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THE FIERY CROSS ica had arisen. Everv sterj in the nrocrress of thp Putting the Klan press under control was a diffi Klan has stiffened their resistance which is more rigid and dangerous today than ever before." "By steady purpose and incredible labor, and, I repeat it, through the guidance of Divine Providence, we came through all -perplexing situations and conflicting emotions more than conquerors." "We did not lose a single suit; not one effective anti-Klan law was passed; not one serious charge against the Klan was proved ; the Klan was not shown to have been responsible for a single riot; not one imitating organization had been successful; and there was not a serious defection inside the Klan." "The most important detail was the creation of a Bureau in which speakers and Kleagles have been carefully trained in the true faith of the Klan. Also, a Bureau was established for the guidance of Klan publications and the preparation of educational matter for Klansmen." "The Klan headquarters remains in Atlanta, and will remain there until the Klan orders it removed." "I may say, just here, that all the moves df myself or other Imperial officers have been forced by the exigencies of situations there has never been a pre-arranged plan to take the Klan into poiitics." "The fight in the Democratic National convention demonstrated to the entire country that the charges made by the Klan against the Roman Catholic Hierarchy charges most used to prove us guilty of religious prejudice and un-Americanism are absolutely true." "The Roman Catholic Hierarchy erred when it permitted or rather forced itself to become a political issue. And it erred still further in a way most pronounced when it allowed its priests, in flocks, to hang around the New York lobbies, and in the convention hall itself openly conversing with delegates." JirHE following pungent paragraphs are extracted I from speeches made by the Imperial Wizard, Dr. cult task. Some of the unwarranted statements in the uncontrolled press had been used against the Klan, and with serious effect." "Careful attention has been, paid to seeing that no man is brought into the Klan who does not support its aims, and also that each new member shall be absorbed into the Klan spirit and instructed in Klankraft." "The present work is raising the average of the intelligence and devotion of the membership. It is drawing into the Klan the best blood of the nation. And it is -being carried on with less criticism than attended last year's work." "With the Dallas address on immigration came general recognition of the purposes of the Klan, and the attacks redoubled. Then followed the wellconceived schemes to get the Klan into politics and discredit it through defeat at the polls." (I. vv. fcvans, at tne Kionvocation at Kansas City last September: 9 "Men all over the nation seem to be instinctively eaching to the Klan for leadership." "Literally millions of conies of the Dallas immirration speech have been requested." The Klan may, without presumption, claim the etter part of credit for the great achievement at Vashington which guarantees future protection for lur citizenship and. homes." Thus, our great country began to see in the Klan possible answer to the perplexities which have ccn accumulating in the national mind for a generaion." "It would , seem that the enemies of civilization ealized that, at last a competent defender of Amer DR. HIRAM WESLEY EVANS.
F: February 6," 1925
Words of Wisdom.
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STATUS OF THE KLAN :
"Wc will permit no group of politicians and no party to annex, disown, or disavow us. Where our conscience leads us, we will be found, regardless of who we find in the different political camps." Dr. Hiram W. Evans.
tesire Without Love.
oumi'si;
alii ns
comes ii
many pe-
not become their Uvea
it the report from fed..,-. I .-nnvto
wherein aliens have been irrnni..ri r iitn.kin
W.-.W v-iit.ti TTTs. TTnong these
'"""" ' me l ot that many
nturnnzcii until ponict hlug
ivntrn causes them to desire r i, i, ... . ...
M . . '.-Mil1 a lar nir-
reason tn:m love fr America. F'eoenrH- ., no-
nan In Columbus. Ohio, who l.;.d u,..i .v.'
tates for fifteen years, asked the privilege of becomit a citizen. The reason for the sudden a.t
ht ! wished to return n, ,
, . 1 a visit ano anted to make sur- that he would i,P admitted when e returned from his fatherland. I',-,,.,. s,,i,,- ,
n was reported that a Hung.iri
nine a citizen "so that he could ltix Klan. and not take n chance
'legal voting."
