Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-09-19
THE DAILY REGISTER, MoN3 COUNTY KENTUCKY

american people are a liberty
flowing and a law abiding people.
1.-THE law of the land is respected
lin this country save perhaps in
| the case Of the Volstead law,
which was written into law with
,,out the consent of the majority
of our citizens and at a time when
four million valiant defenders of
| the flag were three thousand
i1niles from home and which law
seems to command but scant re-
gard from the majority of good
citizens. everywhere. We have
nothing to fear except that an I'M
fsidious lobby in the nationallca-
| ital might throw the good old
Constitution to the four winds,
and If there is such danger as
that no secret order will prevent
| it, but the voice of the people
must be heard.
A KukluN government could
not be established in AnericaIto-
day 1t is a government of fright
and will not be tolerated. know
Kentuckians will not submit to
it. A Kentucky citizen knows
his legal rights and he knows heI
has, but one life to live. and he
will gladly give that life i'll de
tense of those rights and you can
not brighten him. He will be lead
but never driven.
I trust that | am not dofngs an
Injustice to this organization
when [ ask for information. | am
advised that the new lNlan head
quarters has been granted a char
ter by the state of Georgia. That
is not material. They tell me
that the leader styles himself the
Imperial Wlzard.' Good enough.
"a rose by any other name would
smell. as SWEET. | must confess
that i aim afraid that this organi-
cation will be like others have
observed whose motives were APP
parently aitluistic enough but
which accomplished only one
thing in particular and that was
the enrichment of its leaders. An
organization was promoted in
America whose membership rapid
~ spread to every state in this
country. Even preachers. good
and sanity men, But nevertheless
gullible, were ensnared into this
political fly trap. The apparent
objects and purposes Of that or
ganization were such that moi
man could oppose them! Today,
its leaders are rich. IIhey are
pFofessbnal aegulatoth" who
want Congress to tell lis whether
we shall smoke or notIINhere we
shall. go to church and when,
wharf4 shah drink, lIWhat wei
shallsiv4ar and how We Shall think
they have an insiduous lobby
in Washington, well ). paid and
backed. with as large a corruptionl
fi,heEk3 was eyer raised in the
poffficaE history of this country
and the Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler,
member extraordinary OF Unit
ed States Semitic, not elected by
Fl hefpeopPle, chairman plenipotei1-
tiary of Congressional commit:
tees, not appointed by anybody;
more nearly approaches Lenine
and Trotsky Of Russia than any
other man in public or private
life today With all that. we do
not need a secret society.
| am afraid Of secret societies
in America. | want to belong to
but one 'klan" and that the army
of the great and free citizenship
of America with the ballot in my
hand and the right to do as | like
with that ballot and to be ques-
toned by no man or set OF men
concerning my use of it.
| submit this TO YOU not know
ing whether Or not it is the popu
lar opinion and sentiment in the
community. | have never CON
cerned myself with popular opin
ion as long as | believed | was
/ right and, assure you, | have no
| desire to cater to it now.
With every expression of per-
sonal esteem and friendly regard.
i [ am, cordially yours,
| r. c. OLDHAM