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KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN

AMERICA Nestling bet wcc11 t wn oc·enns, lik e a gPrll, lir~s the most wonderful lnnd in all th e world. \V(mdflr·ful iu its broad ex pans~ of lllOUHtain, inland ~Ca f.lllU fertiJ(~ plain; WOnderful iu tbc coal in its hills and its hidden lakes of oil. Great beyond compare in its splendid harv ests and its shining rivers; young in modern eidlization, yet old in men whose bones have laiu silent in her soil for thousands of year·s, telling of life and joy, struggle and exist ence wh en the world was young.

"Right forever on the Scaffold, Wrong- forever on the throne, But that Scaffold sways the futu~e And behind the dim Unknown Stande1ih God within the shadow Keeping watch above His own.''

New Life ;Life slept bnt t o wal{e again. Ont on the ocean battled the sbips of men. F rail barks they were, sailing an unchartered sea. "Westwnrd, Ever Westward" was theh cry, &nd at last Land and a New World the prize. IIow wonderfully has that "N e"r World " - America-responded to their love and devotion. Shining ribbons of steel knit togeth~r both borders of the mighty laud . Vast tonnage and thronging life speed frGm coast to coast. Cities, th e marvel of the world 1 like magic go towering to the skies. A new type of men arose from her melting pot to astonish the world with their power and geniu~. 'l'hese men have differed and fought; their remnants have arisen purified to again go on to bigger things and victory. gnetnies have invaded her domain. Selfishness has tried to soil her virtue. 'J'reason has crawled its slimy way across her breast on ly to be cast into the hell they deserve,

The Present Hour

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'l'oday she stauds proud and strong in her millions of loyal sons and daughters. 'I'hey are even ~hese days challenging disloyal and nnrrow bigotry. Jlere millions are marshalling for

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wars of peace more potent than the sword. Evils again have come. A public office has too often ceased to be a public trust. 'fhe unholy call of the profiteer is heard in the market place. l\1 en of strange garb and stranger tongue fail to salute the flag. Dark color is creeping into the white man's blood. Our homes have lost something of the devotion that has made them the bulwark of our civilization, the castles of our happiness. 'fhe clink of the money <.: hangers ' coin is too often heard in the temple. Once again, like the soft sighing of the wind, comes the sigh of protest from the .land against these things. Louder and louder it has grown, until today it has become a might.y anthem whose strain is filling all the land. It comes from the golden plains of the west and the comfortable eastern hills; it's singing in the southland and the north, with a new signifi<·ance not lately heard on land or sea' ' .i\Iy Country, 'tis of Thee Sweet Land of Liberty, Of Thee I sing.'' e • • • • • • •

' ' IJong may our land he bright With Freedom's holy light. Protect us by 'rhy might, Great God, our King.,.,

FOREWORD 'l'his book is not sent to you as a classic. It is written t·ather as a simple story to t ell of appreciation of the splendid work done by men united in the strength of ''The Unfailing Bond.'' The writer hopes also it will bear a. plain message to thousands of people who have asked serious questions only to have them answered by those who have access to the press, that has so often been antagonistic to the movement.

Service In the face of slander and persecution, the men who have built the Klan have not counted the cost. Gladly they have dared and done. :!\fen of large ftbility and great vision have laid its policiea and planned its great campaign. The nation, some day, in grateful remembrance, will chisel some of their names in historic marble. 1\Jen who have guided the policies of stat es in which they shall have cleaned political life and brought r ever ence for law , • • will be had in grateful memory 1n many sov et'Clgn com m an wealths.

Field Men To the splendid fellows who have been in th e heart of th l.! serap, we especially write. You have labored ·without gain , you have stood the shock of rotten politics and alien hat e. Ignorance has rained its blows on your unconquered heads. No words of ours can paint an eulogy worthy of the shock troops of this greatest of all American movements. Some day to the hearts of the millions of our redeemed laud, a poet mny tell the story or a thinker worthy of his task write of the manly men behind the mask, \Vho enlisted the mighty army in the midst of opposition and wrong. Until then, accept these simple lines and deep regard of one who has walked and talked in the trail with you, heard your problems and admired your pluck. Here's to you and the Spirit of America! Lougher. 5

THE BIG CHIEF

The Klan has heen called a ''dream child,', and it is t rn e its id enls may often be found in the realm of the Spiritual. As such, it has made a universal appeal to the sentiment of our country. It has taken, however, the earnest thought of very practical men to bring the order and its vision into a field wh ere it is actually applied to all the common affairs of daily life. ~1ercest opposition had to be Tnet. The spirit of mere ''Hurrah" patriotism had to be crystalized into definite · actiou. Men representing actual "man power" had to he enlisted for definite service-men who would attempt definite things stand in the face of criticism and actually put int o operation th e program of the l{lan. One of the finest things that can be said of th e organization is that it has drawn to itself just such men- those of clear· insight, executive ability and unquestioned devotion to the spirit of pure Americanism. These are the men who have fed thls dream child on brains and toil until it has grown to a manly stature with power and purpose that cannot be ignored by even its most violent enemies. Kentucky is fortunate in that there has arisen in our great commonwealth a Jnan, we call him "George," who has weathered the storms that have beaten against the order. Through his effort and guidance scores of thousands have become ideutified with the Crusade. Kentucky, with her deep sense of patriotism, is rallying to his call for a mighty Klan in th~ State, of such proportions that it will sweep the State for all the Klan holds dear in home, in State and in Nation. To those close enough to know his pla.ns, they find him getting into every avenue of Kentucky life, analyzing conditions and applying to them the acid test of honesty and Americanism. 6

The day is surely coming when these plans carried out, will make a ''new Kentucky. '' This is not prophecy, for with 1housands of solid citizens now enlisted, it is becoming a progressive fact. Parties are discussing candidates with greater care, the law violator is becoming more alarmed; enemies all along the line are becoming aroused to great activity Ly actual invasion of their special fields by the Klan. The men of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan realize how much patience, nerve and everlasting effort it takes to insure success in this work. These men know that in GEORGE this composition is finely mixed. His loyalty, work and splendid ability have brought Kentucky into the lime light of the Klan world in a most conspicuous manner. All Kentucky has been • ~itting up to talk and take notes on the aggressive nature of the order. Thousands of Klansmen these days are rallying to his standard with fine determination to put across the plans of eur BIG CHIEF. To him we pledge our loyalty and our work. A mighty host today, we are marching on to still greater things. The Fiery Cross will burn, the call of the Klan will be heard and its uplifting power felt throughout the State as Klansmen work and watch. IN THE UNFAILING BOND. The Author.

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The Challenge THE CONSTITUTION

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The character of its Government. The type or its religion. It •a natural resoUI'CN. The charac\er of its people. P(\rhaps we ~ould reduce our dvilization and progress to two t hin~'-Our Constitution and our Religion, for the people and their institutions arc but the products of their government and religious lifo. The Constitution has been to the American people a cloud h~? day and a pillar of fire by night to guide them on their ~ationnl Journey. It has made a weak nation strong, a poor nation rieh, an obscure nation into one of wo~ld-wide importance.

If all this be true, then real Americans should guard that constitution and that religious fait b, that not one line or dot of their privilege or freedom be dimmed or destroyed. If corrupt polities infringe, thank God "re still remember, nnd cla.hn the people are yet the masters in the land. If a foreign Ilierareby assails its position, rmnetnber it says thero ~hall ntwtlr be a union of Church and State, nor does it admit in civil goYerntnent that Ulo ehureh stands superior to the stnte. It ehallenges sueh attaek at every step of the way. If an enemy, foreign or native, seek'"'S to take from you any right under the constitution of these United States, arise in the power of your free American franchise and by your voice, your vote and your money, and on the honor of your Ohristiau tnanhood, crush such attack as you value the privileges of a free country, not only for yourSelf but for posterity.

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Its Magna Charta

Resolution Passed by Outraged Lexington Citizenry

Tbis wonder cl1urter has guaranteed Free Speech, a Free Press, Lawful Assemblage, a trial by a jury of a man's peers, the pursuit of happiness and religious liberty. It is planted in the doctrine of a square deal. It makes the land an open track and free entry for every man. God bless you, and here's hop• • 1ng you w1n. Under this constitution we have become the richest nation in all the world, our homes the most luxurious. Our fields Nln feed the world. Our money and our missionaries hav~ gone to t hr. darl\:est corners of the earth. Our constitution and its spirit of freedom, have developed a nation of generous men. Since the war we have fed the children of a starving world. lf an earthquake rocks Japan, her S. 0. S. starts our money and our food to relieve her suffering. The weary and the downtrodden of the world turn always fo~ a gleam of hope to the Land of the Setting Suu.

''WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States and the constitution. of. the Commonwealth of Kentucky guarantees to all men the right of free speech and,

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''WHEREAS, this assemblage is informed and believes that the Constitutional, fundamental and sacred right was denied to Rev. E. H. Lougher and about 4,000 citi-zens of this community desiring to hear him on Wednesday evening, August 1, 1923, when he attempted to deliver a lecture and on which occasion he was subjected to the indignity of being interrupted and placed in a cell in the police station after he had led the audience in the Lord's PrayeJ;" and in the sinaing of one verse of' America,' all of which is unprecedented inf!\ this community; "THEREFORE, Be it Resolved, by the citizens of Lexington, Co~ty ~f Fayette, and State of Kentucky, that we deplore that unfortunate event and protest against such invasion of this ·constitutional right; and, '.'Be it further resolved, that we do now and hereby protest agatnst other and further acts of interruption of this sacred right of free speech, and 9

''Be it further resolved, that we do hereby ratify and renffirm the ConstituHon of these United States and of the State of Kentucky, and particularly the guarantee of free speech."

Right of Free Speech ''Be it further resolved that we declare for and reaffirm the right of every person without regard to r3:ce, po~tics .or religion to freely and fully speak on any suhJect, bemg re Rponsible for the abuse of that liberty; and "Be it further resolved that a committee composed of tT . _E. Keller, 0. S·. Johnson and George Ott be instructed to_delivet· ·copies of these resolutions to Rev. E. II. Lougher and to the Mayor and Comnussioners of the City of Lexington and the press, and to extend to Dr. Lougher our regrets that he was subjected to such indignities in our city." ADOPTED AT .A MASS MEETING OF 8,000 PEOPLE · AT LEXINGTON COURT IIOUSE

America Stands for Something America stands for a definite form of government and social organization. These institutions and this government have been assailed and poluted. Her sons apd daughters, fully convinced of this fact, are thoroughly aroused, They propose a prograrn distinctly American-By Americans, For American~, In America. 'rhey believe her native sons c~n best interpret the country's ideals-that they can best put into opet·ation the agencies necessary to keep such ideals strong and active in home, government and political life. To the Klan every man, every condition, must stand the acid test of Amer'icanism.

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Informational

Political parties have been tied by selfish interest. Pulpits have 1aclced courage except to generalize; the press has been muz?Jled, subsidized or by some means enervated in dealinv. with problems of unfit immigration, unassimilated aliens, hyphenism and the perversion of American rights and liberties. The courts of the land in many instances, have become mere politic.a1 puppets and justice has indeed become blind. Yes, surely we have been fed up on glittering generalities and discussions and investigation committees who have doue nothing tnore than pass resolutions, or more often, to use the slang phrase, ''Pass the Buck.'' The Ku Klux Klan is the first definite voice to be raised with definite action behind it. To it religion must be militant as we11 aff spiritual. Law violators must be brought to justice and politics m·ust be cleaned. The KJan has crystalized public opinion until results have been obtained in churches without empty pews, in the defeat of party machines, politica~ bosses and corrupt politi cians; iu l·ringing to justice violators of the law; in obtaining real clean-ups in cities and towns and in general, inspiring people to a new dedication of themselves to the government of their fathers. 11 0

The Knights oi the Ku Klux Klan is not a lodge or society, uor is it a political party. It is a mass movement or a crusade of American people who a're beginning to realize they have neglected their public and religious duty. They had taken for granted that all American privileges and liberties were and always would be secure. They have suddenly been awakened to the alarming fact that a dangerous alien mixture has taken place that it is threatening American stock and standards, and that shrewd political propaganda is at work eating its way into the very foundations of .American Government and institutions. Americans have been aroused frotn a deep sleep in a fool's paradise to the fact that religion is at low tide, business ethics tangled and that the home fires need stirring; that men in public should again be reminded they are the hired servants of the people, and that a public office is a sacred obligation to be filled in the interest and welfare of all the people.

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IT IS NOT THE SOIL OF AMERICA, BUT THE SOUL OF AMERICA WHICH IS IMPERILED

The Klan has grown so fast and won support from such a solid class of citizens in the face of bitter opposition, that it must be admitted it has enormous vitality. It is foolish to think that the earnest people who are lining up with the Klan are impelled by a desire to merely masquerade in white robes and hoods. It is foolish to think that such earnest people would resort to the tar bucket and the laslr. Uurrent events and the courts are daily giving the lie to such nonsense. These thousands of serious-minded folk beli-eve they are working well within the law and their rights to do definite things and carry out a program for the betterment of their l'OUntry. The Appeal 'l'he organir.ation hns made an appeal to the deepest senti·

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''I most solemnly assert and affirm that to the Government of the United States of America &nd any state thereof of which I may bec.ome a resident, I sacredly swear an unqualified allegiance, above any other and every kind of government in the whole world. I here and now pledge my life, my property, my vote and my sacred honor to uphold lts flag, its constitution and constitutional lawa, and will protect_ defend and enforce same unto death. ••

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ntcnt of· thu .A. nlot•icau people. \V.iduspread conditions and fundtuncutal issues form the foundation for the call to the hearts of th~o Atntt'icaus. 'l'hqy are not thinking of themselves t\lou~; thuy nro trying to read tho lotnorrow and tboy feel t bnt poatority. thoir childron. aru involved ill the issue ud ni'Q hauaiug in th~ balan()e. 'l'hoae Klan~odk have roots deep planted iu. the pas~ arowiug through years of snerifice and toil. 'l'his is the land of their fnthera. In their memory burns the story of Waahlnaton and Valley Forge and its tnemorable issues. From that day twen until this hour, those men who built this republio and wbo were builders of men, have been enshrined in the hearts of .America's sons and daughters. To them this land is theirs

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THE KLAN-THE ELECTORATE The Klan believes th e very foundations of the country are in danger through the millions of ali ens from 1nany lands of the world. They view with alarm the mighty host streaming in, not only its quantity but its quality, or rather lack of quality.

