Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1924 — Page 4

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EDITORIAL

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end all News Kerns nn.l Ail.lrex, nil Inquiries to GTS nn.l BNO Century BuildTelephones Lincoln B.'tr.t and s:i.12. The Pygmy and the Giant The intellect that conceived the idea of running high-powered motor trucks through Jammed streets, in an effort to break up a Klan parade, as was done in Indianapolis Saturday night, is in perfect keeping with the pygmy intellect that is battling with the giant Klan principle in an effort to disintegrate that gigantic movement for America. With all streets Jammed to capacity and closely formed-lines of thousands upon thousands of marchers, the unnecessary running of monster fire trucks at breakneck speed through the streets is nothing- more nor less than a criminal act- morally, if not legally. Had anyone been killed those responsible for the pygmy stroke at the giant principle would have teen guilty of murder Just as surely as though these warped minds had pulled the trigger of a gun that had brought down victims in cold blood. To the intelligent mind, the act of the pygmies is beyond conception It is due to no thought of theirs that men, women and children were not run down and killed. With a crowd of more than one hundred thousand persons (taking the estimate made by persons who would minimize Klan gatherings, and not by unprejudiced persons) jammed into the streets, the pygmies turned loose the fire-department. Boxes were turned in that necessitated the passing of the fire department at the most congested points in the downtown district. Great credit must be given the drivers, the police au the parade marshal and his assistants, that no one. was killed. The patience exhibited by the Klansmen, both in the procession and the stores of thousands that were in the crowd viewing the parade, was such that a man might well feel proud that he was a member of the organization. As lire wagons were stopped, blocking the parade, the Klansmen Ktood without n murmur and waited patiently until their path was no longer blocked. These marchers knew, just as those Klansmen not inTTie parade, that the alien and pygmy-minded were attempting to disorganize th.- ranks of the marchers. Not o man Ml out of line ar.d after each puny attempt to break the ranks, marched on in perfect formation For hours the parade went on, almost nine miles of humanity moving with dock-like precision. While it is beyond the pygmy intellect of those responsible for the desp.cal.le net. had the ranks of the parser, been broken, the giant principle would have marched onward. For one to believe that fi're wagons tan stop the onward tread of a principle so great as that fostered by the Klan, .s to lapse into senility. The pygmy intellect that manifests itself against tlm giant can be likened much to the waves that beaUagainst the rockbound ,-oasts of Maine. Day after day, year after year, and century after century the waves are thrown back. Since the beginning of time the pygmy intellect has battled against progress. Since the beginning of time progress has withstood the ravages of ignorance. The Klan. in reality, is no new thought; the Klan is merely the crystallization of a thought held for centuries. It is the thought of freedom- the thought of progress and the thought of equality. The Klan is teaching love; it is teaching Christianity and a freedom of thought wherein each can reason for himself and not be bound to the dictates of one man removed by thousands of miles and who lives in regal splendor on the riches accumulated through a gigantic system of alms-seeking throughout the world. In all sincerity and charity, it may be said that many, no doubt arc opposing iie Klan organization through ignorance of what it really stands for and Ix-cause of the propaganda spread against it by those who profit by the syrdM-a against which the Klan stands. The Klan does not harbor any hatred toward the victims of this system; neither do Klansmen desire to ake from them one right guaranteed them by the Constitution of the i nitrd States which each Klansman has taken oath to uphold. Klansmen do object, however, to seeing that system tear dowlTthe institutions of America, and this the Klan will not permit. Adherents of this system, to which the Klansmen of America are opposed quit- recently staged a riot, and among other things, tore down and trampled American flags. When such actions have become a reality in this counir, ,-an not one well realize why the Klan. a century-old thought of freedom, ,s now a breathing, living reality in America?

