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ELAN'S PROGRAM FOR 1924 Mllt'int, . old-fashioned Christianity and operative patrloUsm. Hack to the Constitution. Iiitortf inont of the Eighteenth Amendment so long as it is a part of the ( onytHutioiu Enforcement of preseirt immigration laws and enactment of more stringent laws on immigration.

1. . "Thrill Mad"

No more convincing argument that America needs a steady and mighty hand to guide her from the morass of a thrill-mad generation can be put forth than is seen in the confessions of two wealthy Chicago youths who kidnapped and killed a boy "to get a thrill." These young men, Nathan Leopold and Kit-hard Loeb, each uineteen years of age, planned the outrage "in a spirit of adventure," according to their confessions. "We thou-ht." said Leopold, according to the police, "that it would give us a huso thrill." While these young men. both college students, were "getting a thrill" by cruelly twisting the heartstrings of grief-stricken parents, and strangling the life from an innocent child, other young men were strangling the modesty, virtue and decency from the hearts of young women who were also seeking "thrills." lieh.'nd the scones sits the bootlegger, the dope peddler, the producer of Immoral motion pictures," the writer of licentious stories, the "inventor" ot salacious dances, the panderrr and so on down the line. This coterie of morality assassins are aligned as a soiid unit against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Why? In the answer to that question there comes much enlightenment to thorn net familiar with tho true objects of the IChui. The Klan today stands for those principles under which the human Vulture-; who feast upon the butchered morals of our nation could not exist. Tiio Klan is teaching an operative Christianity; the Klan is teach-11:-Iovp; it would have every school child hear the words of our Redeemer in sthnol each day rnd is carrying on a powerful fight against the booi-K-.t:,-!-. the !.p.. poddk-r and all other law violators. The Klan has consistently to,;;, lit the foreign scourge that has been the real caune of the drop in moral standards in America. The great influx of foreigners with th. i:- -tan.i.r.d f morals has permeated all America; instead of lifting the riffr..,V of Kuropo that ban flooded into America to the stand.-.,-,! n( ,,,nmU

a.i set by American foiv'oears, the- moral- of America have been lowered' to n-arcr these who have com" bore with their old-world dogmas, super-1 'f,;cr.y rv.il ideas of morality. Th" f0:( i?" menace Las been, in a way, checked bv the passing of the Immigration bifl and the signing of it by the president. The Klansmen cl America played no small part in this great stride to save America her j lus'.itu'.ions and her morals. One has but to watch tie "daily newspapers: of the larger cities to find who constitute the great army of bootleggers and other law violators. The names of those arrested are sufficient to convince the most doubtful. I These people come from countries where a gigantic system has long controlled the governments and

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schools, with the result that each large city as well as many of the smaller ones-have their school problems. In few places is there adequate eating f.icilities-and with what result? Due to the crowded conditions of the high schools study periods have been arranged with the result that thousands of children, sometimes living a great distance from the schools, Till leave in the morning for school and not return home until evening, although they have actually been occupied with school duties but a few hours. Th,- several hours between periods have been left entirely up to the pupil. The parents have no idea what the child is doing or where she or he is. The result Is that thousands of children, right at the impw.sionablo age. become potential victims of those who prey upon the J'ou n a; and unsophisticated. lii-l.t at that time in life is, no doubt, when the Leopold and Loeb boys bosati to look about for "thrills." There are plenty of degenerate's to furni-h the 'thrills." Step by step, coached by the nieutal filth of tinny movies, immoral reading matter, snaky dope peddlers and scorbutic and ill-' t liquor sellers, our-young men and women of today are taken Bt?p 1 y step into immorality. Th- Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has realized the condition into which American morals have fallen and throughout the country have made a determined drive against the bootlegger and vice panderers. Instead of being lauded and aided in their great purpose by the daily press, they have been maligned, lied about and slandered. Never daunted, however they have marched onward and onward in their flght for clean morals and'clean politics, the latter of which would do muchto clear up our nation's morals. The Ku Klux Klan is that steady and mighty hand which will through Btrenf.th, ning the Protestant churches, fighting vice in its every form and putting dean men into public office, lift American morals from the thrlli-tnad morass into which they have fallen by America's desire to be a haven for the downtrodden of Europe," who so willingly subscribe to the system v.-ln. h has kept them in ignorance and bondage.

