Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1924 — Page 4
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KLAN'S PROGRAM FOR 1924 1. Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. 2. Bark to the (onKtltotlon. . Enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment so long as it Is a part of the Constitution. 4. i:nforrenient of. present immigration laws and enactment of more stringent laws on Immigration.
The K. C. on the Defensive
booking a verdict and denying in toto, "each and every charge made
by the Imperial izard, Dr. Evans," that the Catholic church opposed
public education, the Knights of Columbus have again burst into print
In paid advertisements. As a rule, the Knights manipulate the wires in
such a way as to get publicity free of charge, such as the faked message
from President Coolidgc when our former President, Warren G. Harding,
was yet unburied. This time, however, the Knights paid for the publicity
in four-column advertisements.
In the ads which appeared last week, the Knights of Columbus, in
"proving" the Catholics are not opposed to the public-schools, used that threadbare, timeworn and stereotyped phrase of declaring that the Catholic church is not opposed to public schools because Catholics pay taxes to help support the schools. Do the Knights of Columbus wish
Americana to believe that the only thing which would prove to the world that the Catholic church did not believe in free public schools would be
for each Catholic to arm himself and resist the collection of taxes?
Does the fact that each American pays taxes year in and year out, the
groat bulk of which goes to pay war debts and maintain war mchinery,
man that there are no persons in America who do not believe in war?
Most assuredly it does not. No more than it means the Catholic church
favors the public schools because Catholics pay taxes, a part of which go
to maintain the public school. However, according to the advertisement
by the Knights of Christopher Columbus, the Catholics merely "contribute"
tlioir share to the upkeep of the public school. Any sane mortal knows just as tho Knights of Columbus know that because any person pays a tax assessed by the proper officials, does not mean that the person paying
that tax is in favor of that thing for which the money might be used.
Should one come out openly and declare that the Knights of Columbus
did not favor a republic form of government, but believed in virtual
serfdom, these same Knights would become highly incensed. And yet,
to use their same line of reasoning, they do believe in monarchial govern
ments because" the Catholics of Europe pay taxes to support them. This
statement may sound a bit far fetched but it is every bit as reasonable
as tho statement made by the Knights of Columbus that is, that the Catholic church believes in free public schools because Catholics pay titles ("contributions" according to the Knights of Columbus) to support
these same schools.
The advertisement asserts that the Catholic school is the same as the
public schools, except that the pupils are taught the "principles of their
religion. This last statement gives rise to several questions, chief of which are: Isn't the Catholic church capable of instilling religion in the hearts of its followers without "teaching the principles of the religion" in their schools? Also, where do the poor ignorant Mexicans, South American Catholics andhose of Europe, learn "the principles of the religion?" Schools arc -so scarce in those places (unless the Catholic be fortunate enough to live in a Protestant country) that the vast majority, of the Catholics never see the outside of a school, much less the inside. And, peculiar as it. may seem, the staunchest Catholics, those who live and die at the call of the Catholic church, are found where the country reeks most with illiteracy and superstition. From the above reasoning, one would be prone to believe that where there arc lews schools and less education, the Catholic church thrives best, so why do they have schools in America at all? Because under our
government, a child must attend school and therefore the Catholic children would lie forced into the public school. Rather than have the children of Catholics in public school the parochial school is built. One might' ask here that if the Catholic school is so strongly in favor of education as the Knights of Columbus would have America believe, why doesn't the church build schools enough, or permit the government to do so, in such countries as Spain anil Mexico, Portugal and other illiteracy-reeking countries where the Catholic church has full control? The many parochial schools in this country are not built because the Catholics fayor education, but in opposition to the public schools. It is true that the parochial school is needed to keep the Catholic church alive in America, but should every other school close, throwing the country into ignorance in a few decades, the parochial school would not be needed. This is not an idle assertion. Its proof is in the history of Spain, Italy and parts of Ireland where the Catholic church rules and where illiteracy is the greatest.
Klansmen, a word to the wise is enough but you've got to choose the right word.
