The Washington times., 1923-10-02
IS ME- MACE
OG. {. ?. IN
DAY STATE
Leaders Already at Odds Over
KIuxers' Possible Powers
n Coming Election.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. g.,
The Protestant-versus-C Catholic Issue
has raised its head again in New
England IN new guises to the great
discomfort and danger OF the Re-
publican party Far-sighted Repub-
Iicans are taking earnest measures
TO check this new outbreak Of -
;ligious strife. which here ia New
England has the following pc
Iculiarity:
It is started in its organized
form principally by Yankee pro.
testants, who for the most part
are Republican in their political
aKIlliatlons; but II threatens In the
end, unless checked and stopped, to
undermine and grayely iInperil the
New England Republican political
supremacy. s
The reason for this prospect il
that the Republican party through
out this region Is dominated for
the most part BY the Yankee ele-
ment, whereas the Democratic
party is for the most part DOM
mated BY the Irish element.
The Republican party, however,
in order to have q winning strength
at the polls. is obliged nowadays
lin whole great sections Of New
England territory to acquire and
retain certain considerable per.
centage Of Catholic votes.
Il now then the Ku Klux KIar
| - allie TO convince the Catholics
as Catholics that the Yankees as
Yankees are hostile to them, the
result 1oreseen Is that large NUM-
i Ders ok Catholics. French Can
adams, and Catholic italians viii
leave the Yankee Republican
party and win betake themselves
TO the Catholic Irish Democratic
Put Blame on Khan.
In these circumstances the sud-
cen emergerce Of the Ku Klux
Khan in Massachusetts Il REGARDED
i by responsible Republicans ~ a,l
event Of the most distinctly rnenac-
ing CHARACTER When, therefore. ,lri-
der the leadership Of an ex.hypno-
tist OF the vaudeville stage. who
subsequently testified that ali his
hypnOtism was d fake. began its
campaign Ia Massachusetts lasr
week with 8 monster meeting, AZ
Worcester. It WAS az once answered
and denounced BY B. Lorfng Young.
prominent Republican. prominent
Yankee, member 0f the board or
overseers Of Harvard College, and
speaker Of the Massachusetts, house
Of representatives.
Mr.. Young's speech left nothing
10 be desired for franxness and
courage. 1t declared that the khan
is false to every theory of our
Government and it demanded II
effect that Republican leaders come
out and say just where they stand
on the Khan issue.
Those who are not publicly
against the Khan" said Mr.. Young.
must be publicly counted as being
with it.
So strong Is the Khan influence
in Massachusetts, that certain tim
orous Republicans have already
demonstrated with Mr.. Young for
his outspOkenness. He belongs,
however, to the oldest Harvard ira
ditiOn Of free speech ana free
thought. and ii determined that
and sintulerance OF the Khan shall
not get permanent lodgmert IN
Massachusetts,
Rhode Islands Case Cited.
The fight In way could be said
10 De IlBnI between Ine Harvard
spirit, which has just refused to-
make any Determinations against
Jews or negroes In Harvard Col
lege, and the Khan spirit, which has
tumultuously invaded Massacnu-l
sets under the leadership Of F.
Eugene Farnsworth. "nypnctisS, 3
photographer, banjo player, Saliva
tion Army drummer, lecturer. har-
Der, and motion picture producer,
now called by his followers Pro.
fessoro and called by himself ''tBA8
most loved and feared man In
Massachusetts,"
Meanwhile in this State of Rhode
Island the Republicans have al
ready seen what the religious issue,
in complication with other issues,
can do to impair their political
chances.
'sYanlxees'' In Minority.
The Yankees in this State are
minority. Al law passed by re-
cent legislature under the control
or the Republicans was interpreted
--or misinterpretedas an attack