Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-06-29
HARDFICHT ON
KLAN ENDS BY
CLOSE MARGIN
Convention In Session Late
This Morning With Heated
Discussions Over Klan;
Adjourns to $3.50 Monday

ora. June ~. nc democratic plat
fern Will not single on. tho Ku Klux
Alau by name.
II will net contain Wilsonian plank
WV the League VI Nations
These two decisions came early Sun
day morning after ten hour coniin-
uous session IN which some Of the most
disofderly scenes IN convention history
were enacted.
When thc ron had been verified by
the clerk III The end of the roll call the
unofficial vote stood 5i7 against the
substitute plank naming the Klan 10
'in IN favor it That figure would de-
feat the minority report.
lhe platform as whole was adopted
hy VIVA vucc vote in wairh the aycs
and noes were MIXED in mighty chorus.
Rnt hair an Walsh ringing down the
gave declared the motion 10 adopt the
platform carried
Tho .ttcmpt to substitute u plank Oh
ihn League Nj Nations fcr that submit
y z by TIE nlatform committee was
bnwlod over l'y heavy vote The vote on
ihe Nlal waa ycrv close ana iis taking
Was surrounded with scene of arrimony
ri DISPUTE surh as have ntt been Wit
cd in wears Ga the floor Of a ma
iiunai .coHyention.
When after repeated challenges and
chang of votes III the various deIega-
tnns was announced as 5f2 AMI a-2aths
votes In favor of the plank as tho com
nittce recommended ~. ard 81 y 20ths
votes ian favor of The m inoritv plank
which wou v have singled ort the Kr
klux klan hy name.
Ihrr was more disorder With hun
'drfd delegates calling for recognition
ard the chairman shouting at the tor WI
his voice and scarcely able h. make him
sclf heard. When ron cali was AZ
mandcd on the platform and the chair
announced that the required number az
seconds were not presented. Thea viii
nll thc racket was IA iis height. Frank
lin -. Roosevelt raising himself Nv his
feet ON his crutchcs made himself
heard a' Owe tic riot and shouted:
We have now proceeded 90 the
morning rf the Sabbath day. / move that
the convention adjourn until $3.50
o'clock Monday morning.
There WAS 4 rolling chorus of ayes
and rolling chorus M noes but Chair
man W. sh. evidently exhausted brouph,
dcwn the Eavcl with wallop and de-
clarci The motion to adjourn Was car
led.
The convention piled out into the
streets in the same disorder which had
characterized ten hours VI continuous
session.
Then thr convention got the mu N
dreaded ku kiuN klan is>nc on a pro-
posal bs Mr.. Failangall ~ Maine. 10
take ia plank nan..ng the ka klux
hian specifically Senator owen ~
oklahoma. opened the discussion. lie
WAS speaking for tine majority report
which does not name THE klan
- appear before you now in a position
ia which | ain entirely free w express
my opinion ~ we'll as 10 defend the
majority resolution now before yon, IN
said the senator III beginning explaining
that N was about ~ retire from public
life.
Z This iS most critical question. I"
said senator Owen This " not Il queS-
ton IN fo the ku klnx klan winning
w losing. This " difference NJ iudg
memi between the large majority Of the
members NJ your committee and Il mi-
nnriiy of the same committee.
The majority members present you
with a plank declaring ia strongest poSs-
ihie terms for freedom uf religion. free
dom of speech. freedom III the press and
freedom NJ the right of every Individual
~ the protection of the laws The only
difference between the minority and the
majority ~ whether the national conycf-
tlon shall Stigmatize the Khan By name
A. being guilty of interfering with re
ligious liberty and with the p0liti al
rights of their fellow citizens.
Make no mistake about the issue
there isn't anybody anywhere ia America
IA amp responsible position that would
defend amy organization. ku klux or not.
ia violating the principles of the con-
Stiiution or dSrcgarding the lawful
rights NJ their fellow citizens.
Il assume il j. true that members
wearing the mask and indmIging ia mia-
night frelics with their nghiies on have
been guilty If deprrdations in their
name and that some times the viIeSt and
ba>est of criminals have worn the mask
Nd indulge themselves IN some criminal
act. That j. probably true Ii j. also
irne Thar there are other lunatirs i'll the
country who don't wear this shromd. II
iS also true that here are other criminals
in the country who do not wear this