The principles of "the Klan make
clear the fact that the man who de
nies Christ in politics will not be
loyal to Him in anything else.
There is no reward for the patriot
who is always "going to become a Klansman," but never delivers.
Xittle drops of courage, Little grains of "sand," Make our mighty Ku Klux Known throughout the land.
Moses broke the ten command
ments but he had nothing on a lot
of present-day politicians.
The Klan is moral T. N. T. You can not buy Klannish deeds with dollars, nor can you destroy their good effects by campaigns of hatred.
Dago dialect is a naturalized rival
of Bostonese, every word being
sentence. For example: Nickyba-
nan; tenacessadoza.
Nobody can tell what a man will
do towards cleaning up his home
town by the noise be makes at
chureh.
There are heroes in our common life
Unknown to wealth and fame;
They go about their daily tasks
Unmoved by praise or blame;
Their motive is the common good;
They have a noble creed;
They are the nation's right hand
men Knights of the Worthy Deed. .We are the new crusaders the Klan marching embattled against
the Saracens of graft, illiteracy and
crooked statescraft.
If God had no more mercy on mankind than some of the uninformed intelligentsia have on the Klan, the world would have been rolled in a scroll long before the fig-leaf skirt went out of fashion.
Aspiration You meeta Giovanni, Da musica' man ? Heem playa da harpa, Heem smash da pian'. Heem graba da mona Wherevra heem can But, oh, San Pietro, Heem scareda da Klan! Heem scareda da Klan-. Folksa geeve heem da chance, For playa da harpa; For maka dem dance, An' heem sella dem stuffa "Eemported from France," Da bootleg heem hide Een da hippa heem pants. But da Klan spoil heem bizna, Da maka neem seeck; Da watcha heem gooda Each night een da week; Heem eemigrant papraa Da say ees de sneakDa no let Giovanni Make mona so queeck. Now, poor Giovanni, . So nobla, beeg man, Wanta do ver' mos' good Like da great 'Merican; But da won't let heem sella Da booza so gran', An' heem blame eet all onto' Da Ku Kluxa Klan!
1 DAILY INDEXW AMERICAN CONGRESS
What One Catholic Says It can do no harm to give the broadest publicity to the fact that F. Hugh O'Donnell, a Roman Catholic member of parliament, blames the priesthood for the Irish situation. His words, in which he denounces the age-old Roman political method, are red hot with sincerity. Mr. O'Donnell, in a recent speech in London, exclaimed: "Material ruin has accompanied clerical despotism. The priesthood have pau
perized as well as demoralized. Their 'ascendancy has been al
most synonymous with ignorance,
inveracity, mendicancy, indigence, dishonesty, slavery and sloth.
What they did not steal they have
spoiled. They have traded on social revolution; they have sapped the bases of nationhood."
Monday, February 11 Senate Met at noon; adjourned at 6:05 p. m. .. Passed the Robinson resolution re
questing the president to demand the resignation of Secretary of the Navy Denby by a vote of 47 to 34. All efforts to modify the resolution were rejected. Began consideration of the interior department appropriation bill.
Senators Adams, Colorado, and
Walsh, Montana, opposed confirma
tion of Messrs. Strawn and Pomerene
as special counsel in the prosecution
oi tne on cases on account of disqualification because of lack of ex
perience in litigation of that char
acter and because of their connection
with "big business."
Attorney-General Daugherty wrote
Senator Willis, of Ohio, asking for
a Hearing on the Wheeler resolution
requesting his resignation.
William G. McAdoo explained to the oil investigating committee his professional relations as. attorney for the Doheny interest, declared
they were in good faith and had absolutely nothing to do with the leasing of naval oil reserves. House Met at noon; adjourned at 4:45 p. m. Passed a gasoline tax bill and sent it to the Senate. Representative Connally, of Texas, in a speech made a demand that the state department investigate the failure of the German Embassy in Washington to lower its flag out of respect to Woodrow Wil3on. He added that if no explanation was forthcoming he would request a congres
sional investigation. Four reports on the tax reduction bill, differing widely on the ques
tion of income and surtaxes, were submitted to the House by members
of the ways and means committee. Discussing the bill for the exten
sion of the life of the War Finance
Corporation before the banking com
mittee, Representative Dickinson, of
Iowa, charged that that organization
was responsible in part for the drastic banking situation in the midwest
states. ,, .
