The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-19
THE WIZARD IN WASHINGTON.

col" simmons who bear, awensprng title o Imperial
Wizard" has been in Washington tell congressional commit
Tee about the Ku KuS Kan Highly damatieonc might say
m,odanac-n spots lcawas the piece that staged IN
the chamber where the hearing held with the " appear
ING in the title role How could have been otherwise since
had do with the deep mysteries Of the Invisible Empirel
According the testimony oi the Imperial Wizard the Klan
practically the opposite o MI that he himself and other pro-
pagand have proclaimed It be. Il Il mereb 81 sun
daysclooike order Instead Of being militant organiza
ton ben, wpng oui all unrghcausncs staging parads 81
masked men IN The gafb Of ghosts and posting fiery procanaons
10 and icriy evil docrs the klan peaceful is
methods sewing society and quite contrary emphatic
declarations Of the wizard previous occasions doesn't have
the enforcement OF law even assistance o Officers
In the course Of the hearing Col" Simmons was asked
he had stated that the Kan had million members and his
reply given with smile that he might have done but
he was speaking generally and by card As matter Of
fact lie said the actual membership about pOOO although
posoife Inspector who testified that he had examined the
books oi the organization stated that he found that had listed
At times Will, he was tesdiying the Colonel" was very inn
pasoncd lie Often called upon God witness that he tell
ing the truth he heaedy declared that he could be con-
WINGED that the Kan thing OF evil he would dsband His
aud well his replies the questions put him
had a the symptoms OF the deepest sincerity ON the face Of The
thing least he made what the lawyers sometimes call good
In the face Of the wizards revelations many Of them so utter
~ contradictory Of what the Colonel has previously told the
world what shall conclude about this modern wizardy3 Was
the wizard wholly frank and sincere before the committee
he merely displaying his talents clever actor? Was he crafty
he pouring out his whole soul with perfect andor he
seemed be?
lhc WIZARDS = 10 uagnoSc ana perhaps NOBODY
except psychologist should attempt it, 1t another in
which may be good another Probably
the toones the inquiry regarding the membership
OF the organization furnishes clue that be profaby fol-
lowed His admission that he have claimed million
bc and his subsequent that the kan has only about
10000 membrsganting that he be sincerccan be
explained only the theory that his mentality such that he
lacks the power OF statement and thinking Given the
imaginative powers which could the fantastic ritual the
society which Simmons has founded the emotional temperament
OF the and add these elements mind incapable OF
cal thinking. and may have the explanation OF ku klxsm
Obsessed with peculiar notions which he broodcd for many
wears proclaimed doctrines the logical import which
he could realize and he launched organization which
latent with dangers which he unable to foreec and again
granting his sincerity he still incapable OF discerning the dyna
mite that concealed in IDEAS which him appear perfectly e
harmless and wholesome In the face of the OF masked
bandtry which has concomitany with the of Ku Kux
ism and which not raeabe the Kan is undoubtedly
attributable ideas promulgated by Simmons would ii
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