New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-18
Ku-Klux Khan
Denounced by
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Iersey State Convention
Warns Non-Members to
Serve Country Without
Race or Creed Prejudice
g().Minute Demonstration
itfen,pt TO Smother the
Resolution in Committee
Fails: Read From Floor

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AsRJRY PARK, n. j., Sept. 17--In
Wild uproar Of enthusiasm the New
Jersey American Legion Convention to-
ssr adopted unanimously resolution
utterly assailing the Ku-Kux-Klan
and warning all non-Legion men to
.erye their country without race and
creed prejudice. This document, which
caused the most patriotic outburst Of
.sthusiasm that featured the entire
.snyeation of the Legion. found it's way
;yto the proceedings of to-day's session
notwithstanding the fact that the reso-
,n.ions committee had attempted to
smother it in committee.
T Hubert MacCauley, Of Newark.
xbo had turned If over to the resolu-
eans committee, arose at the morning
sentjny resolution. once rejected by
tho resolutions committee, from the
soor, Unanimous consent was voted.
Is he finished the presentation of the
~escutian the convention broke into
An uproarious storm of applause.
Applauded Ten Minutes
State Commander Leonidas Coyle, of
pr;dgeton. raped for order without
avail for at least ten minutes, during
which time the widest scenes ever
Witnessed in a Legion convention in
this state were enacted.
Finally Edward Carroll, Of Jersey
City, whose oratory was one of the
outstanding features of the conference,
held the attention of the Legionaires
long enough to voice a support of the
resolution. which merely increased at
once the patriotic fervor and the con-
ventional disorder of the conclave
After the cheering and clamor had
subsidized unanimous vote in favor of
the resolution followed. The resolu-
ton in part follows:
Resolved, That this convention go
On record as being opposed to any
organization which uses the terms Of
imperial nomenclature in designating
It's officers, tries to establish a govern
ment apart from the existing and COM
petent Federal and state governments
and breaches tenets in contradiction
to the expressed and practiced princi-
pies Of the Constitution of the United
States; and, be it further
Resolved, That this body, composed
as it is Of men of all races, colors and
creeds, deprecates the spirit so utterly
un-American which breaches class
hatred of any kind We served America
in the war, not as Jew or Gentle, not as
Catholic or Protestant, not as Caucasian
or negro, but as Americans. AS such
We viii continue to serve our country
and though we are not as full of threats
as the Au-Klux Khan, we warn all
others to serve in the same spirit"
J. D. Sears New Commander
The elections, which constituted the
Closing feature of the convention, were
greatly simplifed through the last-min-
gte withdrawals of several candidates.
Aetable among them were those Of
Thomas F. Goldingay, of Newark, and
Edward A. McGrath, of Union County,
who both retired in favor of Joseph
D. Sears, of Bloomfield, as the new
state commander, thus bringing about
his unanimous election. McGrath was
later named by the new commander as
tae state adiutant.
Captain Edward o. West, of Bur
hngton County, q Camden lawyer, re-
tired from the race for senior vice
commander in favor of Thomas F.
geany, of Jersey City, and Glenn L.
Berry, OF Monmouth, withdrew to MAKE
unanimous the selection of Charles B.
hutchinson, of Trenton, as junior vice.
commander.
Other officers elected were finance
officer, William Clark, Somerville; his
sorian, Leo Babchin, Lakewood; war
risk insurance officer, Samuel Y. Cath
cart, Newark; chaplain, C. P. Newton,
Trenton; master at arms. Allen B.
Coniin. Elizabeth.