Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1925 — Page 4
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NT TRIP to the west and the Pacific
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Klan, delivered many speeches,
s tnree in one day at times. In "swing around the 'circle" the
ave expression to many epigram-
U of Klan ideals and sentiment,
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ear his message. The following
hese speeches made at different
f the men behind the Imperial he Klan what it is."
themselves seriously in their
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a one can conflemn us for our principles. We
bve in Free Speech, Free Press, Free Thought,
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Immigration Restriction. Separation of Church and
State." "The Klan aims to do right. The Klan can't afford to do anything but what's right." "We're not in politics; we're in patriotism." "In America, let's put Americans on guard.'.' "Every interest fighting you is entwined in an anti-American program." "We're out to make a Klan mind." "Foreign ideas radiate from our big cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston." "Desecration of our Sabbath day is a foreign idea. Wetwant no Continental Sunday. We must sell back again to America reverence for the Sabbath day." "We must sell back again to America respect for pure womanhood." "We want no unholy alliances with foreigners wets or law violators."
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"A poor American is better than the highest foreigner who can come to our sHorefe." "We're going to stop European propaganda in' this country." "An organized .force should not control religipn." "The Klan has produced' stability in this country." "It's a poor day nowadays when the Klan don't die. A fellow in New York is now wearing a medal for having killed the Klan." "The Klan believes in the right of peaceable assembly." "Don't be misled by this propaganda against our Supreme Court.-' It is better than anything England has to offer." "Your country is the best country on earth." "We make no apology for the Klan. It needs none." "The next step in the Klan program is one of education. We must educate all alike in this country."
"Crime costs two-thirds of ourtaxes, to say nothing of life and property. We favor deportation of every criminal of foreign birth back to the country from whence he came." "It is highly proper to list the criminals in this country for that will greatly assist us in deporting the alien who is a criminal." "We will assimilate the worthy and deport the unworthy." - "Americans believe in cleanliness for that is next to Godliness. Diti you know that there are seven times as many bath tubs in America as there are in all the rest of the world combined?" "The Klan was organized to be operative and not speculative." "I have one consolation we are all Americans." "I see a vision of the Klan as an organization to serve God, country and man."
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Vr. Hiram W. Evans.
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Ji an address a few weeks ncro'said
liens In America wore not being assimilated.
o a headline In a Boston paper, his statements
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Into print and Dr.
critics
ElloV was sovcrelv criticized for
erances. One of these critics asserted that he (the was "mistaken in the
r iris n-born are not as American as George Wash-
vuo urn, nnnnt. in the vernacular of th.. street at particular critic was "taking in a lot of terri-
fhout Wishing, however, to take Issue on the oiiostlnn
cullnr part of the criticisms Is that the nn
came from a man who Is nreMent ,,f Th tiv.
krlcal Society." One of the other chief critics v,hn
Into print Is Charles .T. O'Mnllev who ht.:iu
Charitable Society." He ears that lie tn.,
fifty Irishmen who nro successful in lniin ..,
'married outside the Irish race."
L- heads of Irish rrociet lus a Ism simke m, v,.
pari or it Is. If all thise persons
'HU ami have (he thoughts and
....vim in msii societies.' Whv are thi-v marrv.
h'Mde" when thev rnnrrv A men.-.. nu- ir ', i. I..
ban iih (;..ortte V.'aslilntrton" whv noi l. .i.
