Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1923 — Page 4

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KLAVS PROOKAM FOR 1923-24 Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. Bark to the Constitution. FiH'oroement of the Eighteenth Amendment so long as it is on the statute hooks. Kntoi cement of present immiirration laws and enactment of more stringent laws on imitiiirriii ton.

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"Silent" Propaganda

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to spend a great deal of money to got it into the bands of the people. However, the ritizons of Indianapolis and the thousands of visiting school teachers last week were required to pay admission at a local photo-playhouse to sit through several reels of nothing more nor less than Catholic propaganda, iu which history was remade to suit the propagandists, and the leading lady spent most of her time kneeling beforea crucifix. "Ashe s of Vengeance" is a direct insult to the intelligence of every Protestant; a distorter of history and merely a part of the gigantic system of Catholic propaganda now flooding this country. The absurdity of a fanatical Catholic runningasword through the heart of a Catholic cardinal because he (the. cardinal) would save the life of a Protestant during the butchery of the Huguenots by the Catholics would seem t be the height of ridiculousness as yet attained by the paid propagandists of the alien interests now ut work in America to tear down Protestantism. It is true that the massacre of the Huguenots was admitted, but the story w oven around the entire affair was written' to deceive the audience, with the thought, it would seem, that no Protestant has ever read history and thst the Catholic church played no part in the massacre. The Huguenot sweetheart of the leading man, who was also a Huguenot pin yed np very strongly throughout the picture for the reason that he was to reject his sweetheart and marry a Catholic was described as a "vain and flippant thing," while the leading lady, quite naturally a Catholic, was pictured as a most virtuous girl. The writers of this bit of propaganda in moving picture form did not overlook the effect of psychology. A resplendent rosary on a velvet cushion was flashed before the eyes of the audience and given time to sink

into tr.eir minds before the cardinal made his appearance. In all the subtitles there appeared the Benedictine cross, the emblem of the Catholic order, which first concocted the drink knowji as benedictine and which was primarily used to incite the animal passion in man and which has been used for that purpose ever since. All that was good and virtuous was the endowment of the Catholic leading characters in the play and to the Protestants vanity and flippancy ; except, of course, to the leading man who, while a-Huguenot, was to throw aside the Protestant in the end that he might marry a-Catholic and become one of them. Quite naturally, he must be endowed with, a sterling character. The screen today is alive with Catholfcpropaganda, but it is to" be doubted that any other photoplay equals "Ashes of Vengeance" in giving to the world Catholic propaganda. In none of these plays, however, have any of the paid writers ever seemed tohave thought of the power of the threat of ex-communication should a dignitary of the Catholic church wish to use it in stopping outrages by the members of his church. To say that this threat hits' no power behind it would be admitting that there is nothing in the very foundation of the teachings of the Catholic church. Which is that one must die within the church or be subject to eternal torments after death and one can not die within the church while excommunicated. To say that the Catholic would not fear ex-communication would be as ridiculous as the killing of a cardinal by one of his fanatical subjects, as portrayed in "Ashes of Vengeance." However, as yet no writer has ever seemed to think of that and neither has the Catholic church In-distorting history to cover up past sins. To many of those intelligent persons who paid money to view the propaganda of a foreign institution, there probably came the memory of those words spoken by Gladstone as they watched the leading man jilt his Protestant sweetheart to become a subject of the Catholic church which ran: "No man can become her convert without renouncing "his normal and mental freedom, and placing his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of another." "Charley de Book" In a recent speech delivered before that body of persons banded together to quench the fire of Protestantism at any cost, Charley de Bookwaiter, former mayor of Indianapolis and now holding an important position in the city administration, declared that he entertained the hope "that he would be spared a few years longer." From this statement one can but believe that he is growing very old. From his remarks 'one can

