Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-10
RIVAL KLAN HEADS
RALLY FACTIONS AS
HEARING, Is WAITED
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or remotely, connected with the
movement to put w. j. Simmons in
absolute control of the affairs of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan, as he
has a right to be, in fact and in law.
THE statement of H. w. Evans
is a gratuitous fling at E. Y. Clarke
and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler Grow and
is a deliberate, and malicious false
hood given to the public for the
purpose of diVerting the thought Of
the nation from the real issue. He
evidently hopes to sustain himself in
an untenable position by putting r.
y. Clarke in the attitude Of traitor
and of seeking to destroy what he
could not control.
''By bringing the name Of Mrs.
Elizabeth Tyler Grow into the con-
troVersy he made an assault upon d
woman who is my friend and whom
l know to be absolutely free of any
counsel suggestion, or intimatiOn
concerning this fight for control and
supremacy of the Ku kluX Kan. In
fact Mrs. Grow is so broken in
health that she has practically taken
leave of the world and all of its con-
Germs and on Tuesday next will go
into a hospital for a capital opera
ton from which there is small hope
Of her ever emerging. 1t is my GER
tain knowledge that Mrs. Grow has
not been approached from the out
side and that she has not commu-
nicated with the outside for days to-
gether except through her nurse and
by and with the consent of her ply
stefan.
From the beginning of this or
9anization and through its rise and
expansion into nation idepower [
have been Intimately and actively
identified with E. Y. Clarke. The
time came when through machina-
lions Of men who feared his power
or were jealous of the exercise of
that power, he has broken in health
dispossessed of the position that he
had earned in this organization and
driven away from the association,
the fellowship and the confidence Of
his friends. From the day that he
became the hunted of his despoilers
down to the present hour he has
not been in communication with
any men connected with this move
ment to restore the government Of
the knights of the Ku KluX Khan
to William j. Simmons.
Scores Evans Record
when Prometheus was chained
to the Tarpeon rocks and the thun.
derbolts were breaking about his de-
fenseless head, it was q Carrion crow
that pecked at his eyes and cIawed
at his Vitals.
wv no is this man who by intrigue
and ,blackmail has elevated himself
tn Tho 1onCitiN,, h. Of n
be the supreme head of the knights
of the Ku hllux Khan? H. w. Evans
is a man who grew to the meridian
of life without having recorded a
single success. In his profession he
was unethical.
up to the time he became identi-
fed with the Ku KIux Khan there
was nothing in his entire career to
merit either the distinction or the
honor of leadership in n great move
ment. 1t is true that he was identi-
fed with the Masonic fraternity in
the state of Texas and he introduced
into Scottish Rite Masonry what
may be termed 'fraternal politics
and by his practices split and dis.
rupted that organization in Texas.
Ills political methods in the Ma
sonic fraternity were the same as
the methods which have character
lied him in the I<u T<lux Khan. 1t
was a disposition of what he always
terms poison meat This phrase of
his means that he undertakes to ex-
ploint further and to gain his own
ends by the alienation of friendships
among men who have always trust
ed each other.
when through an abortive at
tempt to put himself in control Of
the knights of the Ku Klux Khan
he was proclaimed imperial wizard,
his elevation front obscurity to such
a dizzy eminence evidently for Il
brief period unsettled his reason. He
hastily left the hall of the klonvoca-
drove with great haste to the home
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler Grow and
there embraced her with his tears of
gratitude for contribution to his adj
Vancement and elevation in life.
'And to what and in what way
had Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler Grow con-
tributed to this mans sudden rise to
such a CONSPICUOUS position and such
power? Why, Mrs. Grow had sup
piled him with a considerable sum
VI nlOuSy III LIE tldV VI Ills poverty
and obScurity with which to meet
the demands and necessities of life.
Ingratitude is sharper than ser
pent's tooth Life is capable of
startling qualities and TRANSFORMED
tons. But never in the history of
mankind has there been more
striking example of the rapid alter
nations between Uriah Hecp and
Nero.
Clarke Rejects Post
&c. Y. Clarke was rendered by the
imperial klonvocati6n the office of
imperial wizard and there is not u
man living who could have been des
t9nated to that office until it had
first been offered to Clarke
''In his big generosity-in his I'M
bounded nselfishness-Whet he was
proclaimed the choice
of the convention he, without hest
fa tion, returned the office to the
and said that in keep
ing with his promise to the khan and
to the American people that he|was
retiring from all official connection /!
with the organization. He stated
that the khan had kept faith with !
him and that he had kept faith with |,
the Khan and that there We're no |
that would cause him |
20 break a promise with the organi- /!
zation or to recede from the position |
he had taken with the American peo- !
pie. He went further and request |
ed that the klonvocation which had |
to thrust upon him the !
leadership Of the organization shotf3 ,
confer that honor and distinction ]
pom his trusted friend. II. w. :
Evans