Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-03

IF feeling. The hatred" il such
Is tho word, exists between the low
class negro and the low-class white
man. and If it were possible to an
llyze the real cause of tho racial
in the country, it would
be found that they are
iue to bad white men, bad negroes
md bad whiskey.
Klan Causes Friction
While | make no charge that the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have
taken any part in them, it is a
TACT, nevertheless, that since this
was started, there
have been an abnormal number of
Of interracial friction. In
The State Of Georgia, where the
Klan is probably strongest, there
has been case after case Of disorder.
1t seems to me that as an oEganiza-
lion designed to aid the authorities
in the enforcement of law and
1rder," the Ku Klux Klan has ut
5erly failed to prevent these occur
rences. If the Klan is capable OF
the arms of the law,
why has it not done 30 in the state
If Georgiaf
Early in the summer of 1921. the
whole country was shocked at the
Of a race riot in Tulsa,
Okla.J when an entire community
was plunged into bloodshed and a
vast amount of property destroyed.
From the published accounts Of the
-iot, 1t started from the most trivial
,ause imaginable. and in a short
lime white men and negroes were
against each other in regu-
lar pitched battle. In examining
he list of field workers of the
knights of the Ku Klux Klan, ii
$ noticeable that there is a large
'oree Of Kleagles at work in the
'tate Of Oklahoma, and the pre-
is that there is a Klan
If Ku Kluxers in existence at Tulsa.
Why did not the Klan rally to the
iupport of the authorities and ZEN
'orce law and order7" The enforce
nent of law and order consists of
riot. Why was the riot
lot stoppedf
In this connection, ] heard the
eader of the Ku Klux Klan in
chattanooga, where attended
arge meeting shortly before resign
ng, make the statement that several
weeks prior to the outbreak of the
Tulsa riot he had been informed
~ travelling man, also a Ku Klux
hat clash between the races was
likely to occur within a short time
{ this condition was a true one,
Why were the authorities and their
aluable aids and abettors, the Ku
<lux Klan, not prepared to stop
t7
Social Equality Bugaboo
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Y harped upon by the professional
outherner and by the Ku Klux or
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5 superior to me. Society is split
nto strata made up largely
hrough community OF interest, and
ongehlallty OF ideas and thoughts.
me man whose sole thought in
ne Is the accumulation OF money
o"iy ms o"h hinu as MS
qualj the social butterfly skilled
n the arts or pollte society looks
'lth horror upon the Impossible
erson VINO Is not; the scholar seeks
olace ana eqnallty among people OF
rams; ana the philosopher, looking
: the whole human race with its
ONES ana folhies, wlnks at his
rother philosopher ana laughs at
II or them. When such a thing as
oelal equality exists between mem
ers or the white race, then, and
OF until then, Will 1t ever become
ecessary seriously to consider the
natter OF social equality between