The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-09-30


never IN mob violence to take the
law in his own hands"
He swears TO protect the chas-
tity of woman in the home TO the
last drop of blood in his veins.
These are principles laid down by
the early settlers Of America Would
| descendants OF those pioneers go
forth with a bomb to blow up and
kin"
Above all" he said. the Khan
holds Jesus Christ as the great
standard OF character. Unless we
have purity in the homes, women
above reproach and men clean and
genteel. the home supporting the
state and the state the nation, this
country is bound to go to the dogs. ;
In closing. the speaker said that
IN the brief time at his disposal
he spoke only half an hour-he had
tried to tell the crowd what tho Ku
Klux Khan stands for. L Will let
you be your own judges" he said
whether It is good or bad"
AS DR.. Brown took his seat he
was applaufed roundly Many times
during his lecture the crowd cheer
ed as he drove home his points.
Mr.. Meloy halted the crowd long
sons wishing further information
regarding tie Khan should address
letter to Lock Box 1853 at the
Hammond post office.
At the foot OF the steps leading
from the platform Mr.. Brown was
greeted by q jam OF persons eager
to shake his hand. Some were there
to argue, but he refused to be
drawn into an argument and simply
| told persons who differed with him
| to get a crowd together as he had
done and have their own say.
We'll. how does the crowd com
cdr" a reporter asked Dr. Brown.
as he descended from the platform.
He started TO reply but the crowd
of eager handshakers crushed for
| ward and ne was kept busy. He
was trying to move away but they
| surrounded him.
I'll tell you what you do" he
! finally managed to say between
handshakes, "be at the Nickel Plate
station after a while. We're going
| to catch that train east We can
talk better there" Then he con-
tinued his struggle towards the
| awaiting automobile.
| He and E. J. Meloy were al the
! depot in plenty Of time for the 9.49
train.
/ DR.. Brown, who is a Baptist min
| lister, was beaming.
1T was a wonderful meeting" he
said, the finest we have addressed
on our tour of Indiana We have
| spoken in fourteen cities and our
+, tour calls for thirty-nine alto
gether.
Hammond has turned out by far
! the largest crowd we have yet seen.
l have lectured to crowds in which
we knew there were 10000 persons,
! but this beats anything to date.
How many do 1 estimate? Well, it's
hard TO say. 1 know there were
10000 but it wouldn't surprise me
| If there were 15,009.'
Large crowds. OF course. are
gratifying to me but it's impossible
! for all of them TO get close enough
TO hear everything. I'm afraid l
| didn't reach all of them. But the
people were mighty nice to me,
mighty nice
There had been speculation on
the street before the meeting as to
how Brown would be received. Some
predicted he would be heckled and
rough stuff might be attempted.
/ There was no attempt at rowdyism
| and only few Interruptions
Asked if he had ever been mis-
| treated at speaking engagements,
/ ne replied, Never"
The little Interruptions you
heard tonight were about the usual
| kind. In fact, I think there was
more of 1t this evening than we
! have had elsewhere. One man after
the lecture wanted to argue a point
but l merely state my case from a
platform for which ( have arranged.
If others nave something else to
say. they have the privilege OF do
ing as I do
That advertisement which ap-
peared in your paper / believe was
the finest l have ever seen. 1t GER
tainly pulled a crowd" He drew a
folded newspaper page from his
pocket Sec. I have it with me and
am going 20 send 1t to national
headquarters. I want to thank
your paper Tor the fair attitude il
has taken towards the Khan thus
far Good bye"
He gathered up his baggage and
climbed aboard the train which had
just arrived.
DR.. Brown is at present president
Of Cox College Of Georgia. He is
a graduate of Gale university of
Wisconsin, Colgate university of
New York, the Illinois College Of
Law and the University of Chatta-
nooga. Tenn. He is also a member
of the national lecture board of the