The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-27

absolutely no limit at which you can
legitimately stop.
'You say that the mass of the vot-
ers that are not Catholics will not sup
port a man for any office, especially
for president of the United States,
who is a Roman Catholic l believe
that when you say this you foully SIAN
der your fellow countrymen. / do not
for one moment believe that the mass
of our fellow citizens or that any con-
siderable number of our fellow citizens
can be influenced by such narrow bigo-
try as to refuse to vote for any thor
oughly upright and fit man because he
happens to have particular religious
creed. Such a consideration should
never be treated as reason for either
supporting or opposing candidate for
political office. Are you aware that
there are several states in this Union
where the majority of the people are
now Catholics? / should reprobate in
the severest terms the Catholics who
in those states Cor in any other states)
refused to vote for the most fit man
because he happened to be Protest
ant and my condemnation would be ex-
actly as severe for Protestants who,
under reversed circumstances, refused
to vote for a Catholic. -. | know
Catholics who have for many years
represented constituencies mainly Pro-
testant. and Protestants who have for
many years represented constituencies
mainly Catholic; and among the con-
gressmen whom | knew particularly
we'll was one man of Jewish faith who
represented a district in which there
were hardly any Jews at all. All of
these mon by their very existence in
political life refute the SANDER you
have uttered against your fellow Amer
leans.
''I believe that this republic will en-
dure for many centuries. If so there
will doubtless be among its presidents
Protestants and Catholics, and very
probably at some time Jews. l have
consistently tried while president to
act in relation to my fellow Americans
of Catholic faith as | hope that any fu.
ture president who happens to be a
Catholic will act towards his fellow
Americans of Protestant faith. Had
followed any other course / should
have felt that / was unfit to represent
the American people.
4 Yours truly,
4 THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
4 Two Grave Evils.
1.-TWO grave evils infect the Ku Klux
Khan organization; first, it assumes tc
act directly without reference to the
law, taking in its own hands the pun
ishment of offenses against the law
This thing itself may be a greater of
Tense against the law than anything il
attempts to punish; it means as il
meant in reconstruction days the over
} riding and the overthrow of all law
So far as the Ku klux have power
their rule is anarchy and we ought tt
oppse them just as we oppose the an
archist. But the worst feature of all is
their secrecy, not simply of what i:
done in their conclaves but the masl
and gown and the oath not to revea
their membership, which clothes then
$50 far as they can make it effective
with perfect irresponsibility. When
!, ever they do anything that is praise
worthy, like contributions to CHART,
or to churches they are very far from
} following the precept not to let th'
) left hand know what the right hanC
t doeth; they come in with hood ant
: gown to proclaim their charity to tn,
! world. But when outrages are perpet
rated by men in their uniform Gas nov
: in Louisiana), where threats are sen
/ by anonymous letter in their name o
5 on their behalf they say, This is no