The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-21
Tim 0'LEARY, POLICEMAN, AND HIS BOSS
ARE OVERCOME With CH|LBLA|NS when
NANSMEN CAN'T EAS|LY Y BE SCARED
The Enemies which
K. K. K. has made
Prove Worth of
Order.
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night was molested by policeman Tim
O'Leary of GAINESVILLE at a public ku
Klux Klan meeting held here. The
MAYOR of GAINESVILLE and policeman
O'Leary bolted through the door of
the hall just as the Protestant min
ister was about to dismiss with a
prayer. The mayor and policeman on
entering the hall shouted "Cut this
cut this When asked what the
charges were, they were overcome
with cold feet and left the hall. Al
ter the meeting the Reverend Fink
and his assistant went to the mayors
saloon and there asked His Honor" if
he wanted to arrest them. In reply
the mayor said, Il don't want you,
only wanted to bfeak up that meet
ing"
Let the reader get some facts clear
" established in his mind. First, the
hall at GAINESVILLE, where the ku
Klux Klan meeting was held had been
previously rented and there was no
question as to the right of the klans-
men to hold the meeting in that par
ticular place. Secondly, our COnstl-
tuition gives to every person on Amer
lean soil the right of public assem-
blage and free speech. Therefore the
Klansmen who conducted the K. X. K.
meeting at Barnesville were absolute
ly within their rights. There is every
reason to believe that the mayor and
policeman knew this, but yet ignored
entirely the right of the Protestant
minister to conduct the Klan meeting,
in their bonehead Efforts to serve as
instruments of hate and intimidation.
There is a clear case against the
mayor and Tim O'Leary of Barnes
vile. The Call of the North demands
that they be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law. Straightway we will
place the matter in the hands of our
attorney for legal action. Protest
ants have stood too much of this hard
stuff and it is time to call a halt to
such highhanded methods. When Pro-
testants can't hold meeting where
the betterment of America is careful
ly considered, without attempted in
timidation, things are in a dangerous
condition. If the people of Barnes
vile do not demand an investigation
of their mayors and policeman Tim
O'Leary's conduct in connection with
the Ku Klux Klan meeting of last
night, they are delinquent in their re-
sponsibilities as citizens. When a pub
lie official deliberately goes out of his
way to terrorize Protestants, he is
guilty of malfeasance.
The Kind of Men That Fight the Ku
Klux Kan are Recommends
tion for the Great Order
The best argument in favor of the
Ku Klux Klan are the enemies the
great movement has to contend with
We have personally talked with many
men who went into the Klan as a pro-
test against her foes. They loved the
organization because of the character
of those who hated it. Many people
may not see the need of the Ku Klux
Klan and some may doubt the wisdom
of the organization at this time. But
no open-eyed American will fail to
understand her foes and their crusade
against her. Those foes and that
crusade are the very best recommend.
ations that the Ku Klux Klan has to.
day and she really needs no better
Who wants a better proof of a gen.
uine worthwhileness> of any organiza.
ton than the solid opposition of all
un-American and pro-criminal forces
Good men everywhere are coming t.
understand that the Klan is danger.
GUS only to the lawless and un-Amer.
lean element within our midst.