A Good Thought, But I nder the auspices of the American Legion there was held in our nations capital recently, a meeting in which sixty-one other national organIzations h:,d representatives. It was the beginning of a permanent AllAmerican conference which will meet annually to promote-.the welfare of America. nefore adjournment, the conference adopted a resolution in which the TebuKing of a diplomatic representative of a friendly foreign power, for a recent intrusion in a purely American issue, played a part The rebuke was no doubt deserved, but to be consistent, Americans Should demand that America adhere to that principle just as rigidly as we

v"'auu Ul"r nations keep that thought in view. It has been less than two weeks since a United States representative, on the floor of the House, offered a resolution that America demand of England that DeValera, the Irish rebel, be released from prison for his vpart in the civil war and guerrilla warfare in Ireland. Just how the representative believed that the release of DeValera is any part of bis duties as a United States congressman is beyond the imagination of all true Americans. It is quite true, unfortunately, that many socal ed Americans in this country are far more interested in the affairs of Ireland than they are in the welfare of America. This, however, does not glye a congressman the privilege of spending his time in the behalf of Doheny 8 protege who now ia in jail In Ireland following his trip through America on funds furnished by Doheny, if all stories are true. With such problems as the soldiers' bonus, Immigration, tat reduction? child labor; relief for the farmer and questions of magnitude facing Americ. it shows very poor taste indeed for a United States representative to be spending his time in the interest of a rebel In a foreign country who Has been arrested by a friendly nation after every consideration was hown the rebel by that nation before finally arresting him because he.would not quit teaching and talking sedition. The resolution as passed by the Ail-American Conference shouJd be commended, but that particular part touched on here should be made applicable to ourselves as well as to foreign nations.

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

It does jar the auditory nerve to notice how straw votes and primaries seem to surprise everybody but the Klansman. Political vermin forever crawl across the pages of history. They are like trench cooties they must be endured because they can't be cured. Fortunately the Klan scru b-b rush has cleansed several paragraphs of the history and the vermin aforesaid are skipping here and there to avoid further merited disaster. They do not seem to have many government scandals in Mexico. Possibly that is because they pry the lids off their teapots with swords. (Jrabsky of the new Polish cabinet should have come to Ameriea. Unquestionably a place would have leen found in Washington for a name like that. Keep in mind, Klansman,. that it Is only when God honors our labors that we are truly exalted. A modest place in life, with a clear-seeing eye, and a noble determination to make one's town and country cleaner and better are the things toward which the true Klansman labors with assiduity and changeless devotion. - Klansman, upon the farther shore Of every sea of mighty deeds, For each great worlds of gardens grow I pray you hare your garden's weeds! Many Changes cossnry According to a Protestant Episcopal mmister, Rev. Joseph G. Barry, rector of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, the Protestant Episcopal church can not unite with the Roman Catholic church "because of. papal infallibility.'' No doubt this is a sad thing in the mind of the reverend, but it will hardly, turn the hair gray on the head of the average Protestant who does not desire to unite with any religious' body that has as much cussedness to its credit as the Roman church is said to have. Wiping out the credal tenet about papal infallibility would have about as much effect in doing away with wrong Roman belief as cutting off a toenail would have in curing a man of typhoid fever. There would still remain worship of the virgin, adoration of the saints, and a long list of observances that the Protestant would never be able to stomach. If the- Roman church had the slightest desire to unite with Protestant Christianityitwouldmake serious proposals in that direction, not only by those overtures but by compromises which would show that it did not demand all of the changes to be made by the Protestants. It would seem to be better if sincere men of the Barry type gave their time to work in their own vineyards rather than to fruitless efforts to "convert" Rome. If a Protestant does not like his own church he may recant and Rome will have him gladly or he' might join King Ben's bunch and live and love and laugh in Michigan. A lie has no conscience it is just like the anti-Klausman who tells it. Stand in Line When the fighting orders come, Stand in line; When you hear the martial drum, Stand in line. This is our great day of Fate, Let us never hesitate, With the foeman at our gate, Stand in line. Hear the music of the fife? Stand in line. This will be war to the knlfe--Stand in line. All our guns are trained for power, Floats the old flag on our tower. This is sure the zero hour, Stand in line. High our scout-planes skim the air Stand in line! Barbwire streaks the heather there Stand in line! All the royal ranks complete. Guard the land and man the fleet, With the nation at their feet, Stand in line. Men and angels, once for all, Stand in line! Noble Klansmen heed the call "Stand in line!" In this land the good and free, Vanguard of man's liberty, Ready to make history, Stand in line. Cuba The Klansman may look upon the squabble in Cuba with a smile. Cuba is a child. Anytffing it may do will prove of little, consequence- We have liberty and we are glad to share it with our neighbors. The American flag can cover our insular possessions and still flap vigorously. But as' someone has said, "We'are not trying to force our morals down the throats of our island cousins." And yet there is another aspect to tho matter. If our morals are worth anything and our guides worth following, we should have some influence by right of past helpfulness. We don't need an empire, but maybe we could use an umpire. The observing Klansman will insist upon all our relations with Cuba being taken from a standpoint that is obr viously American. A Klansman first duty is to his country American standards must be preserved and American institutions must be held effective. As