't an "American 'ha t it. i Lie Soclei v?" If
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Surprising Figures 'J'HE Immediate fight waged by certain Influences on every move made to strengthen the public schools, has brought to light some interesting figures prepared by those who would have uniformity in the education of American children. One set of these figures shows that illiteracy Is practically nil In the richer communities where taxable property is such that a school tax levy may
be effected that will provide the needed amount to conduct the schools properly. Every move started to obtain an equalization of school
funds, either through state or federal action, has been fought by these same interests which have fought the public schools from their inception. Figures compiled show that the five richest states show an income of $3,356 for each child of sohool age, and that from this income an amount of $50.37 Is spent yearly for each child. The illiteracy in those states is less than one-half of one per cent. , Taking the five poorest states it is found that the income from taxes is only $960 for each school child and that only $10.76 is devoted to education of each child. The result is that the illlteracyln those states amounts to 6 per cent. The illiteracy figures pertain only to white, native-born children. They do not Include the illiteracy among foreigners, which brings America's Illiteracy figures so high. These figures will, no doubt, explain to many just why these certain Influences which profit through ignorance, continue to fight every move put in motion to aid the public schools financially and otherwise. The condition in foreign countries provides an apt illustration of what happens where education is neglected and where there is no unification of schools. In many of those countries are two school systems. One educates those who are to rule, either ecclesiastically or other
wise, while the other system, such as it is. is to make a
hypocritical stand at educating those who are to be ruled. That the system is without credit is seen in the results. Only where organize! effort and one unified system pre vails can the maximum in results be obtained. A nation can only become great and prosper by unity of thnug-ht and action. Two systems teaching differently can not bring about that unified action so necessary for the success of a household, a corporation or a nation. Americans should give deep thought to this matter; ask themselves Just why each move for unification of our public schools is fought? Why each effort, if successful, which would aid all school children, is immediately attacked? Let the reader go deep Into this matter and learn from whence these attacks are originated. It is not so much from what source they seemingly come when thrown before the public, but from what source they actually originate. The American school child in some poor county should have the same chance as the school child fortunate enough
to llve'in" tme--of the rich counties of our richer states. A sincere effort is being maO.e by the friends of the public schools to bring this about. Yo not be misled by those
who would thwart this desired condition for reasons widely divergent from those supposed reasons they give in glowing terms to the public. An law, county, state or federal, which will provide a way to better our school system, should have ten backing of all true Americans.
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not conform to the dictates of the Roman corporation. When one realizes this, it is readily seen that the entire Christian world has grown, as is now, "intolerant." In America, however, the Roman machine is crying that the Klan is intolerant, and,, to a certain extent, has
succeeded m convincing, m varying degrees, thousands of unthinking persons or persons
entirely
for
If you are in sympathy with the "Holy" Catholic church and Its mission, you are not In sympathy with your I'rotestant church and its mission. The more you try to smooth over the it regularitli of the Roman church, the farther you go in an effort to conciliate those of pronounced Catholic views, the more time you will waste and the farther from loy,l Americanism you will drift. You can't serve two masters ask the pope; he probably knows.
That Little
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'Seminary Trains (Jerman 1'rlests
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"e o'ticr hand, however wc have anlzntlon which originated and assumed n
In Ireland. It is the lll:nilTi.riiin V.,o f..!l
rlcans can loin that omanizntlnn nn.i v,
a do helong ..rid aro proud of It. That oris been assimilated In this cmintrv. Well.
y usk, just what Is the answer'.' The answer rangetnen compose a I'rotestant organization
ni tinier or llltiornians Is a Komari Catholic
Ho'ti ure Irish organizations. That is. in he word. The Orangemen has become an nlzatlon In the United States. The Ancient nlans In an Irish organization in the 1'nited
ther barrier set up by the Roman Catholic
nr see (at leunt he doesn't adndt iti whv there
lllno of demarcation The i'rotestant doesn't
&ii Roman Catholic docs. When the reader
thoujfht to this, he can better realize iust
lot meant to convey in his address.
hating Flag Stations
Ina Morning Leader editorially Fays that "! a flag station for emigrants enronle to
1 States." Under the existing circumstances
Expression used by the Leader is most fitting.
n th recommendations by Hecretary of Labor
heeded by Congress, bootlegging immigrants Canadian boundary lino will be cut to a miniat leading members of Congress realize more
lw are needed to stop the undesirable, lmml-
rn in the four bills Introduced since Congress
lecember 2.
th chief features of 'these bills is that the companies will be forced to take greater care
C Immigrants to this country or suffer financial
his will, of course, cause those comnanles to
lert. In one of the new bills, steamship com1 have to return without pay tho Immigrants Then companies will not be eager to carry
of foreigners hers-f they know that the cost
them should they be rejected, will be out of of the ocean carriers.
tures which will tend to get. a better class of
are embodied In the bills now in committee.
