The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-04
Barometer of Public Opinion
IN Defense Of ,b, Khan.

Editor world ! have bo,n reading your paper
som" 'iEht years and cray" little space ia your
public column. much has been said for and
hEhiuH the Eu-kluN Khan. but % remained tor
one John Harold Swan tp tell IN. world that IL
iH devoted to the accomplishments Of Avil" /
know not how this Wise man arrived at such
q positive conclusion, and care not, for u. is
puottlt"s hit all around the mark like u
drunken sdur and that hts statements are with
ont foundation. / believe this man has been
r"pnunE or IMht ir'pucnty throush the
Columns ot the Tulsa papers. trying TO tell the
pubic what to do about various subjects but I
nav no inient"n "I entering into an argument
WItu him or becoming public nuisance myself.
MY father was Il member Of the old Khan and
hh"" IA" good IT brought about. Judge on
phnWi twhom | rcspocD TO the contrary not
withgtand'ng. believe the now KHAN VIII prove
h'u' il'lhl 10 the country. And right here I'd like
1" tell what heard about the woman In Texas
who was thrrod and fcathotcd--a friend from
Waco informed me that she was guilty of one
OF III" f"ul"st OF all ctitncs-she placed her two
youhf d'ushtors In hous" Of prostitution so
that Sh" might take life easy, support "A two
legged hyona, and the two of them guzzle boot -
leg whisky all day long II the Khan had COM
mittcd this deed ! would bc for it, but others
ala " IN ihe hlans name, and am for the IN,
ana apologize to no man for my opinion
am Tor sepnrati2n Of church and state and
christ l believe that the white man should
RUE this country. Tho negro is inferior Just Ike
me Jhps ana chinese but the negro Is the only,
human VINO IL ashamed of his skin, and thus we
r"e MN be"chinE his face strengthening his
klhky hair and doing his best to be like a white
man ~. lir ~ physically mentally and socially un-
III Tor association with tn" white man. but tho
pali"t anu ioNdpWn whites have ruined him and
made nm think Otherwise. The klan has a right
10 say who shall constitute It's membership md
mere is nothing gained by those denied mem-
httShip continually knocking the proposition
lho Ola utgInlIatiOn settled once and for all
mat the white ,man shall rule our country and
belic'" th" new kldn will In time do some N,ing
Just hS great. II iH my candid opinion that or p
thor" guilty OF Grass stolidity and asinine stu
pidty VIII pratc that the Ku-Kux Klan is de
voted to doing cvil If these Knockers with their
superior wisdom and Crystalli2cd opinions can
suggest somothing good 'thc country. iet
th"m do ro. ur clao stop running off AT tho
mouth about every subject In the world Thcv
can DO some good 10y trying to Americanize NJ
t''n WllIion foreigners IN our midst teaching
th'il our IdnguhEc and respect tor our flag and
our ideals, hing the negro that social cniIaI-
ny WIN 10" whit" man viii never come TO pa 50.
teaching four million Jews that this ia a Christ "
IAN nation and always win he. and that we re-
s'IN" ~" tlSht TO run our country according
70 the things taught 10y christ; and tench All rr-
llEious denominations that We must have .hsn-
!uto separation " church, and statr-thcsc
ulnkH VIII keep busy our carping critics the
hhhstnen, ana all othora rcsSly Interested in our
government Give the Nlangmcn time and I br-
IeNo thcN VIII prove thcmacl Ives worthy
- Yours truly
Tulsa August 20. c. f. GANN