Emergence of the Klan

An Ilditoriiil in the (iary Tost-Tribune

The sweeping victory of the Ku Klux Klan In tho n,,ui,

In I.ke coumy and in the entire state marks the emergence of a new and unknown factor in politics. rfliats"wU,Tan? Ia thre a s,gn,fkanpe that is not apparent on the aurface? What does .it portend for the future'' These are .questions that thoughtful people'are asking themselves and for which, thus far, no convincing answers have been given A;, tar as the character of the ticket is concerned there can be little fair criticism. For the most part the candidates are good citizens who ought to serve their county well. Indeed we might go further and say the ticket rounty"0"' ' bW"n maDy earS in Lake And we have no question that if this ticket is elected Lake countv will enjoy an era of law enforcement which will be the beginning of a new day. It is high time, and if tho Klan can be held responsible for such an accomplishment It will have much to its credit. Of that part of the Klan program we have no fear. One of the basic principles of the order, we understand, is law enforcement, and it seems to be the general belief these men. if elected, will enforce the law No. we believe there is nothing to fear here from the Klan. It is the deeper issue that is being created which interests us. Where is the religious and racial feeling that is being fostered going to lead us' tor the Klan Is not a local issue. The tremendous vote given Ed JackBon for governor means that the Klan is militant over the entire state It means Mat the people of Indiana, in every section of the state have been aroused to the point that they have combined for political action That is a most significant condition. , It means that people have broken away iron, their old political mooring. bVokcn away so quietly that only t ie most observant have not been astounded by the political bombshell exploded Tuesday. There appear to be only two possible explanations to offer. The first 1 that people have become disgusted with the failure of law enforcement Z C"f WPnt dry and are D0W going 10 break from the politicians and put into office some men who have no political debts to pay The other explanation Is religion and this Is the explanation that most people Klve to the emergence of the Klan. The issue is too newly created for anyone to attempt to explain it, but there is no question that both the tcrlnto feellDg CreatCd by re"gl0na dlfferens In an orderly attempt to enforce the law either the Klan or any other organization will get much public support as the people are heartily sick of this era of bootleggers and criminals. But an Intensification of religious differences is to be deeply deplored 'i.ous 1mniCa VU k6eP th'8 a COUntr5r ,n whlch a11 ma7 "P according to the dictates of their own consciences.

Sparks from the Fiery Cross

By JOHN EIGHT POINT "The noblest motive is the public good" viroh.

According to the Klan way of looking at it, some men are hard on their constitution. There is something dead wrong with a man's Klannishness, if his wife has to hear him talk in church to find out he has taken a stand for righteousness and good government. All Klansmen know that a city's righteous men are abetter safeguard than its police. The more human the Klansman In his duties the more divine will be his teaching's. The sin a country keeps for a servant-will soon become that country's master. For Service Some men take heed of wisdom And 'some are strong for health, And some spend all their efforts To build a road to wealth; But all the people hurry On selfish errands bent, And when you get it figured There's too much discontent. It is the way of humans To blunder through their hours, Forgetting half their duties. Cursing the higher powers. It is our foolish custom To decry the nobler thing, While threading beads of rumor On criticism's string. Men try to help each other, They know what weakness is Because there's so much of it Kach man has all that's his. But the efforts are so scattered That half our power is dead It's a mighty ailing body That hasn't any Head. That's why the State has needed A salutary aid. Like our all-helpful order, Four-square and unafraid. That's why we've gone together, And made a perfect plan To serve each and our country We offer you the Klan.

Right and Wrong Those interesting investigations ought to clear the atmosphere of Washington for some time to come, whether they result in convictions or w hether they are mere ephemeral indications of the developing moral sense of our people. Whether the Senate investigations will make it impossible for the courts to convict the men who are obviously guilty of crime, a point many good lawyers question, or whether the making clear to the accused of the testimony against them will have no bad effects, are less important facts than the awakening of the public conscience. Mass conscience can be a mighty nower for eroorl when thor