Thene two
he latter
inn. n foreigner
Make Up Your Own Mind. IT HAS BEEN only a few months since President Coolidge said: "We do not propose to intrust to any power or combination of powers any authority to make tip our minds for us." Mr. OooIIdges words, we believe, give expression to the sentiment of all Americans. Americans are capable of governing themselves without the aid of foreigners, and it would take one possessing much temerity to voice an
opinion that America should let foreign powers make up
her mind for her. But. getting down to bed rock, is not a foreign power wielding an influence over Americans and, without realizing It, are not Americans permitting this foreign power to form their opinions? It is admitted that this alien power is known as a religion, but this fact does not eliminate the fact that the pope of Rome is a foreign potentate ruling his millions of subjects with an iron hand. This particular power, hy the use of propaganda, innuendo and statements for public consumption which do not agree with that which is taught in its schools, have succeeded in the task of forming the opinion of many Americans on certain subjects. One of the outstanding' points on which an erroneous opinion has been formed by many Americans, is that the Roman Catholic Church favors education. This ghastly joke has been so persistently flaunted before a credulous public that there are Americans who actually believe it; believe it In spite of the evidence on every hand that the Roman Catholic corporation does not. and never has favored education except the education of a few who must head and act for rhe Roman corporation in its continued effort to keep the layman ignorant. Ily expert twisting of the English language the Roman
hierarchy has printed some plausible stories which, on the face of them appear to be true and would, to one who
doesn't wish to tax the brain, seem logical in the assertion that the Roman ecclesiastical empire does favor education.
However, the pope, nor any of his agents, have ever explained why, if the Roman system favors education, that dense ignorance prevails in all countries where the Roman corporation holds sway to the extent that it dominates
hy force of numbers. This same Roman system has never explained why
luuuiiu-a nutio j-i ui.f siaimsm predominates, mere is
very, very little illiteracy. When Rome explains these
things satisfactorily, then the world may begin to believe that Rome favors education. Rut until she does, the world will have to believe that Rome Is lying when she
says the hierarchy favors education.
That point though, is only -one of the many things on
which a foreign power has formed an opinion for Americans. Not all Americans of course, but enough to make the total an astonishing figure. With the. advent of that patriotic organizat ion, the Ku Klux Klan, many persons
who heretofore permitted Rome to form their opinions
have had a change of heart. Another reason why Rome is fighting the Klan so desperately. Americans should remember the words of President Coolidge. and not "Intrust to any power or combination'' of powers any authority to make up their minds for
them."
ROME-
A System of Despotism
and Expediency
ARTICLE ONE
A MERICA, and in fact, practically all the world is today viewing and suffering those two
outstanding features of the Roman Catholic hierarchy which have been used by the Roman power from the first to extendand hold its power. Despotism and expediency have gone hand in hand down through the annals of Roman Catholic history, and Expediency is now being thrown to the fore in America as never before. Expediency has been practiced by the Roman hierarchy to such an extent that it is even put to use in small communities in the United States. Local priests will rjrofess to favor this or that, because of the
feeling in his particular community, while it is being denounced by another priest, a bishop
i carainai, in another state. Aso
illustration of the expediencv of different then; that God was
SECRETARY TO PRESIDENT
or
an
tne uoman ecclesiastical empire, it may be pointed out that in America the church declares that it does not believe in the union of church and state despite the fact that it is being taught from its textbooks in this country and at the very same time this same Roman Catholic church is attempting to force the union of church and state In France. Favoring (?) Education. TN AMERICA, the Roman church be-
m wished to he-
ote against the Ku f being arrested for
:ises alone
' ase. is cstm i
enjnvin:
x ive Lilly the
much food for thought, significant. Here is a freedom of America und
arnlng his living and having his liberty under laws
.... ,i .oic,,,,,, r.anon. .Never once did he It U...L ... .....