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'l'IH•r<• ''"as a f i IIH' " ·IH•n w e prid ed u ur·seh ·cs that. w e were tlt c "m<'lting pot" of ti H• world ; that wr too k people of all hatious, and from our <·nu·ihlt c and aet·r pt full citizPnship rights. \~r hy s hall th e ignorant foreigner t·eccive it 0 11 n g-<1ld en platter in a few mott1hs of tim e?

Klansmen Are Thinking

THE KLAN- TOLERANCE

1\Jauslltt' ll at·e goi ng t o Sl' hool i n th e grc•at life school of :\m er·it·Hn (•itiz eHship th ese days. 'l'h e morP fh<·.v leat'll t h(~ mot·e pt·rt· ious it S{~ m s t o tlwm in 1his bl essPd lund . Th t Y JH'OposC' th a t tl1 r str·a n~r r s ha ll lcnrn some o f t hcst> lrsso ns and ll·arH t h<)lll well he fo•·c he stands ct·own t>d "·it h th e s-upreme powe r of fiH) ba ll ot, thr most powPrful wrapon in th e most power f n 1 11 at ion in a 11 t It c w or1o. 1



will pl'oba bly ue f ound along political lines. Practically every problem or condition it wish es to solve can be set.t led .by good la·ws, good government back ed by a crystalized public opinion in favor of suc h laws and such governm ent. The lOan has no politieal ambitions or desires for itself or its members except as th ey come for·t h in the public fi eld a~ other men come , impe1led by a d csirr to serve. The Klan demands all parti es put up clean , honest , d ecent men- 1nen who arc American in heart and loyal in J>Urpose to <'nr institution s; m en who believe in no for·eign entanglem ents; men who will toady to no power , political or religious, either inside or outsid e the United States ; men who believe in k eepiug separate the churc h and state, giving to all men equnl opportunity in freedom of r eligious choice; men big enongh to beli eYe. the tim e is he r·e when officials, great and sma ll , in th e high est hall s of th e ]and and th e lowest office in th<· villa ge, should ser Ye th e pPopl e witho ut petty g raft or pnhli e dishonestv • . God giv e u s a crop of su <' h Statf'sm en! The t'O uu1ry waits to IH.lH.· lnim t Ju•m ind eed oue hut H.l red p er cent A meri ean. llCSS

'J'IH: 1\nighf s of th e Ku 1\lnx 1\lan t·nnt·t>d t> 1hP 1·ight· ol' tl 11' 1\ uig-hts of' ( 'olumhns to a.t·(·P pt mcu o11ly of thP Ho man ( ';ttl lol i(• f'CJit h into t hl'ir r·anl\s. TIH•y <·mu·t•d c th e rig-ht ol' t IH! .)t•w..;

Th e Klan i3 not a politica l pnrt~·. W e hclicvc that to identify it with or espouse the <' H 11se of any political party would he fatal t o the orgaui zatiou nud to tl1<~ real work of the crusade. The J(J a u, how evc t·, is mi g hty aetive politically, a nd every Klansm a n is a politici.au in th e hig hest sense of the word. 'fhi~ must necessarily be so, for it s c hie f expression and effeetive-

to th e H 'nai H 'rith . Th 0y con <·Pdc- t o the Neg t·o the right to o rgan iz1~ in t l11· A ft·i ca n Blood Brotherhood .1\lliall l'e men of th ei r own ra t' t'. In faet , t h Py eon ted o f Prot est a nt Americans. Each and c\·e t·y o •·ganiza t ion has its aims and program. rrh e Knights of Columhus has O ll t:). Undoubt t dly it includ es so('ial uplift and th e welfare o f the

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men of 1he Romnn Cnt holic fait h. Judgiug from its activities, W<' t•ntu·lude thnt .it nlso has more or less politicnl n.mbition. What is true of this org-nnization is true in some rne11sure of r.tlt<'r 'Qrgauizations. The pres." or the public bas ntade no out ,.,.~, against them ns snelL ~either has the Klan been developed on n bat e progrnm ngainst any seet. creed, color ot· nntionalit •~".

mics of t lu' b1ud t·t·y 1 ht' ir ,.,·jl d,--~ ig-Hs . [t doc.-.. uot lll('l\0 to allow lawlt'SSIH.'ss. hignta·v . and t,·rnuHv .. .. to run riot. Toleratwf• mNtn s gTnuting fr· ..•cdmn nf nt'tion within the ·taw of onr constitution " ·ht>tlwr· ,.j,·it. politi,·ul or religious. Toler:IIH'e is IH~YPr lic·t•mo;p_ It m~~~111 s n t·hallr•ng-t' to everything narrow, unpntl'iolit· or llll- :\nH't'i('nn.

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Th e Klan says heli eYe what y ou lik(' . worship as you choose, i.ntt. remember , your ehnrch is s uppos .. d to he a spiritual aud Hot a politi <: nl institution . ~owh e rt • tlll(l c.-r· th e ro nstitution of the l ~nite'd Stat <'S 1101' Hild er th e wllilllJ>l' l'illg cry or "Tolerance" will auy sert , c: r(\cd or church l1e a Jlowed to dictate to or (·ontrol th P ~tat P. ~ c·i tlt (\ r " ·ill it be Rll owed un chall enged to disc redit . :\ llr c n c·an inst it ut ions. 'l'br fi ,·l f gove t~nm c n1. 'l'o (·ont rol poli ce for ces, subsiclize t lt 0 press, und Pr·min c pu bli c ~wl rno l s, import or lend aid in import in g fo1'eig11 ers for rclitri ulr s-politi c·:-t l purposes. It does not mean ord erly AnlPi·i<·nns shall be t c• JTori zc
'Vhile Klansmen concede su ch rights, they also demand fot· themselves as nativ~ Americans, the same right and consideration for nll Prot estants, who form the majority of the people of this country. 'l'hese native Protestant Americans also hav.:~ a program involving the type of men whom they regard safe for public office. 'l'hey see the need and are working for a more ar tiv e, praeti cal PhurC'h life among Protestants. They are dedi cating themselv es in th e K1AJ1 to a new consecration of 1he faith handed down hy their Protestant forefathers- · men whom th ey revere as the spiritual and political leaders of th e repn hlie, the nten who laid the foundations of the United ~tat es d eep au(]] strong, and handed down to us a constitution}\ 1 gun rant ee that we should be prot ected in th e enjoyment .Q f all our rights and privileges belonging to us as citizens of the land . 'l'h eir prog-ram involves matters of immigration or a chnllcu
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The 1\lan sa y ~ ehuosc your p olitics, writ e your plat fo rm ~ , show np the other fellow if h e needs it, obey th e rul es of th P. game, be a good sport if you lose. All this- then r emem her th e Klan still insists on that old , almost forgotten .\meri ean truth that the citizen i~ th e )I'Msl er· and the offieial has beeu selected ns the servant, and th e .:\fast r r expects to pay him for his serYi ee. Sometimes t hn t pay i ~ in th e very honor confcrcd, sometimes it is t•old cash. In (\it ht'r case, there is uo plnee fot· t h~ modern o ffi l'in 1 :1 tt it ud e---" The public b~ dnmned . "

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Klansmen _\s for Olli'St•ln•s. \\' t ' 1111'11 sit nply to ( 'ltt·ist fl:-i ti lt · t· ritc •r iott or OUI' t• hal'cl<: tl'l', ancl t ht• ~('\\' Tt•stalll t•llt as 0111' g-uidt •. Tlt <'l't• c-tre a fc•\\' fundH m t•nt ;tis 0 11 \\" h ic· la wt• ta n a II a g-t·c •c •. Th e J\lan is trying- to inj(•c·t a little J'l'd blood and ho rw s t derotion into pt•opl" who p1·ol'c•ss Pt·ot<·stHJt1 faith . Jl' th,. nll<'lllies ol' tltc· 1\lau·, \\.t'l't ' as tolPt'ant HS 1 ht•st• .\lltl'l'ir·a u s ' wt·sltoulcl hH\' (• no t•iots , 110 iiiTI·sts for using· 1 he• ( 'onsl itut io11:t I l'ig-ltt ol' Free Hp<'l•t · h ~ illld 11o dit·t y jotll'lla lislll. J\r1 o\\· this, y ou ltowl l• t·s l'ol' T oll' l'HII t·c· . 1\laJtsiiH·Jt art • o\·c·rilltlulgc·nt within tltt• lituits of Amc·ri c· \\'itll 0\11' ho•ll••s. 0\11' t·hllt'c·IJ , ''Ill' ~liltP . .

our pled l'ol'ltl. \Yt · an· 11ot fighting tilt• ('atholi t; r Pligio ll . \V e hnr e 110 l•l'ogTallt ul' !taft· Tor th e .It·\\·. In no sense Hl' t' W l' th e enemy n J· thP :\vg-rn . T ilt' l\la11 •·otH:c·d es tht•m •. ,.,... ,,.political and rt ·lig i""=' t·ight g-in' ll tht•Jll J,~. the• Constitution. :\n yo nc wlt n pla• ·t•s tl tt· 1\la n in any otiH•r light hefor-l' tlw propl c is r ith e !' i!!nnrant Ill' a ljar. Tl~t • n• Hl't' Jn·ohlems c·onJJ cderl with eac h nl' tlt t·s c• as \\·r·ll a s ntlll, 's. and tltl't'( is onlv Ollt~ wav . ,\m ericaus l·a11 lll t•t•t lltt •llt. and that is \\'ithout J•an L ·ut· ot· hatt• to fr·ankly dist·uss t!Jt•tn as we du al l lltatt Pt's of impol'ta.nce, aud tl et·id~ tltP iss llt' },,. . tilt · fa l' ts in till' l'HS \'. Er l'n·one inn)h·etl in C\'t'rv t·t...HJtrO\'t•l's.Y ll t< l\' . r·c:-. t assured ".:'\o matt l' r is ,.,.,.,. SC'ttl ed in this \' t'llll1t·y tlllfil It if\ s\.'t tiL' d r ight .. , Tol cl'ant ~ Yt• gods! Thrsr. .\tn c rj, ·a n s ar·e th e most t oler ant of any JH.·ople in th e world. Go to ltaly, go to Spain, go i/1

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Iuust surely fiud its <·or·r·cetion in puhli e diseussion . 'I'll rot t 1•.' a man's \Oi c-c and you soou IHl\'0 a slave. Rt op disl' ussion and publicity, an9 stinkin g co rrup tion , ,·iec, t y ranny nn d intol c r · nne<' hreed in th r silPn <:r.

A Constitutional Guarantee ' 'CoiJgress s hall 111akc• 110 laws t·<~l" IH't•t in g :111 c•sla ldi s lull c llt C) f r eli g ion Or pr·ohibition o f th e fJ' C'l' PX(' I't•i sc o l' tile• SHIIH', OJ' a bridgi11g 1he 1·igld of Freedom of Speech, or ol' tlt P pr<'ss, ot· th e right of the JH•opll' t o JH'a rr fulJy nsst•mhl e a nd pt•l it i o 11 1hv C:oYrt·nmPnt fo t· t'f'< lrcss o f g-ri cYan e<'s. ! ' Yet nl f' ll of splrnd id c· llc-tt'cll·t(lr, p a triotic Alllc•r ic·a rts. Iran:! b e<~ ll d1·ngged fr·o m 1h f'i r platforms jn t his stH 1c• an d th rown iuto jails li ke <·Ol1Ji tl OJ t l· rooh.;. fo r rla r·ing to r xc• t'f• isc this 1\mct·i can pJ·ivil r g-<' . (' r o\\'ds of .\lll r r ic·n ns ha,·c· hc '<' ll clc· nic
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THE KLAN- FREE SPEECH This pri,·ilege cost Anglo-Saxons hundreds oC years of con flict ,,·ith their kings. No right under 1h e Cons tittltion is 1uore fundam ental to democracy. AH dev elopment, all progress is bo rn in free, open d iscussion . Every e rro r , every evil

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R;EMEMBER - · -c c Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.' ' EYery Htt empt to mu zz le or gag th e people if.i a sta ll at the }, ea rt o f th e nation . " 'l' hc p eople mc:ty sc:tfe ly he ft·u s t cd t o hea r cYe rythin g- trlll' ot· fahw aucl to form t·o rTet· f j nu gmeu t from it. , '

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I j(' I'I' h l il zt. d (\ ll r \\. 1l' a i I i ll h 11111 a II ( I Xis t I I tiC . I •. 'I'I H·\' stn r1 lc·d tlt c· ,,·nt·ld \\' it II 1lt t>i r hold tli'HlHtHis. Tlt Pil' wis• dntn l1 as l•lussn lllt'd int o tht • ltlOst ll lill'\' l' lo ll~ Ft·1•c• ~tat!' in tiH! l.istory PI' ~ l:ltt kincl. ()II r

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\V c• iutc•ttd t o dig i11to lltc· l'Ot t <\ ll III CSS ilS l0 11 g Hltd CIS d l't' p ly as is uc•t·c>ssar.v 1o l<'a t'tl till' \\'ho! e t r11tlt in C\'C'I'." field o f tta tiona l lift• . \ Vf' (' XJ> l'l' l Ill c·xc · wis•· III II' ticr ,... ht or illd ~ OiYc lll f\ 11 llt <' r ig-ht to tlti nl\ a nd t
' The Voice of Our Fathers L isf<' ll to lilt• \'oic· e of \Y a."llingto n ' 1 .\g-Hinst tltP i11sidu ous ' ' ilt ~s o f fo r <'ig-n illl'lll l' lH '<'. I
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Washing-ton had in tn i u ll jit fll tl'l ll't's still ahrnt~d a11d l'l'a l' h. J l q..!· (l('l' O S~ ;111 'O l'l!H ll ~·tn• t c·lt Of t ltu ii Silllcls cd' lll i lc •s .