THE: F IB R Y CROSS

long as inordinate selfishness holds sway tn the mass consciousness some group must contribute the definite influence toward unselfishness. The Klan has its work cut out for it. Communism is the flower of idleness, the dream of lazy natures. It should have no place in American life, and it will not if America will forever stand right on the subject of immigration. The only liberty a Klansman can tolerate is the liberty that holds possession under the law. There isn't much, difference between a lie in a speech against the Klan and one in a horse trade neither one does much harm except to the teller. The devil is not afraid of political platitudes, but he's scared to death when a Klansman begins to tell him where to "head in." The fierce squabble between the Republicans and Democrats is on. The Klansman looks solemnly on, hoping to see patriotism arise finally out of the smoke of the battle, but pretty certain that the bird will have a few bruises even though It may sustain no internal injuries. You may think you're on the level, But no matter what you think, You are voting for the devil When you vote to bring back drink. You may figure you are wiser Than old Satan, but 111 bet He will give you a surpriser On the jaw if you vote "wet." Mf. Vernon and Springfield The drag in the direction of the destruction of civilization shows not only in the mad speeches of Trotzky, but in the tendency of some Americans to make sympathetic pilgrimages to Moscow. If. the American people would only go to Mt. Vernon and Springfield now and then and let Moscow and Rome alone, it would re neuer tor the nation. Klansmen, as a rule, recognize the necessity of battling against the American tendency to become interested in "everything that comes from Europe"; and they can not be too careful about being oversympathetic toward thesa alien ravagers of the best principles of democracy. Some observer remarks upon those who visited Russia ""the past year and pleaded for the recognition of the soviet and declares that they stand convicted of being either grossly stupid or agents of Moscow in America. It is a Klannish duty to keep aa eye upon people who are essentially "dangerous t& American "ideas, and it does not matter whether they are foreign born or American born. In view of the pleas of the weakminded sympathizers and in the light of- a recent speech of Trotzky, it might be profitable to add another investigation to the list at Washington, for the purpose of arriving at some idea of the real relation between Russian and American radicals. What you might call a successful Klansman is one who knows how to hold his tongue when he is in a crowd where holding one's tongue isn't, the rule. Sound and Harmonious It is a part of Klan wisdom to regard the constitution as a sound and harmonious whole which should not be disturbed by too many amendments. All Klansmen recognize the fact that a privilege which some group desires but can not get ought never of itself to be regarded as justifying an amendment of our fundamental law. The Klan does not wish the constitution to become an irrational patchwork constructed by special interests. If it is to stand the strain of ,the onrushing ages, it must hold as a clear pattern of national right principle and should reflect the whole rather than parts. Klankraft The sincere and upright Klansman and, of course, there can be no other sort knows that the Invisible Empire excludes all unrighteousness as far as it is humanly possible to do so, all selfishness as far as man can make this possible, and all' physical violence as far as the organization, by the most rigid care and government, can bring about this end. But the true worker for Klannish ideals knows and feels that a man or a nation must be dominated by strong and unselfish purpose and that he dare not be passive in his relations to life around him. He mnst be aggressive in his wish for the immediate establishment of righteousness, unselfishness and peace. He must work definitely toward certain wise ends. The Klansman holds that Protestant Christian aggressiveness is the safe aggressiveness of a love that purposes infinite service not only in religion but in statescraft. Klankraft, then, covers all right intention, is aggressive in right service, and is a practical application of fraternal psychology to the needs of the home in all channels of national life. The Klansman ought to be such a man and lead such a life both in his public and private relations that if every man were such aa he and every life such as his life, the country would be a joyous and wholesome place in which to live and history would never again record the fact that a democracy can not live forever.