oughly aroused. The whipping of a

guuiy cnna uoes not matter so much as the quickening of the sense of right and wrong in the minds of other children who are watching. Some lawyers suggest that it would be more effective if the Senate would appoint counsel to prosecute thp cases in court. The average Klansman's idea, no doubt, is that the guilty should suffer,' but far beyond that there ought to be inducted into the mind of the commonwealth, as a unit, the idea that law ethical and common may not long be violated and that violation forgiven by corrupted justice in any form. Attitude Is Justified The Klansman, jhaps as elenrly as any living force, can see that society ia aggregate never flourishes without production. The result of human labor is a product which can not be neglected in its relation to the general demand. And labor must be so adjusted and paid that tho worker can have joy in his task. Heal Americanism provides for satisfied labor and the disposal of its product. Tampering with the American idea in the ultimate takes song out of the work and prosperity out of the scheme of life. Contrast the living conditions under American ideals with those of Europe under the tyranny of selfish and despotic .governmental purpose. Then the wisdom of our early counselors becomes apparent, and the Klan attitude is justified. The Wish r-Wa shy Pose An eastern publication that has always enjoyed the confidence of a large clientele of readers has the following to say regarding immigration: "Our immigration law ought, also, we believe, to allow the entry of political and religious refugees. America may be closed to inferior immigrants in the future, but men who suffer for conscience sake can not be held to be inferior. They provide backbone to any people. We must never cease to be a refuge for the oppressed." It is needless to say that "this wishy-washy pose is pernicious. The Klansman will instantly see. that far from providing "backbone to any people," the taking down of the bars to permit the entry of political and religious refugees would make for tho United States endless political troubles, ower the vitality of pronounced American tendency, and eventually color forever both moral and religious endeavor in America. There can be no condemnation sufficiently strong, no contempt sufficiently vivid, to deal effectively with weak-kneed Americans who persist in promulgating notions of such an inimical character as these referred to. There must be an oubliette somewhere deep enough to afford silence and restraint for those within the gates of thi3 nation who pander to the destructive desires of the "immigrant liberal."

Child Slavery Coneress has twice endeavored to stop child slavery in mines and mills and has twice failed. The first act, passed in 1916, sought to close interstate commerce to child labor products. This law was declared unconstitutional before it had been in operation a year. The second law, enacted in 1919, levied a 10 per cent tax on the net profits of concerns that employed children contrary to certain regulations. In duo season that is, abont three years it, too, was declared unconstitutional. As the most ingenious devices of those capable of originating them have failed to work when brought before the august judges of the high court, it i3 patent that the lawmakers of the nation have reached the margin of their resources. If the child labor evil is to be checked or ended the constitution, so say some, must be amended. But it ought to bo remembered, in so grave an emergency, that the act of amending the constitution should only be made slowly and after full deliberation. Most of the propositions for amendment now before the national Wise Ones are ill-advised, to say the least. Probably the proposed act that is most in keeping with the wisest judicial opinion is the one favorably reported by the House Judiciary, which would grant Congress the direct power to prohibit child labor rather than to tinker with an amendment that would make amending the constitution "an easy game" that is, an amendment which would call for a popular rati-' flcation by states of any enactment. After all, why not let the constitution remain unchanged, and tackle the subject by a campaign directed along moral and educational lines? It is unthinkable that popular opinion, if sufficiently aroused, could not instantly wipe child labor and its bloody stain completely off the map. Consistency Arthur Brisbane, commenting upon the results of the recent primary election in Indiana, says: "This election is important outside of Indiana, and indicates that the Ku Klux Klan has gained rather than lost strength, and will play an important part in the coming national election." Mr. Brisbane's opinion is singularly significant or is it? He is tied fast to Hearst, and Hearst has been fighting the Klan with his biggest stick. How do these gentlemen reconcile their statements about the stronp-th nf tv,

Klan, when they have tried to make

minions Deneve through Hearst's magazine and other sources that the Klan is weakening? Perhaps they do not wish to reconcile statements it is more pleasant to make them and more profitable to sell them. The Klansman who shows his Americanism by joining the one fraternal organization that is militantly patriotic must expect to advance w hen he hears the call of the bugle if he should lose his courage and turn out for all the mountains and lions that get in his way, he would travel a crooked path, leaving his comrades to do the work and receive the fruits of the victory that shall come at last. There are few Klansmen thank goodness who fall out with their ministers and will pay nothing for their support. But in the isnlntori