HityXeiisor Is Started by Princeton
PRINCETON. N. J., Feb. 16. It I
henceforth will be impossible to use!
in New Jersey schools any history which quotes certain statements of George Washington, Thomas Jeffer
son, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and others, if a bill before the legislature passes, according to a resolution adopted by the Princeton University faculty in protest against what they regard as inter
ference with the right of free speech, of free investigation and of the teaching of tfee truth. The bill applies to both puMic and private schools.
"Nearly every one of our leaders
has made mistakes," said a well-
known professor. "They were men
and not demi-gods. If we are to profit by experience, their failures
and weaknesses should be pointed
out. The best of our histories would be excluded.
"Henry . Adams history of the
United States, with its record of our distressing incompetence in the war df 1812, would hare to go. Theodore
Roosevelt's volumes in the American
Statesman's Series could not stand
the test. The opinions or our presidents on their, contemporaries could
not appear. General Dearborn, after whom. Fort Dearborn was named, was a man of indecision. . General Hull was tried for treason. Must we rank them with the heroes?" Professor Dana Carleton Munro, head of the history department, pointed out that the bill would prevent the use of files of certain newspaper articles taking an attitude of criticism, aa well as the great majority of authentic books on history.
New Lincoln Stories
The effect of liberal education is making itself felt as flar as Cali
fornia. At Leland Stanford courses
are to be given in "cheering." A
Ogling and Droning
Anton Lang, the famous protagon
ist in the Passion Play, says that
good yell leader will receive credit Americans are too busy to be truly for his vocal athletics. We wonder, ppy. 0"r memo of Oberammer-
though, how much credit is given f?u T1S ina vaiage rrom wnicn the students who memorize a Bible Mr. Lang hails was . so drowsy, and verse each day and read the consti- duV n 'bygone days that life contution once every year or so? sisted mainly in sleeping through
luc uct uuuis ui iuo twemy-Luur and drinking beer the remainder of
the day. Undoubtedly the Bavarian outlook could never be ours. What is happiness? Doing a little wood-
carving, perhaps? Performing -a ceremonial because of an ancient
village superstition? Possibly. And
yet there are those of us who be
lieve that the joy that lies in leisure leaves a dark brown taste in the
Tuesday, February 12
Senate Not in session. Senators
attending "Lincoln Day banquets and
making speeches
Immigration committee ordered an
unfavorable report on the resolution
of Senator Harr)s, Georgia, propos
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Two rare
Lincoln manuscripts, the existence of which he declared was heretofore unknown, were shown to members
of the House of Representatives and commented on by Representative
Henry Rathbone of Illinois in his
Lincoln's birthday address before
that body.
The first of these was a copy, writ
tea in Lincoln's handwriting, of his
favorite poem, "Oh, Why Should the
Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?" "Ac
cording to the story which goes wjtn
this copy," said Mr. Rathbone, "Lin
coln was so overcome by the death
of his first love, Ann Rutledge, that
his friends feared he would commit
suicide.
"He had learned the poem byr
heart," said Mr. Rathbone, "and often
repeated its stanzas as solace lor his
melancholy. It is said to nave been
the only thine in which he seemed to
find comfort, and his copy of the
poem has never been reproduced.
The other manuscript was a letter
written by Lincoln to a political
friend shortly after his defeat by Douglas for the Senate in 1858. In this letter he expressed the opinion
that he would sink out of sight politically, but that he did not regret
having made the race because it afforded him an opportunity to champion the principles in which he so
firmly believed and to advance the cause of liberty and justice.