out also believe that he has already reached his second childhood. The former mayoc. "explained' according to a negro paper that carried hia speech on the front page, that the windows being smashed in Indianapolis was by those bent on robbery because "several pieces of jewelry were missing in that district." In view of the fact that the window smashing extended from Speedway City, In the northwest part of the city, to within a mile of the southern limits and from Brightwood on the northeast to West Indianapolis, it is, due to the fact that the police re busy collecting money for the organization before which he was peaking, quite probable that "several pieces of jewelry" were missed by the owners. An ordinary human being is not supposed to have the intelligence possessed by Charley do Bookwalter and, therefore, is not aware of the exquisite jewelry displays in the windows of clothiers, restaurants, drug tores, dry cleaners and novelty stores. Therefore, the ordinary citizen did. not know that the windows of these Protestant merchants were being mashed by Jewel robbers and not vandals. Charley de Bookwalter is credited with saying that "secreta in the Knights of Pythias are no disgrace.1 This must have been astounding news for his hearers. They weren't a bit amazed, however, by the inference that secrets were a crime in the Ku Klux Klan. He said lots of things about the Klan, among them being that he does not belong to any organization "that asks its members to do anything that they could not do on Washington street." Members of the Klan will no doubt burn under that scathing denunciation. If he had made the speech a few years ago he would no doubt have substituted Indiana avenue for Washington street. After his audience learned that jewels were kept in the show windows of clothiers, etcetera, it was disappointed that the former mayor did nof go further and explain that the swarms of purse snatchera who slunk out of Indiana avenue at dusk during one of his administrations were not purse snatchers, but philanthropists bent on putting fabulous fortunes into the pocketbooks of poor and worthy women who blocked them by creaming and notifying the police. Charley de Bookwaltereaid that he "represented himself," bo that possibly It would afford mental exjsrcjse for hia auditors in guessing who be does represent. Dr. Amelia Keller, who is neither Catholic, Jew nor negro, furnished the members of that body of hate prophets the same mental test and exercise when she joined and the members had a "Goodrich" time guessing whom she represented.

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Sparks from the Fiery Cross By JOHN EIGHT POINT " The noblest motive is the public good." vrRGtt

Mad Pat OT)onnelI is having the fight of his life to keep his name from fading out of the - front-page headlines. Probably the disbanded memhers of the Oklahoma state guard, who returned home after failing to have their pay vouchers cashed by the state treasurer, realized that all is not gold, that glitters in the pockethook of a "paid mercenary" under the scintillating regime of a bilious autocrat... "We Jive in deeds, not years," The poet clearly sings. Strong motto for the Klan; Brave words with wings. We live in deeds to win For loyalty and love; . Time has no power o'er us Our God's above. i You can break the ten commandments in the name of the law, but you can not hide the fragments of your evil deed from the eye of the Klan. Plans have been made to raise $3,000,000 to preserve the name and memory of the late President Harding. Just what form the memorial shall take has not yet been settled. An institution of learning named after this servant of his countrymen, modeled upon the patriotic idea that provides for a "back to the constitution" curriculum wbuld be a far more worthy tribute to a great and good man than a cold Parian mausoleum, which an enemy's airplane could destroy in twenty seconds. . AJDefinite Symbol The Klan runs no bluff. Its doors are only open to the sincere and loyal citizen of this nation. It believes that any organization makes (he best and most lasting impression when it is "through and throueh" .vhat it declares itself to be and what it desires the world to believe it to :e. Tinsel and ceremony may deceive some DeoDle. but it can not forever fool all the people. Putty s easily molded, but it easily rumbles. True lodge character, on he other hand, becomes as flint with the passing years. The Klan will endure because it has a conscientious fellowship because it is an organization of men who believe devout! v ization of men who believe devoutly in God and in the prescience of the fathers of our country. It is an organization that respects law because law in action is one of the most definite symbols of the will of a community or state functioning as unity. It is a force for righteousness because it points the way to a definite faith in God. It is an ethical and moral adiunctive realitv in that it builds spiritual valugs in the hearts or gooa men ana women. Any organization that fosters the ennobling virtues, believes in the protection of pure womanhood, and sounds the dominant note of "militant, oldfashioned Christianity and operative patriotism" undoubtedly, runs no bluff. Klansman, let us now be thinking Of our purpose, good and true; Keep our hearts from fear and sinking, There's no cause to make us blue. Those of old, in ancient manner, Set our landmarks, blazed the way; We have but to lift their banner, Charge the foe and save the day. Fancied woes should never find you Drop your worries and alarms Millions of the Klan behind you, Bear your hnrdens, lift your arms. Power of right against blood money. Power of justice shall endure This, your land of milk and honey. You shall make both clean and pure. - Klansman, yoi must stop false dreaming; Purge the polls and build new schools. Yon must cure the courts from seeming Cleanse the bar of knaves and fools. Rise to manhood that God gave yon Make our hith Ideals vnnr cnnlSay these words, and let them save you : "I'll be master of my soul!" A enrresnnndent nvt "Am ene mips hnvp hefnnie sn wnni nnt lm their Ineffectual war against us that mey naven t energy to ao more than ue -jiorrincu- ill us tnese uays. The Game Is the Thing We receive with interest the In formation that It In the tiWo frvi w - - ' J - V WU hope to create a complete calendar of American saints. America, we lamer juuiig ior mis papal experiment Saints, as a class, grow Koat In rlomn -. iw? mninmnl r.1 sl fancy, is rather young for this papal Mr -.-v,r vuioi.clij, They are the product of prayer ,and ..u.iauvu. iurj mc ueL ui their tvne "oti? lrtrH TVTiotoVar, . e "okhbu, doubt, upon many vital issues in Ufa tMT n.mWV, J ,, T. UCrcii.uccea guo lueuiselves body and soul to a single !"" iucj uauany a gruu.1 ueai utLici iiitui cue Bysieui Lilac n8 pro duced them. T.helr spirit of sincerity, at least, whether thev he rlo-ht or wrong, is commenaaDie. Butur wrong, is commenaaDie. tlut there are no saints in America, and creating them by papal word, one would think, might he a mnt wn. necessary waste of time and ma a ieas eignty-nTe mnnona of our citizenry will be far more intereated in the results of the footft oil AMi h.. ai gauica uatuiuaj iuau ill ErfR canonical decision that this m person is so good that the fact ought to be recorded.

