New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1924, Page 6

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THE KLAN AND POLITICS While the delegates at the Demo- erated convention balloted upon a pro- mention of the Kiu platform, a posed specific Kiux Klan in the party thousand plain clothes men -from the New York police force mingled with the spectators in the gallery. Fully as many uniformed spread down the aisles and remained “in reserve’ at the rear of the large oval filled with perspiring and hysterical humanity. Until early Sunday morning the fight was waged, first one side gaining and then another until the minority report was defeat- ed but only by the slightest margin imaginable. Had it not been for the licemen—representatives of order—present, it is very, very prob ble that the convention then and there have ended in a riot such as has never been known In political history. Nerves were tense and all were on edge policemen between delegations | many law po- and would Representatives of the law were all that kept the galleries and on the floor, from doing hodily ral attemp's partisans, in harm to each other., Sev were made to do so as it was, Wherein one great lesson was point- ed out to the Police, ap- pointed to keep order, kept it and ir- respective of what any party platform country. may say it cannot do away with fac- The olean, tional disputes by words alone Amer led by unprejudiced thinking, great n public, straight sea that its mandates are obey jook to it that its representatives of Jaw enforcement ure respected as they the wiit | , will wore in Madison Square Garden local point, for the time being, of dis- sension. There in no place heme of government for any organi- its in the American gation which endeavors to obtain ends, no matter how exemplary those ends may pretend to be, by terrorism and intimidation, Such acts have been attributed to the Kian, Therefore there | 18 no place in the American scheme of government for the Klan, Hooded as- sassins, moving under cover of dark- ness or masks to visit “justice” on in notent or guilty, are nothing more or criminals mselves and dealt They and, less than should nothing else in our courts Kiven merited by People of or Gentiles black of white eording to their rights as citizens and punished 1f of mis- They should be subjected eriminals, be be with as should tried it found guilty, the punishment they have thelr acts, the United Catholie or Protestant, should be treated ace States, Jows equally guilty demeanors to the penalties meted out to crimin {ndividually or in groups whatever their race, creed in our courts or eolor. No one, no clique, should enjoy im- munity from prosecution because of peligious or social afillations and, un- mightily mistaken the Jess we are temper of the American people. and by that we paople, not thamselies alone the mean the whols American a few, who have taken to Jttributes an fean is not to countenance ¥ murder a je not #nd remain " Fere on " de for V asemingly agres wuestion wak | Boor, we belle | commonly no real harm providing the Kian is guilty of some kit has bar attributed to it a before the of the THES opinion. But regrettable that the subject was introduced | that conumon American not allowed te take its with the Klan as well as with v other organization which might be acensed of offenses againgt tite con- “itution of the United Statea Yon, readcr, may have a decided opinion one way or the other. The con- vention did not. as was proven by the ! vote. It is a regrettable state of affairs, Klan issuc but b not the that that is eertain naticism may by fiscussion those who for- mong passive in their opinions. Klun shounid have been named as the jion got as far as ment =hould not have occurred, and the peculiar part hat it would probably not the Kian through of the thing is t been head ignored the have itself forced its jtatives at the comvention rep THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM The sub- n e Democratic platform as New York resolutions comnitte the key Pat Harrison, and the address of Sen- mitted to the pony enti by the fol the lead set by er, Senator ator, Waish as airman and devotes considerable of its space to an attack of Republican management of na- | tional resources and its distressing re- sults in the elimination of three cabinet members from the