The textf this letter follows: Springfield, Nov. 19, 1858. Henry Asbury, Esq. My dear Sir: Yours of the 13th waB received some days ago. The fight must go on. The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred, defeats. Douglas had the ingenuity to be supported in the late contest as the best means to break down, and to uphold the slave interest. No ingenuity can keep those antagonistic elements in harmony long. Another explosion will soon come. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. In the handwriting of Henry Asbury, to whom Mr. Lincoln's letter was written, is this notation oh the letter: "On the 13th I had written him a cheerful letter not to give it up; so the above is his glorious answer."
That was a remarkable meeting at Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Wednesday evening, February 13, when Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, appeared before an audience that filled every available space in the great auditorium an auditorium which is said to seat 11,000 persons. Around the entire auditorium persons stood against the walls as solidly as they could wedge in. On the outside from t o'clock until long after 8 o'clock the jam was terrific, a solid mass of people unable to gain entrance. They waited for hours, hoping by some means to gain entrance. It is unfortunate-that. these people were unable to hear the address on "The Public School Problem in America," for it
was an unusual address an eyeopener to many. The reception accorded
Dr. Evans could not help but impress on him, from a public view, the
great cause he is leading. It was one of the greatest outpourings of
people-if not the greatest in the history of Indianapolis. It is proof, added proof, that the public is awake and aroused to the conditions of
the day.
Thanks and appreciation are registered here to the Rev. Percy James, director, and each and every member of that wonderful musical organ
ization, the Cadle choir, for the part each had in the meeting at Cadle Tabernacle, when Dr. Evans was a guest of Indianapolis. The splendid music provided by this choir before the address of Dr. Evans added in a
great measure to the pleasure and enjoyment of the thousands who crowded into the tabernacle.
Jasper Women of Ku Klux Klan Meet JASPER. Mich., Feb. 16. A meeting of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan took place In Bakers Hall here last week, and although the weather was cold and bitter, a very good sized crowd was in attendance. The meeting was opened with prayer and the singing of "America," after which a speaker was introduced who gave a wonderful talk on the principles of the order and was received with much enthusiasm by
those present. A fiery cross fh the hall made a beautiful appearance while the " ceremonies - were taking placer
Precious Stone Found in U. S. World's Biggest
WASHItJTON, Feb. 16. What is held to be the largest uncut precious stone in the world is a flawless black opal, discovered in this country and
now said to be in the office of a government official here in Washington.
The gem contains approximately
twenty-one cubic inches, weighs 2,-57-2,332 carats, and is valued by the owners at $260,000. The colors are translucent blues and greens with a little red. The famous Viennese opal, which was without equal until the American specimen was found,
weighs 1,658,927 carats, but has a
number of flaws.
The Klansman will note that there are HOUSE-cleaning committees and house-CLEANING committees also that some of the committees resemble strikingly the enterprising servant girl, who, when she cleans, simply sweeps the dust beneath the bed and draws her pay.
mouth. As Americans who are striv
The anti-Elan nlank will certainly tag to lead industrious, God-fearing
crack under the weiirht of a man useful lives, we may be losing many
like Oscar Underwood. or ine sieepy aengnts oi tne siow-
moving European peasant. The T-Tl Q Q Q r hmuoTro-t" lrnnwa that I Vi a
Hideous Blasphemy man whfl OPSI tn ork with a will.
If we urge our congressmen to interests in the sniritnfll and nil li-
support a constitutional amendment catlonal uplift oI his nation, has a
iu loium ciuiu wuu iu me l,iiiicu better time during his working hours
states, we snail nooiy serve unoorn thnn rhft i-n-n.-j Knrnnpn oeline
generations of white Aryan children. his wa t0 horedom on the Riviera n ; 1 1 i a lull . nllrt .ni a I "
munous ui nine win Biuw iu or droning his life out in -a peasant
witnout aeiormea spines ana siuntea . 1 : 4 T4- J r. 1. n L -B I
Klansman tn remember that - man vivme ore
was created in God's own likeness Ga- omeaiey i5uner. or me flia-
nnri that nniievploned. nniil-atrved. rine corps, who was summoned to
nvervcnrkPil rhilrtren are in them- Philadelphia tO clean the City Of
selves a kind of hideous blasDhemy bootleggers, gamblers and bad men
of God and His Durnose. of all kinds, seems to be an extra-
i ordinary sort oi flea finer, vy iieu
1 ho -firlilatlaa ovon lha hariiariori nnnB
The Racial Jungle loo nervously over their shoulders.