THE FIRRY CRASS

Smoke Screen Stuff Court attacks on the Klan mean nothing at all except that they are noise and smoke-screen stuff. Nobody of intelligence will long be deluded as to the meaning of the Mad Pat suit. The day has passed when intolerance, masquerading in the garb of patriotism and holiness (sic), can overthrow right purpose in the courts. It is not necessary to rehash the facts that go to make up this "petty smK.. ot mockery." Five hundred thousand Klansmen in Indiana men loyal to their institutions and their government know exactly what is going on, why it is going on and how far it will go. And they can tell others as they are now telling them in hundreds of Indiana cities. Virtue Wm Lire "The Ku Klux Klan will die only when the sun ceases to shine," declares Dr. William J. Mahorney, imperial representative. Quite so "when the stars grow old and the sun grows cold and the leaves of the judgment book unfold." Aye, and even beyond that the fiery purpose of the Klan shall exist if human memory exists beyond those million eons. That which is founded upon the rock of free religious and political truth can never die. The principles of Protestant democracy are laid up in the most secret archives of the human heart, there to be consecrated memorials evidences of Klan intelligence, virtue and transcendant valor in a day when all of these things were needed to balance a dumb humanity lost in its greed of I dering away from the God of its lathers. , An eastern flash remarks that' the candy makers are shaking in their shoes because the rum sleuths are after the "brandy drops." No doubt others are out after the same toothsome confection. "THE LAW IS ON THE BOOKS, SO ENFORCE IT' Chief Justice Taft made a plain peech to Yale men last VPflf that new Klansmen should know, it was a speecnthat 8h-oul(i be radioed to Svel7 college chapel in the land. 1? college chapel in the land, ?tmZ .frankIy that although he mmse? naa been opposed to the 18th V ualore 11 waa aQOPted, .. iixe had been decided against him, fltha. reeular Rnnninted ivnv 'the, rtries-of the came of nnnnlar government are that all living under that government must obey." He stated clearly that there isn't the slightest chance that the amendment will be repealed. Some of his em phatic utterances should be printed in tne school books of the up-to-date A.merican school bov in the nlace of some of the history lessons that tend noitner to inform nor to Increase a child s sense of right and natriotic duty. Among the striking state ments that stand out in this speech, the following may be remembered ana quotea: I have confidence that when the intelligent, the patriotic, the well-to-do, as well as the plain people, face the real issue, when they ser? whither we are tending in making fun of the law and its violations, all of which tends to lead one to support those who are engaged in violating it, when they realize that others not so patriotic, ,and who are evil-minded are only too glad to bring about a demoralization of all law, as the open violations of the liquor law necessarily tend to do, then I believe we shall rouse ourselves and create a public opinion through self-discipline. We don't want ti drift into that Indifferent attitude toward the enforcement of a law as conspicuous as thi3. You can say it is parochial and that there ought not to have been a constitutional amendment of that sort because it is parochial; but it Is on the statute books and we can't get rid of it, and it is there by a vote according to the form of the constitution. You can say it isn't popular. Well, that's like fighting against the result of a ball game when there are good umpires who have decided and who know what the rules of the game are. The 18th amendment was adopted ." No man dare change his opinion on law enforcement in respect to the Volstead amendment. He dare not do it. From the highest justice in the land to the lowliest citizen of us all the stand must be made so long as the prohibition amendmeht is a part of the constitution. Who will dare, therefore, by his antagonism, in the flnnl issue tn aid those who stand against enforcement? Not any Klansman in the world. We dare not impair the influence of the l , - .... unitJLlUlUUU W& USLTG QUI UrtJUUl Ol an alliance with the dark powers mat work against us. to ngnt any I i . . . ... , , . . Liiiuso oi tne constitution is to seen to wreck the future of our experi- . . . . ment m society our country, whose basis must always be our laws and notmng else! PLAN OBSERVANCE AoriHNU TUIN, v. u., ucr.. zu. Plans for a nation-wide observance 01 the ' anniversary of the birth of An Mniram tve O i-1 Warren ft Hardin? nn Nnvcmhar 9. (. having been abandoned. President "oage nas aeciaea against maninS a trip to Marion, Ohio, to particiPat in memorial services on that rlatn ' I uiig. The president has been informed that only services of a local and simple nature are to be held.