"""""'I' miMi ne iiineii to vote, and
nougni. i.gmnst the Ku Klux Klan omposed strictly ,,( natneborn , ,
"I wnai l. Cll I : I I bonirli'v V,
rain In rernd to "votint
desire
vole, as he
an organization ri'-rins. Regard-
live boen in his
gainst the k'lan it I.
elf evident that he did not d-ire fit izenshii. ' in ibis
until ,e fell that by tilimni. it ,.,,,
t native born A merici n ilnnn.)...,).
person;, v ho framed the fundamental laws
that today this Hungarian has found
may enjoy freedom of thought
ri.iob;
in
outitry
ilceessfullv T t hose e
f our country
country m vhict tid action
'tie could, no doubt. Kuoccssfuilv wager (,at if this mn were closely ouestloned. he would not know whv
millions of Protestant Americans; he banner of the Kn k'ln, i.-i....
lowrver. this foreigner, with never a desi,,. to become n American citizen. t.l,.s It upon himself i,. .,.,,.,,
to be an ative enemy of
t'nless a government la founded on equal liberty and justice it cannot live. History points the solemn linger at facts which prove that American genius has read the records and that since the country became a country our people have held liberty and justice as twin gods of statescraft. Klansmen know that the nation's life depends essentially on the desire of our statesmen to keep liberty and justice alive. The danger that always threatens to engulf the nation is the same one that arose before the vision of the great cities and governments of old selfishness. Selfishness lea'ds to injustice, in high places of governments us well as in low places among the hills. Nothing founded on injustice can long endure.
e wanted ty fmhi t he an. IpiJ-fnether under
names as a clew to reports From one
becamf. Sam- ' Sc himsohou
vhat he evidently considers
m American organization That one can no longer t el intloiiality Is also seen in t
rmjrt coaieii the report that KtuleU ic i,
lei It. Kennel during hH naturalization. I . . V. .. I 1
...... umiiK'u ins name 10 Mm I'.rown. and Hiesch JoperUln became Harry Sun t is reported from Columbus, that one foreign,.,- m..
knedlately fter being nturalize.l. v..,H forced i
ond a a violator of the Klghteemh Amendment Cm
1X A proposed federal law this man. if convicted of th
harge which made necessary the clving of i..,r.i ...... i.i
ff deported. The proposed law is the result of th hi..
ovt-ry by the authorities that foreigners predominate
0 an almost unbelievable extent, in the neddllnir of
Viarcotlca and In bootlegging. The proposed law is an Wttempt to reduce crime in America. The increase in fcrlm ha kept close Hep to the Increase In foreigners
ktourlng Into America.
There In little doubt in the minds of those informed
b the nubject. drastic steps will l. taken i.v
Ternment In an effort to check crime rings the hither.
lupa of whlrh are almost always foreigners. The chaneina
fif named given an Illustration of how easily one mav
fooled, when, In reading of some crime, the crimln-.t.'
Vmea icem to be thos of Americans.
Mil inmcauonn are inai me i ioverninent now fully
illaen the menace of loose Immigration laws and the Dure to keep a doner watch on those foreigners who me to America and, by their failure to become natalled. display an absolute lack of love or respect for
iin uniico. Mates. I The law of compensation takes care of us all. The I bin to do In to do right, then be patient, and results hvlll come. In the language of Prudence Penny, household '-tronomlnt. "the loving are loved, the generous are helped, rid the connlderate are considered, the bully, by the way, I bullied, and the smasher smashed. And the end of the I f la the slaughter house." f Whererer and whenever Protestant Ideals and principles reak through tbe periphery at papal civilization, a fair st always put the superstition and Ignorance of the oman system ( to flight, Roman Catholicism simply nnct Stan J the flercs light of education and fa tin
1 progresg.
remarkable)
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an And Out about
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The Wildeyed Correspondent. A"t'ORDIN(! to a Consolidated Press dispatch out of Chicago, in regard to the renewed efforts of the police to curb crime in that city, "a reign of terror is promised Chicago if the Klan carries out the crime clean up campaign against the powerful lawless elements of the city.
