New Britain herald., 1922-12-21
.KU KLUX KHAN IS
 IN SESSION HERE
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down to defeat fighting for a los
 cause.
 Tt was the Ku Klux Klan spiri
 that invaded Boston harbor ant
 dumped the British tea overheard. I
 was the Ku Klux Klan spirit that fol
 lowed Washington through the field
 and swamps of Jersey leaving a trai
 In the snow from the blood Of tor.
 tured feet, It was the Ku Kiux Klar spirit that put the crown of Eng and . of our head and sent 1t home.
 "The warfare against American ! liberty began there and has been waged relentlessly for generations. A lot Of sleepy Frotestants who read nothing but their newspapers, If they will open their histories. will find something to start,e them.''
 The speaker claimed that the Mon roe Doctrine was written to prevent -four papal kings from giving South America to Spain and dividing up the United States.
 .The Ku Klux Klan was not or. ganized to kill negroes when first started in 1ss7." contended the speak CT. although he said the people were taught to believe that. Tt was or ganized." he continued. ''to protect women and homes. After the Ciyi War in the South, women could not step beyond their front door in Hl- lage homes without being subiecte,. to assault by some black beast.
 "The Ku Klux Kan didn't murder anybody. Ii didn't tar and feather anybody. It simply scared the negroes so they behaved themselves and 1t chased the carpet baggcrs out of the South.
 K. K. K. Flourtshcs in North
 There were more Yankee soldiers in the Ku Elux Klan then than there were Confederatcs. There are more members of the organization now, north of the Mason and Dixon line than in the south" he continued rcfuting the claim that it is south ern organization.
 Stating that a member of the Ku Klux Klan must be white, Protestant. Gentle. believing in the supremacy of tho white race and the absolute separation Of church and state, he ndded, In Chicago. only five out of the 9G judges are eligible to member ship. Only 10 per cent. of the police ere Honest to God Americans Only 70 per cent of tho city officials are real Americans"
 Seventy per cent of, President Wilson's appointees were members oe the Knights Of Columbus wbich rep resents only 12Aa million people," he said. Who are they that denounce the Ku Klux Klan9 It is tho lawless and un-American element in the country, and many who do not under stand the purposes Of the organiza- tion and who are being deceived by the lawless. As quick as an Ameri- 1 can gets his eyes open he denounces our opponents. They are not fighting, klansmen as individuals. they are fighting the things they stand for"
 U. S. Senators Are KlanSmen
 The speaker sa,d he has helped to initiate IT United States congressmen into the order He said he can pick | out members in the United States senate and among the governors of | luc4 btdtcS. Iic ucUOuHCSu IsCt. DI. John Koch StTatton for the iatter's opposition to the Kan and 8 New | York paper for the same reason. 1 Speaking of the recent congressional he seid. "Tbe ISu K.ux klan Is the only organization in Am erica tonight that llar the distinction of having been ha'ed before the, United Statas congress and given a | clean bill of health. If tine Protect ant church had not la, c been | asleep on the job the word would not need the Ku KluS Kan"
 He denounced New York minister who spread himself all over the New York World and who got So indignant [ at the Ku Klus Kan members be- cause they were white men that he yept bitter tears. f, behalf of the poor down trodden negro until one won dered if he wanted to be Q negro, 1 why under the sun didn't he go tc Africa and be one ?'' |
 Henry ]. Aliens defeat for ree,ec- lion as governor of Kansas was ac- !