An opponent of our way of think- Of 1,200 saloons in Philadelphia 973
ing urges a sickly kind of immigra- have been closed and the pepped-up
tion law which shall name as one police are after the rest. The Philaof its features the creation of a delphia Klansman now smiles sweet-
permanent commission not a bad ly at himself in the glass. It is re-
thing in itself if the commission be markable how many of the great the right sort and declares, "Obvi- and good eople in the country are
ously, if we are to have any imnu- grabbing tm Klan idea. "Cleaning-
grants at all, we want those of na- up" is a contagious thought
tive force and ability.
meaning of the mvstic word's, "native The Great Di&erence
force and ability," our judgment is ne woman - uacnoiu apologise
that we do not want that sort ot ciaim tne iouowmg imngs ior men
immigrant in America at all. There church: (1) Tho churctt is tne
is a great deal of native force about meaiaior neiween uoa ana man, .e. an ansTvhiit nr a rnmmiiTliat It Is the church is the "regulator" of re-
far better, for example, to do with- ligiouTs belief; (3) the church is the
nt t-ha .lioxnvArjAo nt a steinTwor uirecior oi conscience: i me
mind than to harbor an unAmerican church is a "confraternity of serv
mind that at first pressure is ready ce and an organ of world-wide prop
to ny to me reiiei oi me uoisneviKi. &.
We believe that clarity of expres- A little thought makes clear mat
,n uroitriitv matter i an m. taw type oi cnurcn is imperialistic
cellent rule. We should amend the ana mat, on tne otner nana, wie
fnrernine- declaration to read "If Protestant talttt IS democratic. iTOI
w are tn iav anv Immlerants at estantism, . however viewed, begins
all, we want those who will be best with a protest from the imperialism ..hie tn ahsnrh American ideals, and of super-imposed authority both In
fit into American modes of life and Ialt& 411(1 practical woriung. ine thought." Europe, with its wars and Protestant does not recognize the
Intrigues, at the present moment, cnurcn as auuioruy. tiis wuimus
is a glowing example of what hap- warrant is me worn wi wu-ui pens when people of low moral fiber Holy Book. He accepts as mediator and "native force and ability" mix no ecclesiastical organization Jesus in a racial jungle. Christ Ib his Mediator and Savior.
. i i ne rroteBtani cnurca w uui u
1 "ontlinitv " Kttt an aaanMatiAn tit
The Female Is More Deadly Iike n,, Wh0 believe in God and
Now that we come to think of it, His Son. As someone has said, "The
Mrs. Catt has denounced the Mon-1 genius of Protestantism is the con-
roe doctrine. Her curse is almost sciousness of the believer that he is
as long, loud and reckless as the an independent personality with
celebrated and highly-canonical needs and rights of his own. God
curse ui me .lauiiuaw ui xuibuub. i ana iis .oui stana Bare muugu un
Our Idea is that the lady should! else perisn." ton this understand
make her anathema even more com- ing and in this consciousness, the
ity member of the ways and means committee. Republican House leaders expressed their willingness to have the Wnnsft take uti the Muscle Shoals
im fiiro-DAap siianonsinn nf all im-1 legislation immediately after tne
migration. vote on the tax reduction bill,
House Met at noon ; adjourned at Thursday, February 14
6:05 p. m. ato Met t noon: recessed at
fasseu me auppiy um ior tue uuy-
port ot tne rostomce ana treasury .t, Hi.e ; iiabami: in a
departments, carrying a total of ap- Bpeeca maie a flat denial that he is proximately $729,000,000. ' wa3 a arember of the Ku
Ways and means committee s we- ,. BnA j.iared he had had
tracked a soldier bonus bill until the nnfrre witb manasers ..ot
tax reduction bill has been oisposea Mavfield's contest, as
of by the House. -harmed in an onen letter by R. B
rreaee.r. of Texas,
Wednesday, reomary la virtually the entire afternoon was
Senate Met at noon ; recessed at naS9ed in executive session consider-
4:58 p. m. ine the nromotion of Lieut.-Col. Dun-
In a brief statement referring to nn tr. Maior to be colonel. No con-
tne announcement-oi rresiaent ooi- ris!fn.n was reached
l idge with respect to the Denby res- sm5atinn mmmittM held
ignation resolution as adopted by the furmer nearing8 on pending immi-
oeuaie, jwiuuiiiy u ., measures, with Commission-
declared that public opinion wouior . Husband and H. H. Cur-
force the president to remove every commissioner at New York, giv official connected with the oil re- mg'tneiP vieW8 of the selective tea
si t,.oa rr thA varinna mils.