been a desire to merge the bills Into one,
m each the better features. It Is expected that
Ight will be waged from certain quarters In an
to kill any bill that will restrict Immigration to
immigrants only. The triumph of the Johnson on bill, however, lends assurance to sincere
that Congress is fully alive to the seriousness
migration laws.
probably no man in the country who has given
e and study to the immigration question than
ry of Labor Davis and he Is strong: in his ad-
"rteted Immigration. The figures compiled by Congress in determining the seriousness Americans have raao-j to be optimistic "" take 'in eliminating the tb ' ' Ji being smur-'
TTNOKK a headline.
for Work in 1". S. " the Roman Catholic Messenger, published In fs Moines, la., tells of the opening of a new missionary seminary in Cologne which will train Roman Catholics for the duties of priesthood that they may at
n American order nimnu.ii nmis oi omnana in tne united
routs... that order ' states. This dispatch, which bears a Cologne dateline, ins -tint it savs ii ! ay" ,hnt ,nf" 'K'f,e heartily recommended tbe-plan.
i nus noes tne enigma go on. This same system which trains Oerinan Roman Catholic priests "for the spiritual needs" of Germans in America, fights all those who declare that the many foreigners within our borders are not being assimilated Herman priests for Germans in America! The Irish in America accept an Italian pope, and the Italians In America accept Irish Cardinals. It appears, however, that the Roman Catholics coming from Germany demand German priests. Maybe they figure that tbey should have something from the big system. They, too, accept nn Italian pope and Irish Cardinals. And, to add insult to injury, the Jilg system sent a Hungarian to America to enlist thferman Roman Catholics to journey to Rome for the big Holy Year exposition.
Of course, for all the outside world knows, the Germans are being made to suffer through humiliation because Martin Luther got unruly and broke up the game some centuries back. But still, these Germans are Roman
Catholics and from all appearances b follower of the pope is a Roman Catholic first und something else afterward.
And even though the Roman C atholic German does have to bow to Italians, Irish and Hungarians, those Italians. Irish and Hungarians are Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholic government is the Roman Catholic German's government. And then, possibly there are those persons who have been too hasty In asserting that the pope will accept nothing American, in fact, they have. When a person says the pope will accept no American thing, that person forgets the American dollar! In fact, the pope is very fond of our American dollar. So is the whole Roman system. Hasn't that system started a missionary seminary to train young men how to come to America and collect the American dollar? And these young men will not take offense when the Roman Catholic Germans in America flaunt the American dollar In their faces. And. when all Is said and done, think how tine it is that the pope has been soconsiderate as to okeh a plan whereby the Roman system will send missionaries to the United States! Of course the pope knows that America has assimilated all the aliens who have reached America not later than last Christmas that Is why he is sending German priests to America to attend "the spiritual wants" of the Germans in this country. It is all exceeding plain. All which Is not explained is the little enigma which really doesn't amount to much In the face of the great love the pope holds for American dollars.
Before the Reformation Romanism was a seething caldron of wickedness. Bigotry, lying, self-seeking, bestial Immorality that dare not be named, were as common in the clergy as among the laity. On this ancient foundation modern Catholicism builds a shadow tower that outwardly appears beautiful but within maintains Its age-old evils and follows its ancient tradition and unholy precedents.
Do you fancy that Emerson or Whittler were less Klan. nlsta in their Ideals because they did their best work on an Income of fSOO.k year.. Was Dives more brotherly
Deeause ne naa sweat sine worm oi lis goto and sto" In his treasure house T 'l , f
whose information Is
eign to the true principles of the Ku
Klux Klan. Let us turn for the moment! from' the "intolerance" of the Klan and look to other countries. The reader will find that, according to the Roman corporation, that "intolerance" is worldwide. Within the last two weeks the. attorney general of the Argentine republic, has threatened to arrest and put in Jail, Monsignor Juan Boneo. It is Interesting to note the reason of the threat. The reason is that the Roman Catholic dignitary refused to submit to the Argentine government his credentials for approval. More "intolerance." The Roman bishop refuses to comply with the law and
the government looks on him as it would any other law breaker. And. Argentine is a Roman Catholic country no Klansmen tnere. Tired of Roman Arrogance. In Mexico, where Roman Catholic churches dot the landscape by the thousands, the government is beginning to demand that the Roman corporation comply with the law. Naturally the Romans refuse to do so.
