Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 52, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1924 — Page 1

"Put Americans on Guard" Washington

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ix pnoponTioN as the strtjcTCUR OP GOVERNMENT GIVES FOR( E TO PUBLIC OPINIO?;, IT IS ESSENTIA!.. THAT PUBLIC OPINION SHOULD BE ENLIGHTENED." WASHINGTON.

"THERE IS NO FAILURE EXCEPT FAILURE TO SERVE THE PURPOSE" VOLUME III, NO52 INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1924

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That Is Why South Bend Meeting Was Called Off Why was the Klan meeting, scheduled for October 18, at South Bend called off? This question has been asked thousands of times in the last few days. Before the question is answered in this column, let us ask one, and let the reader digest it thoroughly. Granting that the reader is a Protestant American, we ask you in all faith if you can realize that in an American city, in the Protestant state of Indiana, that such influence can be brought to bear that a meeting of Protestants a public meetingcould be made so dangerous to life and property that the leaders in the movement for the meeting felt it a sacred duty to stop all plans for the meeting?

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However much of a shock this may be to the reader, that is just why the meeting of Protestants Mlii'rtulrd at South Bend for October IS vox called off. An orptni.ed movement reaching almost from const to const was Marti, I more than a Meek before October is to prevent the meeting at South Henri.. Pressure could not be bronchi sufficiently strong to cause officers of the law to prevent the meeting. There was no sufficient xctise to be made by officers of the law to prevent the meeting. Negroes,

Jews, Roman Catholics and Protestants alike have the privilege in America of meeting In peaceable .assembly. No one has ever attempted to prevent any of these lures or creeds from meeting. Unlj thr orenn I ration of Prletunts, orxnnlaed to itupport thr law ihr t ullril Stntr nnd rmintitnt'nn if h.- nntion. hnve been nttackrd In Itenrenlile nnNembiy. J'.v whuni have this organization l'fi n attacked'.' l!y whom have the riot lifin started when: Klansmen vv r. ;i '.;mlilr'il 7 The i'itiscnshlp Knonn Kviry iiKin. woman :inl child in tlif tuition knows who was bark of rvrry rio'. every attack made at Jw aci'.-i Me meetings of the Knights

H. ID. A. WINS LEGAL BATTLE

of the Ku Klux Klan. I w every instance, the breaking of the law has been laid at the feet of agents of the Unman corporation in America. South Bend was the scene of one of the worst riots in the history of the 1'nlted States on May 17. The riot man Ktnrtpd, d I reefed nnd conducted hy Klurirnta f Notre name, n Homnn Catholic sclinnl. Evidence to this effect was nlitnlnril from the (Continued on Page 6)

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The Hoinan-controlird South Bend Ntm-Tlinn, preparing nn alibi In advance, when that newspaper thoiiRht the Protrsinnt of Indiana were to meet there Oetober 18. practically paved the way for an nttnek on these, Protestants. In an editorial ft hlc:h-snrt:llnr phrases It virtually Invited frnn.nrn to start trouble. Ji:st keep lu mind, when reading: this editorial, that the South Bend News-Time attempted to place the blame for the riot of May 17 on Protestants In the fnce of overwhelming; evidence that that riot was directed and cxecnted by Hnman t'ntholic students of South Ilend. The editor of the South Bend .ewsTlmes knew that he was writing; a vicious falsehood when he said: TSie EntherlnK in this city is intended to create trouble, and Is brought here for that purpose." lie fftvrs utterance to the same virions lie when he snyst "The program an far as has been innde public Is of n nature to aggravnte and annoy those classes n (train t which this orennixation wages Its war." If a program of patriotic speeches.

