Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1925 — Page 4
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fiynKs or imperial wizard:
DNTINUT? along the line pursued last week in this feature, quotations as follows are taken from table addresses lmade by Imperial Wizard Evans
The Klan lead
rship must insure to this country
ditions which ivill make it possible for our de-
kdants through jsueceeding centuries to adeauate-
I perform the hifch duties of citizenship, and the
11 higher duties bf leadership not only of Amer-
l, but of civilisation itself."
'Every generaayn must produce enough men and linen of unusual attainment to lead their fellow
tens in every sphere of national life."
ve blood which produces human leadership
'Klansmen and Klanswomen are verily 'the salt
of the earth,' upon whom depends" the future of civilization." "I covet for you and for myself the vision, the consecration, the ability and the power needed in the crisis that is on. Only by the help of God can the demands be met." "Upon the head of the Klan, devolves the staggering responsibility of appointing and overseeing the leadership of millions, and of making sure that none of our patriotic enthusiasm and righteous striving shall be wasted." "Constant vigil must be kept lest something might occur to heap lasting discredit upon the Klan movement." "Should the Klan become discredited to the point of failure the powers of evil would rejoice in the pos-
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session of their vantage ground, and it Would be a thousand times more difficult than now for patriotism and general righteousness to win." "Despite handicaps, our progress as an organization has been continuous. Our enemies, both within and without the Klan, have fought us step by step. Yet the Klan has'grown from an organization of only a few hundred thousand men into one of millions." "I have seen the Klan torn by internal strife, and I have seen it emerge from the flames into a fine, militant unity, which is destined to. wage long battle and beat the world and the devil for the cause of righteousness." OTHER HIGH LIGHTS. The following high lights are short sentences taken from different addresses recently delivered by Dr. Evans on his Pacific coast trip: "I am simply the head service man of the. Klan."
On this occasion they
ATUS OF THE KLAN: "We will permit no eroun of noliti.
ciant and no party to annex, disown, or duavOW US. Where n- i I.
u, we will be found, regardless of who we find in the different rii;t;-al
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parents should have
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nother Pastime Balked.
n MANY YEAR-
- !- 1 1 1 , r nil vj in n was born dormi- ih r i.i
' named thru child should It he a boy,
y iheir choice. Roman v ;shn in.lu!(,i!' .1 that
lar pastime how h.n . been estopped in their
Ihuslasm. The it., mm church ,i.,Ut,i,
t It Is so frightened b. ,-i i.,i proposed laws regarding
'nun, inasmuch as I' claims tli
control of their offspi
Roman Catholic chill i. new Canon Law of ih. I;,,,,.,, church demands t the child of K..mar I'atb. P. , ;irenrs be named alnt whether the p.. rents wish it or not. Accordto the Catholic Citizen, of .November 8, 1924. the
W Canon Law reads In part as follows:
According to the NVw fa not, Law. priests should care that a salrfs nam- be Kiven in baptism, and
fhy can not persuade the pr.rcnts to rive the chllH
wini name, they must, wh
rament. rvld the name of es In the parish reiriwt..
oaglne goln through Hf,. witl, ., m,,n( likp Kobprt ollette Xavler McCarthy. It do. sn t m itter whether parents wished the Xavle,- r nt. The pope says y mtist put In n saint s name and that ends it. It 'lulte true that these prents resent any insinuation
they are not free born Americans but ihv ,..
foreign potentale to name their children ..,.ir.D
parents) will -that is if some of them should
h un untoward incident ,.r ,i i.u
'"b"" u II u his Idea of naming children for saints is an idea which has been carried on for centuries, be some horrible mistake that the Roman :orporntlon should attempt to incorporate an custom into American life. Any of their
will assure you that thl is not true
her peculiar phase of the whole matter is that
ntly the Roman machine has been crying aloud the parental rights In regard to children should be abridged. Of course, thai is because the Ro
ll corporation doesn't want certain i.iri.i,.nn ,i,i..u
"P ll.UII OTI111.I1 uld. If It became a reality strengthen our educational jtem. That Is all wrong, according to the pope. But t ruler' mandate sent into homes in America, that parents of Roman Catholic children shall name lr children what the priests desire, is very fitting the eye of tho Vatican. !ut It la nice, possibly, that there i.s 'something to ng a smile amid all our cures. Any one further inMed in this matter might inOlre of the Roman hollc Information liureau, one of the many children
he Knights of Columbus. That organization fur.
much Information, although whether reliable or
e can not say.