The result is that the government is the result that the government is making demands. It has grown tired of Roman arrogance, and is realizing the handicap of a priest-ridden country. This, in the eyes of the pope and his agents, is more "intolerance." What have we in Europe? More "Intolerance." In France, where the Roman corporation is openly defying the government and refuses to comply with the laws, the agents of Rome
are crying "intolerance" at the hands of the Masons, whom they declare are "running the government."- There is a fight on in Germany where the Roman Catholic machine has succeeded in putting under its direct control the school system of entire states. This is being objected to by certain elements, composed of non-Roman Catholics. These persons, declares the Vatican, are "intolerant." In Spain, that benighted country weighted t?re,tLii Hie burden of the
i.oman Catholic hierarchy, there are rumblings. Thinkers are trying to get their country from beneath the Roman heel. There, however, the
Roman corporation has such a grip that it seems futile. Those enlighted Spaniards, however, -"are "intolerant." To any unbiased person it is quite apparent that the whole world is restless under the brutal government built up by the Vatican. Citizens of Rome First. The governments of the world are realizing that the Roman Catholics known as citizens of their countries are first citizens of the government operating out of tho Vatican in Rome. France realizes this as never before, as six cardinals of the Roman cor poration led the Roman Catholics
against the country, and Rome s agents are addressing large crowds
with words, were it not a tact that Rome exercises a, most peculiar hold, would be branded as treason and the speaker sent to prison. "Wc are ready to fight by the side of our brothers in Alsace and Lorraine," Cardinal Andrieu declared recently in addressing a large Catherine
of Roman Catholics. "In defending their rights we shall not forget the rights of Catholics in the rest of France.. We are ready to die, if need be, proud to demonstrate once again to Europe and the rest of the world that the only causes worth while arc thqse for which one is willing to give his life-." This particular "cause" is the union of church and state, which Uie Vatican is determined to effect in France. As has been shown in these articles, when a question arises between a government and the Roman Catholic church, the government
quicklj finds that the Roman Catholics within her borders are first citizens of the Roman empire. In a dis
patch from Lorient dated December 6, it is stated that "A brigade of mounted gendarmes and a number of smaller units from surrounding centers today proceeded to various points in the Department of Flnistere. Other forces have been sent to points to preserve order in connection with
Catholic demonstrations called for ' tomorrow." A Bit of History. For those persons who are so quick to cry "that could never happen in the United States," a bit of history will no doubt be enlightening. The "Legion of Saint Patrick" formed of deserting Roman Catholics in the war with Mexico provides much food for thought. At the battle of Churubusco, fought
near Mexico City on August 20, 1S47, a strong force of Mexicans used the Convent of San Pablo as a fort. When the Americans attacked, the Roman Catholics in the American Army refused to enter the light and Are upon the convent despite the fact that the Mexicans were using it as a fort and firing on Americans from
within its walls. Kuduniy a priest appeared and held high a crucifix. Immediately more than one hundred Roman Catholic Irish deserted the American ranks and took up the fight against their former comrades. They fought with ferocious bravery and manned the Mexican artillery. Their sharpshooters picked off many of their former comrades. The American flag meant little to them. They were now fighting at the dictates of a Roman Catholic priest and protecting the property of the pope. Three times did they stop the Mexicans when an
attempt was made to raise a flag of truce. When the Americans finally took Churubusco, fifty of the deserters
rtt hnnfl-iid Th ttftv vera all tUm
"Vfaptured, it being probable that
inaer nad been ; killed In On fining with th - i-urmeij into t -c.i an 1 r - c
greBs, in Mansfield's "Mexican War," page 22fi: "In the center of the batteries of the San Pablo was placed the Company of Saint Patrick, formed of der'Ts from the American Army. These men fought desperatefly and skillfully, causing the death of many of the attacking forces. "Three of the Mexican pieces were manned by the deserters, a body of about one hundred who had deserted from the army. They vere enrolled into two companies and commanded by a deserter, Thomas Reilly of the Third Infantry, and were better uniformed and disciplined than the rest of the (Mexican) army. These men fought desperately and are said not to nnlv
