Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-03
Letting In the Sunlight


Believing that in morals medicine there is no anti
ceptic like the sunlight The Capital Journal Will begin
publication July Is of 'The Modern Ku Klux Klan by
H. p Fry copyright 1922 by Small, Maynard Coz an
authoritative and historical OF this attempt to cataz
religious bigotry and racial luminosity for the financial
profit of little coere of grafters at Atlanta Georgia. and
another little coterie of politicians in Oregon
1t now apparent to observer that the Ku Kux Kan
movement is unquesonaby the most sinister and banetu
proposition been started in this country
Wherever it obtains foothod conditions become ntoerabe
There been many secret societies founded upon religious
prejudice and many political movements but the combna
of the wo with its ultra secrecy lies about member
ship masked violence secret espionage OF citizens and the
private attempt regulate the morals OF the community by
sewngup the law enforcing branches OF the government
and its effort to seize political power by appeal to racial and
religious intolerance make it the most dangerous and
anarchistc scheme ever launched.
Mr. Fry is the author of the New York World expose of
the K Kux Kan that the congressional investigation
and that for the World the Pulitzer award and gold
medal the "most dsnterested and meritorous public
service rendered by during the year TO
the gathered by the World have been added many later
developments the history of the Ku Kux Kan of civil
times.
The publication understaken that the people of this
vicinity may the truth about this secret organization
which powerful enough to the of Portland into
shameful silence WE'LL the politics and school
system of the metropolis Once again the people must turn
the big city papers to the small country to learn
the truth.
Concerning the Ku Klux Klan and its propaganda
lecturer who pedde his poison for 55 cents head and
printed copies of his spiel for dollar extratypca of the
cash in advance khan systematic Eugene Guard says:
Sawyer again, telling gube people
which strife racial
religious in community He is professional taeT and fakr
having religious denomination another until
finally always end their
religious gitator the tool of cheap politicians If there
truth In the atemnt made by Mr. Sawyer then his
than political
order nominate
public offices behind locked the
men
otherwise, citizen who
he
the harbors against
prohibited
such subscribe a men
boycott rights of citizenship
federal constitution they anything but Americans truth
the orders OF this their active
rhp atuad citizens whho do not know the real meaning
of Anercauism, in its broader
1t is safe prediction that this Sawyer II he is really
born American he he would have learned that the most
effective protect right think and with entire
Independence, within the fight the
fellow when his constitutional rights
most strenuous opponent of Ku Kuxsm neither Catholics Jews
hoi aously
own liberties against possible assault by intolerance and bgoty
AS TO the masked night the
to law enforcement that would be joke 1t did occasionally
end in tragedy
In this connection and in reply msstaements of Mr.
Sawyer while in Salem, The Capital Journal is not pro-
Catholic proJew pro any other religious sect is
pronegro, proJap proother foreigner is it,
society of any kind 1t believes the racial and
religious tolerance made the law of the land by the federal
constitution and merely seeking to safeguard the liberty
therein