New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 12

i « the lawless. HUHLOX KANTS IN SESSION HERE‘ (Continued from Firwt Page). down to defeat fighting for lost cause. “It was the Ku Klux Kian spirit that Invaded Boston harbor and dumped the British tea overboard, It © was the Ku Klux Klan spirit that fol. lowed Washington through the fle!ds .and swamps of Jersey leaving a trall in the snow from the blood of tor. tured feet. Tt was the Ku Kiux Klan * spirit that put the crown of Engand , Off our head and sent it home, “The warfare aaginst American . llberty began there and has heen waged relentlessly for generations, ‘A lot of sleepy Protestants who read nothing but thelr newspapers, if they wi'l open their histories, will find " something to startie them." The speaker clalmed that the Mon roe Doctrine was written to prevent “four papal kings" from giving South America to Spaln and dividing up the United States. “The Ku Klux Kian was not or. i! ganized to kill negroes, when first " started in 1867," contended the speak- er, although he sald the people were taught to belleve that. “It was or- ganized,” he continued, “tn protect women and homes. After the Civi’ War In the South, women could not step beyond their front door in vil- lage homes without being subjectew to assault by some black bheast, “The Ku Klux Klan didn’'t murder anybody. It didn't tar and feather anybody. It simply scared the neégroes so they hehaved themselves " and it chased the carpet baggcrs out ! of the South. " K. K. K. Flourishes in North . "There were more Yankee soldiere @ In the Ku Klux Klan then than & there were Confederates. There are more members of the organization % now, north of the Mason and Dixon “ line than in the south,” he continued £ refuting the claim that it is a south- ern organization. Stating that a member of the Ku . Kiux Klan raust he white, Protestant, Centile, be'ieving in the supremac: of the white race and the absoiute . separation of church and state, he ¢ #dded, “In Chicago, only five out of the 96 judges are cligible to member- ship. Ouly 10 per cent. of the poiice ere ‘Honest to God Amcricans’ Only 20 per cent of the city officials are real Americans.” Seventy per cent of DPresident « Wilson's appointecs were members of *® the Knights of Columbusg, which rep- *rvs!nu only 12% million people,” he % said. “Who are they that denounce ?the Ku Klux Klan” 1t is the lawless . and un-American eclement in the country, and ruany who do not under- a e semaw # stand the purposes of the organiza- tion and who are being deceived by As quick as an Ameri- ‘hun gets his eyes open he denounces ¥ our oppenents, They are not fighting, ! Klansmen as individuals, - they are - fighting the things they stand for.” U. §. Senators Are Klansmen The speaker said he has helped to initiate 17 United Statcs congressmen ! into the order. He said he can pick * out members in the United States innl.!.e and among the governors. of the states. He denounced Kev. Dr. “ John Roch Stratton for the ter's » opposition to the Klan and a New York paper for the =ame reason. ‘xpea,kinx of "lw recent congresclonal nvestlnflun he seid, “The Ka I . Kian {s the only organizaticn in Am- («rlcu tonight that hav the distinction of having been haled hefore the United Stat>s congress and given a 'pec’un bill of heaith. If the Protect- % ant church had not Fare lheen i asleep on.the job the word swould 4 1ot need the Ku Kiux Kan.” .~ He denounced a New York minister . "who spread himself all over the New i York Worid and who gt ‘30 indignant ~ at the Ku Kiux K'an members be _ cauge they were white men’ that he . wept bitter tears in heha'f of the poor ., down trodden negro until one won- ; dered If he wanted to he negro, ! “why under the sun didn't he go to Africa and be one?” & Henry J. Allen's defeat for reelec- © tion as governor of Kansas was ac- JOIN THE NATIONAL BANK CHRISTMAS CLUB Open Saturday Evening December 23 FOX'S — BMon.. Tues, Wad, Direct From Btrand Thenicr New York WESLEY DARRY, In “HEROES OF THE STREET" NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERA™D, THURSDAY, DEC the only ones in at. Kklansman ever those only, are tendance at which a dons his regalia,” "The constitution of the organiza- tion specifically farbids the use of t rogalla fgr othep than the purposes stated and should a klansman violate the law of the erder and his oath, and It hecomes known to the exalted ecy- clops, he would he immediately turned over to the offeers of the Ixw It he had violated any eivil or crim- Inal law, The klan regalla s kept | under loek and key and subject to % e | of the presiding officer “We are not afrald to unmask, but the movement itself demands se- crecy,” he sald, He told a story of a man in a eity who was so corrupt