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"We are going to get the Klan together and clean America like the Gold Dust Twins clean a tin pan." "Since the Klan came into' existence there are one third less lynchings in Louisiana than there were before." "Many Indiana Republicans wanted a politician for governor when they already had one in the peni tentiary. The Klan came along and supported an honest man in Ed Jackson who was overwhelmingly elected." "We want & Free Public School System to equip our children to fight life's battles." "The Klan is traveling faster than the fastest aeroplane." "I insist that the church keep its fingers out of all affairs of government." "The Klan believes in law enforcement. If you don't think so read the oath you took."
An Old-Fashioned Inaugural. P RESIDENT COOLIDGE is to be inaugurated with all the pomp and glory it is possible for this country to provide. March 4 Is to be an old-fashioned day in the capital of the nation. For the first time in a number of years Pennsylvania Avenue will resound to the tread of marching hosts, the blare of trumpets, the rumble of artillery, the hoofbeats of cavalry and the music of hundreds of bands. Governors of states w ill ride at the heads of divisions and all the representatives of these commonwealths will stand as symbols of the great republic. A wonderful patriotic lesson may always be drawn from an Inauguration day and its ceremonies. The display of the army and navy show to the thousandn who gather, just what Is being done with the money a generous people give for this purpose. Along this line alone an inaugural parade is worthy of the utmost consideration. Few citizens of the United States know mueh-about the army and navy. They read in the daily papers that certain amounts of money are given each year to sustain these branches of the Government. They know now that a great war called out all the man-power of the country, but they have seldom seen the skeleton from which the millions of boys were built into the greatest fighting ma
chine the world has ever seen, will see and will learn a lesson.
Another incentive to patriotism will he the sight of the progress in flying and airplanes. Most every American has seen a single airship, manned by soldiers, but few have seen the fleets which the war and navy establish ment are providing. The wars of the future are likely to be fought in the air and nowhere else can the prepa
rations this country is making along this line be. seen. So another great demonstration of the work of the servants of the people can be studied. For while the avenue will be filled with marchers, the air will be darkened with the discoveries of man. There had been a great fear that the program of econ
omy inaugurated by President Coolidge would cut out an inauguration parade and the consequent festivities. Hut saner councils prevailed and the occasion will be a national one. It has been several years since a President has been inducted into office with public ceremonies. The last inauguration, with ceremonies of an extended character, was that of Woodrow Wilson in 1913. At the commencement of his second term the country jras in the midst of the World War, and he was inaugurated in the most quiet manner. In 1921 Mr. Harding, at his own request, was inaugurated quietly. He insisted that the country was not far enough away from the effects of the war to indulge in any unusual expense. The administering of the oath of office to Vice-President Coolidge that night by his father up in aTermont farm-house, is still fresh in the minds of the American public. It was a scene that can be equaled in no other country in the world. For its simplicity it stands out in unexcelled grandsur. Now it is changed. The war is past. The finances of tne country are on a sound basis. The future is promising and the country can well afford to take a breathing spell for a day and look at its President. For weeks now there will be preparations made to come to the nation's capital, see the President, see the representatives of the union of states, see fellow Americans, and get acquainted with ourselves and with our institutions. Another object may be obtained by this public inauguration, and that is the change of date on which it is held. Leaving out of question th,- political reasons advanced for such a change, there is one of weather. From the day Jefferson rode through the mud to the
Capitol down to the last inauguration there have been few days when the sun shone. The inauguration of Mr Taft will long be remembered. It was the occasion of the famous flare-back. The storm that had grasped the city was supposed to go out to sea, but it turned, came back, and the Ohio man was marched to the Capitol in a blizzard which held up transportation in ail directions and emptied the stands erected along the line of march. Mr. W. I. Call'her, a prominent business and church man, has been selected as chairman of the Inaugural Committee. Mr. Galliher says he favors an old-fashioned inaugural. He claimsJt will give many Americans an opportunity to see their President ,to see the results of the expenditure of the money of the people, will increase their patriotism, and give representatives from different parts of the country an opportunity to mingle together.