cases where this happens, they can

miii aia ineir enurches by helping to pay the sextons. That Canal The Canadians do not want the United States to build a canal from Chicago through the Mississippi to New Orleans and the gulf and on through Panama canal to the East. They do not know exactly why they do not want us to undertake a serious venture like that, but their instinct of self-preservation arises. "Perhaps," they say, "it will drain the waters out of the lakes." And they protest and they fuss. But, however foolish the thing may be, Canada may protest and Canada may fuss, but we'll build the canal, if we want to do it. That is what it means to have a self-owned government that is big enough to look after its affairs and need not worry if some penny-ante dependency gets worried. There is, of course, not the slightest danger that the canal might drain the lakes (which certainly belong to us as much as they do to Canada) but there is a large danger that the project might divert business and traffic in such a way as to bother certain Canadian business projects. It is always wise to look after one's own interests. America will attend to her own affairs as usual. . In proportion as a Klansman fishes for compliments, he loses the ability to fish for one hundred per cent men. A Klansman should never forget that he is an ambassador for both his country and his master, and he should act with the dignity that befits his office.

U. S. Flyer Sets Altitude

Record for Weight Lifting

DAYTON, Ohio. May 26. Lieut. Harold R. Harris, chief test pilot of McCook field, In an attempt to capture another combined weightcarrying altitude world's record Wednesday, reached a record height of 27,400 feet. Lieut. Harris took off at 11 o'clock with the TP-1 loaded with GOO kilograms, approximately 1,100 .pounds. Otto Datlod, Argentine flyer, on March 3 last, carried the same weight to 21.276 feet.

Friday, May SO, 192

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Outpost OUB PLATFORM LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS

It would seem that the veto is losing much of its prestige these days. The Blind Staggers "The passing of the bonus bill means a staggering task for the war department," says a newspaper story. And with all the red tape in evidence, it is most probable that the department will go- about its task blindly. However, in 1917-18, the Yanks got away with a staggering task In a most admirable fashion. And think of the "staggering" task the prohibition department has on its hands in all parts of the country. wiiaddya Mean "Threatens" "Congress threatens to take early vacation," says a Washington writer. Sounds more like a promise. Jack: "I see where Underwood opposes the Klan." Jill: "Yes, but Just think of all the Klansmen who oppose Underwood." Sanies Is Sames Iva Hearth, of Topeka, Kansas, should keep warm, especially in view of the. fact that the coal miners did not stage their annual strike this spring. There is a young fellow named Smith, Whose candidacy is only a myth ; He's too much for rye And the time's drawing nigh When 'twill explode with a bang and a biff. "Underwood Condemns Useless Bureaus," shouts a headline: Spring house cleaning probably has him peeved. A Musical Timepiece "Each time, he opened his - watch he saw her phonograph which he had placed there the day he left Pleasantville." From story in current magazine. Electa: "Charles attended the fish show last night." Irene: "As an exhibit, I presume." Hair Dressing Note It would appear that the crime wave we have read so much about has finally become a permanent wave. BY THE HEADLINES WE NOTE THAT "WELL KNOWN TENNIS PLAYER IS SUED FOR DIVORCE " WIFIE PROBABLY rnm.nvT

-STAND THE RACQUET.

Nursery Rhymes Down to Date Twinkle, twinkle, movie star, In your speeding motor car; Wfth your salary set so high As we wonder how you get by. One can not say that quick action was not gotten by the probes started by the Teapot Dome muss. A prize fight promoter has been indicted for taking a movie film across the state line. You have to hand it to those congressional investigating committees. A man in Utah, after cutting himself with a safety razor, has brought suit against the manufacturing company because the company advertises the razor as safe. This snmo

man would probably feel perfectly at ease while looking for a gas leak

provided he was using a safety match in so doing. - Turning Night Into Day "The witness testified," says a Detroit paper, "that immediately after Knight secured a divorce, his former wife was secretly married to Dey." Famous Marks Yi'c Have Met Easy my word His Anthony Her of distinction German Hanna Hall Line of de ation. Many a time a hung Jury saves a man from hanging. If readers believe the newspapers which boost their want ad columns, about the only thing which has not been found by a want ad is The Lost Chord. WUIam Rancid Hearst has Just bonght a newspaper in Texas. No doubt, the Klan in Texas will im. mediately go out of existence. Marjory: "You must be mistaken. There were no automobiles when Sir Walter Scott lived. He couldn't have- written of them." Susan: "Well, I am sure I am right, because one line of his 'Young Lochinvar reads, 'He swam the Esk river where Ford there was none. " Jealousy He: - "Hasn't Miss Dashing a flower-like complexion?" She: "If you mean f-l-o-u-r, yes." Men may come and men may go, but bill collectors go on forever. C. W. S.