Remen1 ber This !:;int·c• tltt•s(' stro ng- \\·onl s "' ''~'" 1111t·n·d hy th ol' dt·at It is upon li S. la l; o d ·s 11 am e, Illy Co uu t r y 111 "n . \ \\' ctl.: (\ ! !-'It a k e off tIt i-; destroy in g influ ent• (', n·1 igltt th e fi re oH th e alta r~. Si ll l":!t' · · .J e ltoYall is Uuti. ·~ tl tc· ll lt ·ud yo ur liv es to a 111'\\. rl cYo li on a r ~d ··oll~\'(' l 'ali(' JJ to holll ·, t o rl Hg- il ll d :'\; IIi \· (~ Land . ~;J

THE KLAN-WHAT IS ITS PROGRAM? 1. To tcn(' h nll .\tn(\rt('}\ 1\~ in or outsid0 tho Klan, the dntit's n~ well ns th(' privik~('~ of dti1.<'nship. We believe wh~n our p~t)pl c ~t't the Yision of l'l'U1 :\ H\cl'irnn citir.ensbip. t ht'V wiH work n rm·,, for tW('l'V . ''" il nnc.l nn .\ mt'lri~nn solution fnr t'Vt' t·~· problum. 2. 'l'ho J\lnn hnpos to build itlhl tht' hNlrt nnd lifo of ~ll t·ln~~t'S ln\'t.' ()f t•tntnt l')\ loynlty to in~ t it ut inn~. N' gnrtl for t't'li~iou ns worship t'f O()d, C'hi\'nh·y townrd wonH\n, and devotion to (·lmu1 id onls. lf, as n nntion, wo '-·nu come nnywhet·,~ nonr to such n pt•ogrnm , our nn t ion will bo sn fe. 3. 'J'h e 1\lan stands square for the public school aud fo t· inst ruet ors whose unquestioned loyn lt~, to our ideals fits them to prepare for life and ~Pntrio1ic dnty the citizens of tomorrow. 4. Th e Klan belieY<'S th e right of the ballot should b,, rcstri r t ed to • n1en and wom en who nre able hv • hirtb and cducntion to understand .Ameri<·nnism. 5. 'l'he Klan stands for a closed gate. We have mor(! t han enough foreigners here now. Stop im.migrntiou uutil we have raught up and nntil there is a real need for others. We have taken the halt and lame, th e ignoraut , unfortunate and . rlegen erH 1e for ] 40 yeAl'S. rl'he very ]a\\' 0 f se}f preservation demands we stop .and stop now. 6. 'l'h e Klan proposes ruen for publi c office of undisputed loyalty with a record that insures us tha t th Ely r egard a ''publi c office as a public trust.'' 7. Th e Klan demands in loca l affairs, respectabl e, compet ent, honest men as officials, wh o stand for l;aw enforcement. Stopping priYate graft and the spoils system. Healthful environment in public schools. Clon n moral surroundings for· children.

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sources they can trust. Then leave it to them to form their own opinions and excrtise their own judgment. "Let Their Constience be Their Guide. , Americans respond to this treatment like flowers to the sunshine. They go out to upset all . boss programs, and are the terror of corrupt political machines. The Klan does not attempt to control votes. It · has u l'igher, safer program. Educate, instruct, tell them the truth, and leave it to the people. The 1\lan is above all parties. It would destroy itself if it were tied to a politieal party. Its issue is the . pure, eleau doctrine of Americanism instilled into the hearts and souls of men. 'reach men how to apply it to candidates and issues, and they . will ~lean house where it is necessary. They will stand by real men and measures that have the welfare of the whole people at heart.

in business and constitutional application to a11 activities of the C'hurch and religion. That is all. What is wrong with it or them f Six Feet and Then Some They are not so narrow as to imagine they hold all patriotism, all loyalty, all spirit of sacrifice within their own ranks. They know there has been loyalty, love and sacrifice on the part of many who are not nativ e born nor eligible to the order. They would not belittle such, nor take any of the glory or praise which is their due. They concede all that citizenship implie~ to everY creed. class or color in these l ~nited Stat es. who live right. and do right within the limits of the Constitution . . They do claim that· for purposes for which th ey are organlzed they can with least friction and surest result bring to pass the great program they have adopt ed.

THE KLAN-WHO ARE KLANSMBN?

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lool:: around for the peopl e you C'all yout· best eitizens, aud you will find the type who belong and JH'oha hly some of the a ctual members are in the tlass you havt~ st>Ject ed . On th e other hand , make a list of nll th e uud esirahles in your community, the lnw violator. th e erook . 1ho de.2'cnerate ~ ~ ' the hully and the brawler and tilt• politi c·jans lined up with them. Bet your dollars to dough nut s t h ry don't belong t 0 the Klan.

THE KLAN-SOMETHING LESS THAN 100% The man wlto tries to use the Klan a.lOI a political stepping stone; the Klansman wh o pussyfoots into the ord er, sits down and lets the world go by ; the man who is so yellow he dare not tell the officers of the law of crime and wrong doing; the man who joins the Klan and then Yiolates the law; the man who does not place American womanhood ou a high pedestal and live himself by the same standard: the fellow . who thinks the Klan is meant for himself, his sp ecia 1 friend, and his community alone; the f ellow who cannot Klux until .the wee small hours, sleep a wink or two, wash his face and smile as he says "N f . , ow or another day!"; the worthy C'itizen who is going to

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wait until he sees how it is going; t he man who lets "George do it" and when the laurel wreaths of victory are being passed out says ''me too'' and climbs onto the band wagon; the man who is ashamed of r eligion or lacks the courage to put it into practi ce~ the fellow who doesn't believe this is the greatest country in all the world and splits his loyalty with a potentate in another country; the man who milks the Ameri can cow and goes on for years without taking out his papers or bearing his share of citizenship burde:p; the man who, under the cloa.k of religion, seeks to carry out his selfish plans; the Protestant who professes to be a Christian then sells his birthright- He is worst of all- a knave and a hypocrite. THE KLAN-DO KLANSMEN EVER GO WRONG? Do church members ever go wrong Y Do fraternal societies find misfits within their ranks Y Do political parties ever have 1r.aitors Y Of course they do. In any organization of great numbers there will always be men whose wheels not track straight, whose judgment gets warped or whose untrained enthusiasm runs away with them. 'l'he Klan is no exception. It is hutnan. The fanatic, tho crauk, the meddl-er, the Jonah is always with us. In spite of nll NH'C in church, ~oci~ti~s or pnlitical parties they slip in.

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front don\\ It wn.l~h~ that port~l with J'-'~\\\~\\~ ~""'~- H wnul\l ~\H'tWi~~ t h~ pnbH~ if it "ku~w h"w mruQ' nwn n~ ~t~\'h~\l l\HN:~l~· ''" \'h~n'n~t~t' tJt"\HU\d~. who &N utl\orwi~ t>ligibh:,, 1 t' \\\\\l\ ~' WNl\~, t hQ \\ hu\ ba:ni~~ thon\

It is not fair nor just that anyone shonld blame the organization for an individual act any more than yo.n would blame the Baptist church for the wrong doing of a member. Let's give this Protestant ord er a sqnarc deal. It stands for things good and patriotir. For which of them will •ve ston<\ it 1 THE KLAN IS CHANGING All living things change; all creeds of rhurchcs change. A11 expression of art, all id eas of science c·hange. The very language yon use has changed. You could not r ead nor under stand the English of the tenth century. Party plat fonns and issues change. Change, continual chaoge, with more light and greater knowledge, has kept us as a nation, in eYery field in the front rank. Some things have had to be eliminated, oth~r things added, in the growing life of church ancl state. rrhe ]{}an is no exception. It is aliYe, vcr~r much alive. 'Vorn ont. met hods and id eas must give way to better and lm·ger issues and methods of activity. The Klan was a dream child. It came out of the heart of n man struggling with a "·hirliug mass of wro.ng and error, rlnshiug with truth and pntriotism. lie saw n need, he mad ~ a <.'nll, he suggested a plnu.. Jt ma~r have been more or le~s ~rnde. I-le probahly did not , could not foresee the lines on which the bt\ttle wonld he formed . H e ~~\W onl~~ grN\t need , ~ Hd S\UlHllOl\\\d .\ Hl<.'l'l~n H~ t 0 t h ~ fidd .

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f\o.om the ordtw witbuut t'\}~U' tu" fnv"l', '1'hel't> is souH>thiug inhu\gihle in the ~pirit ot' 'the Klan that purges it of those whose oollduet doe.." not moos\U't> \\P with the Soul of the Ortler. When you take it.lto cous.ideratiou the far-flung lines ot' the organization, its vast numbers, it is ono of the m()st remarkable tl{ings that so few Klansmen have brought disrepute upon the orgauizntion. In our judgment, it stands .at the very top in this respect.

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its own membership has administered it in as large doses as were necessary to make it healthy and sound. Yes, the Klan will change with every great national n eed. It will change in method and fo'rm of activity just as often as it finds better means and more effective methods, Like doctors, preachers, business, politics it will continue to grow and meet new problems with new power, always crystalized in public opinion, the power behind all effective law and national action.

THE CALL OF THE KLAN The crying n eed of America is for men who stand squarely on their O\\'n feet, men who serve their country in a wholehearted , patriotic fashion , men who can live with dignity and not lose touch with 1he eommon mass. '!'here is all too much hlaming others as an ext)use ·for not. doing ourselves. There is too mnch grandstand playing and not enough "delivering· the goods;" too much "passing the buck" to the other fellow to escape the responsibility of personal decision and action. ''Attention'' If you are an American worthy of your blood , get into thl'3 game, be something, do something. It took real life, real {lction to bring this nation into being. It will take all that to preserve it. On both feet, men. Eyes to the front. Ready! Let's go! Abuse 'l'he press and certain classes and creeds have tried to doud the issue by heaping ridicule, slander and persecution on the Klan. Of course they have failed, for ''Truth crushed to ·earth will rise again.' 1 In spite of every tiuade of opposition, the Klan will hold to its program. It is calling to legislator!i \vith courage of conviction, to give the people a square .deal. Don't sell out to any group or balance of power. Fight a clean, square fight, be defeated at the polls or in the legislative halls if need be, but play fair with your country. You will at least be ''Captain of your soul'' and one hundred pe~ cent An1ericans will reward you. with their devotion. 30

In t·he end it will spell Victory. Every reform move, every champion of better things has had to endure and sometimes die for the thing he dares declare. Klansmen and all real men are on the altar of their country's need.

Preachers Stand up and look your responsibility square in the face . 'l'his is a land of religious freedom. If th e leaders of Protestant faith falter or halt before cliques or higotry, if they lose the vision of the most wonderful gospel in a most wonderful land, then God pity the masses. The Klan calls you to hammer without mercy crime:-; against women, rotten surroundings in which children must grow, money ,grabbers and miserly souls, using the cloak ot Christianity to cover the rottenness of th eir unholy, festering manhood.

The Call In the name of your I\'f aster, let there be a ringing t·all f o American 1nen, to hold sacred their birt11right iu a ChristiaJL land. Thousands are selling it for a beastly mess of pottage these days. The ca1l of the Klan ·is a call £or more practical Christianity. Yes, we believe in the sunlit hill of God's etenlity. We have a vision of the "]and that is fairer than day." Vve can sing "All hail the power of ,Jesus' name. " What we want is thousands, yes, millions of our countrymen 'vith their hands to the plough, men bearing burdens, fellows who rp.ake their Jives square with their song; that bit of dogerel is timely: ''I wa.nt to be an angel, F'or this I hope and pray, I want to be an angel, Hut of course not right away." 'J'here is too much of a mess to c1ean up here y et awhile. You ministers of the spiritual empire, that's an invisibl.~ empire, too, send ringing down the corridors aud along t.lH· highways of our lives and the land the challenge: "Onward , Christian Soldiet·s, l\1arching as to war With the cross of Jesus, Going on before. '' Men The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan calls men to its standards, not to P.ass resolutions or · for dress parade, nor merely

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to wear regalia or to feed on the mystery of the order. It calls yon in the most dalmtless fashion known to. m~n to separ~te vourself from weaklings, to make your patnot1sm something ~nore 1 han noise to mal'e it a thrilling, throbbing experience in action aud de,v otion to your country an<;l its institutions, to wake up and sec who are the real enemies of the Klan. .Ask yourself, :Mr. ·M an, if you are by your life co~d~ct and effort defending the inalienable right of home, ~ehg10n and citir.euship' If you nrc not , you had better take 1n your flag and pray God to help yon unt i1 every star is a command _and t•very stripe a highway of r esponsibility. Ilonest ly, men, where do we stand and where do we go fron1 here Y

Hate 'I' he Knights of the K u Klux Klan, by the very nature of its program and the kind of people it calls, cannot, dare not, indulge a program of hate. IIate is the damning policy of !Tell. !late rrawled its intolerant trail through the fires of the Inquisition. Intolerant Bate hurned, sawed and mutilated the bodies of 1'nen in ~he name of religion . JJate yelled its way, a crazy mob, to dr1ve the nails in the hands and murder the Saviour of the ·world, lie who ·w as God •s message of light and good will to a race.