rrom every standpoint the country is to be congratulated that it will once again have an old-fashioned parade representing all the advancement of the country.
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Who Is Practicing
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CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
ARTICLE FOURTEEN (Each Article is separate in itself.)
QN DECEMBER 30 last, there appeared in certain newspaper, an Associated Press dis- j
pati.ii quoting ur. tnaries A. Ulwood. ln a liearst paper in San Francisco, it stated that Dr. Elwood was from the University of Missouri. However, in a St. Louis newspaper, which spelled his name "Ellwoo'd," the article stated that Dr. Elwood was of the University of Michigan. For that reason, the writer of this article is not prepared, without first looking it up, to say from just what university Dr. Elwood comes. However, as Dr. Elwood spoke on "Intolerance" even though he "cited without naming, a secret organization, according to the dispatch, the newspapers left the impression that he was Speaking Of the Ku Klux Klnn It is miite nns-O . ;
sible that Dr. Elwood did mean the Klan, but let us see what he said and in turn determine whether or not he
could have meant any other organi
zauon. "This organization," declared Dr. Elwood, "however lofty its pretensions, springs from racial, religious and political intolerance, and in every community feeds intolerance. Its very conception is inconsistent with our tolerant principles of government." What About "The Faithful?" After noting that Dr. Elwood spoke of "religious intolerance." let us note the- intolerant attitude held by the Roman Catholic organization, and the decree of the Congregation of the Council which went into effect on Easter. IftOS. In a duly authorized Roman Catholic text book, bearing the approval of Cardinal Dougherty, there is found the following: "50. What, then, do the faithful need to know about present marriage
legislation? "(1) No marriage is valid unless it is performed by a priest duly authorized, and before at least two witnesses; (2) A marriage performed between two Catholics, or between a Catholic and a baptized non-Catholic, by a civil magistrate, alderman, notary public, or a Protestant minister, is henceforth null and- void; (3) No marriage is licit or lawful unless performed by the pastor of the bride or by a priest delegated by him or the Bishop of the diocese." Could not Dr. Elwood have been speaking of the Roman Catholic organization when he spoke of religious intolerance? But let us go furt'.T into this new Marriage Legislation of the Roman Catholic organization. - At another point we find the following rjuestion and answer: "34. What right does the civil power possess in regard to marriage? "It has no right excer ' over the civil effects of marriage and it has no right either to declare valid a marririge that is null in the eyes of the church, or to pronounce null a marriage that is really valid." "Mixed Marriages." Again we find: "40. Why does the church forbid mixed marriages between Catholics and heretics? (Ed. Note Protestants are defined as heretics in Roman Catholic text books.)