adininistra- | The 1t party tion, as was expected st war ery of the Democratic is “oil,"” and they cannot be blamed sounding it. The platform goes further than con- demning the Republicans as a result of the recent oil scandal, but definitely the pledges the party to recover oil reserves “fraudulentiy” sed, and the various the it ution of the guilty This in as prose transuctions, is guilty of wrongdoing entitled should be, those in high erring punishment as the guilty in low places are to as un-y places. The promise of further tax reduc | tion 18 in line with a similar promise tepublicans, so that no matter a by who probability that taxes will he lowered. reduction is politiclans | | wins the election there is tax thing however, first rule, the A about promise, Revision of the tariff to the crats means revision downward, or for The of the xehequer being what it is, huge Demo- revenue only state na- tional sing necessary to keep the gove ernment a golng concern, a tariff for revenue only nowadays may not mean | the same as it did years ago, when | sums | governmental cxpenses were Jess, {he tariff I8 to be a source of consid able revenue to the government, the | rates must be in proportion. That the Democrats believe in & much lowet | than the Republicans goes | Untortunately, instead | schedule unquestion: of belng a matter for scientific fixation, the tarift continues a football of poli- ties, 1t would be of much benefit to | the country ag a whole if this eternal | problem were taken from politics als ted on a more ¢ body together and oper through national i a for the the tariff looms in politics many partl- clent b chosen purpose. 8o long as san votera in some parts of the coun- try fqrget every other lasue and take | sides according to their tariid interest. Right from the shoulder is a plank for governmental control of the an- thracite industry and other corpora- trolling the necessaries of 1ife heen tions con welfare has private general latter sen- | “whera pubiie subordinated to interests.” 1eaving the more determime that 1 coal In- age for those who ean it i e move to contre be population not {aentified tence it 8 elear the what will the Ausiry will popular AmMong alnsses of the with the coal industry Rend| of freight revision the transporiation manifestly Intended to placate irasc ratex and | 1= ment 1 sct o i- ble western farmers Wwho ar in arms against the high cost of shipping produce to markets. Other shippers, manufacturers, will' be in plank. The t Esch-Cum including terested in such a party tands for revision o f0ad act in the interest of and the abolish- hor 1 1 whi ad 1t the party were to win railroad t and carried out earriers would be in the of sl transpor for ing threatened hy wage 1 ma- b ve without the present act as a bul- he pasta s plank 'AIN DAILY HERALD the RRepublic enfored Ary law more rigidly than | the so long the dry ns Jaw is on the books. We do not know whether this will frighten the hootl The time q all war goes a little further than | afting of resources in same | It will the Republican plank on the «ubject, but in eifeet is the same. medhs that hercafter man power not alone be gubject to draft, but that | will likewise be The of these planks in the platforms of labor and capital placed on a war footing. object both parties is to take the profit out of witr, and nake it lesa likely to be furthered interests anticipating an orgy of What the actual result would be is clot hed in a by money-making. always hat the mist of doubt, as laws da not work out as theory suggest parties believe mese planks mean less likelinood of war.is self-evident, and it is hoped they are correct in this diag- nosis. As a concomitant to this plank the Democrats also favor sweeping re- ductions of sca and land armaments, presumably in conjunction with other nations, a peace move of importance. The platform is what might be termed an effective document as suc h things go. Like form, it tackles lems the hard to keep in touch with and on the Republican plat- a multiplicity of prob- tha average man finds it which he can not be expected to vote But platforms are built on the order of Sunday intelligently. pretty much newspapers, a few lines of something frequently | to catch and nothing very deep about anything. everybody THE TORNADO KING One moment a city of happy people; the next moment