i. u ne imagination is neeaeu to ioresee wnat would Happen if a hooded band should enter the "black belt' with its SiiO.OOO inhabitants, to raid the district." In speaking of imagination, it might be asked can anyone with an lota of gray matter, picture the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, with or without uniforms, going forth as Klansmen to raid dens of vice? It would take a most
riotous imagination that Is, where the one doing the imagining possessed the supposed average intelligence of an adult-to conceive of Klansmen taking it on themselves to form "a hooded band" and go forth to conduct a series of raids which falls in the line of duty of the city police or federal forces. Recently, a Chicago daily printed a story is which it was stated that the Klan was ready to give assistance to the police in their efforts to curb crime in Chicago. From that statement an evidently wild-eyed correspondent immediately conceived the idea, either through ignorance or a desire for the sensational, that uniformed Klansmen were about to sally forth to do battle with vice in the slums hy engaging in hand-to-hand combats and with no authority to make arrests. The Municipal Voters' League is bent on reducir.
crime in Chicago and is willing to aid the police in what-
every capacity possible. May we not expect a dispatch from the Consolidated Press reading something like the following;
"No vivid imagination is necessary to foresee what would happen should the members of the Municipal Voters' League, who cant their votes in secret at each election, invade the Italian quarter, in which fifty-one murders were committed during the year just past, armed with ballots" and bent on raiding vice dens of w hich the habitants carry the deadly stilleto." It is Just possible, however, that the Consolidated correspondent did not wish to mention that fifty-one of Chicago's murders in 1924, were committed in one small section of the city known as the Italian quarter and in which, of course, there live only aliens. He was probably no more eager to mention that than he would have been to state the fact that less than thirty days ago, officers confiscated three thousand stills In another small section of the city inhabited by aliens.
Neither did he mention that the number of murders
was swelled by the open warfare carried on between
rival gangs of alien gunmen. The correspondent might
also have printed the names and the religion of the mem
bern of the city council, which, according to one of the
leading dallies in Chicago, "shown unpleasant symptoms of intellectual and moral deterioration," and which in a great way, is responsible for the sickening amount of vice and crime In the Windy City, according to the newspapers. While it is true that the Klan stands for clean morals and ctvic righteousness, and has been a great aid In obtaining these much-to-be-deslred conditions In innumerable places, hy -getting evidence against law violators and supplying the authorities with, information, the picture drawn by the imaginative CensoUdatedrrespondent, of
Klansmen in unflorm scurrying thrcf e streets in
conducting raids, Is,, to say the least, Serous ana
asinine. - ';.
lieves it expedient to profess that
the hierarchy favors education, while it is common knowledge that no practical systems of education exist where the Roman Catholic population predominates. This phase of the expediency practiced hy the Roman ecclesiastical empire will be taken up at length in a future article, however. Should the Roman church ever predominate, or dominate America, our school systems, as well as the parochial systems of teaching would crumble into virtual nothingness witlv in a few years. This assertion will befully substantiated and proved as the articles unfold. Cardinal Richelieu of Fiance, in the early part of the Seventeenth Century, presents, possibly, the most vivid picture of the despotism, brutality and expediency of the Roman hierarchy. Richelieu, who crushed all who stood in his path, be they peasants or nobles, and who made relentless war on the Hugenots. pretended friendship with certain Protestant princes In southern Germany, in order to. gain certain ends which were afterward disastrous to the Protestants and their interests. The tactics of Richelieu can. in a way. lie likened to the tactics today being employed by the Roman empire in its fight against the Ku Klux Klan in America. Great friendship is being shown Protestants who are not Klans
men. and to Protestant organizations
other than such organizations as the Klan. the Orangemen, etc. In this connection, it might be pointed out that, despite the fact that Cardinal O'Coiinell declared the Roman Catholic church and the Masons were "as far apart as the two poles" and condemned Roman Catholics for fraternizing with the Masons, the Knights of Columbus are making much supposed friendly ado over the Masons in America. But what about the Masons in France, Italy, Spain and other Roman Catholic countries? Right at this time Masons are forbid
den to assemble in Spain, an attempt is being made to crush them in Italy, and in France they are accused of j trying "to run the government." and i a terrific tight is being conducted I against them by the Roman Catholic I
ni;i ;ii cn , ei y miiig if, oeini; rsaiu against the Masons in those countries I
which the Roman empire is saying about the "Klan in this country, and every move is being made against them which the Roman ecclesiastical empire is demanding lie made against the Klan in America. , Expediency, however, precludes any open move against the Masons in this country.
