The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-05-26
THE NEW KU KLUx


two wholesale exhibits of awlessness both OF which were at
trbud to the Knights of the Ku Kux Kan The new secret or
der it seems itself up sort OF super-governmen AFRO
eating itself the functions OF courts well as peace officers
and thereby operating defiance OF duly constituted
In the final ANALYSIS this nothing less than organized
anarchy much the Red societies that plot and carry out
destructive bomb explosions.
During the pioneer days communities before law
and order had been properly established the vigilance commit
These committees made necessary
by the conditions under which they were formed they were open
and above board and known to be the agency OF the entire
community for melting swift and strict justice Similarly in
the abnormal conditions which developed in the South following
the Civil War; the old ku kux prang existence and served
conditions which called for vgence committees and such meth
ods the Ku Kux employed bygone days have long since
passed The revival of the idea upon which the Ku Kx based
be explained only another expression of the spirit OF law
essness regardless of the fine prosaton of patriotic purposes
which from the promoters OF the organization Secret
organizations which seek to suppant the constituted authorities
guardians of law and order utterly subveve OF the basic
principles of Amecanism and such they dangerous the
Following the latest outrage against public Dallas
Judge Charles Ppen OF the criminal court expressed his opn
uncertain He declared that the Ku Kux Kan
would have his cooperation long has for its purpose the
aid and assistance of the officers in enforcing the law and due
respect for the civil authorities but he added m believes that
it is above the law then register my solemn protest against
it. and pledge to the people of Dallas County that will exercise
the offenders to the bar of justice that they may feel the heavy
hand OF the law fully and completely the humblcst and
weakest citizen who tread the American soil.
Waving expression the necessity propriety o
such institution the K X H. profoundly desirous that
they keep themselves within the pale of the law and do not b
actual violence bring the of great into dsrepue
VIII be OF mmeasureab benefit community and State Il
they will devote their energies toward effort aiding
constituted authorities better enforcement law
II they undertake to the of the
they will do not be foreod lawful to rid the c Of
thieves booegges and gamblers commendae on the part Of
any body of menI
Commenting parade staged by the Dallas K Kuxers the
Dallas News says:
The spectacle of eight hundred masked and whegowned
men paadng the streets of Dallas under banners pocamng
them knights OF the Ku Kux Kan and sef-apponed guardians
OF te commnys POLITICAL social and moral welfare has its d
cuos aspect 10 this be blind unless be the Knights
the Ku Kux Kan Their of superior Righteousness
nave had the effect OF dung their humo But also # has
serious significance which will be on the minds Of men
VINO cherish the communy good have the intelligence
10 understand how weldegned that exhibition was to BRING
under reproach 1t SANDER Dallas the only
ons which could be given to the organization of such
Dody do not exist This exhibition bore against Dali
las to every who has heard of it. White supremacy is not
perled Vice is not The constituted agencies of govern
men are still regnant And if freedom endangered it is v the
Tedvvus OF the mob spirit in the Disgusting gab the Ku K
an FOR the original ku kux an there reason
existence the conditions Of the time which brought FORTH al
belt in instances aerward prosued into an agency
OF bgoty and tyranny There the revival OF
now Pocamng themselves the of law the men
who marched the streets of Dallas Saturday night made them
selves the exempa of awesness that they insonty exat
themselves all constituted authority They
reign OF terror They will succeed except minds Of
the humble and ignorant This the twentieth and nine
teenh century and in the twentieth those who call them
selves ku krx klan make preense which will
federation Of their lawessness from who what
the cornerstone of free government.
The anderous exhibition of Saturday night is fit subject
tor the consideration OF the grand jury