"Such a marriage is called a mixed marriage. The Church forbids it because of the dangers to which it exposes the Catholic party and the children born of this union, There is
reason to fear that both wtll meet
ual of Christian Doctrine, a text book, approved by Cardinal Dougherty, the following is found: "11R. What right has the pope by virtue of this supremacy? "The right to annul those laws or acts of government that wouUl injure the salvation of souls or attack the natural rights of citizens." "122. May the state separate itself from the church? "No. because it may not withdraw from tho supreme rule of Christ." "123. What name is given that doctrine that the state has neither the right nor the' duty to be united to the church to protert it?
sistent with our tolerant principles of; government." And, yet, Dr. Elwood i
chose not to name an organization, but left it to the newspapers to fill in the name and take it for granted he was , speaking of the Ku Klux Klan. Rome's "Tolerant" Attitude. According to the theory as taught by the Roman Catholic organization (and which all Roman Catholics must believe or declare the Roman church wrong) the Protestant nation of America "despises the social dominion of Christ." This is the "tolerant attitude" of the Roman organization
:ency vs. Dollars.
RECENT PREMIERE in Washington of a sala-
ou play reveals the amazing lengths to i hich Jew-
Veatrlcal producer will sro In their greed for Amer-
Iollare. To mention the name of the play would elp to advertise It and thereby encourage the ex-
on of aex on the utage. which is far from h.
nazfng part of It all is that this play was wlt-
y the supposedly elite of Washington who ap-
rotina -nothing offensive In the risque lines tlons. Matron and maid alike laughed and an-
and a scene depicting: life In a tenderloin resort
mazing audacity and frankness was received with
r'W Interest almost unbelievable.
ua long been known that Jewish movie producers
on the so-called sex appeal to harvest American
un tne screen, however, the spectator Ih at
permitted to use hla or her Imagination and this, mitigates the vlleness of the situations. In
lay in question many of the lines are unspeakably lacking even the virtue of double entendre aa It Is
e1 on (he burlesque stage.
-re is something radically wrong with American ii- and mother whert. they' will permit their chit
ta wltneee much a lascivious performance. There is
in vi mor. radically wron wttb th anthm
Tins doctrine is called Liberalism, the American organization known as JL!-1 ?l "" vu KM t t,,a ,n1dr,-n I the Ivu Klux Klan. is intolerant. societ rests on liberty of conscience , , . . and of worship, on liberty of speech;,, '''R"ing it has been shown and of the press." that an Iialiap. the pope ot Rome. "I'M wi. Ih,,s ",l10 right to annul" any law of demned y I',be, ahsm be con j America which he might feel "would ,,, " . I injure the salvation of souls or attack (11 Because it denies all subordina-1 the natural rights of citizens." Inastion of the state to the church; (2) I much as the Roman organization liecause it conlounds liberty with teaches that there is no salvation for right; (.) Because it despises the so-! Protestant!;, it is seen that the pope
"""" i'i i urisr, alio rejects "reserves the i- .-ht" to "mnot ty,r,
the benefits derived therefrom."
The reader should note carefully that which the Roman Catholic organization declares liberalism to be. and remember that the Roman organization condemns Liberalism. The Roman ecclesiastical empire savs Liberalism is founded on the fact that modern society rests on liberty of conscience and worship and on liberty of speech and press. And then Rome preceeds to condemn Liberalism, which it also says is a doctrine which separates church and state. In short, the Roman Catholic Church condemns separation of church and state; condemns libetry of conscience and of worship, and condemns free speech and a free press. Tt is not necessary to quote the Constitution of the United States to convince the reader that "the very conception" of the Roman Catholic organization operating out of Rome, as Dr. Elwood would say, "is incon-
laws which do not conform to the Roman Catholic corporation's method of teaching. Could not Dr. Elwood easily have meant the Roman Catholic organization when he spoke of an organization which sprines from "political intolerance?" Unfortunately, there are many men who. like Dr. Elwood: declare certain things while offering no proof whatever to substantiate their statements. We have given ample proof here, in a short space, that the Roman Catholic organization is one which "springs from religious and political . intolerance" and that "its very conception is inconsistent with our form of tolerant government." Now, why not let Dr. Elwood and other speakers who "condemn by inference" produce proof, which has never been done heretofore, that the Ku Klux Klan is an intolerant organization? (Article Fifteen will appear next week)
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CURRENT COMMENT
