Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-27

tie right OF the people, what would have
been the outcome
I'm Flanders fields where peoples
blow
solidtfed by more than half century OF
acoujescence in the results of the great
war, came to the rescue and sent its
millions across the water and was con-
ttnuing its preparations to send other
millions. as many as might be needed, to
the rescue of the nations that were so
bravely continuing the fight, the result
was a foregone conclusion, and we can
with confidence say that what We did
In saving the Nation in 1881 and 1868,
resulted in saving the world in 1917 and
1915. and 1t Is no idle boast for US to
recall what we did directly and indi-
rectly through our sons and our son s
sons in the later great war.
But our accomplishments were not
limited to achievements on the field Of
battle
VICTORIES
OF PEACE.
Peace hath her victories no less re-
nowned than war" and the story Of the
achievements of the Grand Army for
fifty-fv years has added luster and
fame to the history of the American
people Many feared when the time .Or
disarming came in 1885 that these boys,
who had been so stalwart support to
the country in war, would In peace be
million men laying down their arms,
taking up the burdens Of life and resum
Ing the duties of peace, is one in which
the world as well as ourselves takes q
just pride. We have stood for purity
In public affairs; we have stood for the
honor of the nation; we have furnished
the shibboleth on what rests the hope
of the Repuhlic--oue Country, one
Language. one Flag. Through all these
years while the nation was resuming Its
. -.
of peace, the Grand Army of the Re
public has stood as a bulwark for all
that was worthy and Just in civil life,
and this is one Of the Jewels In our
crown. Our days Of battle are over.
| Our hands can no longer WELD the sword
or the scaptre. but It Is by no means
to be understood that we are not still
q vital living force In the land
The world is topsv turvy and II needs
our conserving strength and influence 10
bring things back to normal condition.
paCificsm has gone into the discard and
Is no longer to be feared, but Bolshevism.
l. W. W.Ism-all the aftermath that so
frequently follows in the wake of war
still confront the nation, and We now
as ever before must hold fast to the
ancient landmarks and see to II that all
these plaques that threaten so nightly
shall be rendered harmless.
PAYS RESPECTS TO
TO kU-KLUX KHAN.
we note with astonishmant and In
dignation the recrudescencs of 4 orCani-
zation that 4 half century ago carried
with il so much of terror and inflicted
so much of shame on the communities
where It held forth is again seeking to
be revived In the morning Of the twenti-
eth century, as II died in the evening OF
the nineteenth II may be that That
which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet. but I should be
10th TO see a rose on a maiden's breast
substituted BY a flower however beautl
full and fragrant II might be. that went
by the name Of the skunk lily I would
be 10th TO see a George H Thomas Post
changed 10 a Henry Wrz Post would
regret 10 see a younPster of the rising
generation inflicted with the surname Of
Aaron Burr or Benedict Arnold In lieu
OF George Washington or Abraham Lin
coin, and there is. and always will be-
something in a name. If Il he true that
the Ku- KluK Khan, recently incorporated
under the laws Of a State. however great
and splendid its history, that 10 its
earlier days saw ct to imprison a min
lister of the gospel In violation Of the
constitution Of the United States because
forsooth he persisted in carrying the mes
sage Of the lowly Nazarene to the poor
Indian. thar N later years permitted pris-
oners nv the thousands 10 starve IN the
midst OF plenty. and within but few
miles &C The garden spot Of the world,
50 much the more Of shame 70 thar state.
and while we have scant influence whorr
such thing might he done we should
see to u that any organization. with so
offensive and djscredited name. should
not he permitted to invade State lines
where We still have influence and
strength, and with all the power that re