have shot down several of their officer's
wnom they knew, but pulled down the white flag of surrender no less than three times." In Young's "History of Mexico," the following is found on page 522: "When the enemy surrendered, while extending the greatest kindness to all the Mexican race, they (the Americans) treated with the greatest severity those of the Legion of Saint Patrick, which was composed entirely of deserters from the American ranks, and who. having been placed in the front of the battle of Santa Ana, were taken prisoners by their former comrades. Fifty, of them were hung as soon as their rases couTO be passed upon by a hastily constituted court martial." Much else can be found in the records of the War Department reeard-
ing the Legion of Saint Patrick, but the above from histories written and published immediately after the close of the Mexican War give trie essentials. Demand Church and State. Thus do we find that all through history up. to the present moment, the allegiance of the Roman Catholic is to Rome regardless of in what country he may be born or reside. At the present time the most outstanding incident is that of France,
where the Roman Catholics led by their cardinals, bishops and priests, are openly defying the government
because tnat government refuses to
have union of church and state. The cry of the Roman agents in France is "religious liberty." Nothing could be more absurd unless it be the cry of "intolerance" against the Klan in America. The Roman Catholic church in France has always had everything that it wanted except that in recent
years, union of church has been de
nied the Roman corporation. Is it strange that the Roman eccle siastical empire should fight the Klan
an organization which has awakened
America to Its peril? We have but to look to Argentine, Mexico, France, countries where it has a strong foothold, to see the turmoil It is creating in its attempt to override all laws, and
it fact, place itself above the law, a thing which the corporation operating out of Rome teaches. Step by step the Roman corporation was tightening its tentacles on America. It did not want America awakened to the menate. In time, if nothing was done to balk its dream of world-wide dominion and complete dominance of America, Rome's millions of subjects
in America could defy the government as they are today doing in France and other countries.
With this in mind, it does not take a vivid Imagination clearly to decipher Just why the Roman ecclesiastical empire hates the Ku Klux Klan with an undying hatred just as it hates the'
Masons, the memory of Martin Luther,
the Orangemen, and each and every Individual, organization or movement that In any Way interfered with the Roman octopus, ever' reaching out for more power, more gold and more victims. Since the inception of its charge that the Klan is intolerant, the Roman corporation has consistently failed to point out wherein the American organization is Intolerant. In foregoing, articles ot this series it has been pointed out wherein the Roman Catholic church is intolerant, and in articles to come, many other Instances Will be given our readers, of the intolerancy of the Roman Catholic machine. While it has been shown that the Vatican Is founded on intolerance, succeeding articles will emphasize this fact. (Article Thirteen will appear next, week.)
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CURRENT COMMENT
By FELIX FREE
Man may pass as the flowers fade and vanish, but Americanism, as exemplified by true Klannishness, will remain forever young, forever blooming, and forever unshaken.
Trie" Ku Klux Klan has helped to do one big thing. It had an important part in stopping the "foreign invasion" which threatened to annihilate every ideal of Americanism which formed the very basis of our institutions. Burn this significant thought into your mind: The fight against the Ku Klux Klan is a fight against Protestants. Opponents of Protestant institutions simply use the Klan as their subterfuge or camuflage. Every well informed American is now aware of this fact.
The controlled press plans to lead Americans into a "dangerous com-.l..f,.-,,,.-" i.-v.iia iHn "Ron-inn Catholic
inn v wv . . - . . . t j ui.u . V c UUL
minority works to make another Spainfof other denominations.
day the review of his trial appeared In all its gruesome and hideous immorality to go into the homes of supposedly respectable families. The tragic death and funeral of Mrs. Porter were dismissed with a few inches of space, with littlo said about her noble contributions to the important literature of the world. Is it any wonder that the publications of young Mr. Vanderbilt, clean and wholesome, are forging in circulation and influence ahead of his elder contemporaries?
out of the United States.