By FELIX FREE
"By their fruits ye shall know them." An educational, denominational or political system is judged, in the last analysis, bv definite results achieved. Promise r.nr,f -p
if not faithfully redeemed by performance. Faith
wren our. worKs is aeaa. a system wnich contributes practically nothing to the sum total of human progress and happiness is not entitled to confidence or support This is
written in San Diego. , Here we find a concrete example of the difference between faith, without works, on one hand,
Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, was born at Glen Falls, Ne York, April 11. 1862; attended Colgate university 1876-1878; A. B. Brown university 1881 and A. M. 1884; LL. B. Columbia university 1884; LL. D. Brown lOOli: Columbia, Knox and LaFayette 1907; Union and Colgate 1908; George Washington 1909; Williams college. Harvard and University of Pennsylvania 1910; Yale university 1915; University of Michigan 1922; Dartmouth 1923; Princeton. Amherst, University of Brussels, University of Louvain and the University of the state of New York 1924; admitted to New York bar 1884; prize fellowship Columbia Law School 1884-1887; practiced law in New York 18X4-1891. 1.893-190B: professor of law 1891-1893; special lecturer 1893-1895 Cornell university; special lecturer New Y'ork Law School 1893-1900; counsei Stevens gas committee, New YTork legislature, 1905: counsel for the Armstrong Insurance committee New Y'ork legislature. 1905-06; special assistant to attorney general, coal investigation, 1906; nominated for mayor bt NewYork by Republican convention 1903, but declined; elected governor of New York for two terms 1907-8 and 1909-10; resigned October 6, 1910; appointed associate justice United States Supreme Court Mav 2. 1910, and assumed duties October 10, 1910: nominated for President of the United States by the Republican national convention at Chicago June 10, 1916, and resigned from Supreme Court same day; practiced law in New Y'ork since January 1, 1917; chairman district board of draft appeals New York Citv 1917-18: special assist-
j ant to the attorney general in charge of air craft inquiry 1918; appointed l Secretary of State March 5. 1921; has resigned last position to take effect March 4. 1025; American delegate to and chairman of the Conference on the
J. imitation ot Armament, Washington, 1921; special ambassador to the Brazilian Centenary celebration, Rio de Janeiro, 1922. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Washington and has no fraternal affiliations.
of the United
Tough On the Toter.
I Vlr- or tne ct that a hill has been presented In 1 Congress which, should it become a law, would prohibit the sending of pistols of other weanons whih
be concealed about the person, through the mails, mav not
the public soon be hearing from associations and organ-
..muriM protesting against this "infringement people's rights under the Constitution of the
States?"
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v.ii uui me oecona Mory jjrusaders point to the the fact that such a law would he an abridgement of the
citizen's constitutional right to bear arms? Think of the
iamllles of the members of the Stick Up Association. What will happen to these poor women and children
should the head of the family be thrown out of work by
iaKing nis pistol from him? The more one gives thought to the question, the more serious It appears. Just think what would happen should some great attorney, should the bill become a law, inform the gun toters that the best way to get rid of the law was to break it as often s possible. It has been only a matter of a few months since a certain attorney who is reported to have received $130,000 for saving two confessed murderers from the noose, was quoted as saying that the best way to get the prohibition law repealed was to break it as often as possible. The mere fact that no one as yet has .given a reason for a revolver, except that it is made to kill human beings, should be no reason why an attempt should be made to take from American citizens the right to tote guns. At least that would be the apparent reasoning of the Ancient and Honorable Association of Tried and True Gun Men. Just what rights Americans will have left is probably beyond the burglar, the bootlegger, the narcotic vender and the panderer by this time. It can hardly be doubted, however, that many associations will spring up In defense of the pistol. Protests and petitions to Congress will no doubt be the outcome. Has Congress the right to take from such persons as the man and woman In Chicago, who tossed a coin to see who would shoot the other, the right to prohibit the Instrument through which their agreement must be carried out? And thus besmear and tarnish a reputable name, always known for carrying out agreements whether written or verbal? Due to the fact that taxi-cabs maim and hold un
persons without th use ot a pistol, Jt can only b
y e"y when they win p1 i itntse4 by r -
istiorecasx inai no protest will be heard trot that point.