A Million for a Cross Whenthe Cross of Calvary Is Free

A fool and her money are soon parted. Observation and velvety restraint in a nice eotton-upholstered psychopathic ward would seem to be a logical necessity for some rich American women. There's Miss Belle Skinner of Holyoke, Mass., for example Miss Belle Skinner, "too much rich," who has wasted one million dollars and five years time In rebuilding a moss-covered, "historic" French town of two hundred inhabitants. When one thinks of the hundred's of struggling, poorly-endowed American colleges to whom a million dollars or any reasonable part of it would be a godsend and a continuing blessing to countless American students, one feels constrained to say to such an irresponsible person, "Waster and fool, the gifts of Providence whose steward you are, slip through your spendthrift fingers. The" Wistful evea of imninnKi. school children of America look re proachfully at you!" To throw away one million excellent American dollars on two hundred French peafeants when a few thousands of that Slim wnnlH Yi built them good comfortable homes, u sucn a pnuanthropy were deemed essential to the welfare nf the v,rM is little loss than a crime against one s country in the final analysis, people of great wealth and power do not be long strictly to themselves they oeiong to Jheir nation. And their resources should be administered as carefully as any public trust. But, perhaps Miss Skinner was merely playing to her own vanity and paying a fancy price for the Cross of a Chevalier of -the Legion of Honor, with which foreign bauble the French government decorated her. CALVIN THE COOL Manv. thmi2h nnt nil TTlonamnn stand squarely against the plan of meddling in European affairs. They h.now tnai wnen ambassadors to England and-to Italy come back avowedly against our participation in leagues ana world courts there must be some strings to the viniin of nations that have sounded out of tune. Brotherhood is the greatest ining m tne world, but brotherhood like charity should begin somewhere inside of the three-mile limit of every nation. Probablv that section of the order may get special comfort out of President Coolidee'a uAA before the international convention or tne American Red Cross, when ho said: "The constant need of civili zation Is for a practical idealism deep faith in. spiritual- things tempered bv a hard common nenae illustrated in the character of the men who offered their lives to give more freedom to oppressed peoples: and who went tn the of Europe with their treasure and their men when their -own liberty and the liberty of the world was in pern, Dut when the victory was se cure retired from the field unencum bered by snails, indenenrl ont nnnt. tached and unbought, still continuing to contribute lavishly to the relief of the stricken and doatirnte nf the old world." Certes, Calvin the Co'ol has taken the words out of the mouth of John Eight Point. Frenzied finance may have its place in the game of life, but frenzied philanthropy that hooks the United States up to possibilities which no man is wise enough to fathom Is a dangerous amusement for the American people. Just now we have too many domestic problems to rack our brains over we can not busy our heads with gambling chances which may injure us far more in treasure and blood than we imagine. Let us help everybody to the limit, but let us not rush in like fools where angels fear to promenade. A KLANSMAN'S CREED - believe in God and in the tenets of the Christian religion and that a godless nation can not long prosper. I believe that a church that is not grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to God and to man. I believe that a church that does not have the welfare of the common people at heart is unviorthy. I believe in the eternal separation of Church and State. I hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign, political or religious power. I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to God alone. I believe in just laws and liberty. I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United Slates. i believe that our Free Public School is the corner stone of good government and that these who are seeking to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and art unworthy of citizenship. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in a free press uncontrolled by political parties or by religious sects. I believe in lata and order. I believe in the protection of our pure womanhood. I do not believe in mob violence, but I do believe that laws should be enacted to prevent the causes of mob violence. I believe in a closer Relationship of capital end labor. I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes Jy foreign labor agitators. believe in the limitation of foreign immigration. I am a native-born American citizen and I believe my rights in this country are superior to those of for' eignersr

