The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14
BY the GRAND DRAGON,
Realm of Illinois

Klansmen no doubt have noticed
through the press the propaganda
that is being broadly disseminated
throughout the country that the
Knights of the Ku Klux Khan is en-
gagged in conspiracy to get control
of the local, state and national gov
eminent. This is but the beginning
of propaganda that is to be nation
wide, and is intended to put the Khan
in the hole in the matter of political
affairs, and because of this fact it is
necessary that our position be clearly
and definitely stated and understood.
AS American citizens we are inter-
ested in matters pertaining to our
government above everything else,
and every real Klansman must appre-
ciate the value and worth of citizen
ship with all that it stands for, and
what it means, not only to himself,
but to his children after him.
This is government of the peo-
pie, by the people, and for the peo-
ple," and to that end we desire seri-
Gus consideration and action on the
part of every real American. The
organization is not partisan in any
sense of the word. 1t is made up of
men of different political faiths, but
as American citizens and members of
this great organization, we have a
right to demand of our political par
ties absolute loyalty and interest to
American principles and ideals,A and
we have duty to see that political
parties enunciate in their platforms
those principles so clearly and def
nitely that they can be understood by
all; and to that end we should be con-
stantly vigilant and active in partici-
pating in the conventions of the sew
eral political parties. We should see
to it that principles embodied in res
olutions should find expression in po-
litical platforms, so that when they
are enacted into the laws of our state
and nation they will adhere to the
benefit and welfare of our people in
the maintenance of Americanism.
We are not interested in the sue
cess of any particular party or indi-
vidual, but we are deeply interested
in the making of just laws and in the
selection of men of such type and
character as will give US a guaranty
of the enforcement of the same in the
interest of good citizenship. There
fore, it is altogether fitting that those
men who are affiliated with the Re-
publican party and the Democratic
party, or any other party, are of the
type and character that can be de-
pended upon to do their whole duty
without fear or favor. So we must
give attention to the primaries and
conventions to the end that we may
have men to select from as our Off
GERS who will measure up to the high
est standards of efficiency.
There are certain elements that we
have a right to expect to find in those
men whom we select for service.
They must be clean men in their
lives and habits.
They must be honest and depend
able.
They must be capable.
They must be loyal to the great
fundamental principles of our gov
eminent, our ideals and our institu-
tions, and this loyalty shall be abso-
lutely beyond question. If Klansmen
will give proper attention to the
above suggestions, we will have no
reason to regret the outcome at the
polls.
The matter of government is the
most important thing that touches
our lives as citizens, and if we are
negligent, we cannot expect the best
from governmental administration.
AS Klansmen we have rights, duties
and obligations, and no real Klans-
man can afford to be Indifferent nor
recreant to political affairs in his To-
cal community, state or nation. We
have no desire to dictate political
preferment when it comes to the
matter of political party; neither
would we have our members disas-
sociate themselves from the political
parties of their choice to the extent
that hey become NON-PARTISAN, as
his would make impossible participa-
ton in those affairs that are of su-
preme interest to US; on the other
hand, we would have every Klansman
to be so jealous and so jealous Of his
party that he would not suffer it to
be used in any way against the high
est interest and greatest good of his
country, and we would have him so
determined that he would see to it
that men of the proper type and
character are the standard-bearers of
his party. When these two elements
do not obtain in his party, Klans-
man should possess that hardness of
manhood and sturdy devotion to
Americanism that he would not hes
itate one moment in casting his bal
lot in the interest of those ideals in
which we believe and for which we
stand.
Under our present form of govern
ment, political parties eevirtually-a
necessity, but they are only instru-
ments to be used by the people of
our nation as means of service, and,
as American citizens, we are inter-