Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1924 — Page 3
Friday, March 7, 1924
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TANNING HIDES INDOOR SPORT IN THE SENATE
KEPUBLICAX ATIOAL COMMITTEE propaganda flayed BY SENATOR WALSH
of the center aisle which divides the partisans. In fact, it was butchering day and many hides were strung up on the political fence In those two hours for the country to view at Its
leisure. ! All of which caused a new mem-
' ber of the Senate to remark: "Yes,-!
! and the country is the one to suffer j for such performances for the country pays the bill every time." j Texas Case Drags The Mayfield contest case has proceeded through a recount of twenty-
I thing like 264 counties, so It will bel
Kpi.i1 Ki.roh itnci An i;taiSecn that the tabulators are about
Into Record, But Mosev Pnjsll.iriison and Heflin Handy
Klansmen at Funeral at North Vernon
one-tenth through counting ballots in the Texas case and" they have been on the job a week. Judging from tjiis it is goins to take about ten
I weeks to count the ballots in the (Ilurcnu Publication and Education) j Texas case, unless the men working WASHINGTON, March 2. Stories proceed faster than they have the and stories have been written about first week. liov. both sides of Congress play pol- j Senator Mayfield, whose seat is bellies, especially just preceding a js contested, is feeling pretty good presidential campaign. over the results obtained in the re-
Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon-' count. Up to date he has just about tana, opened the fireworks last week : held his own. that is to say. the rein the Senate by Haying the press : count in twenty-seven counties gives bureau of the Republican National ; him approximately what the Texas Committee for articles sent out ac-, results gave him, viz., about threecusing him of being the father of the! to-ont when it came to votes for oil leasing bill. He made a speech himself as against his opponent. In on the subject and then called on only one county has his opponent, Senators Smoot and Lenroot, Re- lvddy, made any appreciable gain, publicans, to verify the truthfulness which was 110 votes. In other counniid accuracy of what he said. tics Senator Mayfield has a little The real storm broke when Sena-; more than made up in gains over tor Moses, Republican, of New j wnat he lost in the one county.
Hampshire, attempted to have in-
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to secare certain - justice, to say.
nothing of undeserved, prefennent, application must be "made to the
right politician, not to the superior
officials of the system. This has caused wide uneasiness in the school force, and threatens a most dangerous letdown in the morale of the entire teaching system." The resolution adopted by the club after hearing the Teport expressed the opinion the legislature should give whatever assistance the commissioner of education might need for his investigation.
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$91,344,000 SPENT FOR SCHOOLS IN YEAR
South Bend and Terre Haute Each Spent More Than a Million Dollars
XORTH VERNON, Ind., March 3. The funeral of Leon Shaffer, age 46, who met death in an accident here, was conducted by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a large number attending the services. Each Klansman carried a small American flag. The floral contributions were beautiful and elaborate.
The Church and World Peace . An Address, Delivered by R. L. Morgan, of Bloomington (Ind.) Bible Class The Address Also Was Broadcasted 'by Radio.
If wars are to cease as we now hear prophesied; if we are to have permanent peace, of which many are now dreaming; if the armies of the
world are to disarm and disband as
i nraved for: if the ereat engines of
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erted in the Congressional Record ; nt ":ho -member of ,hP m v i eam .if , V ! i. , mont. wno is a menioer ot tne May-1 SMS and the death-dealinc Dlanes
a campaign speecli delivered in St
Louis by Senator James A. Reed, lemocrat. of Missouri, denouncing William (Jibbs MeAdoo for the part he has taken with Doheny and Sinclair and others of their kind.
This attempt on the part of the
field subcommittee, is unable to attend the meetings or take any part in the transactions, on account of having been accidentally shot on the street in a fight between bootleg
gers and prohibition officers. Sena-
which fly through the central blue are to be converted into transports of merchandise and missionaries as hoped for; if the swords of men are
to be turned into plowshares and
! pruning hooks as the Bible prophe-
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senator from New Hampshire got:llo ,vi nt ho llt , Hrrl. , narnn i jicq, f T-,,ohf,,.ioTT1 ,a tn
under the skin of Senator Robinson, ! tp jn lhe committee work in this be eradicated; if the unrest throughDeiiuHiatic leader, of Arkansas, who ,.aoo u . hoon nprslp,, (h.t..n.!n, tho .nr,rl is to h snniher. anrl
Mrenuously objected to giving unan- j other Benator uke 1)is place on the quieted; if race prejudice and class imotiH consent for such reproduction . . mTimiHo 0 nn) u ia sai(, thflt liatrt1 ar to be wino(1 ont bv the
in the Record. Senator Moses then
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Mur , u. i...- .U....V. -Mexico, is Ule man agreed on
ho that it would get into the Record' in the Capitol Building jind go to the country via that medi- : . , xun and in this effort he was takei. 1 A lpi"ber ot the Capitol police 1,11 i,iK f,.f.t twn or fhron nn,. i,v ti10 pointed out to the writer two police-
l.resident nro trm. of The Sennte. Mr ! men in the United States Capitol
Cummins. Republican, of Iowa. ! building and with an oath about a However, the senator from Xtw 'arii ,on" declared the two officers Hampshire, who Is the chairman of were members of the Klan. the Senate committee on printing! He denounced them with all the and who knows the ropes, abided '. is ; vile language he could muster and time and when 1 o'clock arrived he then told how the Klan had held a got recognition from the chair for secret initiation meeting recently in Ms purpose ami read the fiery speecli the Capitol building.
