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FIGHT AGAINST
MAYfIELO CAIN:
Texas Republican Chairman It
Oppose Seating Senator.
KLAN IS BASE OF CONTES7
Democrats Are Wary and Will Not
BE Forced Into Position of Defend.
ers Of Masked Order.

Washington, Dec. 4.-R. B. Creagei,
| chairman of the Republican state COM
| mittee of Texas, who has come TO
Washington in connection with rhe
forwarding of plans to prevent the
seating of Senator-elect Earle B. May
field. was seen at his hotel.
He said he did not reach Washing
ton until late Saturday, and had not
had time to discuss his mission with
administration leaders, but that he
would do so this week.
Il do not care to 60 into details
fer publication just now,' Re said, but
1 have declared all the time :hat | did
not think MayfieId should be seated, or
would be seated. That i, :,iapiy my
opinion, but any plans 20 that end, |
do not care to discuss how. He VIC
lated the law of the safe limiting
expenditures in political campaigns
and, moreover, he is a member OF the
Ku KluX Khan. There are other
grounds why he should not be seated.
Il will be here eighI or nine days.
and expect TO see the president and
various leaders while | am ,.are, he
said
Following the visit nf Governor Par
krr, Of Louisiana. to Washington, it
is understood the department of jas
tice is making extensive investigation
of Ku KluX activities in various states
1t is regarded as largely state IueS-
tiOh, and the various CONFERENCE.-The
are charged with enforcement Of. their
own laws. However. the nationwide
character of the kan. and It's infer
state activities, has developed what
may I've federal question.
Shrewd politicians in Washington
believe The Harding administration is
getting ready to seize whatever pUiti-
cal advantage there Is in the situation.
A Washington newspaper, regarded
as the organ of the illustration, il
running daily articles on the depreda
lions of the khan. Some of the Re
publican leaders apparently are hope
full that they can maHeuver the Demo
Gratis into the position Of defenders Of
The Ku Klux The whole question will
probably be injected into congress by.
the contest over seating Mayfield.
Democratic senator's, however, are
DOT going to permit exploitation of
this question TO be turned to partisan
advantage if they can prevent it. The
khan is nationwide in its organization.
and its political activities have in re
cent months been quite as pronounced
in northern and western states as in
the south. where it originated.
Democratic members Of congress
from the south have, in several in
stances, denounced efforts 10 make il
appear that their states are suffering
from a reign of lawlessne>s and their
remarks have been interpreted in
quarters as apologies for the khan,
but there appears to be no justifica
ton for this.
Democratic senators are recalling
that after the civil war period the
Democratic party in its national plat
form condemned the Ku KfilX of those
days, and it Is believed that the party
platform of 1904 will contain an anti
khan plant. Senator Walsh, of, Massa-
chusetts, who has vigorously denounc-
ed the khan, may propose this proceed
ure.
Since his speech against the khan in
the senate recently, Senator Walsh
has received many letters commencing
his course. Many of these have come
from southern states, where the &C
tivities of the khan have been more or
less pronounced, and several have
ho Ill
the big political issue of the day.