not as
civilized then as He is now." The teaching of the Roman Catholic -religion is that the pope is God's direct representative on earth and possesses wisdom direct from Heaven. Why, then, should the first pope, whom the Roman Catholic church declares to have been Saint Peter, here lacked wisdom or Christly atrributas? If Roman Catholics wish to believe that Saint Peter was the first pope, that is their privilege. 'But this privilege doesn't eliminate the fact that the pope was ignorant of the shape of the world then, or the present pope does not know the correct shape of our world. All of this, however, has little to do with our present day. It .does, however, give to one an insight of the workings of the Roman Catholic system which today is .attempting to align Protestant against Protestant in its vain dream of world-wide supremacy and dominion. All dupes of the pope are not ' Roman Catholics. There are those Protestants who. under the magic spell of the glib tongues and fluent pens of the emissaries of this ancient system, condemn other Protestants who are awake to the machinations or' this system and would light to keep off the shackles of this centuries-old menace. One of Home's greatest weapons is to create a light among her opponents. When the Ku Klux Klan was formed. Rome paid little heed' to it that is. Rome did not start the heated campaign later indulged in. until the hierarchy - realized the won.wco
growth being enjoyed hv the American organization. When literally tens ot thousands of staunch American Protestants began to rallv under the banner of the Klan, Rome brought forth all her weapons to open a finish fight on this organization which she rtalized presented an obstacle in her path, the end of which she firmly believed to be the domination of America. Every Weapon Is Used. gINCK the beginning of her unholywar on the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Rome has used every weapon known to her. from brute strength to intrigue a nd expediency. Klan parades have been attacked' Klan meetings have been fired on: men have been shot down in cold blood and women and children have been
oeaien. isian Klaverns
burned and robbed in all parts of the country and traitors placed within the Klan ranks despite the efforts of the Klan organization to keep them out. Plots have been manufactured in an effort to lay at the door of the Klan horrible ourages. A galaxy of speakers have been turned loose in all parts of the country to deliver addresses containing unfounded charges against the Klan and newspapers have been used to print slanderous stories. Charges that the Klan is intolerant and is founded on hatred have been heralded to the world. The Knights of Columbus have attempted to fraternize with the Masons, and to a certain extent have succeeded. Protestant 'ministers. mislead by Roman propaganda, have said bitter things against the Klan. All of these things and many more have been used bv the machine in
its effort to disrupt and destroy the
Klan. ror. with the Klan destroyed, does Rome have any fear that it can
not handle the Protestants who are so blind as to condemn an organiza
tion ot their own people? With many
Americans believing those things
winch Koman Catholic dignitaries say
tor punncation in the newspapers,
anu tnose tnings which Koman lath
olic information bureaus print for pub-
he consumption, instead of believine
tnose mings winch the Koman hierarchy teaches iii its textbooks, Rome can but feel scciiims if the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were dead. Rome Feels Secure. QO LONG as there are Americans
who ignore the bitter attack nowbeing made on the French government by the Roman Catholic church in an effort to force union of church and state, and believe the Roman agents of the pope in this country who declare the Roman system does not believe in union of church and state, just that long will Rome feel secure. When the fact that Rome is accusing the Masons in Europe of everything it is accusing the Klan in tain Americans, is it. not natural that America makes no impression on cerRome relies on uninformed Protestants to help her carry on her battles against the millions of Protestants who have awakened to the Roman menace in America. In the following articles the many points touched on in the foregoing will be gone into at length,- as well as many other phases of Rome's despotism and expediency.