the dlsplny of American flags, the

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Indianapolis members of the Horse Thief Detective Association emerged victorious from their test cane in city court Saturday, when Judge Wilmeth dismissed charges of Impersonating an officer against Oren K. Iavis and restored to him his constable's badge. The tost case was brought last week after Marion county commissioners, acting at the urgent request of Russell J. Ityan. Democratic county chairman, Issued an order "revoking'' the constabulary powers of 500 members of the association living In Jndianapoljs. Ryan's I.urld Pietnre Kyan, a Unman Catholic, told the commissioners that the Indianapolis

ponce force afforded ample protection to the city and that members of the Horse Thief DetejPtlVe Association were abusing Their powers. He painted a lurid picture of these men talking about the city and country "armed to the tooth" and making arrests indiscriminately. So much faith did the county commissioners place In his, "Nick Carter" account that they Issued an order "revoking" powers which they never had authority to invest. As Judge Arthur Robinson pointed 'ut In city court at the first hearing of the test case, the appointive power resta solely In the Horse Thief Detective Association, a chartered body, (Continued on Page 6)

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npbnilding nnd widening the scope ol the American public arhool should annoy any class of citlr.ens. that class could hardly be regarded good American citizens. No person In South Bend would bear or see anything in the program planned at South Bend except good American gospel. The editor of the South Bend News-Times knows that la true. Then he aayst "The responsibility for results should be placed In advance upon the shoulders of these lenders (In a paragraph above he calls the leaders of this Protestant organisation venal men) who would Jeopardise th pence of this community." Way, why, will an American ci 1enahlp permit n newspaper printed la Its community to misrepresent ao vilely 82 per rent of her cttlaenaf The only purpose for the meeting at South Bend Is to awaken the Protestant citizenship to the very danger the editor of the onth Bend News-

Times Is spreading. The editorial Is reproduced below. Head It carefully. Have compassion on a man Intelligent enongh to be an editorial writer of a newspaper supposed to represent the citizenship of a great nnd thriving community, who la so misguided ns to misrepresent the real Americans In his city and eoanty. The editorial Is headed i "Will This Happen?" and la ns follows: "Do you feel the joy of livinsr, the atmosphere of delayed summer, the kindly breezes and the peace that comes to communities where friendship rules, as you read this on this Kunday morning? . (Continued on Page B)

Americanism

Advocating the candidacy of Ed Jackson, Republican candidate ror j. -vernor, in the Chanes Kvuns Hughes rally at Cadle Tabernacle Monday nis-ht. October 13, 1924, Claris Adams, former Marion county pros', otor. sa'd In psrt: "Our candidate for governor is no stranger to Indiana. He was born HMn its border and breathe the very soirit of its people. All his life bis heart has been In good government. As a fearless prosecutor, an able Judge, an outstanding state official ami a soldier of h s country, he lias served his state and nation with honor and distinction. "No man ever sat In the chair who brought to the office of governor an qual training and experience In public affairs. In his own office by Introducing ousiness methods, he has saved the taxpayers or. the state more money than all the salaries paid to all the employs of his department during his term. Including his own. This Is efficiency and economy practiced and performed, instead of merely promised. Furthermore, no citizen need fear the administration of Ed Jackson governor, he will preserve every American lastttatlon In the fall strength of Its Americanism. "nr the same token he will defend every right which any citizen MMCMea nader the constitution of the United State. This la hla o the people of Indiana and every pledge he ever made has Iwaya hern redeemed.

