The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-11-10
Routed Rev. Thomas Dixon and
His "Clansman."
They Have Immortalized Them
selves and Covered the Lead
ers of the Race, Residing In
This City and Other Sections
of the Country Over With In
fanny and Shame.

ing and emotion, and tears dimned his
eyes when he concluded. The impress
sion he left upon his hearers was as con-
vineing as his denuncation of the hate
inspiring, riot provoking and lying
drama.
His honor being a lawyer started at
once as observed in his challenge to DR..
MosseIl, to play with his subject He
kept up those tactics till Lawyer T. ].
Minton, a fine type of the best citizens
of the Quaker City IN the days when she
won the distinction philadelphia Law
yer) for the legal practitioners of her bar
Lawyer Minton Immediately challenged
his honors circular and before he was
through speaking the circular was care
fully layed away. Lawyer Minton read
an extract from a statement made by
Congressman Felmning, Of Atlanta, in
which he says: "The chief offender"
speaking of the causes of the Georgia
riots, as Dixon and his 'Clansman'
Anctaer prominent Southern states
man denounced the play as nasty and
cowardly."
Continuing, Mr.. Minton said: I'VE
protest against this play because of the
i'll feeling it arouses in every community
IN which d is produced The respect
that We command is destroyed, we are
slurred wherever we go; we are pointed
out as brutes; our women are sneered at
and our children on the streets and IN
the schools are subjected to indignities.
We feel for our homes and our children
as much as you do, and we appeal to you
on their behalf to suppress this vile and
vicious play"
Mr.. Minton cited several INSTANCES in
New York and in this city to illustrate
the evil effects produced by the play upon
the minds of some true thinking white
people.
Lawyer Geo. H. White, Ex-Congress-
4 man from North Carolina, now resident
here made a masterful appeal for the
suppression of the play.
Among those present were Rev. DR..
lG. L. P. Taliaferro, Rev. DR.. E. w.
Moore. Rev. DR.. r. w. Fickland, DR.
! AIgernon B. Jackson, d.. Thomas G
Coates. DIR. H. NJ. Minton, DR.. William
Ia Davis, DR.. w. M. Stowe, James E
lMeGirt, Charles H. Brooks, Rev. DR.
Armstrong, Bishop ]. E. Stansbury
Lawyers John A. Sparks; John w. Parks
and G. Edward Diekerson. Mr. A. E
Makel, Mr.. Braiehwaite, Mr.. Thomas
Swami, G. Harold Smith Of the Pubhc
Record and of course the Citizen wa
there.
This is a sad day in Philadelphia for
1.-The ~darfies," who said, Il wish the
\ 'nigserers' would do something" we re
turn the complemsnt with thanks, fol
this new appeIlation 'Niggerers,' uset
lby business gentleman m an attempt tc
Icritise his superiors in his race for dar'
ing to defend the honor Of our women
ls,nctitx Of our homes. We wish, th'
.Iniegerers and 'dariries' would at ieas'
try to do something.
THE efforts of Number OF clergy
linen having failed IN their efforts te
have "Tbe Oansman" suppressed BY pro
Itest TO Mayor Weaver when 1t was herr
i severaI months ago. II was readily DC
lsded nv a number Of leading citizens
,Ishat something stronger was neeesssr,
"a stoo Il when We learned Il was du'
.ltere again on Monday Of this week
mi, something soon erystalizsd into
determination to let the world know tha
,lue, at least. did not approve Of 9; sns
1--we could be insulted; that We knew o
,ome riahts stiII upheld b the court
IIeven Il the Soush-SThe Constitutions
lrirkt Of psaeeful assembly and protest
To eject this, thousands Of circulars
Iof whieh TIE following l. . copy va
Idistibused through he city Saturda'
land sund.y Aside ministers seneralF
I,etifv;n~ the;r respective congregation