The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-10-07

pire' sound in the ears OF demo-
cratic American? The Ku Klux Khan
is condemned aside from any con
crete acts OF violence for which the
Khan may be directly or indirectly
responsible.
THE proposal of law enforcement
by masked men condemns it. DO
democratic Americans believe in call
ing in mass of hooded and yelled
figures to assist the government? In
the name of all that Is American and
democratic discourage and resist the
un-American and undemocratic or
der. It carries with it the peril of
still further cOrrupting politics, so
that even now in Georgia. some poll
ticians are walking with a delicate
tread. 1t will result in the perver-
sion Of justice in the courts. It in
PRODUCES a perilous element into the
jury system"
Moreover. there is no need for a
hu NUN MILL dSStl - nt ltoDg
terrain Advance, which believes that
the chief objection to the organiza-
ton is that It is secret, with the an
nounced purpose of assisting the reg
ular officers of the law There is
no need for secrecy in such work, and
secrecy offers a temptation too strong
to be resisted to take the law in their
own hands" Those who so desire
"can he more effective and exercise
a better influence by working openly
for law enforcement" And no mat
ter in whose supposed interest such
secret underground proceedings may
claim to be. says the Reformed
Church Messenger, they do not
smack of the spirit of genuine Ameri-
canism nor of Christian tolerance"
Openly and avowedly hostile to
Catholics. as well as to Jews. foreign
ers and negroes. the Khan is to he
condemned, declares The Michigan
Catholic (Detroit) because its poll
cies are both unchristian and un-
American. There is but one feature
in the opinion of this weekly that
cOmmends the Klan-'it has come
out honstly and declared that one of
the purposes 70 its existence is to
kesp Catholics out of any political
offices that carry with them a sense
of power. This outspoken declara-
ton puts the Khan in its place" As
to the religion of its members.
"They have blasphemously adopted
the Cross as their ensign and under
the banner OF this sacred symbol
would deny to Jews the rights of our
common humanity. They would for
bid this large percentage of American
people any activity in public affairs
They pretend to work for the aboli-
ton of terrorism and in their very
would terrorize the black
'ace in the United States Now
that it has come out into the open
with its un-American and un-christian
gospel we feel confident that it will
get short shrift from the American
people,"
But ''if the American people are
content that such a condition should
exist" says The American Israelite
(Cincinnati). well and good; if they
are not, it is high time that their
,rgan, the secular and religious press, |
AXE an open stand and express their
,ond smnation." 1t may require civil |
var to suppress the organization, |
links the New York Amsterdam |
News, negro organ; but it must |
&c supprest. OF that we are GER
ain Millions of us are ready to
light and die, if necessary. that the
Eu Klux Khan may be destroyed.
he American Jew negro, Catholic,
nd alien, we believe are substantial
y as one this view of the matter"