Never in the history of Indiana has a campaign been dragged to such depths of utter disregard of truth as the present. Never has such downright misrepresentation, intimidation, coercion been attempted m a campaign. Why. this situation in Indiana this year ? The explanation is so plain, so clear, a child may read as it runs. The Roman Catholic corporation has forced a religious issue into every move made by the directors of the campaign. Those in charge of affairs on the Democratic side either are agents of the Roman corporation or are being -driven, intimidated and controlled by these agents. When a Roman Catholic mayor of a city in Indiana, backed up and reinforced by a number of priests of the Roman Catholic church, calls to his office every candidate on the Democratic ticket in his county, as was done in Little Rome last week, and puts it plainly up to these candidates that he demands a pledge that if elected they will work persistently, continuously to drive the Ku Klux Klan out of their community, there is no longer, can be no doubt that the Roman corporation has dragged its church into the fight. These candidates were told that if they signed a pledge presented by these priests every Roman Catholic vote in the district would he delivered to them. If they refused to sign the pledge, not a Roman Catholic vote would go to them. The organization the Ku Klux Klan is used merelya&a blind. This assault of the Roman corporation is not on the Ku Klux Klan, merely because it happens to be the Ku Klux Klan. It is an assault on Protestantism, pure and simple. Simply because the Ku Klux Klan is in the spotlight as the most outstanding, aggressive organization of Protestants in America the fight is centered on the organization. These Roman Catholic agents know as truly as they breathe that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are making no fight on the Roman Catholic church in America. They do know, however, that the contest, and it is a real, live one, is against the Roman corporation as a political organization an organization built up for the control of America politically. , k As proof that the Roman corporation in politics is the Roman Catholic church, all one needs is to glance about. Here are some of the facts : - - In one county in Indiana, where proof positive has been obtained and it undoubtedly is true of every county in the state every priest notified the members of his parish that each household was ordered to send in the sum of $16 for the campaign fund of Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch. Protestants know the control of the priest over his parishioners. Protestants know that every member of every parish notified by the priest that $16 was required, sent $16 immediately. If he didn't have that sum he obtained it in some manner. The McCulloch fund has received a good many thousands of dollars in this manner. That is one explanation, and probably the main one, to show why the McCulloch campaign chest is so well loaded this year. In county after county, town, village and city, Roman Catholic churches were thrown open as registering places. Isn't that some proof that the Roman Catholic church is in politics. Have you heard, seen or known of any Protestant church in Indiana being open for registration purposes? Has any Protestant organization in Indiana and that includes the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as an organization entered into this campaign for the purpose of electing or defeating any ticket? Then who is in politics the Roman Catholic church or the Protestant church? Recently at St. Mary-of-the-Woods the nun factory near Terre Haute 600 nuns registered to vote at the coming election. It was the first time in history that nuns have registered at St. Mary in any great numbers. Are you so soundly asleep that you possibly can fail to grasp the reason for this spirited registration of nuns? When Mr. Davis, candidate for President on the Democratic ticket, made his recent swing through Indiana, one of the places he visited was St. Mary-of-the-Woods. A candidate for president of a great national party, in one of the busiest campaigns the Democratic party has ever waged, had time to permit rris special trairsent out of its course to a nun factory. Did you ever know of such procedure of a candidate for President of the United States? Mr. Davis spoke for fifteen minutes to the nuns of St. Mary. What he pledged the nuns of St. Mary only Mr. Davis, the nuns, the priests and the Roman agents with his train know. This comes as near being proof that the great Democratic party of the nation is under the thumb of the Roman corporation as one needs if he permits his brain any action whatever. Coupled with the recent bull sent out from the Vatican by the pope that "He alone has the right and duty to direct all men in business life, socially and POLITICALLY," one should soon put two and two together and be reasonably satisfied that the Roman corporation is viciously in politics in politics to control the 80 per cent of Protestants that make up this great nation a nation that has boasted that it is free. And it is a free nation free in every sense of the word. All that is needed is for the awakening of Protestant America. Will she awaken? YES, ABSOLUTELY and POSITIVELY, YES. It can not be otherwise. Indiana will do her part. - The days are few. The awakening must be thorough. The iron band is being welded. Truth does prevail. The beast has no power.

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Romans Spread Lies of Most Vicious Type Running true Jo form form created in the present campaign in Indiana those in charge of the fortunes of Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch, Democratic candidate tor governor, are waging a war of hate, misrepresentation, coercion and party destruction with the hope of driving the negro out of the Republican party and into the Democratic camp. Pleas, promises, pledges of the most extravagant nature are being made wherever an, imported speaker can assemble enough negro voters to talk to.