Joseph P. Tumulty is demanding an apology. Somebody said that the distinguished Knight of Columbus, while Wilson's secretary, sought to place a Catholic church in every national
war camp and drive out the churches
The activi-
Thomas Jefferson thought that this government was the world's best hope and said so. And very American should echo the same sentiment to the limit of his strength and the capacity of his lungs.
The true American takes the curtain calls of the political gallery in a kindly spirit because he knows that the great mass of people in their approbation know what is best and give no man to the bears and buzzards unless he deserves it. Whatever is', is not only occasionally right but Is often best.
Despite the fact that Mavoe Hvlan.
of New York, refuses to dig any sabways, it seem.- that he is getting him self in a hole anyway.
Those peculiar noises you hear are
probably the breaking of Ne Year's
resolutions.
One consolation to date is that ther
have not yet started broadcasting cross-word ptutzles over" the radio.
Every American who prays one way and lives another Is a hypocrite even though he has the reputation of dealing justly in business.
Walter Johnson, famous ball player of the Washington team, pitched a game for the White King Soapers, in Los Angeles. The exposition was put on for the benefit of the H. O. J. s. All of which reminds us that there is a likelihood of a law being passed that will some day open up all Catholic institutions for inspection by state and federal officials. Then all taxpayers and other interested citizens will have an opportunity to know what is going on behind the high thick walls of these places and In other sequestered spots so zealously guarded from public scrutiny by the hierarchy. All Protestant educational and denominational institutions are voluntarily thrown open to. visitors.
Why do not Roman Catholic institution's open their doors to the public?
ties or catholic "shock troops" are known to all observing Protestants who went .overseas. Let service men tell their own Story about K. C. operations and Influence. Let the Knights of Columbus show what became of the $7,000,000 still remaining unpaid out of funds donated by Protestants as well as others. Tumulty might then find out a few things. He might learn that no apology is due. .
The Jews haven't yet been assimilated in this country, according to Prof. Charles W. Eliot, despite the popular conception of the "meltine pot." It is going to require mountain-moving faith to put over some parts of the Klan program. But the right sort of Klansmen have mountainmoving faith.
Time was when there may havejbeen reason for the thought that the Ku Klux Klan is a band of cut-throats and outlaws. There is no longer the slightest pretext for such an impression to get lodgment In an intelligent American mind. All Protestants have had ample opportunity to get official Klan literature and learn from wholly responsible sources the truth about this patriotic order. When an atack Is made upon the Klan,. either by physical force or by the controlled press, it is now known to informed American men and women that such an attack Is aimed at Protestants. The Ku Klux Klan Is composed exclusively of Protestants. It is functioning for Protestants as the Knights
of Columbus function for Roman Catholics and as the B'nai B'rlth functions for the Jews. Let this fact sink deep into the minds of all Protestants. They will then understand that attempts to break up and drive out the Klan are the equivalent of attempts to suppress Protestant faith and to ob
literate Protestant institutions. Two outstanding Instances recently emphasized the striking and unmistakable attitude of big newspapers In their appraisement of news values. Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter met a tragic death in an automobile accident. Mrs. Porter, as an author -and novelist, brought happiness and sunshine into th lives of millions by her
Listen to the words that come from Washington's tomb: "Put none but Americans on guard." You might as well manufacture
nansom caDS to compete with taxis as to depend exclusively upon parochial and other kinds of Catholic schools to make first-class, upstand
ing Americans, it isn t in the curric ulum.
"What friends?"
beautiful bird stories p--.
articles ,or vaius m i In -i
is the constitution between
lnis is the Question nut
oy a very practical politician to Pres
Ident Cleveland. There is no record
or Mr. Cleveland s reply. However,
in rroveros zz:zs, we read: "Re
move not the ancient landmarks.
wmcn tny xatners nave set." Ed
mund Burke contended that the living owe a solemn debt to the dead to transmit the heritage of the past to the unborn. These admonitions
may noti appeal to -the selfish noliti
clan who wants something done which the constitution specifically forbids, but they are respected by true Klansmen everywhere. A shower of eggs interrupted worshipers in a California Baptist church. Did you ever hear of a shower of eggs interrupting Cathojic worshipers?