-s,iiat, h can not; D aoumea that resolution? "N now in
maklns; from those persona who are' Wer seeV "liberty" taken from them when a passed
iroieci me ciuzenry at large, t
I
"ioj-e you chase ths devil arour
faith or even lose it entirely and consequently merit everlasting punishment." The reader will note that should the Roman Catholic in the marriage contract lose his faith entirely in
other words become a Protestant j that he. or she. merits everlasting ! punishment. That belief and teaching however, is but one of the intolerant phases upon which the Roman Catholic organization is builded. The reader will, no doubt, be interested in learning more in regard to just how the Roman Catholic organization feels toward the Protestant, and what it has to say further on "mixed marriages." On page 137 of "The American Hierarchy." published by the National Catholic Welfare Council, and bearing the approval of Archbishop Cur ley. is found the following in regard to "mixed marriages." so-called: "It is hard to imagine a more painful state of mind than that of a person firmly convinced of the truths of religion, bound to one whose persuasions are different, and beholding beloved children either lost to the truth or in continual danger of perversion. Nor does the mind confine itself to
the view of the first generation,, it spreads forward over times yet to rise, and multitudes that are successively to make their appearance and the parent feels accountable for the negligence which spreads among them the principles of unbelief. Very many instances of bitter repentence. unavailing as respects the progeny, have come under our observation, and have filled us with sorrow deepened with our sharing in that bitter grief which corroded the heart of one who under the influence of ill-regulated attachment flung over the field of future life, the seeds productive for years of unassuaged affiictionT" Assured of Publicity. Is it not foolish to believe that an organization which teaches that all who do not believe as it does, are condemned by God to everlasting
punisnment is a tolerant organization? Dr. Elwood easily could have had in mind the Roman Catholic organization Wut it is x most likely that he did not. Dr. Elwood is probably like so many of those persons who "talk intolerance without mentioning the name of a certain organization." He ia assured of getting plenty of publicity from the large dailies. The fact that Dr. Elwood could not have shown wherein the Ku Klux Klan is intolerant doesn't detract from his words that is, so far as his publicity in the daily papers is concerned. "Its very conception." said Dr. Elwood, "Is intolerant with our tolerant principle of government." In all seriousness, one is struck by the force of those words, used in attacking an organization which the Roman Cai.holic corporation is bending every effort to destroy. Those words so aptly describe the Roman ecclesiastical empire that one, might feel that Dr. Elwood, or any speaker attacking ' the Klan, would . shrink from usinr them. While -we do not wish to tire our readers ,wfth quotations from Roman Cath' ext books, we feel that to do r - more will explain emphatice " t why the words ' applicable to "' ; . i:
ind faith, with workers, on the other. o-
To illustrate:
This place was discovered in 1542
by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and called
Sah Miguel; in 1G02 Sebastian Viscaino entered the bay and named it San Diego: in 1769 Oaivez arrived with two ships, followed later in the same year by Partola. and Priest Serra: in 1 778.-execution of Indians who led in an uprising against the mission: in 1804. territory divided-into old and new California: in 1811. Mexicans began struggle for independence in California: in 1822. Mexican flag succeeded the Spanish flag. This, in brief is a review of the main events in the first thre hundred years of southern California history, hastily brought together in chronological order. Xow comes the change initiated ly a new system. An American Protestant regime is inaugurated. The application of industry, intelligence and toleration bears fruit. Climate, natural resources and opportunities were present in 1542. There had been on change in potential advantages or facilities. In 1 829 the first American flag was (unofficially) raised; in 1834. San Diego organized; in 1835. civil government inaugurated; in 1838. establishment of custom's port; in 1834. town lands surveyed: in 184fi, ownership of lands made legal. J. J. Warner purchased 36.000 acres. General John C. Fremont arrived July 29. and the first American flag was officially raised: in 1847. treaty signed between Mexico and the United States and first pony mail established: in 1849. became port of call for Panama Steamship Company; in 1850, 160 acres granted for townsite, first election held, first district court held, incor
porated as city; in 1851. first newspaper puhlished: in 1853 Masons received charter for Lodge No. 35, first carriage appears: in 1857, first overland ma il left for .San Antonio. Texas, and first stage departed for St. Louis. In rapid succession a postoffice was established, fire department organized, a bnk and chamber of commerce appeared, gas was introduced, work started on first court house,
