The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-12-16

To Fight
KLan

~ iorVe put Vii eNpei II hN ~
fuslng "a permit IL % 10 husine>
witkin the states boundaries
Governor Henry J Allen declare,
In an address prepared for De
livery to-day before the governors
conference.
A writ being sought IN IA,
Kansas supreme court, he said
would make disappear ihs
blazing eross and the pasture
parties. where the men mask
themselves and put on a fantastic
ceremony II the pen field and
terrorize AN entire Heighbor
hood -
In Kansas We are seeking 20
expel the klan from the state
Governor Allen said II note by
the press of the country that
some misapprchension exists as
20 just what We mean hy eApe,l.
ing the order. and the thought
has been expressed that it is the
intention ~ the state 20 drive
out the members Of the khan
This IS not AZ an what the
action before the supreme court
prrsupposcs tndcr the law Of
Kansas, every organization doing
business within the state must be
chartered The Ku Klax Khan
has a charter under the laws If
Georgia. and the action now
pending IN the supreme court Of
the state is for the purpose of
securing writ forhidding the
khan % do business hereafter In
Kansas
"The essence Of our opposition
20 this organization is not IN the
fact il fights the Catholic church
or expresses is an,ipathy 10 the
Jew or 20 the negro. but IN the
fact that IL does this under the
protection Of mask and through
the process Of terrorism and
violence
n Is incredible that ihis
country should have passed
through its baptism Of heroic de-
votion which called il into ac.
iiou four years ago only 10 sag
back now into this most lament.
able species Of disorder
Much human life has been
sacrificed 10 the cause az Chris
tian civilization. as America in
terpreis II ! could take you TO-
n place ] know ia France. whore
the crosses rise row on row. and
after a while we would stand
before a cross which marks the
resting place Of James Fitzsim-
mons. The record is that he was
the first member Of the American
cvpcdiiionary forces TO give BIS
life IN the combat area Of Toul
If ! had the power 70 rcinearnatc
dim. I could say, James Fiiz
simmons. yop think You are a
one hundred per cent American,
and | imagine BE- would look at
me with some surprise and say,
i never thought much abqlt
that: was born in America and
when they told me this war was
for the defense Of our ideals and
our civilization didn't wait for
the sclective draft. ! hurried on
10 offer my life FOR the defense
Of the principles which America
had adopted as her own.
IF ! should say you are not
a one hundred pe rcent Ameri-
can. There is an emperor Of an
invisible govcrnmet az Atlanta.
Georgia. who declares you can
not be one hundred per cent
American because you are a
Catholic. dare say he would
say 20 me. they never told me
anything like that when ] stood
IN line with my gun. waiting tol
20 over the top
Speaking Of the appeal made
bv organizers Of the klsn along
lines Of what they call 100 per
cent Amerimanism. he said
In many places the appeal ioi
creed has brought into The or
ranization some excellent men
who believe that they are al
dressing themselves - a real
problem when they draw lines
Of religious prejudice
Skeiching the progress Of the
klan. he continued:
1T grows very rapidly when iiI
strikes a community and il re-
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