Another Moses Appears

r,ffiL Another Mo8.es nas come forward to lead the Roman Catholic army on to victory. -wS0?111 lhL3 Dew Moses' name 13 McCarthy. M. J. Probably Michael John, a favorite name in tie Rrinan CatholfcT yl 6' Ky" vP?.S,Slb,y yOU neTer heard f Bullel at ' I 1f, alao Probable you never heard of Maysville aohrddleS, at thf f00thi118 that apProach the baTs of' lit t. T a eW mil!s Up the rlver from Cincinnati. It is the typical river town and wouldn't be a bad place to live were t not for the fact that too many Michael John McCarthys have taken their abode there, and like all the Michael jZs bill 8ZAVV:n th6 ,rotestant Population what a Xderfu! saint the pope is and how essential it is that the Roman -Catholic hierarchy should rule America. haTiLttoi9MWhat M-uhaei Jobn is attemPting to do in the editorial he recently contributed to his Bulletin. The editorial in question is a loud wail seemingly that of a defeated anti. Michael John s arguments are not new. There is nothing original ia fffi1?? m6 y He 18 'ferninst" the Ku Klux Klal. And that s that! He harps on an Invisible Government. All tho arrhv6 n ahf9 -V That ls part of the Same the hierarchy in attempting to cover up the fact that the greatest invisible government of all time ,'n the world is that very Roman hierarchy. He calls Americans who are members of tha k lan.,b'gtf- Then he copies that splendid phrase, used by the wily politician until it is nearly threadbare, and faaifi aien d0Ubt reSards a stinging cracker in this fashion. Shall we maintain the priceless heritage of liberty that our forefathers bought at Bunker Hill and Yorktown, or shall we feed the constitution to the flames of a fiery cross'' ' Great applause. Bravo! Splendid! Michael Tohn. truly you are a wonder. Michael John has been at this thing a long time. He admits It- ndx ,notwjthstandmg Michael John's assiduous endeavors ,1 .u ? I K an 13 marchln& triumphantly on. He also admits that. Some more heroics, as follows: "This is the issua the supreme and paramount issue that timid time-servers and cringing politicians can no- longer obscure. We have recorded our conviction ol its importance on more than one occasion. We have been frank to point out the menace to our peace and our liberties involved in the existence and spread of an organisation which, hypocritically professing to be an upholder of law and order, is itself lawless and disorderly There you are. My, how excited Michael John does get. He ia realizing, what thousands of others have known for a long time TerS't0 ?ht menace t0 our Pfiace and liberties." SI bael0hn.,sun!:,ely has the Rornan hierarchy In mind whea he says our." That is the only invisible government menaced "W rt Vf, n K1" Kw. and Michael John knows it. We rejoice,' Michael John says, "that at last and nona too soon the sober sense of the naton is being aroused to tha situation, so that if it chooses to embark upon the experiment SLn ,!vla"-contrnta1 government, it may do so with its eyes Bulletin. The Bulletin's grapevine service evidently has carried the message from Indiana and other states of the victory of Protestantism as recorded at the primaries. Truly, the peopi L-eye? pen- No longer are they asleep. Tha Piotestant publications have been carrying the news of the Hierarchy s invisible government until the Protestants of Amerca have awakened. And. as Michael John says, they are "going into it with their eyes open." T?nT,rUly;,Mihael U i9 lILe suPreme and paramount issue-shall wX2T?T ShaI1 Americans le America for Americans? Michael John almost answered his own question Ha practically admits the hierarchy's defeat in America. And like nersPnnf n31 dr?wn,n n he grasps at the straw in thl person of Oscar Underwood. He probably had Al Smith ia mind, but preferred Underwood as the lesser of two evils .over nefavy' "v0 qUite' as "wet" as the Roman Catholic ' .ew Yrk Therefore, he is acceptable to most Ru Ca,tholics. Michael John makes a strenuous plea for SnUoTC V vald fJ Underwod at the Democratic conBut here is why Michael John is for Underwood- "UnderZLtTn3 rinng tn that the Democratic party re S U'e Ku Kl" Klan." Well, Al Smith demands ihe Lne thing. Why not take your stand for Al, Michael, and not go beating around the bush about it? tha?1TWla,,Shank' Inayor of Indianapolis, also "demanded that the Republican party in Indiana repudiate the Ku Klux Klan at the primary ." Samuel Lewis wished to be nominated for governor of Indiana on "this repudiation plank." But as history has recorded, a Protestant ran so far ahead of him ia the primary that that Protestant was overwhelmingly nominated and the state Republican convention had nothing to do with the matter. Samuel Lewis said after the polls closed that there were too many Kluxers for me." Michael John is saying the same thing now. onlv in different words Michael John says it like this: "There can no longer be any doubt in any intelligent person's mind of the purpose of this organization to dominate government. Already it is a power In several states, both north and south. It controls legislatures, governors, congressmen and courts." Thus he admits the hierarchy of Rome has lost its grip on America. Could the most loyal Klansman make a better argument for the Ku Klux Klan? Then in his agony of seeing the hierarchy taking its rightful place in the ranks of America he shouts- "It is (he means the Klan. not the hierarchy) the greatest menace to democracy that has arisen in the history of our countrv It must (the Klan, not the hierarchy) be destroyed or it will destroy (us, the hierarchy, but Michael John says) the republic" Klansmen all over the nation owe you more than you think, Michael John. Surely you have made a splendid plea for their cause at the bar of justice. Maysville Klan is growing quite rapidly, Michael John; thank you.