TTie Outpost OUR PLATFORM LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS

Al Smith, so a newspaper writer informs a patient public, is "sincere in his belief that he will be nominated." That's nothing the kaiser was sure he would win the war. ' The guy I like Is Bill McWherrys; He never says, "Ain't them the berries." Detroit Free Press. The guy I approve " Is Jimmie McBean; He never says, "You know what I mean." From the many disasters from fast living of which we read, it seems that Mr. Edison is the only man who has been a success at turning night into day. Quite Possible Nnll: "Where did the Klan get a copyright on the American flag?" Void:. I didnt know they had one. If they have, they probably got it the same place Rome had the cross copyrighted." The great surprise was that the probing committees did not unearth a bill for gilding Teapot Dome. 'ames Is Names Politicians should be looking up Ivan Xewgraftt, of Pensacola, Florida. A POLICE CAPTAIN IN INDIANAPOLIS WAS "REDUCED IN RANK BECAUSE HE STOPPED A PERFORMANCE OF "THREE WEEKS." HE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM RANK THINGS. IF "THRFfil WEEKS" GOT HIM RRnnrF.n STOPPING THE "FOUR HORSEMEN" WOULD PROBABLY GET HIM FIRED. A fellow who lived in Cologne, One day asked a friend for a logne; 1 ne menu quickly complied, And in a week nearly died, When he found the fellow had fiogno. Sow that President Cooltdce has signed the immigration bill, what are the fnture generations going to do for candy kitchens? They're Not Movie Fans Reports state that the King and Queen of Denmark refused to see Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pickford when they called. Their majesties said they had never heard of the movie starsr -This Is' surprising in view of the fact that Doug educated his chiM-'in France, imports his di--Feetdrs from Germany and seeks his spiritual advice from Rome. Possibly the king and queen are a bit peeved because Doug discriminates against Europe by spending good American dollars. It takes twelve hours to set. a long distance telephone connection in FranceT says a newspaper correspondent. Is it possible that France is aping our telephone service also? Marjory: "Why does Electa fear the set in her engagement ring is paste?" Susan: "Her fiancee is a paperhanger." That Roamin' Fire Department It is hardly odd that a roamin' fire department would be used in an effort to break up a Klan parade. Thousands of Indianapolis taxpayers watched thefire department burn up gasoline as it roamed through the streets during the great Klan pa rade in that city just recently. BISMARCK IS CRRTHTFri WITH ONCE SAYING THAT THE BEST WAY TO SETTLE THE IRIsfr QUESTION WAS TO PUT THE DUTCH IN IRELAND AND THE IRISH IN HOLLAND. AND THEN, HE CONTINUED, "THE DUTCH WOULD MAKE A GARDEN OF IRELAND AND THE IRISH WOULD NEGLECT THE DYKES." He failed to say, however. Just howjong he thought it would be before the country would be flooded through the neglect of the dykes. Xnrsery Rhymes Down to Date Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and eouldn't keep her; She spent her time in a cabaret, Danced all night and slept all day. It is said to have been announced from Washington that the list of those convicted following the congressional investigations into the Teapot Dome scandal, will be made known simultaneously with the news that Al Smith has joined the Ku Klux Klan. The congressmen who ore complaining that they cant live oh their salaries, shoald wait nineteen years ana see what the ex-doughboy does with the 131.23 he ran borrow on his insurance policy at that time. More to Be Pitied Than Censured Many a man whom a girl thinks Is admiring her is merely trying to figure oot the reaction of the mind -that could conceive of the makeup which the girl has on. Enter the chewing gum bootlegger. A justice of the peace In Pittsburg has ruled that, chewing gum Is a drug. Probably the1; crafty work of ome chewing gum ales manager who wants to Increase the sale of his product C. W. S.