2VERn SANDERS, of Terre Haute. Ind.. new- Secretary to" President Coolidge. is retiring from the House of Representatives on March 4 of his own accord, as he declined renbmination and re-election. He has served hi C ongress eight years and expected to re-enter the practice of law in Indiana but has been persuaded to succeed Bascom Slemp at the White House He was horn near Coalmont. Ind.. March 8. 3 882, the son of a Baptist minister the Rev. and Mrs. James Sanders. He was married to Miss Ella Neal ;n 1903. taught school for three years, attended the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute for two years, entered Indiana University in 1004 and was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1907. 11- was admitted to the Indiana bar at Terre Haute in June, 1907. and practiced law with the firm of McTutt. Wallace, Sanders & Randel and its predecessors until he came to Congress. Mr. Sanders is a member of the Republican Steering Committee in the House and has been one of the chief lieutenants of the majority floors leader in the present Congress. He stands exceptionally well with "rhhers of the House where his popularity and abilitv have Jeen rerfmzed Mr. Sanorti-s is a member of the Baptist church and a member of the Knights of Pythias and Elks fraternal orders.
CURRENT COMMENT
By FELltf FREE
Americanisms
Real Klan joy can never be bought with money. The devil made the first lie but some priest was the first to tell it.
THE ' OUTPOST OUR PLATFORM:
. LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINK
ING FUNDS.
Only the Klancraft that Is Cull of sunshine can win the heart of a child.
False Sense of Security. gl'T TO return for the moment. to Richelieu and the France of his day. What happened when the Protestants had been lulled into a false -sense of security by the wily manipulations of the Roman church?
The Protestants became the victims
of the most horrible incident of its kind in the history of the world, the St. Bartholomew Massacre. The name
of France brings to mind Joan of Arc. Burned at the stake by the Roman Catholic hierarchy, on May 3(1. 1431. she was made a saint in 1909 by pope Pius X. According to history, "she was fully vindicated by a papal bull." Such is the history of this despotic power which rules its subjects with a hand of iron, and lulls those whom it seeks to destroy, with a glib tongue and the use of expediency. The Spanish Inquisition marks but one o( the horrible steps taken hy the Roman church to hold Its power. Butchery, arson, murder, intrigue, despotism, brutality, expediency, auto-suggestion, hypocrary, deceit, running, and a continued fight against education litter the trail left by the foul footprints of a merciless combination of crafty men masquerading under the duping millions of persons who desire to believe in a just and good God. While only an incident. . the fate of Galileo provides an apt example of the desperate fight conducted against progress by the Roman ecclesiastical empire. Unfortunately for Galileo, inventor of the telescope, the Jenuits of the Roman Catholic empire taught that the world was fiat. Galileo said it was round. Called before the high tribunal of the Roman church, he was forced to recant on pain of imprisonment. He was forced to declare that he would "abide by the teachings of the church." A hrilliant man, Galileo was forced to return from Rome to his home in Florence, humiliated, discredited, disgraced and under suspicion. It was expedient that Galileo retract because the Roman church taught that the world was flat. But the Koman church was not through humiliating and punishing Galileo, who had had
the audacity to think otherwise than the pope decreed. When he wrote a book at a later date, in which he propounded certain views, which are now accepted by the entire world, he was again called to Rome and forced to appear before 'the Roman inquisition, and apologue pn his knees. lie was then placed In nominal confinement where he became blind. Foolish Excuse., PHE . FOOLISH excuse offered by soma that "the world waa not ao civilized then" and' that leniency ahould be shown the Roman church officials of those daysJw worse than
absurd, ir wep-'mtt' then we,"
PERHAPS no people in. the world are more rnnrpnrprl or
happier with their lot, than the Swiss. The constitution-1
ui otviuenana contains a provision which might with profit be incorporated in the fundamental law of other nations Article 51 specifically provides that "the order of Jesuits and the societies affiliated with it shall not be admitted to anv part of Switzerland, and all activity in church or in school is forbidden to their members." In countries where Jesuits are numerous and active in educational or civic affairs their pernicious influence always creates disturbances and disorders of various kinds. Americans ought to benefit considerably by a deep and sympathetic understanding of Switzerland's constitution.