Even Now Jiatc has rolled from the presses of this country against the Klan. HatE: has at tacked Protest.a nt ministers as they stood singing America and leading thousands in the Lord~s prayer, pleading for finer devotion to the land and th~ rehgion of their fathers. Ilate never conquers. It must finally e:rawl back to the pit from whence it came. 1t 's dirty yelp drowned in the glorious anthem: Law, Liberty and Love.

Love Not silly sentiment, but profound devotion to a great cause is the badge of a. Klansman's pow~r and honor. It is his 1nost powerful weapon. It means self.control, determined purpose

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and patient endurance. Love in action is somet imes as sharp as the sword. Love is always jealous of the object of its affection. Klansmen can afford to ignore the mad passion of hate • that dashes itself against the pillar!'\ of American liberty. We need not take ti~ e to argue with the sland er ers of i\.merican Jhanhood. The Rock Our principles are our best arguments against narrow prejudice. Forget all this and more. The Klan program is one of honor, patriotism and religion. We are sure we stand firm and do no wrong while we consecrate ourselYcs to the protection of The white man's home, The white man's honor, The white man's country. The supremacy of the white man in this country can never work injury to other men. "To thine own self be true, ..And jt must follow as the night the. day, 'l'hou canst not then be false to any man.''

THE KLAN-WHITE LIGHT Let ns turn the pure, cold, pitiless white light of publicity on the Klan and see if it stands the test of Patriotism, Christianity and Tol erance. With open Bible on the Flag and above him the cross, hear him, ye scoffe rs at law and liberty, you defamers of men so far above you that you are lost in the night of your sinsoaked souls; hear the Klansman say ' 'I most solemnly assert and affirm that to the Government of the united States of America and any State thereof of which I shall become a citizen, I sacredly swear an unqualified allegiance above any other and every kind of Government in the whole world. "I here and now pledge my life, my property, my vote and my sacred honor to uphold its flag, its constitution and consti1utional laws and will protect, defend and enforce the same until dea t.b. '' 33

Read it again nud t I (.l(!l'd e w 1ta t k1'nd of a man is he who hinds himst'lf t o ~\H: h n pledge .

Tolerance Beneath th e fiery e ros~, li~t en to the truth every candidate

To 1 he man who puts greedy gain before service. 'l'o the hypocrite. who w ea rs a r loal· of Protestant religion find fights with the enemy. To the man who won ' t fight his country's battles ac·cording to the rules of th e gam e.

has burned into his mind: "s;j r s the Knight~ of the Ku Klux Klan, as a great and r•ssen~iall'y a patriotic, fraternal and benevol~nt or~~r, does no~ . . · · t aaainst a 11Hlll on a <:count of his rehg1ous or J.> O d Iscrlmlllfl e t-fl' 'th tagontze litical cr eed when same does not con . Ict WI or an c· ~ 1 the sacred rights and privileges. gu~ ranteed, by our 1v1 GoYernment, Christian ideals and 1nshtutrons. Will the men a nd moYements fighting the l{lan be as big and broad and tol eran t an
NOTICE V-l e h er e and now serve not ice t o all such, that tl!e Klan working by meaus of the law aud public opinion, intends to hend and break such nwn uutil the day shall come when they, too, shall .catch the vision a ud kno w it's u ot hat e. It is just truth acting like a TWO EDGED SWORD. Klansmen, we have posted th e noticP-e"CAN YOC .A JJWAYS BE DEPENDED (7PON"

THE FIERY CROSS

The badge of shame on which the :\'last e r died- it has now Leen glorified and stands as 1he most powerful etnbl em in all the world. It'~ the sign of earth's great est Yi ctories. Its in fJuenc·c has changed p olitical boundaries. Out of barbarism i-t has led the wa}' to a mighty civilizatio n . It has loo:;cd men's tongu e~ and inspired th eir souls until th ey sang n ew song.-,

of lif<'.

Peace at Any Price Christiauity, Patriotism or Tolerance does not mean to stanrl idl~· by and wat ch ideal~ shatter .and law go by the h oard . It does not mean to raise the wh1te flag. of surrender k · when all that meu of a free count ry hold d ear IS the sta e tn th e game of g r eed and wrong.

No Quarter To th e bootlegger anu violator of ~he law. To the man who ·violates the chastity of woman. . 'fo a traitor who w ould sell his country to a potentate In a foreign land.

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In the midst of clamor and clang of sordi~ selfishness and "'rong it is the on ly anc ho r that holds. Wh en sorrow, defeat and death are n ear, it is God's Jight upon tbe hill. Th er e is a. mighty host w hi<;h is lift ed on the wings of light and faith as it sings-(('l'he Way of the Cross Leads Home. " .i\Ieu ba,·e cr ossed oceans, left home and native land for love of it. T h ey have fought wars in its defeuse. 'foday the wayside cross iR marking off the years for millions in their journey to the land beyond the hills of time. This Christian order of Klansmen a ccepts this cross in all the fullness of its meaning. It stands as a pl edge of ear thly c-omfort and a hope of life beyond.

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Mystery The Fiery Cross F rom ancient times, f ire has he en consider ed a purifying element, burnin g ont the d ross and refining the gold. lt flashed the message of primiti\·e man from mountain peak to penk . To the ancient, the blazing sun stood for God himself. The Fiery Cr oss to the Klansn1an represents the vitalizing power of a living Christ , with p o,ver to burn the dross from individual, community and national life. What finer thing could men accept, or under what more pow erful emblem fight u clean, square fight fo r things worth while? The spirit of the '' Brjght Fiery Cross' ' will eventually fill our Protestant <;hurches and let us most earnestly pray. "Brin g America Back to God."

FROM THE KLORAN OF THE KLAN The spirit of th e Kn Klux Klan still lives and should live, a priceless heritage to he sacredly treasured by all who love their country, r egp rdless ot' ·section , and who are proud of its sacred traditions. That this spirit may li ve always to warm the hearts of manly men, unify them by t he spirit of holy clanishness, to assuage the billowing tide of fraternal alienation that surges in human breasts and inspire them to a~hieve the highest and nohlest in defense Qf ou r country, our homes, each other and humanity, is the paramount ideal of the Knights of the Ku 1\ 1n x. Klan.

THE KLAN-WHY THE SECRECY

One of tbe bitterest fights against t he Klan is t hat it is a secr et organization and conceals its identity. I t is true it is a. secret order, but it is built scientifically and lawfully. There are certain laws of life and action that cannot be ignored in the organization of any great movement in order to enlist, function and endure.

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Ther e is ~o m ething instinctive in the human animal that re~pond s to the mysterious or the unknown. Tt finds expr ession in bahy Jife as the moth er c·oYers it s face and plays with it. J;ater it hides behind the chair and fills itself with gl~e as it plays Peek-a-boo. The boy early seeks his false fa ce or hid es his eggs for Easter. rrhe ' '"ife says to her husba nd , ' ·Open your mouth and shut your eyes, and I 'll give you something to make you wise.'' The man with any imagination builds his air v castles that a re dim aud half concealed in a world of mystery. At the altar of :l \Iasonry the silence of mystery fills his souL fJave you ever felt the call of something insid e as you watched a mighty parade of Klansmen with silent tread go marching by Y Their very silence and mystery tugs at the heart strings. 'l' he burning cross on the hill sends its mysterious call to the hearts of men. The myt:>terious passions of love, faith and hope ar e all bedded deep in his very exist ence. Even so, the Klan with the hood, the I\laYern , the plan, the silent forc e, 1he mighty something of mystery iu it a li , appeals to his man hooct . Yon will praise it or blame it as you choose, but it 's there. Ca ll it priniltive, but r emember t hat elementary forces are the mightiest forces of the univ erse. The Klan builds right when it appeals to the ideal , the vision nnd ~pirit of mystery of men 's lives. ~

Strategy . StHTt :s~ impl ies a t'C rtnin nmouut of sctn.•vy . I t is used in <'Yery l'ield of human co nte~ t and compet ition. Does any one imagine the Roman IJi erHrchy places all it s <'Rrds on t he table in 1he open 1 From Pope 1o priest it is a l' losed corporn t ion and its gr eatest successes lwve arisen through its secret strat~gy . Good or bad though its aims may he, it s real purpos~s a no plans for operation are worked out in se{· ret. Big busin ess maintains its service for in fo rmation on markets, works in secr et its greatest plans to meet competition in prodnc:t ion and distribution. The keenest priYate strategy is usrd iu buying and sellin g stocks and bonds. Th e 11 ewspaper gets a tip, and fo rthwith it s r ep or ter s are off lik e th e wi nd . Gu mshoeing and si lent , thei r secr et strategy

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g ot 1h e st o r~'. and 1rinmphant 1~· 1he h eadlin e of 1he pape r proclaims a "Scoop. " Did Gene ral Foch proclaim to the adYancing G erman ~ h e was command eering an t o:;;, t axi r abs and eYe ry mode of transportation from Paris to hurl a sec ret army against th e right wing of the G e rman divisions at the first b"attle of the :M arn e? lTe did n ot. Frauce, Paris, the war was hanging in th e balan ce. All lights w ere out , all lines of communication cut , profound sec ret strategy was at work. Then, Crash! The battle, the turning tid e, th e rout and victory and Paris and France sav ed . The Klau in secrecy is simply using the same tactics as are re C'ogniot.rd as legitimntc and necessary in a great campaign for the right.

Protection the or~anization htts proved its strongest mcm h e rs. A little observation only will the Klan is fighting enemies of lnw and whidl will stop nt nothing if it cnu reach tht• ohj,,,•ts of it~ nuHl t'nJ,te . Klnnsnhm hR\'t~ heen boycoth'tl in husint>ss, tlwir (•lu\rn•.-h't's lu\''" hcNl nttncl\od, their propN't y dt'st t·nyt\d nud t lwir fnmiH,,s t tn•rori1.ml. ViolotH~e auu\ • • mut•dt'l' hn\'t.~ lwt'll doaw nnd JWHI'PI'nl ('iti~t'l\H nt't'N~tod lll pnr-

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~hrill~d "~th spiritua l patriotism.

The strat egy of the Klan is flanl\ing th e army of the aliens. It is bombarding political camps with a pow e r they have nev e r felt befor('. It is the smooth stone in David's sling that is bringing down the Goliath of disloyalty. Enemies of the Klan would giv e muc h, yes, very much, to know who ara 1\lansmen , how many there are in a particular county, town er state. It is th e invisible something that gets their goat. !\foonshiners and bootleggers have the jim-jams ~..J "I' for they do not know whom to approach, as one saJ.U, vc got the stuff, but I don 'b dare to try to sell it for fear I will be talking to a Kluxer. '' . Whole communities arc qu~t~ changing; better order, fuller c hurches and a hc~lthful active Americanism. is beginning to develop. The secrecy of the I\luu appeals to the s~ntirncnt of meta. Its sc(•rct strategy works patriotic wonders. It protects Klansmen from nuln w fnl at tnclt. It is the power t hut rocks the otHHnv's .. boat.

THAT ''MESSAGE TO GARCIA' '

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Blhel't llnbhnrcl tolls tlw story- ·'' WhPu tlw wnt· hl'oku ont bt'tWC('ll ~pain nnd the t'nitod ~tntes it was ll t'l'Ossu.t·y to t•ommunicnt o quieldy "ith th e lendet· of th o insnl').rtmts. Unrt·i :l wns so m e w her·e in the monu t nin fnst ncssos o t' ( 'u ha- no on'' lot cw wh e re- no mail or t elegrnph lllt!ssn ~(: ('ottlrl r ene h him . 'fhe President mu~t secure his co-op erntion und qui1·kly . What should he d o 1

i ce, it is the fren c h spirit of effective warfare. It protects th e soldier as he holds the sector and when the need comes,

Some one said to the President : " There is a fellow by th e nam e of R o wnn wh o will find Garci a if any on e can . " Rowan w as s ent for and give n a lett e r t o h e d elivered to

h e goes ' 'Over the t op . ' '

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Garcia. H ow th e ' · f ello w ln· the nam e o f How a u " t ook th e lette r, • sealed it up in an oil ~ kin p ou ch , s trapped it over his heart, in four days land ed by night o n the coast of Cuba from. an open boat) disappeared into the jllllgle and in three weeks came out the oth e r side o f th e island, ha ving traversed a hostile co untry on foot and d elive red his m essage to Garcia- are

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things I have no d esire to t ell in d etail. The point I wish t o rnakt• is this: :l\f cKinl ey gaY e How an a let1 er t o be d eli ,·ered t o Garcia . liow~tn took th e lett E-r and did not ask , "Where is he at 1" By th«l eternal, there is a man whose form should be cast in dE-ath· less bron ze and th e statue pla ced in eYcry college in th e land ."

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The Present Hour If ever there WAS a time when men of this guage were needed, it is now. Yet how few measure up to this standard oof public need l Too often he is a boss who has dominated a political situation or a stool pigeon to represent some powerful interest. lie is the fellow who takes orders from the gang and is a traitor t o th e trust imposed by the people. Too many public n1en spend the most of their time building their political fences or lying flat with their ear to the ground for the slightest rumble of danger coming to disturb them in their political castle.