The New Immigration Law

(Nw York Tiaies) The new immigration law limits the number of immigrants annually until 1927 to 161,000, and thereafter to 150,000. In addition, and over and above such temporary sojourners as travelers, business men and others, so-called -non-quota immigrants may be admitted without numerical limitation. These include the unmarried children under 18 years of age and the wife of an American citizen. They also include immigrants previously admitted and returning after a temporary absence abroad. It is estimated that the women and children alone, -at least for a number of years, will add another 150,000 to the number coming from Europe. Further, native-born citizens of any of the countries in the western hemisphere are admitted without regard to numbers. If the admissions of the last two years can be taken as a guide, at least 200,000 such persons may be expected to enter each year. During the first six months of the current immigration year, for example, 103,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders came in and nearly 60,000 Latin-Americans. It stands to reason that except in bad years the numbers coming in jjrm the Americas will increase in proportion to the decline in the number of Europeans'. As a total result, an annual immigration of about 500,000 may be expected despite the severe restrictions of the new law. In two respects the machinery provided by it shows a marked- improvement over the old. In the first place, the immigrant vise system, by which only the number of vises may be issued for any nationality corresponding to the allotted quota, bids fair to do away with the likelihood

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own bombs. How often it is used bv people who should know better thair to employ it. Nearly every day some p.omincnt person, man or woman, i re.erring to the Ku Klux Klan. in- ; s:nua,es chat its methods are violent ami reactionary. Yesterday a fine ! old lady said to us: "But the Klan is so deadly, isn't it? It has been so woienr. in us interpretation of rigntdoing, hasn't it? It takes the newers of the government into its own ; hands, doesn't it?" And she went on for a page. But none of the thin-s she insinuated were true. She had : picked up her knowledge from papers that play up crime and lay it at the Klan's door and from magazines that print cleverly-written articles which deal in slander. Although we repeatedly told this estimable lady how wrong her deductions were that the Klan authorizes no violence in any of its deeds r that it arrogates to itself no power that belongs to its superiors; that it serves God and its country With a true heart, making allowances for the human element and the human weakness in all organizations built by man she always came back to the same old point like a welltrained birddog: "But it's true they take men out of their homes and beat them, isn't it? And they hate colored people and Jews, don't they? And why will they not let the Catholics worship God in their own way?" In the face of such astounding ignorance and insinuation we gasped for breath and clung to the side-rail, saying always: "Madame, not one of the things you say is true about the Klan. The enemy of the Klan has instituted a campaign of lies and hate, which you have received into your confiding breast without censorship, and you are giving out those same false insinuations and even making some direct statements that are bald prevarications and perversions of the truth." An Insidions Weapon Slander, both direct and insinuated, is an unfair, insidious weapon; but eventually it circles in the air like, a boomerang and injures only the man Who wields it. It is reallv a confession of moral weakness and ignorance. In private life and in the broad domain of nolltics as well slander does its evil, though transi tory, work. The Klan has a worthy cause that can not be long injured by slander. It talks about its rirht nrineinlps it tries to present those principles so tnat all will understand and appreciate them so that slander will lose even its temporary advantage. The stability of its policies, the wisdom of its general program, the virtue, of its leaders, the beneficent clarity of its purpose are open to the eyes of all the world. The Klan is, of course, composed of human beings,, as we have said.' It would not be astonishing if someone occasionally failed to live up to Rtan law and precept. Into the best regulated organizations an occasional black sheep may sometimes come. But, as someone has said, we do not "repudiate our religion because a high priest falls from grace; neither do we scnttle a ship if barnacles be found on it." We have a vision, and we follow it. They who say that we countenance violence, bloodshed, usurpation of government power and authority are silly slanderers. Loyal Servants The Klan is composed of your own neighbors and friends. Many of the greatest and most loyal servants of government belong to the organization. Do yon think that these people whom you know, love and respect ln everyday life are firebrands, Bolsheviks, haters of life, workers of crime, slaves of violence? You know this thing is impossible. The Klan stands upon a plane of pure Americanism that is tar above the brutal range of insinuation-and scandal. The livelihood of thousands of men is threatened by the appearance of the 'whits pine blister rust la the forests in the west. -