Attempts to frighten the negro are being made in every sentence uttered by these speakers, who are coming Into the state from the northwest, starting in Lake county, from the southeast in Switzerland county, from the northeast in Steuben county, and from the southwest in Posey county. No county, no community in the state is being overlooked. The speakers are any negro with a white vest and a long coat who has "the gift of gab." Truth is not in his vocabulary. The more frightful stories he can concoct and put

Don 't Listen

Henry Lincoln Johnson, n vvldclvkiKinn nrgm educator of the south, has made several unusually intelligent nnd sensible speeches to nearro voters of Indiana recently. Johnson is known personally by raauy hundreds of nrnrroeR of Indiana, in1 by rButtlc-, hte;ii c: tbv. eooU h

hni . accomplished for his race, by practically every negro In Indiana. Johnson hn watched closely the vicious attempt to frighten nnd stampede the nesTo In Indiana thin year, and when he ssienks In a political way, he Is spcakinsr for the personal

Interest of every ncirro In Indiana. ! In every nddrcss he has made In In- ! diaitn he has reviewed the history of the treatment of the ncsrro l- those now back of the McCulloch enmpnien and those conducting the campaign of Ed Jackson, candidate for governor on the Republican ticket. Indiana history should be sufficient to convince every nCKni voter, but the history in Indiana is the history of the nation, n nil Johnson lins shown that it is 1

the Protestant American and not the Roman Catholic who has proved his friendship for the negro. Other speakers who nre spreading the doctrine of love instead of hate arc hciiiK heard In ninny lndinn:i cities. One speaker, honest enouch and fearless when It comes to meeting the vicious nttneka of the Romanists, the Rev. AV. M. Sparks of Terrc Haute, declared before n meeting of negro voters In Indiana nvenue. Indianapolis, the other evening that: "The Klan Is not (in issue in the

present campaign. Thr Democrats nre only clouding the real Issues by , harping on the Klan." Another man whose voice is belne heard In this campaign In the Interest

of justice, truth and fairness. Is I, V. ! Dyer, congressman from Missouri. 1 who spoke recently nt n meeting of '

negro voters nt Thirtieth and Missouri streets. Indianapolis. In one sentence he declared:

"Although the Democrats of In- ' diana may b pretending differently while the campaign In on. they nre Just as much the enemies of the colored race ns they are down in Texas nnd Louisiana. George V. Coffin, Republican chairman of Marlon county, has sired the situation apparently perfectly In the following statement: "Reports have been circulated that In the event of Republican success In November, the negroes nre going to be denied the right to vote, segregated or even deported. These stories are ao silly nnd unfounded that they no donbt will defeat their own purpose."

over the more glee is expressed by the Roman corporation aent directing the campaign for McCulloch. Attempt to Frighten Al! this effort is being directed to frighten the negro voter into believiiiB that, the Ku Klux Klan is in the campaign. The negro lias been told that if the Republican ticket is suc

cessful in Indiana this year, the negro will he deported, his property will be confiscated, his right of franchise will be taken from him, his children will be barred from the public schools, his churches will be destroyed. It is asserted by these paid, imported speakers that no negro ever again win hold office in Indiana. That business houses owned by negroes and successfully operated will be burned, coufis. ,ted or destroyed in some horrible manner. This disregard of the truth in a campaign has awakened the negro to the fact that his mental standing has bei :i underestimated by the Roman agents of the pope. The negro's intelligence has been insulted at every meeting conducted by these cfirpi-bajsrelng invaders of Indiana. Th.. .sro has -.rebelled' and, as . U UN.uii in the ease of striding oty bo.. in. rang. It is returning to- the K'iti.:in camp in charge of the McCu'lcch campaign. The normal negro kiiowx that the activity of the directors of this campaign is directed wholly to obtaining his vote by mls-rf-piv-js. ntation; be knows from exticri.nee. in Indianapolis, where the noni:;fc ring has ruled in city government. t1at the negro can expect noth(Continucd on Page 3)

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Protestant Mothers and Children Honored in Corner Stone Ceremony

DAVIS STOPS TRAIN TO ADDRESS ROMANS Presidential Candidate Makes Speech at St. Mary-of-the-Woods

(Special to The Fiery Cross) .TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 21. Halting a fast mall train to St. Louis, to which his three private cars had been attached, John W. Davis, presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket, made a flf teen-mlnue address at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, a Roman Catholic community near here. Among those who heaqgl Davis' political speech were priests, nuns and students from the Roman Catholic academy at St. Mary. These Romans evidently were following explicit orders from the hierarchy. It "will be remembered that a few weeks ago the pope told visiting university students that he con-

POWER OP TIlE PIIIEST Priestly influence on the votes of men is reckoned! by Catholic politicians themselves ns negligible, but they admit that In the case of women it la far different. With the women voting now, the priest la rated an Important political power.- Arthur Sears Ilennlng. In the Chicago Tribune.

sidered it within the scope of his authority to direct the votes and political activities f Roman Catholics the world over.