The wop who loafs most is the one
first to complain that he is
overworked in America.
Charles V headed the reaction of Catholicism against reform. He lent the weight of authority to that system of coercion and repression which enslaved Italy, desolated Germany with war. and drowned the Low Countries m blood. Phillip 11. with full approval of the Spanish nation, pursued the same policy in an even stricter spirit. He was powerfully
assisted hy two
as he has been accused of doing the Republican party is better -off without him. Prominent communists now- active in this country promise to have the red flag flying over the W hite House within fifteen years This will not happen if the Ku Klux Klan functions properly.
i I Senator Thnmno i u-i..i. ...
institutions, in which I . ., u Zi. ": "". oi aion-
the national character of Spain ex- niMnenV eh K"iznon Who was 'le'"pressed itself, the Inquisition and the Z" Cnrdenf1- f h Madlso" Society of Jesus. The last great phe- Krtv Z" k def?n!s ,,.,n,, ,.f snoniah mfl T.,ul- charged with becoming
was Igantius Loyola, who
the militia by means of which
Roman Catholic church
counter reformation. I wish every Klunsman who has not already done so would look up the Kncyclopedia Rriannica (eleventh edition) and see what the pope's militia stands for and has already accomplished in the way of suppression and extermination of Protestantism and Protestants. m m m
Old lines suggested for the prayer-
tul meditation of Klansmen studying the signs of the times: "A wise old owl lived in an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can t we all be like this wise old bird?" "f have no sympathy for a woman, a failure in. the home, who goes to a lub meeting and tells other women how to conduct their homes." This is the declaration of Joseph Scott made before members of the Advertising Cluh of Los Angeles. Joe Scott undoubtedly reflects commonly- accepted views of the Roman-Catholic corporation. Having been decorated by the pope, it is up to him to show that he is worthy of papal approval. The only time Rome is in wholehearted accord wkh the participation of women in public affairs is when they exert themselves in club work of a character sponsored by the Vatican.
It may be safely assumed that Joe Scott never throws out any flings at women who are boosting Roman Catholic corporation interests. No woman is a "failure . in her home", who does that. 1 For the war of the revolution the United SUtes paid oot $70,000,600 in pensions. It was : a mighty good investment at that. 1 - ii - ? There is ho room in the United v States for communists. If Senator - '.Ilette is catering to that crowd, ' , "
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organized "i i " i ' . "f "'wrauc party
'-r" cnrni in
thought ef fhn
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The Paulist Fathers, one of the many branches of the Roman hierarchy, have erected a broadcasting station in New York which will be known as WPL. It probably stands for "willing papal laborers." There isn't much time left for those
persons who predicted a "long, colcl
to make good.
The world owes every American a! winter.' living if he is willing lo work out !
the "ihU ! CARDINAL O'COXXKLL HAS
I-ROKEX IX PRINT AO A IX WITH
Don't forget that American children I will remember Klannish deeds long after they forget our precepts.
Everybody knows that the sun has spots on it. and yet there are some people who 'expect a muchtried Klunsman to be about perfect. It can not be dorie that perfect business and yet the true Klansman is usually a little nearer the ideal than most folks.
WE ALL HATE SELF ESPECIALLY WHEN WE SEE IT CROl OCT IX SOME BROTHER WE DON'T LIKE. Klancraft that never speaks until it does it on a tombstone isn't doing much to Americanize the country.