of the Missouri senator attacking his i it don't take much nowadays to great powers of the earth to enforce Democratic opponent. ' r.tart some fellows talking, espe- ; peace, but it will originate and come
I cially if they don't know the party to us rrom a worm-wiae, regene- ! verv well to whom thev are talk ilk. rated, educated Christian conscience.
: And that's one way some wrlu-rs j have of getting news.
Senator Bursum, Republican, of New spirit of a common brotherhood; if
we are to be guided by the Golden Rule; and if the devil is to be chained for a thousand years as promised, and there are to be no
more wars or rumors of wars, and
the nations of the earth are to dwell
; together in peace in the light and
spirit of the newly acquired world democracy we must first have a world-wide education a world-wide regeneration of the individual hearts of men. Permanent peace, when it comes, will not originate from a league of nations, world court, or from any alliance of the
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Robinson Loses Temper It whs about the onlv time this
feisiion when the writer has seen the! Democratic minority leader, Mr. j Robinson, lose bis temper and he : was mad all through and through.! After Senator Moses finished read-, Iiik the Reed speech Senator Robin-!
Ron took the floor and proceeded to lake the hide off the senator from New Hampshire and hang it on the political fence to dry. It was some clrinnini, inivraa
nr p;,i iirnC,, f Mu,!,.! Vced in service on the Malmo-
fippl, who usually gets all the fun out of life there is to be had. got the floor and had inserted into the Con
gressional Record several speeches
of Senator Hiram Johnson, givin
the ('nolwlr lift m iniv:t ru i inn nn.-Hr-n.
lar thunder. And this was supposed ' drawn h? Diesel mtorsto even up for the skinning Senator: The total national revenue from Reed gave MeAdoo. : state railways last year, according Then followed Senator Heflin, to statistics just published, was Democrat, of Alabama, who never 1 about $8,600,000, an increase of $2,loses an opportunity to get into the 700,000. These railways .are now Congressional Record Jiimsclf, and i contemplating the lowering of cer lie proceeded to take a few falls out j tain freight rates to facilitate inof the Republicans on account of oil ; dustrial recuperation, disclosures and other troubles. I It is reported the Canadian NaThe transaction took up about two ! tional Railways is considering the hours and it was some skinning on installation of Swedish equipment on the parts of senators on both sides its lines.
as a result of an international judicial decision in the light of a man-made treaty or covenant, but it will come to us as a result of the operation of the divine-made covenant the Holy Bible. All That Is Seeded This book or covenant that has stood the test and attacks of ages,' and has always repelled the forces of evil, needs no senatorial ratification; it needs no reservations; it needs no judicial interpretation. All it needs is a strong united democratic militant Christian force, or
ganized throughout the world, to as
sist its Author the Great Prince of Peace in creating peace by its
teachings.
Who is it today demanding that a
league of nations or world court be created to enforce peace? I am
sorry to say that, in the main, it is the ministers and churches. This is wrong. The church should not
endeavor to shift a responsibility
and duty over to the politician and
the state which by divine decree belongs to it. It should adhere to the divine command and plan to go unto all the world and preach the gospel.
The ministers and churches should
be of one voice in their opposition
to a league of nations and world court to enforce peace, and they
should be demanding instead league of churches to create peace not to enforce it.