railroad proposed and built, water company formed, reservoir construct
ed, telephones and electric lights in
stalled, street cars and other transpor
tation facilities Introduced. In less than one hundred yea:j
San Diego has become a strictly modern and marvelously delightful city of more than 100,000 happy people. Bigotry and superstition and inertia
gave way to a system with the wis,-
1924. Here are ninety-four excellent reasons for greater vigilance and determination on the part of Federal authorities in the enfoi 'cement of
the Prohibition law.
A California publication claiming to be "America's Prophetic Weekly" ad-
vait- a preparation for the second coining of Christ.. Klansmen when obligated accept Christ as their cricoming of Christ. Klensnieu when practising the teachings of the Ku Kit. : Klan they are ready at all times for the second advent of the Saviour or for any oilier righteous test to which they may be put. Sean T. O'Oealleigh. new "envov to the I nited States from the Republic of Ireland." addressed a mass meeting of Irish Catholics in Los Angeles Another evidence that Rome has already commenced her deeply-laid campaign to make America a province of the Holy See in 1928.
titmericanisms
The bank of breaks.
Americanism never
Probably the rich man in torment hadn't paid for enough masses.
There are times when a Klansman ought to be dogmatic and bu!l-dog-matic.
All the Rabbis have ever written has never made a dishonest man honest.
THE OUTPOST OUR PLATFORM: LIFE PRESERVERS FOR KINKING FUNDS.
A Scientist has just declared that some day we will live on air. That will be quite an advance even though Congressmen already thrive on hot air.
dom to see, the Initiative and capacity to achieve, and th courage and determination to promote and perpetuate wholesome American conditions v? ' George Jean Nathan declares that the public likes . its truth in small doses and its lUfasion In larger ones. Perhaps this accounts for the ease and celerity with which certain Ifinds of un-Ameriosn pros "! t Ihss been over rv t.iO cot.,.ro..i.-.i rress. . I ' ' t ' '-'-i c
Reports come from Rome that Premier Mussolini is muzzling all newspapers opposing his policies. It is the beginning of the end of Mussolini. We don't need to go to Italv for this kind of information. The dailv press of America is as completely, 'if not militantly censored, as are papers abroad The biggest movement in this country, a movement representing the patriotic and political aspirations of threefourths of our people, is practically shut ,.out of every important metropolitan daily in the United States. "Honesty is the best policy." a saving as true as it is trite. Honest'v coupled with the initiative and capacity to do things, reduces mountains to the insignificant proportions of mole hills. Hnesty, initiative and rapacity combined will work wonders duriiiff 1925 for the bigcest and most important movement today in America. The " Government has set aside $11,000,000 for the enforcement of Prohibition, and $20,597,835 for the coast guard with which to curb activities of rum-running. This begins to look like business. If the Prohibition law is not a good thing for the country, the best way and the surest method of finding it out is to enforce it to the letter. Then, if the Volstead act fails to do the work, as promised, repeal it. It is not for citizem to select the particular law they may obey or choose the law they will completely ignore. It is the duty of Americans cheerfully to obey all laws so long as they are on the statute books. William A. Brady is authority for the statement that movie monopolists ara catering to a depraved : public taste, which many of the have helped to create. - The movies may become rotten; that public censorship of pictures will he forced. The use of Elder V'i I I . Ilnvs tm a 8"rt Genti.e front e.n r r-en " J WO" '', PC I 5 : at : per i
Steps towards starting a museum
in Oklahoma for the preservation of;
reucs characteristic of the early life and achievements of North American Indians is a worthy move. As an incentive to idealistic imaginings, the Indian in his wigwam, worshiping the sun, blood-red at the crest of the hill, or a crystal stream in a mountain cleft, is more picturesque than his blanketless, featherless brother, riding in high-powered automobiles, spending his oily thousands. Economy in government is good economics in spite of the wild babbling of people who are economical in nothing. Excessive taxation has been at the foundation of many upheavals of national consciousness. The French revolution is one case in point; the American revolution is another. Governments of old were often shattered by despotic taxes. The grandeurs of the Pharaohs were blotted out by excessive taxations. Ninevah and Tyre were buried In the eternal drifts because their rulers had lost the vision of unselfishness.