Our Garcia It i" not high sounding phrases or loud promises we neeu in carrying the message of Am eri canism to th e citizenship of this country: citizens who are living in the jungles of selfishness and disloya'lty, surrounded hy bigotry and alien hate, shut in by barriers of ignorance and indifference. Unci& Satn wRnts to know, "Where is th e fellow by the name of Rowan" who will not make excuses, th e man who will not stop to haggl e over the pt'iee or C'O nut th e cost , who will strap the message of Americanism oYer his heart, take to the open sea, plunge iuto the jungle and deliver that message or die in the Rttempt 1 This is the challenge plainly put up to men these days. Where th nue sh ould be a thous~nd Hownus fill ed with determination aud con rag~, fired with patriotism and readv for • ;{ction, we find slipshod assistance, dead indifference or halfhcn t·t Ni cousec ration . God giv e us a crop of men t hcse dnys who are something more than po)iti ch:tns{ ll e::tYeu send an army of Americans who at·e som ething heside parasit cs feeding on the country 's JWiYil egt'S :tHd drinldng from its fountnins of Jiberty, thinldn~ only of pcrs0t1al gain , fill ed wil h a sense of t.hcir own impoJ·tnn t•c Hlld r ontcnt to wo1•k out prtty JH'ohl ems nl'frrtiH g tll r ir owu \\r lfnrr.

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Party There n ever was a time when m e~ were more loosely tied t o party. They are pondering, thinking and demanding just the plain truth; unvarnish ed facts about candidates. Elections these days are the horror and nightmare of professional ·politicians-Why Y Simply hec·ause Americans will no longer be dominated by a mere party label. They will not submit to the hoss or ward heeler. Their demand , fin<'. ringing and stingin'g is: ''Give us a man who will carry th e message to Garcia."

PUBLIC SCHOOLS There is no more important message of .Americanism to be carried than 1hat of loyalty to and love for our American institutions, chief allJong whid1 is the public school of the country. T oo much igno ran ce exists in this land of large respon sibility . Here th e burden of the state rests upon the citizen.

Out' shame was broadeasted to the ·w orld when 25 ~6 df th e m en drafted fo~· t h r army were found so ignorant they rould not pass th e si mpl est t ests of educcU io n. Tlt cr e are mi11ious of childrrn in th e l ' nited ~tates out of 1ouch with our puhlic srhool system. l11 private and parochial schools they nr c withurawu from daily contact with the mass of onr boys nud girls. Such policy cnn only develop snobbery nnd hreed misuud er·st n nd in g. lt pnt s a great num l>cr out of joiut with the throhl>ittg you u g life of th e hulk . of our futu 1·c citizens. Th0re is only one wny to keep harmouy and perfect uuderstnudiug. That is <.luring t lit• growiug, moulding ugc of child life to let all classes of our l'hildreu st ick their feet uudet• the sam e desk in the same school. 0 m1tilc, J C\\', Prot ostant, Cath-

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olic-let. them fight their battles, d e Yelop their gangs, exalt their heroes, condemn their sissies, kno ck tll u sawdust out of their bullies and select their common loves and friendships. Not until this co1nes to pass, and Catholic, .few and Protestants mingle in our common school, will we he able to so lYe t lie spirit of toleran ce and lay down the broad foundation of understanding. Here lies the way to banish all sot·ts of alien spirit and exalt a spirit of pure Americanism.

WHAT SHALL WE DO? The Klan demands that. eYery child he placed in a public school and that in that sc hool thrre slw ll lH' only those t<'nc·hers who shall teach: Lbyalty to the l ;nited States as a first and sacred duty. Love for its flag and institutions. Sacr ed reverence fo r the Christian r eli gion, hat-ring any special creed or dogma. A profound regard for la \\-. A cod e of honest business ethirs, decent mora ls and the doctrine of a square deal. Any t eacher who cannot qualify iu 1h ese matt ers has no

plaee in the public schools of th'e Cnited States. If su ch are iu , they should be put out. If they are out they sho uld h•! kept out. Th er e is no more dangerons policy than that of messing up ..:\ mcrican stock.

The Preacher This is a Prot <'staut country. vVe mcau by that, its earliest peopl e iu the mn.in w ere of that faith, and th ey hnve continuerl to form th e largest bloc·k of the population. It is Protestant in spirit in that its fathers lnid th e foundation deep and strong in r egard to 'rol erant'c n nd Religions Freedom . 1'hn t spirit hns been l
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The Big Job Th e big job of serving the spiritual needs of the vast majority of the people of the Cnited States belongs to the Protestant minist er. 1.,here are different practices and creedal statements, but in fundamentals the story, the plan, the work • 1s one. It is high t ime wr found a common ground of understanding. Churc·h fetlerations have their limitations, both in matters of union and program. Th ere is a sense in which all Protestant Christians may unite under the banner of the J(lan for a tuore militant expression of Christianity. The ]{Jan in n o WHY is meant to take over or usurp the prog-ram or function of the church. It is trying to make a platform broad enough upon whi ch all Protestants can stand and "till l"t!taiu th ei r own int f' rpretation of truth.

Be Big Enough Th e 1\ Ian hns huilt a program that makes a universal app eal t o all the fol1ow r rs of Christ. It is calling the Christian ministry t o iut crpr<:'t this program to th e millions of Protest· ant!'i in this Prot est ant Christian country. \Vhat we ask t hesc Protestant leaders to do is to learn fr·ankly aud hones1ly the truth about the Knights ef the Ku ]\lux Klan- rend the onth, study the program , fiud out first hnnu its lll<'t hods and how it operates. Do not rely on the e u ~mi es of the order for your information . You owe it to ~·o urse lf nnd your peqple to 1\now th e facts in the case. 'l'h er e are men in every commuuity , probably in your own congregation, who are willing and eapnhlc to inform you. They ean at lenst tell you where you can find out. Do not be satisfied with anything but the WIIOLE TRUTII. J\~ yon YR lne th e future of the Protestants in .A merica, equip yourself with th e hig truths ahont the greatest chivalric <.•rder of .modern 1i mes.

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open to conviction'' (we sOJnetimes meet with this specimen). How would you like to be under the leadership of a man of that gauge 1 The preacher who is so afraid of his job that he steps with minds so narrow and souls so small that they would have no trouble in slipping through ''the eye of the needle'' we read about-the man who is so intellectually lazy he will not take the time to read the truth nor has he the inclination to move out of his comfortable nest onto the firing line where the real fight is on, and where he-men swell their chests and with a glance to God's eternal hills from whence cometh .. strength to gloriously do and dare the preacher' who knows nothing but ''the peace that passeth all understanding," that may be "peace at any price." Th e 1\,I aster said something about truth and a ''two-edged sword.'' Christian peace is not the peace brought on by chloroform or sleep in selfish satisfaction. It is rather the quiet satisfaction of trnth told and lived and of battles fought and won. The man who spends his time in fighting for creed and dogma, w.h o specializes in platitudes and pretty words, content with pink teas and passing resolutions-God forgive him and smol~e him out! '!'her e is life and living, stinking pools and rott~n life, agony, sorrow, sin and misery, clinking coin in holy places, fields of grain for the r eal reaper, stiff hills for real climbers, long, hard roads for the man well shod. Listen, l\'lan, to the song of a mighty host singing as they go''Onward :rvrarching With the Going on

Christian Soldiers, as to war, Cross of Jesus hefore. ''

Trybute to Whom Tribute is Due Be it known that the preachers of the . whole country have most nobly r esponded to the call. Thousands of them are in lin e. Th eir gospel message has taken on a new significance. l\Ieu are c o~ming to them long absent from their churches. Practical Christianity is again_ becoming popular. 'l' he·se splendid men have gone on public platforms, they have thrilled thousands with their clean cut Christian Inessagcs, their tolerant views and cutting truth. rrhey have been

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THE KLAN-THE IMPENDING CRISIS

The land is stirred "·it h eo nfliet in politics, disturbed with shifting currents of business. Public interest is aroused in the l )CWS of the present hour. These things are merely surface flurries. One cannot discuss the deeper problems of Americanism without going back to the heart and soul of the people themselves. Who are t he)7 1 What are they Y What standards guide them 1 Are they fit, in body, mind and sonl to have it said, ''The voice of tlJ..e people is the voice of God Y'' 'Vhatever may be their voice, it is this same common mass that will color the future for thi~ country, hold its traditions secure and through their power either bless or curse the world. Out of this mass and from no other source must come national strength or national weakness. Success or failure to the rapublic.

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't'ota.t o.f li.'OJ.·eigenet-s aB.tl Negroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·fl,3.62,0 1;) The Nation's coiubiued population in 1920 was .... 105,.710,620 'l'his means we have an .A merican stock of . . . . . . . . 58,348;605 :\lany of these also haY c a foreign ancestrage not very far back. All this means that w e have a more or less diluted .Anglo Saxon stoek in this country of about 10,886,655 mon\ than th e aliens ·w ithin our borders. A close ana lysis might. show 1hat w e ha vc hnt abont onethird of Anglo Saxon stock out of the entire p opulation . This is appalling wh en wP eonsider that mi I lions included in th ese figures arc not th e type that furnished in earlier years th e hrain , musc·]e and moral fibre of the land . 'Vith th e in <: r casing multitude has t•ollle_ a corresponding decrease in the eharacter and health of th e host that has fJowe
'fhat means that one out ef every ten people is below par. They cannot contribute to the common good. They are parasites on the living body of the nation. \Ve have perhaps not 47

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Where Are They? Thl' hulk of tht' fot·(•ig-u <' rs ha\~o work ed thei r way into tho cast, no rth nnd west. They nro sectioned iu vast numbers in our rities and industrial cent ers. 'l'hey maintain contact with th e world from whi ch t lwy ('nme, rend for eign papers, talk forcigti language nnd net iu alien fashion . 'l'lH'Y Ita"" J'(~j e ct cd th e Am erican melting pot, and simply exist ns strangers within our gates. Th ey arc the hotbed iu which th e crooked pnlit i!linn works out his ambition . Th ey r espond to the rndie a 1 aurl rhc agitator. They prostitute the ballot and are the deriding factor in most important local and national issues.

South The south is nearly untouched by this ,·ast army of invad ers, but she has her problem iu the negro, and both negroes and aliens are rcsponsibl c for a large part of the political crookednr.ss in the country.

The Bright Lights of the City

'""' tlre hah\HI;'e l"tu \'HUi<~\lahly lutelHg-ent Ame~'i<'a\l ,~H~~eu~ . No ot he\' w ~\~' e.nn t h<' hHld be m~Hle ~ (Saf~ f
THE KLAN-ELBMBNTS WB OANNOT ASSIMILATE Charges have been laid at the door of the Klan-that it i~ religiously intolernnt, that it is developing race hatred and is 1here foro un-Ameriran nnd un-Christian. If these charges were true in only a slight degree, it would form just ground for rondomna1ion. Remember, the Knights of 1he l(u J(lux Klan is an Ameri <'an organization, claiming to stand for American principles and the protection of American ideals and institutions. It claims these are in danger from millions of unassimilated foreigners, enjoying American privileges and franchis e, from other millions beca use they are not educat ed and because of their nat ural limitations; still others whose racial characteris1ics and prohibition of intermart·iago uft 0r·ly unfit them for assimilation with Am ericans. The Klan claims they cannot and never wi 11 be assimilated because of impossibl e social, racial and r eligious barriers. The question then arises , ''Are they or are the native stock and ~tandards to be the controlling power of the Republic?''

About three-fifths of th e people on our farms are of tuitive stock. Almost the ent ire balance is of tho older foreign stock. Th e Yast hord es of lat er immigrants have huddled iu our cities and centers of industry where disease, immora1it~' and political corruptioo run riot. To this must be added th e t r eck of the N egr oes fro n1 th\~ r-:outh crn fie'lds to the factories of the north. Th e north is rapidly dev eloping a Negro problem different from any that over fac ed the people of the south . • Crowded in the citi es, they fall, as do the weak alien stock. Yictims of social diseases, consumption, alcoholism and narcotics. They are easily deprav ed in morals and fall Yi ctims to t he designing crook and unholy pbli ti cian. The Klan wHl never fo ld its bann ers nor stop its campaign until this stream of alien corruption is halt ed; until we have assimilated everything possible and urilled hv education and •

Ten millions of th em in the United States-about one-tenth of the entire population. 'l'hcy have not attained nor can they attain, the Anglo Saxon standards. God seems to h.ave c reat~d them with more limitations than any other ra ce. After all these years of con tar t with other types of civilization they are still effected by th e low mentality of a savage ancestry. Such limitations must r emain except as centuries of civiliL:ation and edu ration can change them . lie cannot be lifted by intermarriage with the whit e race. Both would fall by God's great law of life. The curse of natural law would fall upou our civilization. No nation eYer mix ed its Llood witll that of anothet· ra e~ and got by with it. l\fcntal, moral and physical degen eracy has always called a halt or disaster destroyed th o mixture. In

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The Negro

no g e neration of .:\ meri can 1i fe can the Neg ro he assimilated . I1c must , in the nature of the thing, stand apart. 1l~ is here. whit c mrn brought him here. IT e is e ntitled to g r tH' rons trent m cnt and opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. All things to prom ot e his welfare, h ealth and industry should be matters of d eep concern to u~ . Jiis r eligious need" should find fnJlcst opportnui1y for expr·ession. Amrl'i<·an law nnd life ndmits nll this nnd sti1lmai11tnir\s that th e white man's snpt·cma cy can do most for the Negro. Th e Klan is all that the "~ord Am r ric·au impli es at it.s best.