that the city judge called upon the klan for assistance, The klan select- ed a committee of 20 citizens who obtained evidence that convicted the man, who had members of the police department on his payroll, of running a white slave joint, selling liquor and | gambling, He was sent to the pens- {tentlary for 20 years, Dr, Newton sald the Kklan has nothing against the Jews, although he sald "1'he league of New York ought to be made to stop smuggling Jews into, this country when immi- gration laws say thelr quota s filled,"” Influenced Connectient ilection, “It was a right good thing the Kun Klux Klan was in Connecticut during | the last election, especlally during | the governoits election, We don't stick to a party, we vote for the man,” Stating that the klan has nothing ugainst the Catholle church as a re- ligious Institution, he sald, speaking of certain properties amounting to a large sum that the Catholic church | does not have to pay tax on, "I am Just as opposed to the Methodist, Bap- tist, Presbyterian or any other church receiving this as I am the Catholic| church." “We are not going to fight the Roman Catholic church,” he¢ said. i “The constitution says every man can worship God as he sees fit, or not at all if he does not see fit, and we are going to stand by the constitution, Hf- cited an archbishop of New York and | several priests in Ireland who take| their church to task for alleged mix- 4 ing into politics, “The pope is a pce litical ruler,” he said, will | RUB LUMBAGO OR BACKACHE AWAY RED PEPPER FOR RHEUMATIC PAIN Re Pepper Rub takes the “ouch" from sore, stiff, aching joints, It can- not hurt you, and It certainly stops that old rheumatism torture at once, When you are suffering o you can hardly get around, just try Red Pep- per Rub and you will have the quick- est rellef known, Nothing has such concentrated, penetrating heat as red peppers, Just as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub yon will feel the tingling heat, In three minutes it warms the sore spot through and through. Pain and soreness are gone, Ask any good druggist for a jar of Rowles Lied Pepper Rub, Be sure to get the genulne, with the name Ilowles on each package. . e —r—— credited to the Ku Klux Klan, Atianta, Georgia, Memphis and In- dianapolis werc cited as cities where fhe Kian is so strong that if it want. ¢d to be lawless, and the speaker em- phasized the term, “If we wanted to| be lawiess,” certain newspaper edi- tors could be summarily dealt with und little would be said. He repeat «d that this was not the aim of the klan, “Who ever heard of an organization that has Christ for its ideals, going ot and doing things that are im- morul, unjust or lawless? We have our hands full trying to get the truth before the world,” he said. Speaking of acts of lawlessness per- formed for which the klan gets the credit, the speaker sald they could no:s He further stated that in the re- cent race war in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was the klan which safeguarded the | negroes from the “low white trash, who would have murdered every ne- | gro In town.' A GIVING GHR!STMAS Stanley Memorial Church Reverses Custom and Will Have Pageant for Near East, Chrigstmas will be celebrated by bringing gifts of old clothing, cash, ete, for the Near Kast Rellef fund, at the Stanley Memorial church tomor- row evening, when the Junior girls under the direction of Mrs, O, A, Marsh will have a pageant entitled “Christmas in Many lLands." Different races will be represented m\g the pageant will tell of the ob- servance of the holiday season in many countries of Furope and Asia. EMBER 21, 1922, L e el S LSS ik Banta Claus will be present and will distribute gifts to the children of the primary and beginners’ department. The Junior and Intermediate ehil. dren . will celving them, these gifts to be sent to the Near Fast, hl‘\\n\llll (lll: \\'IN- €iols 807,902 nml (umu in Scotland | Court for Loss of Ship, Edinburgh, Dee, 21,—The court of sesslons today awarded the standard Ol Co, Clan line steamship operators for a cargo of oll and other shipped on the steamer Clan Gordon from New York for China, which sunk during the voyage in June, 1920, disband because of this, any more| i Kiux Klan the next dax,” he eon- | ers, Consistory Mesons, the Knlahts| “yoiiowing the address new mem- of Pythias, the 0dd Fellows. all of \pory’ ware signed 1up How many which he says he is a member, and | there were the officlals dachMned to|, ngo. Since that time he said there have heen nn rahharios, count of which was printed in yester- | soreness, stiffness and lameness dis- What Happened the Bootlegger, | day's Herald, or if the klansmen ever | appears. Don't stay crippled! 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