In his latest book. It. G. Wells seems to have found something wrong with every American thing but the crossword puzzle. Maybe he couldn't find the proper words to express his disapproval of that.
Wayne B. Wheeler estimates that we have 3,000,000 drinkers. If we don't get any new ones, poison hooch will soon get rid of those.
The Klan needs an army of men the devil cannot scare by calling them intolerant.
There seems to be a widespread conviction that there is something seriously amiss with the prohibition "unit." A good deal of this conviction appears to be justified. Inefficiency, graft, and favoritism with high-handed "highway methods" of enforcement, coupled with unreasonable persecution, . seem to have been proved in a greater degree than Is good for a law-abiding country. The nation ought to get at the whys and wherefores of an apparently malodorous condition of affairs. The enforcement of any law is only good insofar as the official personnel of the enforcees is good.
It will not make a lie any whiter to tell it in a cathedral. In the common walks of life, every one knows that ceremony weighs little in the battle with the obstacles and exigencies of existence. Ruskin
touches the point with his keen penetration and caustic humor: -"Candle-
stioks and Incense not beinz: portable
into the maintop, the sailor perceives
these decorations to be. on the whole.
inessential to a maintop maea, Sails must be set and cables bent, ' be .f it
never bo strict a saint's day! and it is
found -that noharm comes of it. Ab-
soi'-'ton on a lee-ehore mi"-t c h'i e 1 r rs, it arT ar if
Null: "That must have been a wonderful hair tonic Jack used. The last time I saw him he was completely bald." Void: "He didn't use a tonic He has just been through a lot of hair raising experiences since you saw him last."
SOME AMERICANS. SENATOR COUZENS TELLS US. PAY TOO MUCH TAXES. AFTER GLANCING OVER THE INCOME TAX RECORDS, ONE TS CONVINCED THE MICHIGAN SENATOR IS NOT SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE! A Southern Senator has just declared that "it is time for us Democrats here to be facing the music" In- view of the Senator's statement it might be said that the music would not b nearly so hard to -face if the Democrats quit letting Al Smith play the fiddle.
The Baltimore Sun says there is a wastage of petroleum. Maybe that comes from burning the midnight oil when electricity could be used , ln stead.
AN ENGLISH MINISTER, TS TRANSLATING THE BIBLE, HAS CHANGED A MESS OF POTTAGE TO A RED OMELET. IF-'' TUB TRANSLATOR HAD LJVED IN BATTLE CREEK. HE WOULD NO DOUBT, HAVE INSISTED IT WAS BREAKFAST FOOD.
The trouble with so n -t- broad minds we hear about is that they ara so shallow. " ' Tess: "Gerty is very stlnigy Isn't she?" , ? , Bess: "I had never noticed - it WhyT" Tess: , At her" birthday v la st week Oh -her twenty-ninth I
noticed she nad but
candles on the caUeJ
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