The Swedish State Railways api parently are determined not to lose in the competition with motor buses for local traffic. Motor trains have
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railroads are reported to be holding
; their ow-n. The motor trains are
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Alliance of Churches To bring about this world renovation and reform the work will not fall to a league of nations or court controlled by politicians, sitting in judgment in an atmosphere of politics, competitive rivalry, selfiifbness,
religious, race and class hatred, diversity of interest and confusion of tongues, but it will fall to a league or alliance of the churches backed by a militant army of democratic Christians. All the great crusades of the world since the expedition to recover the
holy land from the Mohammedans have been led by the church. No reform movement was ever started or led by a politician, party or statesman until it became popular
with the masses from the seed sown by the church. In America, it was the church, and not the statesman, that originated the ideas of liberty embodied in our Declaration of In
dependence. It was the church, and not a political party, that initiated the movement against slavery fh this country. It was the church, and not the politician, who started the fight for prohibition and world-wide sobriety. And now if this permanent world peace for which the people of all nations are xrying, is to come to us it must come as a result of the united efforts of a united church.
Commandments as Covenant
Let the churches unite and league
together not the nations. Let them adopt as '. ovenant, without any reservations , ' interpretations, the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, and let them, in obedience to the divine command, send forth missionaries not politicians, to all parts of the earth. Let them go forward to civilize and
Christianize. Let them go shielded with the breastplate of righteousness; their loins girded with the truth, and their feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Let them reclaim the heathen as
their divine inheritance, and let them bring the world to submission, not by judicial decisions or the force of arms, but by the force of divine love, emanating from the bar and throne of Him who controls the destiny of all nations.
Peace acquired through the channel of the church under the edicts and mandates of the Supreme Law Maker of the Universe will be a
lasting and enduring peace. It will be a. peace based upon love not
force, and will be a satisfying peace Ingersoll's Dream
With such a peace established
throughout the world the dream of
Colonel Ingersoll in his great In
dianapolis speech in 1876, will have
come true, when he said in closing; "I have a dream that prisons will not always curse the earth; that the shadow of the gallows will not always fall on the land; that the withered hand ot want will
not always be stretched out for charity'; that finally wiisdom will sit in the legislatures; justice in the courts, charity will occupy all the pulpits, and that finally the
world will be controlled by liberty and love, by justice and char
ity.
If this dream of Colonel Ingersoll is to come true; if wars and rumors
of wars are to be no more, and if
finally the world is to be controlled by liberty, love and justice, this
The Only Common Ground
The Bible and the church provide the only common ground on which
all the nations of the earth can come together with their diversified inter
ests, differences, customs, tongues,
colors, religions and races, and have them reconciled and harmonized into a world-wide brotherhood of mankind, bound together by the ties ot love and justice.
When this common ground is
sought by the nations of the earth, through the church, and when this world-wide brotherhood is estab
lished, with the Bible as its covenant, then wars will cease wars and rumors of wars will be no more.
Then the devil will be chained.
Then, and not until then, will the swords of men be melted and molded into plowshares and prun
ing hooks.
Here in our blessed country.
America, Jew and Gentile will see alike, Catholicism and Protestan
tism will unite and worship at the same shrine. Capital and labor will
work together as partners. Labor will be equitably paid and justly ! treated. Strikes will cease and unrest will abate. Confidence in men will be restored, and with thi3 returning confidence the mines and factories will be kept open, and the wheels of industry will continue to move and from the music of their hum sad and languid faces will brighten, heavy hearts will become light, smiles will take the place of frowns, the furnaces will be kept burning, - and the heavens will be filled with the smoke of American industry, ami mpon that cloud of smoke will be reflected from the light of a hundred million happy
American faces a rainbow as our nation's covenant with the world of perpetual peace, love and prosperity.
The Watcher on the" Tower, official Klan paper of the Realm of Washington, prints the following message direct from the United States battleship Tennessee: "One year ago we reached a number sufficient to establish the first Naval Klan. Since that time we have been going in leaps, and since our arrival at the Navy yard our classes for naturalization have ranged from six to as high as forty-
two. With a class of this number for each week and with our stay in Bremerton of two months, you may
conceive of what our number might
be.
"We are glad to acknowledge that
six other battleships are pushing us
a close second in Klan members.
"Our uniforms makes us service
men from outward appearance and a Klansman's obligation makes us men sX heart and we, having both, have developed a strong love for each
other that has made our ship what she is today. As an example, we offer you the 100 per cent spirit and
loyalty that exists among us."
WASHINGTON, March 1. Tte seventy-nine American cities having a population between 50,000 and 100,000 in 1922, spent $91,344,000 lor educational purposes other than libraries in that year.
Census bureau statistics show for
ty-four of seventy-nine cities spent
more than $1,000,000 each, and four more than ?,000,000 each. The
average per capita expense for teach
ers salaries and other expenses of maintenance and operation, exclusive of costs of outlays and perma
nent improvements, amounted to
$2.77 for 1922, as compared with
$5.55 in 1917.
