The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-22
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Furore Over 1.-THE CIansman."

furore OVer ne NidnSIndn.
Manager J. B. Caltron of the keylor
Grand theater urges patrons in their
own interest to secure their seats as
early as possible for the engagement of
'The Clansman" tomorrow night. This
is the big event of the dramatic season.
experience showing that the house will
not be- large enough to accommodate
the thrOngs that desire to see the play.
Many attempts have been made to
explain the furore OccasiOned by this
wonderful Ku KluX Khan play. The
story centers around the family of DR..
Cameron, respected physician of
Piedmont, S. C. whose son, an ex-Con-
federate officer, is in love with the
sweet and winsome daughter of
Northern leader named Austin Stone
man. a character modelled on the late
Congressman Thaddeus Stevens. Stone
man goes to South Carolina. partly for
his health and partly to organize the
negroes in the sO-called Union league,
the object of which is the political and
social equality of the cOlOred race. Ben
Cameron frantically in love with Elsie
StOneman, tries to remain on good
terms with her father; but the Oppres-
sion of his own people by the carpetbag
regime causes him to assert the rights
of southern manhood, which he does
first by tearing down a social equality
proclamation from the bulletin board
Of the Cameron home and secondly by
organizing the local chapter Of the ku
KluX Khan. They meet at night in
mountain cave, perform their solemn
ritual and as high court of justice
try and sentence a murderer to death.
The next moment the flaming cross
of ST Andrew is held aloft. The mid
night hOrsemen are commanded to go
forth across the border and summon
! their North Carolina brethren.
In the fourth act, the reconstruction-
lists headed by the mulatto lieutenant
governor of South Carolina appear to
have things their own way. Ben Cam
erOn is arrested and sentenced to be
shot. The mulattO who is StOneman'S
protege has the yellow mans dream
of lifting himself in life by an alliance
with a white woman. His eyes are fixed
on StOneman's beautiful daughter and
amid her protesting cries, of his "love.
he appeals to StOnenE2n, who has emit
cred. asking for his daughters hand.
The rage of the white father breaks
forth with fury. He tries to kill the mu-
latto and then himself. The negro lieu
tenant governor sends for a negro
preacher to perform the marriage cere-
mony He hears shouts outside, thinks
the noise that of his own troops
marching to aid him in subduing the
whites. The approaching battallons,
however, are those of the Clansmen
who reach the house in the nick of time
to save Ben CamerOn's life and prevent
the marriage" of his sweetheart to the
ambitious mulatto.
1.-The Clansman" is in four acts ana
five scenes which are described as eX-
ceedingly beautiful and effective The
company is the strongest that ever
presented the play, including such fav-
orites as Franklin Richie, Eugene
Hayden, George M. DeVere, Maud Du-
rand, Barry Maxwell. Ruth Hart, Guy
B. Hoffman, M. J. Jordan, Edna Davis,
Earl Lee, Clara Mersereau, Joseph l..
Sweeney, Earl Richie, Gus Inglis, and
Harry Quinlan.
Mail orders from out of town theater
g'oers will be promptly attended TO II
addressed to J. B. CatrOn, Keylor Grand
| Theater, WallaWalla Wash. Sale opened
Monday Sept. 21.-Prices, 15c,S1.0O
and $3.50.