place him in the. Dale Crittenbe’ger will olso tell the 1 and declared that hi g h offic ials of the ‘“No district caucus will be held best job he ever had in his life world now that the klan is in politics. Klan were entirely cognizant of the prior to the convention. Such cau- . Benbow joined hands with Graves, Dale is a real Democrat- He has al- violence and cruelties carried out by cuses will take place at the conven-
ctaFo wrinlH bp Klan and anti-Klan and he has an oflicial Harry Hoffman, Judge Dearth and ways gone to the front for Madison members of the order. / tion as provided in the program. ^ ^ 1 ojxteen vsars against those things the Klan 1 ^ rs- Gill in plugging for Readle for county democracy. He should have ' Mr. Clark declared that under H. “ ‘It is the earnest desire of Mr. who s a * su er an y oss 01 damagt 1 J sheriff and Readle is one of the fel- received every vote in his county, yet w. Evans, the present imperial wiz- McAdoo that his fridhds elect Major
lows who signed the petition demand- th e mere distribution of the “Uno” a rd of the order, military rules pre- John S. Cohen as national commiting the impeachment of Mayor Quick, ballot by the nuts who are not. in pol- vailed and that Klansmen had been teeman. Major Cohn is a high-class Benbow has got so used to double itics, caused over two thousand dem- instructed by Evans to obey the com- Christian gentleman, a member of ciossing the mayor that he does not ocrats of the klux persuasion to vote mands of their superiors as “sol- the North Avenue Presbyterian church even pretend now to hide his desire for Olin Holt, a disbarred and dis- diers,” adding that without such dis- of Atlanta, and in every sense is acto bite the hand that is feeding him. reputable Kokomo shyster whom cipline the klan ‘could never get in that if he goes to New York the McAuley the Man. , Madison county democrats didn’t politics.” Klan’s interest will be ably protected. Man> of Mayor Quicks real friends know from a side of sole leather. Culls Klan “Criminal'’ by Nature. 1 “‘Therefore, before electing a-man
_ . • i ,v j. ai ' e ur 6 in & him to get rid of Benbow He’s One Real Judge. Luther B. Nickels of Dallas, a law for district delegate the Klansman
lent gentlemen; some ot them received cne. at once and appoint Harrv mcahipv m— —
strated his inefficiency.
He’s One Real Judge.
rry McAuley There is one judge in Indiana who partner of ex-Senato Bailey,
has demon- recognizes the Ku Klux Klan fer
He has act- what it is, and that
who is
chief counsel for Mr. Peddy, told the
— -- — Judge “Billy” ' committee that the Klan was an or- with reference to Major Cohen, and w* 10 ! 0 to the lowest responsible bid-
ed in perfect harmony with the sher- Kittinger, of the Madison 1
iff and prosecutor in protecting Bob CU it
Graves. The public doesn t want uumpuneu ana it is such ion the question of whether -w ouumui
him, in both the democratic the Klan oath, is “treasonable” should have their expenses paid by the local i ap l dav it such
iblioan wVir\ win t— * _ ji •—±*0 - •
county cir- ganiation,
Judge Kittinger is big, ‘criminal.”
the nature of which is consequently the interest o fthe klan., der upon affld ^ vit of noncollusion. He said that in his opin- “ ‘Those 'who for financial reasons whifch must be submitted jwith the
a and sane and outspoken and it is such ion the question of whether or net would be unable to attend should i bld ’ and upon failure to submit such;
chief of police who winks at bandit- men -- “
ry and murder.
Benbow belongs to the
and republican parties, who will ul- be
anti-Klansmen and women, because they THOUGHT they chief of police. Benbow
wre opposed to the Klan.
But here is one FACT to ponder over: In every county where there was a Democratic candidate for governor George R. Durgan received a large vote, while in Mr. Durgan’s own county] the combined vote against him was less than one-twentieth of the Democratic vote cast, thus attesting his popularity where he is best
known.
No one in Indiana but expected that Dr. McCulloch would lead the other candidates, anti no one in Indiana
(save Mr. Durgan’s close friends and those who knew him sheriff because e thp ! tpn n n ( |rh ated f ° r ci , rcuit court and vic simraons of the . many senators win wish To” avoil best) expected him to receive the second highest vote. But fidence in him and because thJv want * &ckf0 ^ court both of whom are but Mayfield’s opponents are stresshedid. And a splendid vote it was. to break up the practic^ With the Ku Klux Klan question squarely before them combine, if elected next fan he win feeling of distinct relief that oT" ^ ^ . tbat u may be chffic}ilt t0 will the Democracy of Indiana have the courage to fight - “ — until a mbers that there | ^r c!
—to fight openly and aggressively? Or will it slink and T ... ' -------- - In the light of what has just hap-
voting should assure himself as to the .stand such delegate will take
by reason of any s»ch bidder failing: or neglecting to enter into a contract to perform such work awarded' by the said board of commissioners, or to carry out the same in any particular or to pay for any labor or material which may have been furnished to any such contractor or contractors or to any sub-contractor, agent or superintendent under him. in the consturction of said work. Said improvement will be let as a
proposal or bid will
“Nathan Bedford E. Forrest, “Grand Dragon, Realm of Georgia.”
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NOTICE TO ROAD CONTRACTORS
reject
, , , . „ 1- c rm,• .• ^ Q „ CT . v ;be rejected by the board; and the
inquired into before the hearings Klan- This is a time when every :
Ku Klux timately save the state of Indiana ended. one must do his bit, and the Klan: boaid
Klan as does practically all of the f ro m the infamy of subjection to an i The Mayfield case may bring the expects that every man will do his
force The people here are tired of “invisible empire.” Klan’s political activities into the duty. being Ku Kluxed by Benbow and Bob When one sizes up such men as Senate when the matter comes up for Graves. McAuley does not belong to Clarence Dearth of thp Delaware final action. This is an outcome that
shiver and hide behind a non-committal policy or resort to penea tne people are demanding political trading and conniving and disgust those who have quieter action than that. Muncie is respected is patriotism and its courage in times of stress ? rotten with booze, gambling and Th i answer will be written in Indianapolis on June thievery and the lives of the citizens
State of Indiana.
Delaware County, SS:
Notice is hereby given that
the
like Judge Kittinger to uphold our Carlin, ot Virginia, tvho haeds the tward of commissioners of said connmost precious traditions and stand organiation here which is furthering ty, at their office in the comt for the supremacy of the law instead the interests of Senator Underwood at uncie, Indiana, will receive - ea of the rule of the “kloncilium.” for the democratic nomination, am-, ed proposals for the improvemen >. The Post-Democrat correspondent plified today the intimation from a certain highway , ee
right to
any and all bids. Time for the completion of said work will be agreed upon after the letting of said contract by said board, of commissioners and successful bid-
der.
This 21st day of May, 1924. ANDREW JACKSON JOHN W. McCREERY, Jr. JOHN W. TRUITT Board of Commissioners of Delaware County, Indians
Attested:
JAMES P. DRAGOO,
Auditor, Delaware County Indiana
jfimls that the responsible element headquarters yesterday that an effort length, in said county by grading, May/23, 30 and June
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