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..iuuLuua statesman, replying . to criticisms by Senator William Cabell Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland. "To whatever cause may he traced the defeat of the Democratic party in the last election." he contir.,, .
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v., ihuubih oi tne country.'-' Just what Senator Walsh means bv "liberal thought" gives rise to speculah'., Vle' of rioto"s demonstrations when Bryan and McAdoo appeared before the convention, and the insults heaped on Bryan when he was discussing the platform. Klansmen are inclined to think that the kind of liberal thought" Walsh has in mind is the same brand that the East Side rooters put forth for Al Smith. Conferences have been held in Los Angeles to Investigate thoroughly, discover the cause, and prescribe the remedy tor the prevention of deaths wJ" ".rbon monlie" poisoning. When this matter has been attended to, attention might appropriately be turned to another important problem. Whence comes all this propaganda which is "carbon-monoxtding" the press and poisoning the minds of our people against American ideals and institutions. - There are unmistakable evidences that communists are busy in the United States. Their plan appears to be to stir up strife, aa they are doing In Germany, then take advantage of popular dissatisfaction by springing a coup. -
Klansmen earnestly appeal to all Protestants to Join them in their patriotic work. We do not think further argument necessary, Protestants by this .time should be able to make th
arguments ror tnemseives, r tants can not be blind to the rev ing signs of the times, .
The American who asks God for his daily bread will not try to hog the uhole loaf.
A Klansman should be willing first to serve in the ranks and where the need is greatest, because that sort of service is one of the tests those who would lead must learn how to follow commands. How shall we know the fitness of any citizen for a high place of power and responsibility unless he first demonstrates his ability and his Americanism in some more lowly service. There is too much whoop and bellow in many persons and not enough obedience, stability, and perseverance in a just cause. Those who would lead must dtvelop within their own hearts, held by the sacred tie, the characteristics of leadership.
AJNOTHEK WILD ASSERTION. IT WOULDN'T SC UPRISE THE PUBLIC IF HE SHOULD SUDDENLY GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAD FOUND "THE LOST CHORD."
Anti-Volstead poliiiiians appear to be finding wet plal forms too slippery t- obtain a good footing.
We note in a Cleveland newspaper the marriage of Bertha Runner to James- E. Trotter. A change of pace, anyway.
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In the future there will not be so many persons call at the White House to C. Basconi Slemp. -v IN CONNECTION WIITH ' 1LLCIIT LIQUOR, IT WOULD SEEM THAT NOWADAYS THE BUYER IS TAKING MUCH GREATER CHANCES THAN THE SELLER.
Americans ought to investigate the Klan at its source., and having found the truth stand by it through thick and thin. The weak belong to no race and deserve no blood bond with the spiritual advancements open to those who can serve and endure. The American who makes his own god has a merciless one. Those who live under the same roof with you know more about your Klancraft than the organization does.
A SOFT ANSWER CAN SOMETIMES DEAL A MORE EFFECTIVE BLOW THAN A BRICKBAT. Truth never builds on the sand no
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A heavy purse inaketh a light heart. The way of the transgressor is hard on other foks particularly the taxpayers. American justice calls for publicity for tax dodgers as well as tax-payers. The movies are already givmg publicity to papal propaganda for Holy Year. The pilgrimage of the faithful, bearing gifts to Rome, has already
set in.
Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die. Theodore Roosevelt.
" A California man paid $10,000 for a bull. The price seems fabulous." Neither California bull nor a papal bull should cost that much'' money under present conditions, The Roman Catholic corporation, In -connection with other activities, is crowding work among Catholic boys, of Boy Scout age. Bishops are sponsoring the movement and actively assisting its' leaders. f kjV&i"' ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS NEW YORK STOMACHS ARE BECOMING SO SENSITIVE - THAT" THEY FAIL TO ..WITHSTAND WOOD ALCOHOL. , , - . The nope is proof against mistaken
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