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(Continued From Last Issue) j The song became Immediately popular. The sr.hnnlhnvs Banff It the older men whistled it. Sheets were printed and scattered in every precinct. Every speech of the Judges was preceded by a singing of this song, usually by a male quartet. It did more to bring the candidate before the people than all his speeches had previously done. Then he decided upon another avenue to the people's hearts. He would appeal to their Southern sentiment. No doubt he had the rift ot oratory. He was a typical South erner in appearance. The nnrmia. iion of the district, with the excep tion or tne roreign groups, consisted of Virginians and the children of Virginians. The .Tiids-e waa a no. tive Virginian, of the old stock. He at tacked Fbrthoffer, the foreigner, everywhere. Sentiment was swinging his way. In preference to Forthoffer he was the choice of the Americans by an overwhelming majority. So the campaign waxed hotter and hotter. And then the Ku Klux candidate came out. CHAPTER XVII An American Platform George Taylor was a faithrul Klansman. He never entered into anything into which he did not put his whole heart and the Klan was no exception. In fact it is a matter of comment that the Klan is an organization over which many men, usually indifferent in other matters, will enthuse. George had denounced the order at first because he thought it was wrong. Once convinced that its principles were right, he espoused its cause and fought its battles with an equal ardor. He was always present at the Klavern when a meeting was held. He entered actively into all the works of benevolence in which the local Klan was extensively engaged. He did not take part in the public demonstrations, not because he. was afraid of being seen, but because he did not care for pubHe functions. His afitiTities wr confined to the halls of meeting. A great klonvocaUon, or gathering ot Klansmen in convention, was held at Calhoun in the early summer to decide upon which candidate the organizauon would support. There

auon would support. There . ; '"""S" ine tsjan nowhere inarguments pro nd con. Some cated that they were supporting ie Vtonon.. i j c him, after readinp- nf -ii

were of the Klansmen were friends of Karraker, some of Fbrthoffer, though each agreed that neither was fit for the office. Then the chairman requested that some recommendation be made of a candidate that the Klan could support. There were protests and agreements. "I fear, fellow Klansmen, that our organization will become a political machine instead of a great fraternity," said one, "and this we must not permit. We are a society, just as the Masons or Odd Fellows, and we must convince the people of this fact before they will cease persecuting us. We have our signs, grips and passwords. We must not go truckling after petty politics. We must remain the great benevolent fraternal order that we began. Therefore, I protest any participation whatever in any political program." "I think you are mistaken in your conception of this organization," answered the chairman. "This is. more than a mere fraternity or it is nothing. While it Is true that there is a fraternal bond existing between Klansmen that obtains in no other society to which I belong, yet, if we are only a social lodge, we have no excuse for existence. There are too many in America now. We have nothing in our ritualism that Is better than the Masonic work or the Odd Fellows desrreea fhoce ore great and laudable institutions andf fill ft neerlet nl... Iw. A 1 i . 'I wv. in iuimrwita me. But there are sufficient organizations of this type already in existence to take care of the fraternal needs of the country. TThe Ku Klux Klan, while creating the spirit of klannishness and brotherhood among Its members, has a greater purpose. We are here to save America. We must begin by purifying politics. We are fast becoming national in- our scope and are welding the common people into a great band of brothers in a common cause, for a single purpose. I do not recommend that the Klan become in any sense a machine. We have absolutely no jurisdiction over the free conscience and right of franchise of any' member. If you don't want to vote for a Klansman, vote for some one else. But let your conscience dictate. For example, if you vote for Forthoffer, knowing him to be un-American, or for Karraker, who is ifi league with the lawless element, you will be willingly supporting their program. We are going to gtwe our support to some 'man In opposition to these two. I do not know who it will be. Chances are, he will not be a Klansman. But he will be an American and he will represent the decent citizens, or he will not receive our votes." There waa much discussion. A few rock-ribbed party men broke with the rest and withdrew from the mnaHni, . -9 ( 1 j :i. witu me rest ana witnarew from the meeting, determined to stand by 1 1 L .mm . .. . tueir party even 11 nonor ana ngnt were at state. However, the majority were in favor of petitioning v"""u'8 SOmA POnrl Ttlfin tn miV the .an. Atiil o IWV Matt many names were mentionedy-Among

