The Denver Jewish news., 1923-11-22

Whoever lost tho clcc ions. the Ku
Elnx Klan think they won. The Kim
uiny not have emerged victorious
throlgbcut the country. hut they won
Just nbout enough to warrant their
trying to gain more. Incomplete as
are the election returns from all over
the country. it Is sufficiently clear that
,he hooded head is beginning to make
It's political appearance wherever II
c.in do so. with or wi:hout impunity
And where their victory was anything
bui gratifying. the bcd-shcct wearcrs
take ccmfors in the thought that
enough had been gained to assure II
victory ut some future date.
All of which means that the klan
vote. n vote by Elansmen. for Klans-
men. Is becoming an undcniablc fact
which has to lie faced. 1t may he
somehow difficult TO explain the klnhs
mems party Alignment in diifern'
places. Republican Klansmen in Suf-
folk County. Long Island. voted for
the Klan candidate, who happened to
br running ,>n the Republican ticket.
Another Republican defeated II Demo-
crnt. by The grace of the Klansmcn in
Babylon. I.ong Island. And when the
Klnn saw fit to endorse Democrat In
babylon. thnt Democratic candidate
received huge minority. Party aflii-
iaiion. loyalty TO party Standards and
PARTY principles We're not even slightly
rf.:irlrd hy Klansmcn.
with l<lansnHn victories in Suffolk
County. In Babylon. in Bayporf. in
YolE.rs. In Port .Iervis. and In Lin
dcihurst. rnd all ger5 Long lslnnd
the Klam had rcassssh to fe3s,tss,. md
cn,,sc, enough for cs.lehrn ting ifs 'emefs
ge,n,c ns u political factor through the
burning II Bcry crosses. =
II party lines went to smash In roll
Ing np Khan vote. party lines were
nlsn obIiterited in certain parts Of the
country by opponents of the hooded
politicians In Pittsburg a Klan can
didate was defeated for the office of
County Commissioner because lie was
an avowed Khan candidate. which pro-
duccd the rather Amazing situation of
Democrats being dizzily swept in o
Office over Republicans in state over
whelmingly Republican. The amaze
ment was increased by the fact that
some Of the Republicans were Cntho-
lies. They were elected i'm an almost
solitlly PrOtestan. state, because nc
c0rsling to one newspaper account,
catholics without regard for party.
supported the anti-Klan candidate,
with the population OF foreign exlrac-
tion, those of the Jewish faith and.
probably for the first time in an in-
tcrsely Republican northern state
negroes by the thousands voted for the
Democrats.
So the Klansmen lost Fittsburg. But
they won in Youngstown. The Klnn
candidnte for Mayor was elected by
mn overwhelming majority over five
opponents. The Klan is justified in
regarding the vic.Ory us the greatest
vet gained north Of the Mason-DixOn
line.
The Youngstown victory is typical of
what happened throughout Ohio. Can
ditlates endorsed by the Klan were
generally successful. Although it did
not matter whether the Klan-endOrscd
candidate was II Democrat or Repub-
lican. 1t was the Republicans who car
ried the elections, because they were
the candidates of the Klan, and the
candidates of the Klan We're success
full because throughout Ohio. the anti
Klun vote was split, while that of the
Klansmen was solid. Mayor Gableman
election because he had once prohibited
n Klan parade and because his Oppo'
nent. Ralph Calvert. n Republican. had
The support of the Khan.
Akron elected n Republican Mayor
ever Isaac Meyer. Democrat, because
the Republican had the support of the
Elan. Toledo now has n Mayor VIII,
was supported by the Khan; Spring
field has commissioners endorsed by
the Klan, and so on down the line.
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1t is not for nothing hat YOungs
town Klansmen, in celebrating the
election of the Klan candidate as
Mayor, invited delegations of Klans
men from all over the country. Spe
cial trains We're reported 10 he carry
inp IN NounpStowu KlnuSmpn from
Pennsylvania, where they had rather