devastation, death and injury—this is the story out of the west. Tornadoes in the west Bt have the wires, of are not un- rarely been fraught with calamity due to the furies of the wind | as has been the case the past 48 hours. | 10 common, such s&tories The middle west is susceptible such occurrences for geveral reasons chief among which are that large sec- | | tions are prairies, giving the wind full | sweep without obstructions of |nn||n-i hills. A rolling countryside, | i New England, s/ We have tains or such as we have a preventive of tornadoes. | serious storms occasionally, bhut neth- like the terrible calamities that sectimy of ing periodically visit the flat the land. The elimination of trees farming likewise in the country alds tor- When the west nadoes, the Indians roamed through and the white man had burdened the landscape. given to thousands miles in which trees are the except it These rquare not begun to civilize forests | have way of jon. The first work of the old scttlers wa® down timber; then came the The giving to cut plough Jand is now a garden of tarms, winds an eppor- high { tunity to sweep unmolested and when cities happen to be within the path of the cyclonle fury wholesale destruction | remults. The hazards from tornadocs in the Residents of that west is constant rich section are never certain of peace 1t fo realize that unpleasant death must be decidedly at any moment by storm e around the corner AMERICAN AUTHORS been honored with scientifie Americans have Nobel prizes for peace efforts but in the 20 years work and medicine during which such prizes were award- has ever in ed no American won one literature authors During that time American have great clsewhere of their prospered r than others Some works have attained world-wide recognition and have into millions of homes. Much put in America may be withont gre t » it gone of the enrrent literary out- merit, merely fulfiliing the rpose of meeting a demand; but is incon ceivable that ail of it in of such slight merit not to be conridered in the class with Nobel prize winners The fact is that some of the Nohel yrige winners in literature have not v stood well in the estimation of American public jdeals of the Americar up the an It garding excellence in Jiterature ferent current taste abroa 1t is said that there from were A tion 6f American writers that have done better in garnering N prizes; but that is a supposition Atest works rature have not neit wre in it won prizes; er have the gr works in music or 1s The Nobe pUrpose winn s rarely sver of lie says a W and than the opinion of a prize committe pays—is vastly more important There may he American authe . {ONDAY, JU | J (By George 8. Chappell) Darling, you are growing old And you wear the scars of battle; Somathing in your manifold | Sounds like life's expiring ¥attle. | Your ignition spits and halts, But I hasten, dear, to tell you | That with all your many faults 1 shall never, never sell you. No, when your last spark is gone And your busy days are ended, | You shall stand upon my lawn, Filled with blossoms, gently tended. | Neutrality ‘ {'at, the janitor, had been presented with a carton of cigarettes by one of | the tenants of his building. | “They're English cigarettes, Pat,” the donor, *“but I hope you'll enjoy them in spite of that.” | that's all right, sor an- swered Pat. “Oi see they have cork | tips.” ' said *Sure —Otto Freund. Of course, nearly all of us are ac- quainted with woman's most popular- colored hosiery, namely the banana | shade. A clerk, in using his most persuasive sales arguments to convince a cus- | said: “These hunana hose a very popular—they are so easy to slip | on." | tomer, n Just This On 3 We'd like to write Upon that current theme, “To boh or not to hob” the hair But then, they'd think us mean 4nd so, in all shear juatice, We will waive the subject o'er, Lest we be s(h)ingled out and trim. med And made a fool the more itor: Don't eurl your lip at these crude lines | We slaved to bang them out, | Vhat matter if they take offense, They'll do no mgre than pout). But print them in today's “Fun Shop" And us for the crime, Unless you barrette, we'll pleascd Though it nets us not a dame, | M. M, B, and R, H. I\ Salesmanship “Well,” remarked the glib-tongued salesman #s he hustied home after the dear girl had accepted His proposal, and had permitted