The constitution persists because
the Klansmen of that day the fa
thers made it really a constitution. They dug info the human heart. They
practicalized the stuff they found there. They bridged the gap between
theory and actuality witn commonsense. They touched the universal
principle of liberty-loving and liber
ty-serving. Nobody can Improve up
on the constitution. Teach that to
your children.
As we turn from Henry Cabot
Lodge, and leave him to the ages, we
may well lilt one memory gem from
the wealth of his recorded thought:
The cardinal spirit of American
statesmanship should be to secure for the farmers of the country the largest
returns, and tor the wage earners the highest possible wages and the
fullest employment." if we obey this
suggestion, statesmanship will mean
to our nearest and dearest tollers something more than a sham or high sounding word. It will mean a principle of life that will make easy the
path of millions who carry heavy bur dens.
America knows no masters; and It must acknowledge no foreign dicta
tors.
A man who Is wavering in relig
ion and business is bound to be wav
ering in Klankraft. It Is as hard to
make a good American out of a fel
low like that as it is to make a race
horse out of a plug mule.
President Coolidge recently said
"The government of a country never
gets ahead of the religion of a counf
try. Every right thinning American
knows that those words are true.
fima is coming when Congress may be compelled to pass laws i controlling radio. The necessity of
upon broadcasting is alrady plainly """it. ' I soms instances broadprm ,hptlr to dla-
An American presidential message
Is never a "speech from a throne.
is merely one good American advising
his fellow citizens.
Whatever else you may think about the late Samuel Oompers, son of Dutch Jews and an immigrant, you must remember that in 1914, during
the war. ne stopped a strike of mu
nitions workers J.hat was financed by Germany, and that he brought labor
solidly to the support of the govern
ment could any deed be 'more Klan-
nlsh, more American?
Our country has a gospel all hut own, to preach before all th world. That gospel is the- freedom and .the fltvin'ty of man and : tbe rlorious
THE OUTPOST
OUR PLATFORM: LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS.
A girl who pleases Is Sadie Screen, She doesn't ape Come movie queen:
Although they are doing wonderful things with the radio, most probably it will be many years before a picture of Germany paying her war debt is sent across the Atlantic.
Census figures show that there are
800,000 Italians in New York City.
It seems that the banana shortage of
several months ago could not have existed.
Null: "College students still burn
the midnight oil, you know."
Void: "Quite true. But from all
reports they seem to burn it along the country roads at about fifty miles an hour."
All Hope for a return to normalcy
has been killed. A man has invented
a self-playing saxophone.
"AL' SMITH IS REAL PRESIDEN
TIAL TIMBER," SAYS A NEW
YORK NEWSPAPER. HE MAY BE
TIMBER BUT FROM ALL AP
PEARANCES THIS PARTICULAR
TIMBER IS MOSTLY BARK.
A California man named Fresh.
who recently fell heir to 120,000, has organized an orchestra composed of fifteen saxophone players. Could he
be called a Fresh heir fined?
Eggs are Quoted at 11.25 a dosen In
New York City. .That seems to be
pretty mgn, especially in view ot tne fact that there are so many bad eggs in Gotham.
Cross Word Puzzle: A word of mix letters which is the name of a government tax the first Installment of which is due in March.
(If there were newSDaoera thnnl
GIANT BARRICADE WILL.
BALK ALLEGED BANDITS. Peking, 220 B. C Work was today started on what is to be known -as the Great Chinese Wall. It Is es--tlmated that it will take "ten years to complete the barrier which, according to a statement Issued by Emperor Shi-Hwang-Tl, will afford protection from the alleged barbarou tribes to the' north. It is understood that the wall will extend approximately 1,251 mires and end at a point' in the deserts of Central Asia. . Ac-' cording to contractors in charge, sev. eral million laborers will be employed. It present plans .aro carried out the wall will be approximately 25 feet in
thickness. A gold-handled -rowei used by Emperor Bhi-Hwang-Ti, who placed iiie first mortarwas auctioned and brought 800 yenJ ; TMs will be o"l to rnrcV" r'" rr tbe fs-
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