Under the Dome (Bureau Publication and Education)

WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26. Tha Ku Klux Klan has the politicians guessing. This does not apply to any one party, but to the politicians "of all parties. The politicians don't want to believe it when the Klan leaders tell them that the Klan is not in politics, that it stands for certain principles and is rather for men and issues and not parties. That is beyond the comprehension of the average politician nowadays and he thinks the Klansman who tells him that such is the case is only fooling or kidding. The average politician nowadays is reaching out for anything or any issue that , he thinks can win in the election dnd politicians of both political complexions are really afraid of the Klan, for they can't figure it out. The Republicans sat back and thought things looked pretty, while the Democrats of Texas scrapped it oiit and sent a former Klansman to the United State3 Senate in Senator Mayfleld. It looks different now to the Republicans since the Klan showed its hand and its strength in the Indiana primary and mopped up on the anti-Klan candidate ten to one. That really sobered things up considerably on both sides of the political fence. The Republicans realize that President Coolldge- needs Indiana's vote this fall, if he can get it, and the politicians now know he can't get it by fighting the Klan. So there you are, both sidea Iook-

fing thoughtful and wondering what

on earth to do with the Klan question. It is a fair guess right now that both parties this summer will try to prevent the Klan issue from becoming a national political issue. It it were at all possible for the Republican managers and the Demo

cratic manaorii tn n ,

tore tho summer campaign starts in earnest, a gentlemen's agreement to keep the Klan question out of the campaign might be reasonably expected. The reason for this is that once started, no politician knows where a Klan fight will lead. Henca both sides are afraid of it. In Democratic circles and especially in national politics, much talking is devoted to the Ku Klux Klan these days. Senator Underwood and Governor Al Smith seem determined to compel the Democratic national convention to insert a plank in the Democratic platform denouncing the Klan. In Republican national politics very little is being said. Since the Indiana primary the Republicans are not saying much they are thinking and not talking. On the Democratic side several of the candidates are trying their best to kill off a certain candidate who hasn't said much either way. And on the Republican side the only candidate is about as silent on the Klan issue as he is on other things. Silence ls golden with him nowadays. Calvin Coolidge's position -in the matter is exactly the same as W. G. McAdoo's. He has maintained silence on the Klan question. McAdoo has been labeled the Klan candidata by some of his opponents for tho reason that he has not. allowed himself to be lured into the Klan controversy up to date. What may happen next month is' only a guess but what seems destined to happen is that the candidates for the presidency will go be fore the people blandly ignoring tha Klan and anti-man shindig. President Coolidge has been "very successful thus far in doing it and Mr. McAdoo has pursued the same polic kln the opposite party.

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