him to slip the solitaire on the proper finger, “I may y that my little talk this evening ‘rings the belle'.” (V! blame | be & P, Gilleran The Placo Where Good Boys Gol! Teacher:—"Do you know where the little boys go who don't put their Bun- day school money In the plate?” | Walter:—"Yes'm, to the movies Marguerite Lot Dark Ale and Light Heads The good old days were just the bunk Because, when we drank beer, We drank at night before the light Or day was shining clear. With daylight came the aching heads Which nearly drove us mad, The good old nights were good old sights . { But ah; tue days were bad! ~~Marry Boyajian Recipet A unique way of serving chicken salad made of veal: garnish the dish ith feathers pulled from a soff pil- w. This gives it an alr of ehic. With Our Readers Who Browse | (High-Brows or Low-Brows) Mitdred Lynn:—You will find complete poem in the handy volume entitled “The Folks Door.” The first verse we are glad to quote the little Next “How wlecp the brave who sink to rest,” To the toud apeaker's fearful bray Whose nelghbors nightly seem pos- eonsnd To tune in on all U, B. A Modern Relationship “Let's #ee, you are re: Baldwin by marriage, Gortrude Iated Harry aren't you? Marshall Harry to.” You see s engaged way Yes ed the inm marr girl 1 -G, » dokers! a game—henee it its rule they seem Smedal 1. st But to let it run ®=o still K Everytime I try 1 play just like a at all can take my ~—Melvin T. Kafka History of the Bible negro pastor was explaining to founded congregation how Pharaoh’s danghter A Moses ir bulrushes bredderin® Moses cattle the dere wid sistern ir hasket surtoundin’ him, an ground. But a brave gal way through dem grabbed up little Aone ed an’ little ild ' an rraoh's Forcin ragin’ animals, Jat's how from de bull-rushes.” 1em pawin’ d " rn iter was she Moses ar she him OUR DREAM DEPARTMENT Dream Interpreted and Night Mares Anaiyzed Free of Charge ned a Last night 1 drea ng rice pudding out of n an angel rushed in in kimono and told me that the Liberty had just had her 1 londly ed: “OF the spirit mortal be a Vibeed yel should of " & na nf® imets by newspapers of Cpntributions from they are original. poese At rate o Fur on cots e count ters, providing pished, and will_be pald for € from 81 e side of st contributions to the “ care of the forward 0 copted manuscripts D ted ®he hash. { haven't yet learned to charge for the | NE 30, 1924 me what this Can you means? 1 (Constant Reader,) | —Minnie Kemp. Dear Minnie:—Your dream is a| prophecy; foretelling that you enter-| tain more than a sisterly affection for | your butcher's brother-in-law, and| that you evill soon attend a bargain sale of Mah Jongg sets. i His Ideal Girl (Before Proposing): Fugene:—"“Can you cook and sew and sweep and keep house?” Alice (expectantly):—"Yes, deed!” | Eugene:—"Well, if the worst comes | to the worst, you oughtn't to have any trouble. finding a job.” —Samuel J. Reisman in-| | Here's to America: the land of the free and the home of the bob, and long may it wave. | (Copyright 1924. Reproduction forbidden). | i Facts and Fancies: BY ROBERT QUILLEN Home is a place where you can trust | Centers of culture, among other| things, are places where bootleg eosts more. | O1d Lot himself didn't look bad. | Doubtless he was headed for the in-| surance office A hick town is a place where they ice water, | | | | An illustrator is a man who draws i a picture to give away the point of the | story. . | There's always a bright side. When woman got emancipated she discard- ed her hat pina. f chivalry but there In good old days o© men up for women, were no street cars then, The easiest way to keep up with all the new hooks is to read Dumas in the first place. the stood about a urge you There's bunion to have one good thing Your friends don't your teeth out dis- can yme children don't lie, which counts the theory that parents teach by example alone. which dise It you wish to know from section & man moved, wait and cover which section he cussed. who think up| when it is| Mothers are peopls some foollsh errand your turn to bat. f&n't everything paunches on the of moderate Just | \ | fome of | beach he- means. Wealth the nicest |ong to men Roredom is the when life seems to hold nothing in prospect ex- another cigarette, state fighting its final many. cept 1f he swears roundly when he meets {he sharp corner