The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-23

SettIlHg permanently W1tnin It's Dor
ders. Standing in groups were repre-
sentatives Of the old order. men who
had fought for the Confederacy, ire
concilables who had no part in the in
augural exercises except to look and
listen, and report to their expectant
friends the acts and utterancss Of the
convocation. As the Governor and
the Governor-to-be rode along Main
street in an open carriage. with n mill
tary escort, Murphy. dressed in the
homespun Of the mountain man, said
to his companions: why are you
wearing gloves? Only dudes wear
gloves In July" Arkansas In 1868
was no place for dudes. The younger
man. remarking: 1T is not the garb
that makes the man." deferentially
removed the gloves. The work tina. lay
before him needed a fist yaun.isteI,
If at all. in mail. In the next three
years Gov. Clayton was up to his
ears in politics of the liveliest sort:
election irregularities and disorders,
unconstitutional conventions, partisan
plots and ku-Klrx terrorism. martial
law and all the bitterness OF civil war
within the State.
When the Inauguration ceremonies
were over Ex-Governor Murphy es-
corted the new Executive to his office.
The furniture was simple but
pleasing:
Upon entering I saw before me. placed
against the opposite wall long table
with three convenient drawers and a case
Of open pigeonholes. There was no car.
made. split bottomed chairs. over the
fireplace was print OF George Washington,
the only picture. We entered a small ante
room. which contained no movable OBJ
jects except a barrel standing on end In
the middle Of the room, apparently filled
with straw. From 1t Ex-Governor Murphy
hshed out gallon stone jug, removed the
cork. and politely presented the jug to
me. The real mountain dew"
The year 1858 in Arkansas was one
OF terrorism. The list OF political MUIR
ders which Is here set forth reads like
the casualty account OF a pitched bat
tie. Several attempts were made upon
the Governors life but failed. partly
owing to the conspirators' lack OF
courage at the critical moment, partly
to the Governors luck and partly to
his own alertness. He was able.
through secret service agents. to
gather surprisingly complete details Of
the organizations membership and &C
tivities. and on several occasions to
confound certain worthy but danger
Gus gentlemen who came to him In pre-
tended hostility to the might riders"
when their own names adorned his lists
Nf he
that the brotherhood began as a reor-
ganization Of the Confederate army
to capture the Government. and that
Its later performances were a degener-
alton from the original programme
One OF their proclamations
X X. X. Corinth Division.
Special order No. .. Pine Blun Retreat
Spirit Brothers: shadows Of Martyrs;
Phsntoms from cory fields; Followers OF
Brutus! ~! ! Rally. rally, rally.--When
shadows gather, moons grow dim and
stars tremble glide to the Council Hall
and wash your hands In tyrants' blood:
and gaze upon the list Of condemned trait
ors. The time has arrived. Blood must
now. The true must be saved.
Work in darkness.
Bury In waters.
Make no sound.
Trust not the air
Strike high and sure.
Vengeance! Vengeance! Vengeance,
Tried. condemned Execute we'll Fear
Is dead. Every man Is Judge and this
Executes. ! Fail not.
Mandate Of the NJ g. C.
ny II. N. J. G, I? mp2
The Order of the White Man" was
foolish on paper. The commander
in chief was the Grand Wizard: the
State commander, Wizard second in
State command. Grand Titan; county
commander, Cyclops. and company
commander, Mogul. From an Arkan-
sas paper Of 1911: so the Ku Klux
Khan, the invisible empire, rose and
fell in its incipiency, when Anglo
Saxon supremacy was its watchword
and guiding star. one Of the greatest
organizations ever formed, and in its
later days when outlaws and liber-
tines broke in to use 1t as a vehicle
for personal and political prejudice
one OF the worst. But although the
latter breed masqueraded under the
name and insignia of the Khan they
were never OF il. knighthoOd in the
order was kept pure to the last, and
its doors were locked against the out
slider as fast as the inviolate secret
of its oath OF blood is kept in the
breasts OF those who rode beneath its
banner"
In the Democratic view carpethag-
gers were Northerners who came
down here crowding the decency, re-
speciality and intelligence of the
State to one side, took possession OF
the Government and ran It." without
regard to the violation and invasion
of local pride and patriotism. Gen. !
Claytons reply to this Is that most
OF the Northern men who came To
Arkansas settled and stayed there. |
Referring to the organization of n
public school system, he says THE
native Arkansans were entirely de- |
fcient in the qualities necessary" The
in that restricted applica-
ton. and allowing for individual eX-
ceptions, may he correct of Arkansas
at that time: what was lacking was
the spirit OF systematic cooperation |
But the Ex-Governor was as fiery
and as obdurate as the irreconcilables |
with whom he dealt, and II is not to |
him that one should go in quest OF
calm, objective judgment on the peo-
pie and affairs Of Arkansas.
II was fight, fight, fight all the way
for the Republican Governor OF the
Democratic State; and forty years
later he was still fighting the same
battles. one particular object of his |