The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-29
Barometer of Public Opinion
Takes World to Task.

bdltr World' For an instance OF newspaper
duplcty ana auddcity which II would be eX-
tromey difficult to excel in both malice and
tatuity. respectfully call your attention to the
Tulsa Woru Of July %, 1922.
on the front page OF Tho world Of July 25
you carry "A news item to the effect that the
Nn-hluN klan swept into power throughout the
VINO IL favorable to and who was indorsed by
the klan, and, with two candidates IN the race
FOR the senatorial nomination, one Of the klan
candidates. a. tuat ttmc, was over thirty-thou-
sand votes ahead OF his nearest competitor. Tho
article In question did not record tho municipal
and county results. and / opiue that you knew
what you were doing when you neglected" to
inform your readers that 95 per cent OF the
candidates indorsed by the khan won hands
down and That not a dozen out ana out anti
kluNcrs In the whole state were successful in
county and municipal oections--at least the
returns from which your data were compiled
d,d not Indicate thst dozen adversarlcs OF the
klar will be nominated
We'll read the news item referred to and
naturally supposed that if you referred to the
Texas primary editoriaIly 1t would be to ac-
knowledge the truth and that you would con-
firm what your own paper recorded in con
spicuous place on It's front page and what every
ono else who read the papers that print the
truth, or that make some occasional effort so
to do, knew 10 be the facts about this great and
unprecedented victory--the greatest by far in
the political history of Texas, When / turned
10 the editorial page, however. found that you
had an entirely different story, Although you
DO not positively deny that the TeXes primary
resulted IN an overwhelming !ndorse ment OF
and victory by the Ku-Klux Kian, you do even
worse than this, You evade end insinuate and
beat around the bush and make ingenious eff.
forts 90 ccnfound and befudde your readers and
terminate with tho declaration that some three
hundred thousand voters have yet to declare
Themselves. intimnuns that the test OF khan
strength or indorsement is yet to come. and all
this In face OF the fact that in every county and
city in the sta.e OF Texas tho paramount--and.
In some OF thom, the exclusiye-issue was the
ku-KluX Kan, It's principles. tenets ana poll
ces, and that the people Of Texas HAVE de-
clared themselves IN unmistakahle and, let US
hope. ver-to-be- forgotten terms, with the re-
fhn ha nj nf "a s,Ju iyt, 4.
controlled by tho *, Is. X. the greatest fra
ternlty In existence.
Now Mr.. Editor, the object OF this letter IS
10 afford you an opportunity to print the
TRUTH concerning this unparaleled victory
which tho forces OF righteousness and Justice,
under the inspiration and with the constantly
sought guidance and power OF Almighty God,
have, to the everlasting glory OF the people OF
Texas, recorded In the imperishable annals Of
human achievement and Christian progress. /
shall therefore, await your decision with pro-
found Interest as If you refuse to publish this
which you express In the editorial referred TO,
It win demonstrate conclusively that you are
unfair and unjust to this great organization its
tenets, ambitions and interests
However, whether or not you sec 1T TO pub
lish this letter or otherwise rectify the mis-
representations to which l nllude viii say one
thing for you and The World and that is that
It IS by far the farest and most voracous OF
any leading daily In the state when 1t comes
10 print the news. Even II a thing does con-
tradct or antagonize your principles or inter
ests, II It is the truth aud happens in the ord-
nary course OF the daily news and is news,
you generally publish It as II actually Is with
out "doctOrug' distOrtlng or suppresslrG g
such portions as do not coincide with what
you would like II TO be. This, although no more
than ought to be expected OF every newspaper,
is, in this day Of partisanshlp and corruption,
in newspapers In practically every other
department OF human activity, something so
entirely beyond and superior to tho policy OF
the ordinary newspaper as 10 merit the pane
yyrics of every lover Of right and truth, and !
Certai ainy do not want to detract In any way
from your Just due in this regard. You are
certainly 10 be commended for this salutary
attitude, and this IS why l and thousands OF
others In this state buy Tho World in prefer
ence to the daily papers of our own municipal
tiles
Now in view OF the fact that am member
or the Eu-klux Klan, and as such have taken
bona fde and sacred oath To conceal my
Identity, | trust that YOU will not let the fact
that l can not, without violating my obllga-
ton, reveal my name, influence you in rele-
basket without giving the FACTS to which /
refer the prominence they deserve and thus
correcting the false Impressions with which
YOU have left many OF your readers. OF course,
II Is not a matter OF such extraordinary SER
iousness as to warrant you in bestowing upon
IL any extra time or attention and | would
have you understand that my sole interest
is that you may clear yourself on this issue
personally and that the reputation OF The
World for fairness and authenticity may stand
untarnshed
Yours very truly,
100 PER CENT AMERICAN
oklahoma city, July 27 AND *. X *.