of a chair in the he is not a wicked burglar, Adark - - ™ “We searche wreck,” #a wasn't a pint Correct this sentence ed both cars the the « ‘and in either.” after there Oshorm ane Tean Hy The Asso Paris, Ju Olympie trs erippled by PELLLLALEEEABLLH000888004 25 Years Ago Today} that dute since its Ktates, face far York noi A irom Hemid of FPIVIIIIREITIIIINI 1 on with (Taken Py Ernest Freese collided he a team on Lexington strect yesterday His bicycle padly smashed, the frame 1 wheel being de- molished raul H started doing vacation duty carrier oftice todas and Mra, M. J. om their wedding trip residing at 356 Kast coun was forward his sum- at Ner mer as the tocal Mr turned f post re- and Main DR. are Now srect the high school hanqueted Eim Tree Inn i gion last Herbert H president of the class, acted as &5 of '99 of at the Farmn night Pe toastm 1 to v P Observations On The Weather ___________—-—J 26, —Forecast for ing obtund New gland the moderate Wa ther ¥air today ¥ slightls cooler on east const; esday fair, wosterly Bastern New York 1 Tuesda t s nor at wi inst it Distur orgia and North tled showery districts from to Virginia Conditions h C nothe And And 4 over the north wenthet Alahama | The reported thern tward gre amount turing the last 24 ches at Raleigh, N. centra over saseed out the A extensive contral over North producing tempers Mountains and « tair 1 And t hov 1 stogics And t wt rbance 1 ar is is with Rocky tween the Missiesipy r this vieinity cool nights. 1 must ke two chess P minist I CELLAR GOSSIP Mys.: “1 wish our coal bins were full.” * “Nonsense—there's lots of time yet.” fr.: Mrs.: “Yes—but you can’t always get it when you want it; and they say it’s better now. :‘V"ell, I've never bought coal in, the summer, and [ don't propose to begin now. I've never.frozen, either.” Mr.: “Just the same, if we bought it now, we'd save the price of a pretty good hat for me. What do you think of that i “Or a straw hat and a pair of shoes for ME! There may be something in it, at that.” There's a LOT in it—lower prices, better coal, and sure delivery. It's well worth your whtle to call us now—and get your coal on the most favorable basts of the year, The Citizens Coal Co. ptown Office 104 Arch St Tel. 3266, Berlin Yurd Berlin_station Tel, 2675-3, Vard and Main Office 24 Dwight Court. Tel. 8. opp. 2 ENTINE CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED Here's the latest picture of America’s newest and biggest balloon, now completed. It is the ZR-3, now receiving tests in the Zeppelin factory, at Friedrichshafen, Ger- t soon will set out on its flight to this country. STARS INURED Brown of 1 ol Taken to Hospital 1ated Press ithictes returned to the Foes re after treat. confident their keep them of it is feared hy the that their condition em putting up ) yurt headquart While they aps will not ampions . are m ont I'he team's followers 1 team mi America e misha A fie tt from a gories of . L was giving him et not zome the United take part in Boston Ne- prevented parture from 1 its en | I H high jumpit anup in this ever Ne Brown A most serious loss Brown, Ne he A1 ay's tryouts at T M oToy Oshorn, - has 16 holds the np s i the decathlon, back after at Colombes, urymen and seem ecialgy to handle iily hospital for . from | high is American ho is suffering tendor e leg and main in the FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL The Shoemaker’s Children By DR. FRANK CRANE a ke Lusiness e worst . when it na t 1o he the hegt judges of its + a hard time heing good moral sense from becom. P and conventions U ted the phrases in the most absurd Jooking 18 are proverbially meia oly y family of & dozen will protast that she the old maid thinks she knows il amedia 7 T mother of 1 training while more about ranning a newspaper than at is editing it; shder alw make than eithef he head master of a boys' school sends his own boys to anothed itution; And when ar it y e doctor's family gets sick they invariably send oul r physician re €0 vila; ressma rlliners he horse propr [ plug e gh-c fmporting house emokes . at whose s into the eourt ‘reom all arise, k, cannot command the he ummarily udge Jearned fi awyed who talks bac his own wife sho that ? may be m on for this whole class of Atinme n4 simple, while T + Thetances ar® Myt erions Copyright, 1924, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.