Sacramento . had the largest total
expenditure with $2,959,000, of which $1,770,000 was for permanent im
provements. Canton, O., spent $2,-
194,000, including $1,072,000 for im
provements.
Waterbury led in expenses for
teachers' salaries and other expenses of operation and maintenance, exclusive of ' permanent improvement
outlays, with $1,525,000. South Bend,
Ind., spent $1,038,000 and Terre Haute, Ind., $1,045,000.
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Woes of the New York City Schools Laid to Tammany
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NEW YORK, March 1. Control ot the school system of this city was first sought by Tammany Hall in an attempt to dominate the votes of the newly enfranchised women, ac
cording to a report adopted by the National Republican Club last night
with a resolution calling on the
state commissioner of . education to investigate, says the New York Tri
bune. The club's action followed that of the City Club and other civic organizations and prominent citi
zens several weeks ago. No answer to that appeal has been given yet. The report was presented by Victor House, assistant United States attorney, as chairman of a sub-committee of the committee on state affairs. "The nature of the evidence disclosed and the situation revealed' the report stated, "are so startling and complex that the committee asks leave to supplement this report at a
later date."
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Conclusions Reached - The facts and data reviewed, it added, warrant the following conclusions, in the opinion of the committee : "(1) Tn or about the year 1918 the political group in power in New
York City conceived the plan of invading and dominating the previously non-partisan public school
system, with a view to obtaining
thereby the patronage, perquisites
and political control of this largest
of local public enterprises.
(2) To do this it was necessary
both to amend the laws under which
the school system functioned and to
infiltrate into the system political
lieutenants who would use their of
flcial powers as directed.
"(3) With this end in view two
attempts were made to change the laws regulating the school system,
which failed only because of the
vigilance of public spirited citizens:
but the infiltration policy has been successfully pursued until, in actual
fact, a large measure of .political control over the school system has
been acquired and is now being used
"(4) Throughout this process the
interests of the school children have
not even been considered,."
Sordid History
It is a sordid history, the report
said, and the Tammany plan of dom
ination "has been systematically
thought out, continuously pursued
and in some degree successfully
consummated.
Calling attention to the fact that-a
vast majority of the 25,000 persons enrolled in the school system as teachers and supervisors of teachers
are women, It continued: "Control
ofthe key positions in the system
-fthrough which rewards and promo
tions in the ranks are made was first sought as a step to dominance of this new feminine vote." Outlining the school structure, the report added: ' "It is obvious that control of the
board of education and of the board of superintendents carries with it the power to name all school officials who do not come under the civil service; while control, in addition, of the board of examiners, carries with it the power to manipulate the civil service lists and bring the civil service employes of the system also under political domination. And this is just what the plan has been: First, to secure control of the board
of education and the board of superintendents, and then of the board of examiners. Getting control of the board of education was the first step,
and it was comparatively simple." Mct'ooey Appointment
The Tammany board, well in con- I trol in the spring of 1919, proceeded to pass a series of by-laws, which, if valid, would have given it control of ' the higher position without further j
Leffort. The state commissioner of
education forced a repeal and modi- j fication of many of the by-laws, i Then they tried their hand at chang
ing the fundamental law. The re-1
port recited the election of Miss Margaret J. McCooey, sister of the Democratic leader, as associate su
perintendent, and other appointments. Of the election of Edward Mandel as an associate superintendent in 192-3 the report said:
Edward Mandel has played an
active role, and his appointment in
many ways was even more objec
tionable than that of Miss McCooey.
On December 11, 1894, the United
States grand jury for the southern
district returned indictments In which he, his brother, Julian Man-
del, and another person were charged with conspiracy to defraud
the United States by having Julian Mandel make an application for civil service examination, forging the
name of Louis Simon on said application.
From that time on until his op
portunity came last year Edward
Mandel lay comparatively low and
worked his way up to the position of district superintendent in the school
system, but the reputation he
gained in the process Is perhaps best indicated by the fact that Dr. Ettinger specifically objected to his selection as an associate superintendent." Miss NIcol's Appointment The attempt to pass bills superseding the board of examiners a year ago and the history of various appointments, including that of Miss Lucile Nicol, named recently as a district superintendent, was recited. The committee said it had been advised that Ernest L. Crandall, who
lobbied for the examiners' bills, had
permitted the evening school lecture system to be used for the espousal of Democratic partisan causes.. Re-! garding trouble in the board of 'ex-
aminers, it charged mat it had been
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