The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-14
Barometer of Public Opinion
I'cty Editors HcInnp

Editor World We have a cow words about
me lian we are surprised that so many will
join the order and many more good people
viii eympathl2e with the outrages they perpe-
trate, The people OF Tulsa county are up to
the average OF Oklahoma In intelligence. 80 per
cent OF them read daily paper and other good
books You would think they would be openly
violating the law they do. Now there are a
few things we have observed, that people have
different Views as to the value of a daily paper.
some read the sport page some the first page,
another the editorial, another the markets, the
oil news another Barometer OF Public opinion.
After all there Is put small per cent OF the
people that are posted ia government economies
law and statesmanship, even that small per cent
Is guided by the editors, lawyers ministers and
politicians. Now as to the farmers and other
good people that have been led into this outlaw
organization, we can excuse them, but we have
littlo charity for the four other classes named
above.
Now as to the editors we note that the khan
has not many OF them fooled Now as to the
ministers, they told me down at Chandler that
every preacher In tho city belongs ito tho khan.
Now here In Tulsa they say some OF our leading
preachers are klansmen. We are not going to
believe this stuff until we have more proof
The idea, a minister OF the Gospel one paid
by his church 10 preach Christ the great Savior
of mankind, the great teacher who in all OF his
teachings emphasized the love and fellow
ship OF man, peace, good will and brothery
love, mercy charity The greatest example of
his mercy and charity was where the condemned
harot was brought before him. She had been
condemned and under the jewish law the pun
ishment was death by stoning They must have
had some X. *. Ks those days Stoning one
to death would seem to one to be cruel and un-
human punishment, but not cruel the
ku-kluN. They strip his clothes down TO tho
bare skin and give him 10, Is or 25 Hicks on
the back, and the poor Victim crying for mercy
No state In the union would dare 10 pass a law
with such cruel punishment. Imagine for
moment. preacher getting up at the dark hour
OF midnight, donning his white robe. the emblem
OF purity, and in company OF fifty or hundred
others, 20 per cent OF them drunk, so per cent
who have violated the Nolsteld act, within the
last six months. Then after driving away out
in the dark wooda, then think of the preacher
holding the poor victims hands while another
with all his might administers tho punishment.
The victims ARE boutlcggcrs and should be pun
ished by the law, not by outlaws, and not by
their patrons.
Now Mr.. Good Ku-KuX, after reading the
above come and let us shake. Now you bad
kluckers IL you come after US, We'll do the shak-
ing Now that 100 per cent American from
oklahoma City, he saw fit to call us liar about
the laster matter, We said they were Ku-Klux.
lie said they were not How does he know? We
will forgive him II he'll write again and give
his real name and house number. Instead Of
100 per cent American, Put It 100 per cent y, S.
West Tulsa, T. b. KNAPP.