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of persons being refused admisetoa because their quota had been fillel while they were on the water. This was generally recognized as one ol the worst features of tho tamperary legislation, and rightly drew bitter condemnation on the ground that it worked cruel hardships. In the aeoond place, the quotas are distributed over ten months, instead of. aa heretofore, over five. This should somewhat alleviate the crowding at Ellis Island and other immigrant receiving stations. Incidentally, the foolish system which classified children solely by the geographical accident of birth rather than by tho nationality of the parents has been eliminated, thus putting an end to splitting up families because one or more children .were born in a country where their parents were only temporarily residing. One of the most important features of the new bill is the provision that between now and July 1, 1027. a special board shallxamino into the composition of the white population of the United States as a whoie,according to the 1920 census, and determine what proportion by birth or ancestry may be attributed to tho different nations of Europe. When this has been estimated and tho bill itself recognizes that such an investigation can result in only a general estimate each nation in Europe will have a quota based on the same percentage of 150.000 as the estimated number of persons ot that origin in the United States bears" to the entire white population. It is e?:pected that this will preserve the quotas at about the same, ratios as under the 1890 census basis, with the possible exception that the Irish and German quotas may be somewhat increased. marks on Lamaism that readers who have nothing in particular to do for thirty or forty years should look into the faith. Lamas, according to the editor, do .nothing but walk around or sit in a lonelv cave contemplating a statue of Buddha day in and day out. Be that, as it mnv T.-,m5cm i probably the reverse of the sort ol rc-ligiofl that appeals to real Americans. Another relieion that wa know dotes on cathedrals that rise to Orion, gem encrusted robes and relics of the saints. And this, no doubt, also has its appeal in the popular mind. But it would seem that the religion for a staunch American ought to balance upon reverential worship of a God whose Son taught the brotherhood of man and the benefit of aggressive action for good. The best religion for a Klansman is action as.. expressed in service' of state, nation and God. As a good Protestant he puts into his daily life the sincerity and honesty which---his-religion "inculcates; as s good citizen he applies his knowledge of civics and correlated subjects to his daily life around him. He can not sit in idle meditation, like a bowlegged Lama under a toadstool or a lily-leaf, as long as his city government is under the domination of officials who wink at filth and law-breaking. The true Klansman feels the urge to cleanse and to restore the impulse to pull down graft-fat political bosses and substitute clear-eyed, right-thinking men. is constant. He widens his interests to the schools and desires to see. them presided over by teachers and officials whose thoughts and ideals were not made in Italv. hut. which were handed down from generation to generation by the prophets who sprang from the loins of the early builders of America. The Papal Fingers Meditation i3 all right, but action is equally essential. The Klansman can not spare lthe time to moon about Shamballa. Hungry children are crying In the street Filthy officials are trying to seize and hold power and perquisites of common government. Papal fingers tear at the heart of the greatest American institution the free school. Until the battle is all over, the Klansman will not waste his hours sitting in cross-legged contemplation of a lotus on a lake. Bill to Make Trains Safe WASHINGTON, May 31. Penalties in the form of fine and imprisonment are applied to the officials of railroad companies which continue to evade orders of the interstate commerce commission requiring allcommon carriers to equip their lines with train-control or life-saving devices, in a bill introduced in the House by Representative Snyder of New York. The bill is intended to supplement section 26 of the interstate commerce act dealing with the 6afety equipment of railroads. It provides fccm the enforcement of the commission's orders in the matter of train control and safety devices and fixes a penalty of $1,000 for each, day that any common carrier refuses or neglects to comply with an order of this character issued by the commission. The bill further provides that any person vested with authority by action of the directors or president of a railroad to . comply with .safety appliance orders shall be fined not more than 5,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years if an accident involving the loss of human lit occurs. Wife Sits Beside Husband mr ot w as oiemDer or rariiameni COPENHAGEN. Fra U h Baca, presiaent or the Danish Womaa Suffrage association and member ot the folkething, Is probably the only woman In the world whose privilege ft is to t aext to her own husband la , a national parliament.