IVlttMIIK Ills U1SI BUCCll t-uc I , . 3 a
cussing lilts iiuwuuu ui uc ,T" V 1 ii locislative clared that Secretary Mellon's fig- director of the peop e JW"" . .J oi service, charelng nation-wide profi-
to support his conclusions that they teering in bread and that creation ot Ar.DaaA w. a "colossal bread trust is impend-
nnea In the higher brackets. He ad- i"S-
vocated that all incomes under $5,000 The public lands committee in
structed Chairman Lenroot to miorm
expectedly ordered an adjournment until February 25. .
House Met at noon; adjourned at
5:50 p. m. ,
General debate continued on the tax reduction bill, an agreement being reached to take up the income tax rates next Tuesday, leaders on both sides predicting that under this arrangement completion of the measure within two "weeks will be possible. Republican Leader Longworth said a poll of the Republicans had shown that ten less than a majority of the House would agree to a maximum surtax of 35 per cent, the bill as reported carrying the 25 per cent proposed by Secretary Mellon. The immigration cot&mittee decided to postpone until next week consideration of Secretary Hughes' recommendations on restrictive immigration legislation that Japan be
placed on the same quota basis as
other nations.
Saturday, February 16 Senate Met at noon; went into
executive session in a short time to
permit members to fight over more
confirmations.
House Met at noon; continued
general debate on the tax reduction bill for most of the afternoon.
he exemnt from taxation.
Senator Harris, fleoreia. sneaking the oresident tnat tne nwmuduuua
on taxation, declared thatNthe fail- of Silas Strawn and Atlee Pomerure of Secretary Mellon to "increase ene as special counsel in the oil personal exemption credits" was the cases were unacceptable. Before the Vhio nMootinn to hia n1a for tax president, received this information a
j M u.uwvu t j I' -
.Anntinn i meaaap-o wit .nan wine me uaiuo
1 kuuviiuu. 1 -""-o- . ,1..
Senator Fletcher, Florida, in Mr, Strawn was on us way to
sneeoh characterized the policy of Capitol.
the fihinnlnir hoard as heine "marked I
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bv hesitation, halting pontics ana House Met at noon; aujuumcu .
nnnfiieinn K'35 r.. Til.
AAntnA tl,a TToflin resnliitinn for Trnooede4t with consideration OI
an inmiirv tn ho rnndiicted by the I the tax reduction bill, with an agree
postoffice committee, into charges of ment to terminate general debate at fradulent land operations in Texas. 4 o'clock next Monday afternoon. Senator Wheeler, Montana, sub- Chairman Green, of the ways and mitted a resolution providing for a means committee; Garner, of-Texas, Senate inquiry into the alleged fail- ranking minority member, and Mills, nre of Attornev-General Daugherty of New York., took up most of the
to take action' looking to the" prose- day with speeches. The debate was
fMiMnn of Dohenv. Sinclair and others enlivened with partisan speeches
implicated in the oil reserve lease provoking many personal exchanges
scandal.