Friday, October 26, 1923

oixnas L aw ALL KLANDOM P?-WaA.Dr- Gray' a minister at Prairie Citv. Hia htK Tl:t at Clnoun, pro! nr. n. name was withdrawn. Dr-Brownson was mentioned but reThen h C0QSider the aominaiC Xytorv rSe aDd proposed orge "I Want to nrnnnoe ti-, Cenrfey',thy assistant, Professor 2d f tylf' a.faith Klansman , a true American," he said, "to make this race. He is canahie i rained executive, well read and, above all, a conscientious fighter He will carrv the mo - S10?1 the enemy if he is ne 161 acquainted with conditions in this vicinity and knows the mind of the people of the Fourth district. He will make a winnn race. Gentlemen. T mend that wejjetition Mr. Taylor to lu tuo lemocraac primary for congressman from the Fourth district" As it; happened . George was not there. They diseussed him freely and when a vote was taken it was well-nigh unanimous in his favor Accordingly the next day, a petition bearing four hundred names was presented to him. This was in line with his intentions, and he agreed to enter Thus began the hardest battle of his life, the fight that was to ultimately end in tragedy and triumph. The news of Taylor's entry into ?Jprlmary contest spread like wildfire. The fact that he was the ivlans approved candidate no one doubted, and the population accordingly separated themselves into supporting and opposing groups. Most of Karraker's and Forthoffer's campaign thunder had already been delivered and the people welcomed a new entrant who might put some life into the fight which was already t ragging. The American people like a contest. They enjoy a real scrap. And Taylor had all the earmarks of a fighter He was young, energetic, a forceful speaker and strongly opimcnated. He launched hia J. paign at Calhoun with his declarerl flTt r-r ti r. ntnl , i tion of Drincinlps hi v. . ujlu IU.CLL tl'. all knew it was to be a bitter three cornered struggle for the Democranc nomination, which was tantamount to election. He was everywhtere as the Ku Klux candi1 Tr : """s" tne tsjan nowhere inhim, after readme- nf h r L?ri?clples and contrasting them "c piauns or ms opponents no one could doubt where the Klansmen stood. An immen doors of the Calhoun city hall to mB opening speech. He spoke for over an hour and the applause alC02tinuoua- The Karraker and Forthoffer supporters, who had come to catch the drift of the audience, were dumbfounded with nis reception. His voice -was clear and his arguments above, question. He anpealed to the slumbering patriotism of his hearers. Ho , upon words, but it was evident fiat he had inherited the oratorical instincts and abilitv nf cestors who had chafmed the Old T A Wl?n tnelr language. His platform, briefly stated, was: Greater law enforcement, and the creation of a deputy constabulary to assist the officers. Greater reSDeot tnr j , , uu CU1UJ CtTl e elsnteenth amendment. urairauon or roreign immigration and a campaign of Americanism for those already here. Better schools, with a recommendation of the consolidated system for the rural schools olfsouthwest. The teaching of patriotism and development of ihsn.i i public schools. Closer relationship of American capitaland American labor. A purifying of the courts, with heavy penalties - for "jury fixing." The creating of a board of negro welfare to assist the colored people, but absolute opposition to any attempt to bring about social equality of the races. This program met with instant response The people everywhere began talking Taylbr. He was received by immense and enthusiastic audiences. The papers were practically all against him, however The Prairie City Herald poured ' forth scathing editorials and the bitterest persiflage at the "Ku Klux Klandidate." He was ridiculed in cartoon and pun. He was pictured as the spectacled school man, the reformer in hat and frock coat with w,mi. - - uubue Ail his hip pocket Once he was repreacuteu as riaing unmasked on a pony while behind him came a hooded horde, with lash, firebrand -and tarpot, and the editorial accompanying called this picture "Taylor and His Klux Supporters.- There were articles published every day denouncing him as the leader of. a vicious un-American band of scoundrels. Those who signed these articles bore such good old American names as OTVIarty, Stanislasky, HertI - ' ' - xua lusci, Auuigruez ana uonen.- The countless family of Johnsons and niore numerous-klan of Smiths were Silent ( ,, V 8lentI fTo Be ContintHHl) The next installment ot The 1 us uui flunauiueui, OI 1 AV 1 Dnnn Aa V A T rt. . . f wwhw w. MIV Uld WXil MpniWir 1T this space next week,

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