ORDER SENDS SPEAKER FOR OPENING OF BANK Miss., Oct. 20. When there was a general celebration In this town, the occasion being the opening of a new bank, the Klan of Lou In provided the speaker of the evening. Dr. William McDousall addressed a gathering of more than 3,000 people on the principles and ideals of the Ku Klux Klan.

ANTI ORGANIZATION

INVADES SULLIVAN

Minute Men Try to Marshal

Alien Element Bloomfield Lawyer Makes Speech

KLAXXISIIXY KLANMSH A man can not live Klannishly without being Klannlsh, and a man can not be Klannlsh without living Klannishly. It works both ways.

HEARST NOT EVEN IIOMAV Hearst isn't a Roman Catholic if you call that any consolation.

Mor,- than 2,500 Protestant men anii women attended elaborate ceremrt'iics Sunday afternoon for the layinn or the corner stone -of Liberty 1 l.i 11. :;i08 East Michigan street, a ton-story community house, wWch v. as (lodifate4 to "Protestant motherhood and childhood." ATfer the singing of "America" by II-.. ;iM.licnee, Rev. Augustus F. Bucli:tnnii, pastor of the Home Presby-li-rum I'mrch, pronounced the.rnvoi;Ui.n. 'I here followed an address of ol ' i'y liev. O. A. Trinkle, pastor of the Englewood Christian rl uri ii, who also spoke on the value of th. community house to the neighlini'hond. 'The Community's Obligation lo O'lildhood" was the subject fif an ; di.lt es by liev. Ernest Prevo, pastor nt the Riverside M. E. church. VI others Aid Ceremony Fred M. Campbell presided over the corner stone ceremonies, in which: he was assisted by representatives of several Protestant fraternal bodies. K. SI. Hardin, president of the Com- '. nionwealih Community Club, which i will occupy the building, presented it ho (rowel to Mr. Campbell. Mrs. -' .Sarah i. Tncersol, 2602 Temple ave i nue. iind Mrs. Sarah Gardner, 534 ; North UiPalle street, representing the ! Protestant mothers of the neighbor- , hood, were the first to use the trowel. ! They v. cr" followed by representatives of rted Men, Masons, Odd Fel- : lows and Knights of Pythias. 01 Aiifclc, 2i'2fi Miller street, and Doro1 (Continued on Page 5)

SULLIVAN, Ind., Oct." 20. Protestant Americans of Sullivan county view with much amusement the recent efforts of Roman sympathizers to herd the alien element into an anti-Klan organization. Last week a red poster appeared on the streets of this city, heralding an "anti-Klan meeting" at Miner's Hall Thursday evening. This, so the gaudy advertisement said, was to be the first organization meeting of "Sullivan County Minute Men." James M. Hudson, a Bloomfield lawyer, put In appearance Thursday evening and spent his time in denouncing a Protestant fraternal organization dedicated to the perpetuation of American ideals.

Announcement The organization known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is not In politics, neither is it a political party. The members of the Klan are American citinens. entitled to all the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship and franchise. There are in America two grf5Tt political parties the Republican and Democratic parties. These two re:U parties in solemn convention this" year adopted platforms which provole n home In either partv for the conscientious Klansmen thereof. These two parties provide a natural outlet for an expression of public opinion with regar to approving or disapproving administration policy 'Of the party in power. Members of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan as individual citizens naturally belong to one or the other of these great parties. We find ourselves now and ever, ready to co-operate and work with any American citizen or group of citizens whose purpose is to make of this a more enlightened, a more prosperous, and a more homogeneous nation. , , We will permit no political party and no uroup of politicians to annex, own, disown, or disavow ns. Where our conscience leads us, we will be found, regardless of who we find in the different political camps. Yours very truly, -j... IMPERIAL WIZARD, r Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.