Senator Oddie, Nevada, member of Friday, February 15
the special committee tnat mveBu- SenateMet at n00n; adjourned at
galea tne veieiaun duimu, icic- c.1ft r-j ws- i,t o ",lr," within 'w P- I"-
rC.,eihr mrnlla After considering for six hours in
ANOTHER ALIEN CAUGHT LAFFERTY, 0.,.Feb.. 16. A fine of
$1,000 and a prison sentence of one to five years were imposed on Mike
Lazerick, following his conviction on
charge of manufacturing whis'ky.
The alien insisted that he was hired by a merchant to watch the stuff, but didn't succeed in making his alibi stick.
thing3 that they have made diffl
. executive session the promotion of
cult for Director Hines to learn all Lieut.-Col Duncan Major to be a that is actually going on An the bu- colonel in the army, the Senate conmat is actually going oua flrmed promotion by a vote of
mi tnvosHirfttfne committee sub- 43 to 24,
nnenaes FVante A. Vanderlin. retired The oostofRce Committee, autnoT
New York banker, and Earl C. Schuy-jized Senator Moses, New Hampshire, o TIaovoi- attnrnev tn arnipar and ltd desltmate a subcommittee to in-
ta lAgtimnnv iventiraTft tne aiieeea lews ia.ua
www irauas unaer me nemu nnuuuuu,
House Met at noon; adjourned at Frank A. Vanderlin. New York
4:10 p.m. banker, told the oil investigating
Passed the Senate bill extending committee his Ossininz speech re
the life of the War Finance Corpora- Ijerred only to rumors and . that he tion until December 31. had no facts whatever concerning the
A resolution by Representative sale of the Marion. Ohio, Star by tne
King, ot Illinois, calls for an-inves- late president Mr. Vanderlip came tigatkm by the banking committee in for public censure and. a,, rough into the administration ot the depart- cross-examination by members of the
ment of justice and of the treasury committee for giving public utter
as to cancellation, destruction and lance to mere rumors.
duplication of government securities. The nublic lands committee gave
Representative Jeffers, Alabama, its anuroval to the appointment or
renewed hia charges ox irregularities Owen J. Roberts, of Phiiadeipnia,
in connection with the income tax land former Senator Pomerene,. of
payments of Harry F. Sinclair and I Ohio, as , snecial counsel in the . oil
E. L. Doheny, oil magnates. leases, but Democrats announced
House Democrats in a party cau- their intention to flaht the conflrma
plcte she should include the Dec-1 Klan makes its annroving effort felt I cus bound themselves to support the tion of Pomerene on the floor of
laration-of Independence and the 1 along religious lines. This ( is,. .the I tax seduction plan put forward. by the Senate. The, committee at the Constitution of the United States! v (religion ol mr fathers. . .- JMr. Garner, of Texas, ranking minor-4 conclusion. of. the. dayV hearings un
A KLANSMAN'S CREED believe in Cod and in the tenet
of the Christian religion and that
godless nation can not long prosper.
I believe tnat a cnurcn that ts not grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to Cod and to man.
I believe that a church that does
not have the wlfare of the common people at heart is unworthy.
I believe tn the eternal separation of Church and State. 1 hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign, political or religious power. , hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to God alone. I believe in just lavs aid liberty. I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United States. I believe that our Free Public School is the corner stone -of good government-and that those vho art seeking to destroy it ere enemies of
our Republic and are unworthy of
attxenshtp. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in a free. Press uncon
trolled by political parties or by re
ligious sects. , believe in law and order.
t 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 prevejtt the causes of mob violence.
" believe in a closer relationsrip of capital and labor.
. I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign labor
agitators.
I believe in the limitation of foreign immigration. .
am a native-born American cititen and, I believe gny -rights firtha country-are if.Agn'f tiKthoie j Joti'riatiert: ' . -
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