The Jew ][ c is differcn t, that's alL Si rwe t he• days when Abram dwelt in the land of ( r of the C hald <'PS he has been a. Jew npart . Tn Bgypt he refused to mix . Iu th e land of Canaan he ~ome t imcs forgot his rast e and m i x0.d with t lw Canaanite in th e land ; bnt always there enmr thr llctt·J.- ing h;H'k to th~ (•all of the blood aud .Jcwish law. Since his ejection from Judea he has been a wanderer on 1he earth. No one talks of his country, his flag, his patriotic ties. In the nature of his history and his racial traits it is simply impossible for him to feel as the Anglo Saxon feels, who for centuries has struggled to maintain home and native land . Th e Jew should love this land. It is the most tolerant of any in which l1c has eYer lived. The .J ew has suffered. The hanJ of all th e world except Ame rica, luls been against him . One wonders if all t-he world has been wrong and the Jew alone th e blameless one. There is room to believe his trait~, his habits, his unchangiug st'\parnti oil haYe been th e things that ltavc put nation nfter twt io u in li11c against him.

fied ,Jesus of Nazareth on Calvary, unrelenting and unchanged they have come down through th e centuries, apart. As a people, they obey the technical side of the law. 'l'h<'i t· ltomes are sacred to them. They are keen of mind and ''Go getters" after business, but in home, business and religion or r elation to the law they are Jews, not A m~ric: n ns, in a 11 that word implies.

Business The ,J ew is not a home builder or a till e r of the soi I. I I is forms of w ealth are often the elusive ldnd. The JTuguenot, the Puritan and the Cavalier came; they hlended and finally lost themselv es in the land of their adoption , and one has to oi~ deeply into family history to trace th eir stor1c Not so th e .Jew. .:\ 1housand years of American 1i fc, jutl g i u~ from 1lH! past, will find bim the same. What will be the futnrc influence or tltis unassin1ilatnd group in our midst 1 One wonders I In religion they are not obnoxious. In politics not aggressive. Their vocabulary spells business, but it takes something besid es BlTSINESS to make a real American .

The ·c atholic

\Vherc has ·it changeJ the Jew in America T lie has passeJ through its fires. lie is a Jew still. He has rubbed against an American world of bush1ess. 1 lis methods are distinctly his own. Does he sometimes marry a Gentile 1 No Jewish trait fades away or blends in the mixture. :Racial or religious intermingling touches him not . ~inr(' a frenzied Jewish mob cruci-

No nation can rest secure with any considerable portion of its p eopl e permitt~d t o give allegiance to any kind of power call ed greater than thPir own government. Cat holic·ism claims the church is superior to the state and there fore the stat,~ should he in subject ion 1o the church. · History is filled with the fallary of att empt s. t o rul e ciYil goY <.' rnment through th e church . No attempt, ancient or modern, has brought anything but disas-ter to both church a nd s tate . Roman Catholicism is demanding more and more insistently positions of influence and' pow e r outside the church and in the realm of the state. She is demanding that a large portion of our future cit izcns be trained under the care and influen ce of the chureh , claiming superiority in matters of education over the state;

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yet when education is left to the church in many lands either the church has proved unable to educate or ignorance has been desired as being more easi ly controlled . The following table is interesting in showing <'Onditions of education in countries \vhcre the church educates and wher~ the stat e ed ucates. Roman Catholic Countries Where the Church Educates

Protestant Countries Where the State Educates

Per Ce nt. Illiterat e

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Ireland ..... _. . ....... . . 17 Belgium . . .............. l 8 Austria . ........ . . ... .. 26 Hungary .... . .......... 40 Italy . ... ............... 48 Argentina ............ . . 54 Cuba . ........ .. ... .. . . 56 Spain ................ . . 78 R raz1·1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Ouatema1n ......... .... 92

Germany ...... . .. .... 1.10 Denmark .. ... ..... .. . 1.5 Switzerland .......... 3.10 Sweden . . . . . .. .. ... ... 3.10 Scotland ... .. ........ 3.5 IIolland ........... . .. 4. England . . ........ .... 5.45 Am('rica .............. 5.38

As long ns comparisons of thi s kind can be mad e, t his country wiH not turn ovet" th e educn1ional system of Americtt. to t he Church of Rom e. Italy has ha d church education since the fourth century. Look at th e l'Olumn abov e and find It·aly. rrhe home and hearlquarters of th e church for many ce nturies. Remember, t oo, this is th e church t hat is demanding that ~ducation of our youth be taken out of the public school and placed in her hands. Remember, a]so, that this church .is under control of a priesthood teaching supreme obedience to ·:-t power not even resid ent in the rnited States. They tell U 3 th er e are seventeen millions of people in the Unitd States giving such allegiance and getting education under such influence. I leave it to y ou to figure out the r esult!

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READ AND KEEP IN MIND From ''The New Age,'' the Official Organ of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, A. & A. Scottish Rite of Free Masonry There bas been sent to us a copy of" Almanac of the Sa_cred Heart," 1922, published at 801 West 181st Street, New York City. Price, 17 cents per copy, postpaid. On pages 67-8 is an article entitled, "The Parish S chool, " and signed by Paul L. Blakely, S. J. In view of t he strenuous statements that the Roman Hierarchy is not opposed to the public schools, we quote from this article: "Our first duty to the public school is not to pay taxes for its maintenance. We pay under protest; not because we admh an obligation in justice. Justice cannot oblige the support of a system we are FORBIDDEN IN CONSCIENCE TO USE as a system we conscientiously hold to be bad in principle and bad in ultimate consequences; and if one point is clear in the decisions of those who rule us hy the authority of God (The Pope) it is we cannot approve a system in which r eligion is separated from education. ' ' We have paid our taxes in the past and the least apprehension which state officials can have is, that we may refuse to pay them. But there n eit her is nor can be any obligation for any American, Catholic or non-Catholic, to approve either as best or for the common good, or tolerable as an educational system, schools which exr.lude all religious training. "The first duty of eve ry Catholic father to the public school is to keep his children out of. it. 'l'he first duty of every Catholic Am erican to ed ucation in general is to support the Catholic schools. It is true he cannot r egard the spectacle which public education now presents --and it s probable .effects
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What Will We Do About It? S t eady s treams of peopl e of Catholic faith hav e poured into the country for 1he last quarte r of a century. 'fheir childre n l1ave b een enro ll ed in parochial sc hools. The influence that h as been gi ve n th em is the same influen ce th ey le ft in foreign lands . Th e Churc h is supre m e, the state secondary. They have not been lift ed into th e r ealm of .A me rican ideals. What wonder , crime has incr ea sed , institutions of correc tion are in ndequa t e, li fe cheaper and la w defi ed ! The Klan asks " What will we d o a bout it? " Vve claim unrestric t ed immigra tion is a c.: ri m e. I t is surr end ering God's g r ea t g ood land to tlw unfit. Th e quota law tha t limit s immi g rants to a certain p er cent. o f the nationals of a ny coun try living in the Unit ed S tates is a bsolutely unsound ; it may help in r egard to q uantity but it does n ot eon sider quality. E xclusion a ct s to shut out Orientals a r c n ot e nough. Lite rary t est s are easily ·eYa<.l ed . 1Jaw s t o shn t out anarc hists, p olyga m ist s, prost itn tes , disna sed p e r son s , Juuatit•s, idiots aud contract labor a r e u ot

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Thnt Yast h ordes o r th em a r e n ot ou rs nncl they n eve r can be r eally o nrs. 'fh er ef ore : Wh en w P. u eed and wa nt oth e r t h ousa n d s , let us invite th em in t h e lig ht o f our esp ecia l n ee<.l . \V e com men d th e idea of our Impe ria l Wiza rd w hen h e says: '' L ayi11 g aside all selfish consider at ion s a ve construc ti ve b en efit t o our land, thinking only of a superior ci"ilization fo r A m e rica, a n d a ft er learning where, why a nd t o wh a t exte nt immigration can advance our comm on w elfa r e, let us say t o kindred countries having our ideals a n d aspira tions, ' T he r e is a place iu Am erica for so m a ny thousan ds of yo u r best citilen s. W e invi t e them to settl e in this or t hat p a rtic ul a r s ectiOJl w h er e ag ricul t ural production or c r eati ve l a bor is n eeded . Our Ellis I s la n d w ill b e moved to yo ur cou u t ry fo r m e nt al , p hysi cal and m or a l investigat ion. ' ' ' Officially a nd spirit u a ll y we will w a nt t o 'veleo m e t he m . They shall be our kindred and o ur God shall b e th eir G od . G uid ed , direct ed, en couraged , th ey wil.l b uild int o A m er ica u life and t o g e1hc r w e sh a li g t·ow in to a ha ppy bala w ·Pd t·e p n h }j{: aud u blessing t o, man . "

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Outside the law are u1urder and riot, violators of chastity, selfishness, greed and disloyalty. 'l'he lawless strike at thd law and foundations of governtuent. They hiss at the upright and clean. Lawlessness poisons the wells of patriotism and lies in wait to do bodily hartn. It robs the widow and orphan. It cloaks bigotry in the garb of religion. It is hellish, damnable, trnitorous. ~[or(} than 500,000 are in our jails anq prisons con\'icted of et·imc . lf we count petty crimes more than a million nnd a qnnrt er breaches of law occurred last year. We paid out ~lX II UNDRED MlLLION DOLLAR& last year for t.he upkeep of all grades of prisons and the direct . loss caused by • cr1me. We led the civilized world last year in the crime of murder. 'l'hirty-three murders to every 350,000 of out• population. St. rJouis nlou e is credited. with 426 known murders.

becorue partner s in trim o with the low <.~st. nuLl viles t Sl' Utn (.)f our "Sodom ' ' r ities, dcn1andiug a ra.h:c oft fn.1111 wom eu Sl' lliug their bodies for gain , drunk ('u reY <~ Is in th e hom ('s of t h(' rich and dubs of the so<.) ial set, boo tl rgge t~ and moonshiners ill violation or constitutional law. Detern1ined Men

Is it uot tim e that ft'O lll so m cw h n n~ cat11 e u protl·sl agnin~L such things ? Thunl\ OoLl , there c~re ~till .\met·il·nus who hc licvc in dc(' cnry, plnin tnorl1ls nnd n rr gnr·(l for· th e ht\\·s thnt have secured for th em th e lnrgc~t n wa~ ttt'P of lih(l t·ty without giving nwny 1o li cense .

The Klan has sounded the call. They will give no quarter; the law violator will be broug·ht to justice.

The Cost of Crime You cnnnot figure it in terms of money . 'l'he men in prison today, if they only do their minimum sentences, must do th;: gigantic total of 387,000 years of · worse than wasted life in the criminal institutions of the country. Let us summon the army of women whose lives have beeu burned, blistered and blackened by crime. T.Jet us march in mighty column the children of the land who have been robbed of a square deal and a chance to come to the nge of manhood au<.l womanhood clean and strong to bear the r espousibility of citizenship. It is the wailing cry of their helplessness that ha:i reached the ears of Klansmen and they are pledging themselves 1o come to the rescue of America 's children.

FOR THE ARREST AND DELIVERY OF

GLEN VANHOOSE WANTED FOR WILFUL MURDER Age 23 years, 5 feet 8 inches tall, light brown hair, brown eyes, slightly_freckled, weight about 150 pounds

DELIVER TO SHERIFF J. M. JOHNSON AT PIK~VILLE, KENTUCKY

People Alarmed Citizens have become alarmed at encroachments against fundamentals and' the guarantees granted them as American people.· Certain t'eligious bigots and bad political crooks had challenged citizenship rights until the hot. blood of resentment found expression in the Klan. 56

The above amount was raised to $500. The man was cap. tured and is in jail awaiting trial. The Klan stands for orderly law. r:-

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    Our Boys Tl~t ·y H l'l' t lit• 1111' 11

    Klansmen 's Duty

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    'I' C'ITC)}' \' I'll ' geanN'\ aud moll IH\\' ha,·e no pln c·n· i11 thP Klnll prog-rnm . Th os~~ opposi11g- IIH· J\l1111 Hl'l ' IIH• n•dy I"'"JII<~ doi11g ll1in~-.; of thnt t· hurnt·l• ·t· todn .\·. Yotll' •· hurt· h is sa l'l'. Yn111' I· •Hi g'l't! g-ntion is snfP . You :tl't' sufP. ns fnr us 1\.•luuslltf' tl are eun l'<' rn ed . Yo11 Ill'<' li\ ing in .\lll l'l'it·a nntl 1\la nslltPn nt·• · natiYt•llnrn , wltitl' , (I PIIti l•· PrniP~ta nt .\tll t' l'i t• :lfl s.

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    !\Iiiii \\'i ll IJt•lp tit•· '"" '' Jl t'ltd,•ttl (, ,say trutl t l'nlly. '· . \1'111~11111 is lrl\\' ·ltl1idi 11 g :tlld ,·11 ' 11 11 ." It i:-: 110 i11s11lt to t l11• g-ood t·iti i.I'II S nt' tltnt l'illt' •· i1.'· that til t· l\l n11 proptlst•s (11 ll':tll li P :JIId c•lt •:IJI 11111. Tilt• o tlt l' l' t•l:tss -"'' " 1'11\lldn ' t in ~ ult . TIt''." :11·1 · p:1s I t It 11 I. T l11' 111 II." t It i 11 ~ t It :t t \\' iII i m p t'\' s~ t It l'llt \\il l 1,,. !'i ll• ' :1 11d i tll('\ll'i'l''"lll' llt and d ,. f,•:tt nt tit ,• polls. \\'Ill) i-.. tit .. I\ lun in .\~ld:11ld ~ \\' 11.'· ~ \\'11,, · ~ .\ s hlnud \ "'''" lll).th ~ ··udt• ~·n\ld l'l 'll jllc•. I lwt 's \\ It,, • 'l'h~·y npp,•H l ''' t h<' prt'SN 111' the• t·i ty to .,rt 1 1 h,•hind this .\11\t•t·i,·n n ll\0 \'t' ll\,\' llt. It i ~ tht•l't' . .'' tHI t' Hilt\01 iJ,:"nnt't• it. It lt:t :-l ''tHll\' tn Ntuy . Yon t' Hilllui h\11'1 it lt 's lu s t t·nll will uot ),,. lh•ua·d until til t' ,•it.'· hns ,.},•uu ,ill\\' t'l'll llh tllt uud its \1\tll'td :-: 1\ttd l't 1 li).fit\tt l\t''' lltut't' ll t'ltt· h · tllttl ll\tlldt·~·d • I

    'l'llE \'lGJr~.AN'l'l~~ \\' aslliugtou, D. {'. " Th e Kluu i ~ t•npidly dcguuPt'Htiug i11tu tit<' most di siut \•· ~Tntiug iufluut11· c ~,,· e r l't•lt in our natiounl lifl'. " 61

    In oJ·tl, ·t· to g-iv!' t·olor 1111d Wl'ig-ht to th<'ir· pt·n~rnm td' fal so prop pt~omiJI C II1 l>u~iu css aucl profPss io nal 1111'11 tht'OHg-lwut 1he coUJI try \\itlwut autlwrity . Jknials fro nt maJJy JH'otui.nc·nt ]H•op le calllc sayi11 g th ey we re in no shape or lllauucr. idPilt i fiNl with "'f11 e Yigilant cs" and tlwit· ll(llll es " ·err usc·d \Yith tnlt aut lwrit •'y· ': Jf Th n •\'i g ila111 I'S m ea11 hy ' · disin1 (•gnl1 ion' · t lint the : Klnn is sh n l.: in g- tl1 f' comlf t·y lnosl' l't·otn so lll C o l' tht• inl'llH' flt•(\S thl'o1tliug its l'i ghts nnd laws, \VE .A CHEE. X e\'l'l' ill tlt e history ul' till • t·O Ulltt•y hHs H IIIOI 'P IJt•t•akingU p 111 a e hi n e •· o me a 1o ng. \ V e a r e ri tt<1i n g o u t "' ho are ~\ _m c r i . l'ans. \Vr will find out if '' '1'h e 'ig-ilant r s 1 • at·,• .-\m e l'il'ans hcforc we~ at,.<' t hl'nugh. There H I'C a lo t of pPopl n in tlw:w t'uit ed ~1nh•s •·lniming- riti zenship ri g hts and pr·ivilr.g-es who:-;,• heart :-; atHl souls m·e ill lands hcvond th e s (•a . ThP Klnn is • ~ moking isitll q~ r·nt ion.'' 1t
    1\1:\ Y Fl ELD. 1\ Y. '; No c·iYi li zetl t OlllJJlllllity has a place l'or ntl Ol'dl'l' whose nwsk!'1 1llH." g'atht' r nil thl' r·owdicH, Sllf' aks s " lt r mentioned , half a do zen or th em, ass ault ed a Klansman with out reasou . foi· \\' lli ~ h th ey will hfl\'() to fa l'e indidm Pn1 s. Th e rowdies, SJH·aks aud t·o\rat·
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    ' ' 'I' l li.S l.S I II (' 11'11111})1' 1 (' (1 1I utt er ed hv c:o\'1' 1'1101' \\Tal1on of' Okhtltntna , who. c•xe~sp e ratc•d hy tiH~ Pfl't·o Jttc>r·y of tlt f\ 1\u l\lux Klnn ot·dc •J'I 'Cl st l'tl (' " clo\\'11 1hr F l EB r ci~O~R \\'ltic·h hil ~ hlaZ(!d on' t' f)kiHIIoJII


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    ANOTHER VIEW OF THE KLAN

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    It is said tlwt th e Kuigltt s o[ th e Ku Klu x 1\lan are. gai11i11 g nt emh ers t·apidly in (it'allt County and thnt tllany lo(·al husi n nss, pro fess ional 11t e 11 0 I'll () ()d. l>[D Yot · ~OTJCE TilE 1\1.:\lJ OF' ~IR~ .J OI.~ I ~C , ~Jl ' DG I·~ ·? \VIf_;T;l.'\J\1~'1'0\VN,

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    ·l J..!\ 1'\C..\ ~~'lim, l\~ . lr Hw .Kl~u tlvt·l-\ \\P h~ w h~t theil' ~dv(wat es ~q'e p.J.·ea(~h · iug, the titu.e is not fa t' (U~ta ut when every 100% Amet'ic.au will he a mcmb<'r of the Ku Klnx I
    ffiVINE, KY. ESTILL TRIBUNE. W c ha YC found sin<'e our study of the Klan, that the orgauizaHon is just as good and mad e from as good incentives as a ny organization ever or ganized . We find you must be : 100 p er cent. American. 100 p er cent. for the Stars and Stripes. You must be a Christian. You must believe in God a nd that H e must be worshipped first, last and always. 'fhat the American flag must be r espected and that no insult will ever be made in the presence of a Klansman.

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    DOES KENTUCKY NEED THE KLAN? The Constitutional Guarantee ' ' Congress shall mal\ c no law-s respe~ting au est a blishn~ent o[ r eli gion o t· prohibiting the free exer r 1se tl_tPrcof. o r abridgina th e freed o m of spe~ch or of press or th e r1g ht of the peopl P. pe~ccahly to assemble and p etition GoYernm cnt for r edress of grieYances. '' Co11ld anything he plainer 7 In Yicw of absolute ('Onstitntional law alltl t·i ghts, what do Yon think of the sit uatiou in 1\:cntucky and who is r esponsibl e



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    1.

    Ashland.

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    ''Chie f of Police . .\m y wi11 have a cordon of pollee 1n !-he f'itv Park fonig ht to see that any l{u I\lnx 1<1nn speal·1ng t ha~t i s done is done in the jail." '

    Richmond.

    "On a warrant s·worn out by Judge J. T. Goodloe, a nat io"nal speaker was arrested for attempting to sp eak on th e issues of th e Klan. The charge was criminal syndaca'lism and carries a p enalty of 21 years." (\Vith apologies t o Russia). By the way, w e und erstand the Judge says he docs not exp ect to run for office again . What a pity! 8.

    Mayfield. "An ordinance passed to prevent any pu hlic spealdng. l ct· -

    ture or mass n1eeting on any public street or -a11Py or in publi c buildings withol,t first obtaining the consent and a permit from th e Chief of Police and th e 1\Iayor." War-time measure, I suppose. Germany passed the same l
    9. Brooksville. A .petition by Father Conn elly and Rt. .Tames Cat holi r Church, protesting against I\Jan gatherings and address.

    2. Owensboro.

    " Dr. E . IT . TJ
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    Hopkinsville.

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    "No permission was nsl< cd for any t lu_ng fn~·tl_tct· than n. lawf nl sp eaking and rpecting. A~tcr secnr1~1g ~ ruuon of Qi1y Attorney Jam es Breathitt , Sr., tins was d cn1 ed.

    4.

    Lexington.

    5.

    Fulton.

    6.

    Louisville.

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    "A clas h with eouuty o ffi<· t· r·s Thurscht~' m~ht J>l'l!\·ent ed au acldr·css and initiation o f H class of candidat es t o th e Ku Klnx ]( Ian on the Blythe Ancl c t·sou farm. C(· t·t n in _mmn hen; wh•> l'aised o b.jcction to 1he officers entrance on pr1 Ya t c prope rty withont. a w,arrant, we~e arre's1ed. ''

    .

    ' ' A nation al speaker is d enicd the usc of the (•lt_y ha 11 for an ad<.lress and it waS' ordered no meeting of this lund should be helrl."

    THE KLAN SWEEPS ON TO VICTORY SfiELB YVILJJE Six hundred candidates w er e initiated in a gt·eat opcu ai t· t· t·remoJlial at Shelhyvill c last 'I'nes.day night. 1\[ore than eight t itonsand T
    Throng of 50,000 Gathers

    " While extra squads of police guarded th e plaee and kept 1he t hou snuds of 1\lansmen and pedestrians moYing along the ~t r cct. a d etail of police arrest ed R~v. E . 11. Lougher, well knowu publicist of the Ku Klux lOan, who was to have spoken on the Jot adjoining · the Cadle Tabernacle. ' ' (Private property absolut ely no police authority.)

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    PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY, ATTENTION! Do We Live in Russia, or America?

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    With lift ed visors so their faces could be seen, more than ~0,000 Klansmen and women march ed in a parade ·more than a mile lou g. Great bursts of applause occurred ~s Old Glory passed along. Heads were bared and a profound reveren(·e eame _o:ver the vast multitude. The gathering showed the tremendous strength of the order.

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    EAST LIVERPOOL, OI-ITO Firewor1is, lighting effects and a mighty throng mad(! l~'ishers ' Field a memorable sight in one of the greatest. gatherings ever held in Eastern Ohio. With plainclothes men, police and Klaviliers handling the c> ro·wd li11ing the streets, the par.a de passed off without a single hiteh. .A large class was initiated and splendid enthusiasm prevai]erl. 75,000 ViEW KLAN PARADE- FORT WAYNE, IND. ~1arcl1ing to the soul inspiring strains of "Onward, Chri:;1ian Soldiers,'' many thousands of Klansmen paraded w bile a cr~wd of 75,000 lined the streets of the city. Continnons

    applause and wild cheering greeted t he marchers at every step. Beautiful electJ"ic crosses, floats and decorated autos added to the brilliant scene whi ch was carried out without a single disturbing element. THESE

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    glimpse of the menace that confronts the nation. Speakers arrested, buildings shot 'into, men assaulted, officers of the law deliberately Yiolating the law-such things are causing 1\..mericans to ask ''What next Y'' AND THAT NEXT liAS USUALLY BEEN '1'0 JOIN 1'IJE KLAN.

    STANLEY FROST IN THE OUTLOOK s~ys

    the Klan is th e most vigorous, effective. and active organization in th e t:ui1 cd States. li e also admits it is growing at a tremendous speed. <'Its influence affects every public question and every activity that depends on public opinion. 'It controls in a way no political party ever controlled, cities, towns, counties and some states. It numbers millions in its mem.bersbip. NO BIGGER TIIAN A MAN'S HAND "Two years ago the cloud was no bigger than a man's hand. Today it has covered a great part of the heaven and is still' spreading. It is surely on a road to supreme power." It is time a re-appraisement of the Klan took place. It does not mal'e one atom of difference what .your opinion, attitude, or criticism -of the Klan may be. The thing that really matters is: WHA1' ARE rl'HE FACTS ABOUT THE KLAN? GOOD SOLID CITIZENS ARE JOINING ''They are the good solid middle class people, the backbone of the. n~tion . I~ is simply ~bs~d to believe that these people are cr1m1nally minded or n1ore likely to commit outrages than any other equal sized body of citizens. ''So it is clear, the opinion most of us formed two years ago, that the Klan was an attempt to g&ther wild, lawless ele~ents into power, that it was composed of gangs of nightridmg hoodlums, probably criminal, certainly crazy-it is clear this judgment is no longer correct.

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    KLAN WAVE HITS KENTUCKY Arrests and Riot by Enemies of the Order Lend Momentum to the Movement Reports fr01n all parts of th e state show that the membership is mounting more rapidly than c~er. Overt acts by the· opposition have done more than anything else to promote its growth. It has given American people a

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    A GREAT NATIONAL ~IOVEMENT ''It is clear the Klan can no longer be dismissed as unimportant. It has become a great national movement ·a nd entitled to all the dignity and respect which ·belong to such movements. · '' r.rhe very fact of its growth today is proof enough that it canno~ ~~ harmed by persecution: prosecution, ridicule, ignorant critiCism or any other method so far used.''

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    OUTRAGE CliARGES CN PROVEO "It is pure f olly to longer att nt·k it ns ' la wless. ' It is tru e n lawl ess art may have been committed or an individual Klansman gone wrong, hut when you consid er the mighty host o f Klansm en and that in states wh er e they are the strongest not a single charge has been sustained , it must be admitted the (•hnrg(• fallR flat as to such conduct . "

    Which Foot " Th e shoe is 110w in f;H :t on th e ot het· foot. lt. is th e offi<·ia Is who ha vr hrc•ome " la wless" and t he lGan i~ suffering ill ega l p erse <· ution . llundrcds · of minor offi cial).\ are stret ching th eir powers as did Governor Walton o f Oklahoma.''

    Reaches Into High Places " Th e J{Jan r ea ch es into high pl~H·es. In New York Cit~ · 11t t'«'(' men may he mentioned ns typien 1 of it~ npper laye r . A man nr:IJ' the top . of .:\ merica 's hi ggest manufacturing <·orporation. A doct or urar th e head of this pro fession in the eountry. 1'h e owuer of a powerful magazin e.

    ALT.1 ARE ACTl VR ('JH ' RCll l\'fEN ."

    FLASHES FROM THE FIELD 'J'h e m en who arc carrying this fight into 1he en emies lin es, who are stirring up patriotic spirit in the midst of i'n differ eu ee and wrong, are worthy of the highest praise. These sarnplt..s are but a few of the httnd1·ecls o<•c urriug every day in lining up K entuc ky's manhood . " A man came to me who had been drinking and asked t,l} come in. lle promised to never tal{e another drink. I took him at his word. .After he had been in the move1nent a short tim e he began to att end church . Ile built a small Bible clasH 1o three times its num her and has brought thirty-nine men in1 o 1he Klan." TilE J(L.\ N IS A BUILDER OF !\!EN '' t;phill and dow11 we went until at last we arrived at a little shack called a store. My partner said, ' Wait, I'll go in

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    and run 'em out.' ITe did and 1hem and nat nra li1.ed them in a Then inside th e store w e sat on to Negroes pl ay and dance. Of were Klansmen.''

    1h er e iu 1h e r oad we Kluxed s hed in th e .. eat· of th e st o r e. hags of potato es and lis t en ed (·ourse 1hey did not J: rww we

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    The lady was discussing our "Non Silha " c·arcl t ha1 gi \·es the platforln 0 f 1he K lan. She r einarked, 'err he pr·i II Ci pl cs Oil this. card read all right bnt that JJatin phrase a.t. t)H~ top ii-> where the dirty work comes in." Iflr.re nrc the \\'ords s he m eant, but could not r ead: " Non Silha Ned .\ntlwr·," tll f' :tning,, Not for self, but for others." . SO!vfB 1\·IORE FLASHES

    "The infernal indifference of som(' p eople who s houl d h ~ in, is what g et s me. I wonder what it will take to p1·~, th em loose, wh en they admit th e truth of yo ur stat ement s. a c·k uo \\'1(:;dge the n eed of 1 he I
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    r ested in Kentucky sitwc the Civil War on that charge. It seems to he a serious mnttl"t' to fo\tand for th e Am(lrican flag and th e A mcrican hom e. ' '

    "l watttf'd a flng . Not nne r.oulrl be found iu the town for Ral~ ()r for th,,ir own displ~\,y, 'I'he b:tHl< did not. have on~. 1'he l)O'Bl or£icc hnd l\Ol\C' . 1\he puhlic schoo\ had lost their~~ two ~~-e~t'~ he(ot'e ~H\U n ~\· tw lnc\\ted it. AH thh~ iu ~\u .\H\C''iP~H\ h\\\'~' . u ~\\\\\\' HN' tt r~w 'he KhH\ '0 ~t h' r"'~ th\\• hn lH\~ .

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    KLANSMEN WELL RBPAID ASJILAND, KY.- "Politicnl situation ohnngod. C htu•o h e~ open for American addresses. Public opinion fuvornhl o, many ~tills captured. Officers compe1!ed to act., ~IICHIGAN

    CITY.-" Operation of bootl eggers hnlt ed; 8oft drink joints closed. Gambling restrict ed. 'l'ho whole ci-ty has changed since the Klan becam e aetive." PERU, IND.- " A successful campaign, r esult ed in many bootleggers arrested and a clean-up of the city that is most gratifying to the better element of citizens. '' INDIANAPOLIS.-"Klan investjgators were busy for weeks with the result that the worst offenders were given long st ntences and heavy fines. A smashing blow was dealt to vice in the city.,., PARIS, ILL.-'' One paper states: The city is undergoing one of th e greatest clean-ups since its incorporation one hundred ~'en rs ago." NEWARK, OIIIO.-"The Klan program halted vice in the city and pnrged it of its worst violators. The· better element, l{.lansmcn or not Klansmen, were heartiJy in accord with the program that gave. us· a clean city."

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    GAHRIO'I"l', KY.-" For the first time in ycnrs Garriott has I?a~sed :t Christmas without ldllings and la\desR' disorder. A sptrtt of deep contentment was over the town . The Klan i~ eutttled to the credit, , (Garriott is a mountain town,)

    . ~l\An tON\ 1LT1.- " 71000 people gat h\'H'ed itl a d ~mnn~t t\n .

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    . ft~HANt)N, }'\\\=~' t\hH\ m~~\{,~~ \'{\hh~u h~ hH\\\,hH\'~\ w~n\l\'W~ %h~t ~u1 f ~l"h~ ill~~~ ht~k~\h \~\~k~ hut'l~tl ~Hh\ Hw '~"m i~Ht'{l wH" . W(i\1,t1H ~H\(l m\\n, o,'(,~\'l~~ "'""~"'~"' \'\\\\' h~O~ "'Hl l~W ~ht
    OlUO.- (' 'Vit h m~yo~ Qi man~· <'hies aud t(\w l\S gningu~to office, who have be.en spnnsored by the Klan, stnt o- wict f' .

    dea~-np p_rograms have begun in many oities lik o Loraiu , llam1lton , Newark and Dayton.,, . FORT W A YNE.-''Klan investigators turned ovor ~5 hnrrels and 4 jugs of liquor as ovidenro to the Federal oft'irc.rR in 1he C)OM-~lp drive. noot)eggers, gamblers, and la \\' yjo)at ors were prcytng ou young g)rls. Within a week after th e (•rusncl P ~ tarted roadhouses of the most. disreputable chnr·tw t cr nnd wh ere young girls were found drunk, some of them not ovrr 14 years of age, were closed, chairs piled -on the tahJcs. 1\fore t hnn 100 bootleggers were sentenced by Federal judges."

    LISTEN These are only samples of what has heen going on in H f housanrl places all over the country. Flagrant violators arr est ed , 1he Bible put back in the public schools, greater r espect for th e flag, many churches fill ed with people renewing their pledge to God. ..The spotlight of publicity has been turned on many evils. ~1tles, towns, churches and individuals have felt th e uplifting Influence. None but the most prejudiced can deny th e marvelou s benefit that has come t o hundreds of communities hy the efforts of the Klan organization.

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    SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL

    WOMAN AND THE KLAN

    Th e great rst men Arn r t·ic·a P\"r r pt·o
    Dedicated to the Protection of Pure Womanhood f=;in cc 1he world was young. woman's lot ha ~ hrrn hn t'cI. Do th ey Sf! ~' . "The hand that rocks the cradl e rul es the world ," a pretty tribute, hut the story of th e ages has h ('en one of brutal subjection. Th e majority of the world sti11 holds her a ehatt el, a bearer nf burd ens; her hack must. henci. her arms mnst toil , that her mastrr may r est in a lordship, the absolqte King in his Castl e. What tribut e of words ran pay her for her enduring patience, her mighty contribution to th e comfor t of the "·orld? It is time these mothers of men came into possession of th e tardy r eward due them since th e dawn of dav . • A nation ca n rise no higher than the spirit and virtue of its womanhood . Our Land, after al l, owes its emincnr c t o the fine spirit of t h e w oin en at whose knees we learn ed life'~ first lessons and its first prayers . Hr hin cl th e thron e of life has al.ways ber n th e ~ririt of som•' :,.:·o c: d \\"(JJiltlll urging men onward and upw n.rd townnl the' hig-h est ideal s \\ ithin th em. 'J' hc \\' O IIl Cll of y es t crday arc sleeping hut 1hr y ha \'C pussrd on to tlt r it· d a u glliP J'~ o f t oday tll e herit ag-e of large oppo:-1unit~·. Th ese wom r n nrc our moth ers, our \d Yrs aud swcctltPat·f R, and the chil dr(•JI in our hom es. J\o f'ittrr spirit of 1·hivalr·y touches th e 1\lnnsman 1ltan l1i s p1t·
    You need not read anti-Klan pnpers or print ed li ~ts to fincl out who Klansmen are. Thry arr. living all ~hont yon , doing kindly de.eds and living straight lives. •

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    W h at s h a 11 it profit , a man t o how 1 1o t hr. w ho1e world ahout patriotism if he is a stranger to th e tnig-hticst. orgauizat ion that fosters it? Wh en th e world rises up and hits yo u a. slap, Keep on! Jnst tighten the reins and say " Gid-dap ." J(eep on! Fo1· tld s world of ours has H c·urions way, So met im r.s of handing a big bouquet. 'J'o t hr fighter "'\v•ho has the nerve to say Keep on! lf at first you shonlrl fail, why dou 't stand. aghast, Keep on! Yon HI' C' not the first, yo11 won't be lh e last, Keep on! Hrm em her, Klansmen, th e world will pay 'l'he man who can C'lean it up clean, and then say Get right, l\·Tr. World, or get out of my way, Keep on t When confronted ·by two evils, a lot of men choose both if they nre good lookers.

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    Demand clean surroundings in the city for her young. Give her boys text books that do not apologize for our national heroes. Churches that ring with a clarion call to duty. Do all these things and, devoted to our womanhood, our lnnd will be safe from serious harm.

    WHO ARE THE HOODLUMS, NIGHTRIDERS AND TERRORIZERS? Duru1g the past v1eek the large plate glass windows of the \¥caYer Furniture Company in West Washington' St-reet wcr~ shatt ered by having fiYe bricks hurled through them at 2 0 'clock in the morning. A firm on ~fadison Street felt the wrath of anti-Protestants J,~· ha \'ing their windows broken out by bricks. These vandals clri,· c through the streets in taxicabs. These were Protestant sto'r r s in Indianapolis.

    Why? Dr. JJonghct·, a National speaker, tal\eO by force and cast into jail hy Cnt holic poli ce of Lexingfon, Ky., a.s he attempted to speak from the Court llouse ~teps, permission ha:ving been giYen him hy 1he proper authorities, was arrested. ns he ~as leading six thousand people in singing America and repeating 1he Lord's Prayer. Where in Kenfu cl\y has the Klan ever been guilty of such lawless intimidation?

    THE KLAN IN KENTUCKY HAS JUST STARTED Pubiic Opinion Did It-Paducah Candidate for Mayor

    Fights Klan; Is Defeated

    Wynn Tully, Only Man on Entire Ticket Who Was Not Elected-Defeated Candidate Took Active Part in Attempt to Stop Klan Speaker Paducah, Ky., Nov. 13, 1923.~Wynn Tully, candidate for ~fayor of this city, and .who, it is understood. took active part in the move to prevent Dr. E. H. Lougher, a speaker for the 76

    Ku Klux Klan, being given a permit to speak iu Paducah on the ni~ht of November 2d, was defeated at the polls by Dr. .T. N. Bally. :Mr. Tu1ly was the only man on his ticket who was not elected. 'l'he election clearly demonstrated that the voters rpfuse to place in office men who hold the right of Freedom of Speech lightly. The News Democrat, of this city, carried an editorial commending Mr. 'rnlly on his .actions and forecasting his election. 'rhe News ·Democrat had previously said thai an attempt to "inject the Ku I< lux Klan issue, into the elrct ion "had thrown many Republican and Independent votes to him," but when these same votes were counted the ''extra ballots in favor of 1\{r. 'l'ully seem not to have been cast I'' REST OF TICKET ELECTED ''The fact that all other candidates on :Mr. Tully's ticket ~ere elected, shows conclusively that his act in aiding the faction that attempted to stop the l{lan speaker brought about his downfall. ~Ir. Tully is today in the same position as scores of other ex-candidates who posed before the votew as antilOan candidates. Kentucky, it would seem is no different from Qer sister states, and the Americans wi'thin her borders showed displeasure for those ·who make mockery of the Coustitution of America, which emphasizes the right of FREB SPEECH.'' ..

    WATCH KENTUCKY NEXT Politicians Begin to T&ke Heed-Ohio Voters Uphold KlanAnti-Klan Candidates a.re Beaten Throughout the Entire State ,. .Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1923.-Tickets sponsored by the Kn1ght.s of the Ku ~lux Klan won sweeping victories throughuut. Oh1o at the electH~ns last Tuesday. One single exception. in a. e1ty where the fo.re1gn population takes on gigantic proportions compared w1th the total number of the inhabitants ''proved the rule'' of Klansmen throughout Ohio. One of the greatest showings made by the Klansmen was the election of certain candidates where the foreign population fought them bitterly because of the fact that Klansmen had ~ponsored them openly. At Portsmouth, Ralph Calvert, candidate for May;or backed by the Klansmen, was elected over Mayor William ' N: Gablema.n, who about two weeks ago took steps to have u

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    nnmber of J\lan~meu Hl'l'ested wh o were r<.' lea st•(l on ill:eount of the flitnsiness of the charge. At Springfi0ld, th e anti-administration 1i('k ct \\' Oil a t·om plete viet ory. r1'hc present ad m iuistration has fought the Klan bitterly anti 1he r esnlt is that the ticket hack ed hy the Kl~u h~s ront ed it from office.

    Then will the Klau scatt0r to its homes and listen to a song of victory worthy o( tlte soldier who fought a clean fight and won. \Vith this vision of a glorious day, let us again resolve deeply, sincerely, that that call shall come only when America is a land of real Americans; when its law is law and the spirit of God covers the land as the waters cover the ~NL

    POIJITJCIANS TAKE JIBED As a r csull of the election Ohio politi ciaus "have tiH~ ir· ear" to th e ground. They realize there must lH~ a b ou se(·h•aniJ1g' 1n politics auu that it is now demanded by the Kl~nsmcn 'vho (1 r·e determined to have good government. 'l'he elections have clearly proved that th e aliens of this ~• at e and the crooked politicians in the future will have n. nPw force to contend with . The Klansmen have shown that they nre intent on placing iu office only those who wjlJ giv r good g;overrnnent and have the best int <'r·estfl of A m e r•i(~.a ~t h (•n r·t . THE LAST CALL

    Som e day it shall he said, in a time whe11 mrn 's soul.;; shran ,. . and weak men said "The battle is lost ; " wh en weak ' gpirits wailed and ''rong and injury s1 alk ed th e 1ancl; when disloy~]ty was plauded and liberty's head was how ed-TliE KLAN 'VAS BORN. It fired the souls of men an ew. lt 1if.tc•cl ' 'Old Glory" from the mire. Peak aft er peak it !-ical ed until high, high , that all the world might see, it float cd s1ill oYrr a nation c f brave men and protected women . Some day in grateful memory men will "-rite the story of the Fiery Cross-the cross that once was the badge of shame and disgrace on which a Saviour died, now the badge of Christian honor. Woven with 1hat story will be the devotion of millions of American men and women, standing against greed and wrong, defending a civilization beloved of God and dear to the heart of the world. The last call of the Klan 'vill be heard when its need shall have melted into a nation and a people saved; when honor prevails in the land; when public servants serve; when happy children laugh in a garden clean; when hatred, n1a1ica, passion and envy give way to higher and better things. 78

    Land Land Fron1 Fr?m

    'o mine, mine, mine! 'o mine, miue, mine! Atlantic to Pacific, the palm leaf to the pine, W1th the old flag waving o'er us '!'here's no foe can stand before us, J.~and 'o mine, mine, mine! l.~anrl 'o mine, mine, mine! rrhere is the Starry Flag, 'rhere is the Fiery Cross. ~~ARCH

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