Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-18
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at a national convention of eth
er of the two great parties that
have controlled the government of
this country since its foundation.
The same lobby" it is stated
win be moved to New York, with
the complacency of a carnival
show following circus routing.
And the same dictators who
sit on the invisible throne at
Cleveland will shortly sit on o
throne, with welded sceptre,
within the shadow of Madison
Square Garden.
In the meantime, with its 20
X" stamped upon proposed can
didates, with or without their
tconsent, to help or hurt-what-
ever the motive may bet is in
teresting to note that Mr.. Nc
Adoo, most of whose delegations
from the South have been acquir-
ed, it is alleged, through the
dominating influences of this in
visible empire, has now become
sufficiently tolerant and demo-
cratic to push religious bigotry
aside and choose a Roman Cath
oHc as his nominating orator and
another as the permanent chair
man of the convention, and fur
Their that his general manager has
issued statement that the views
of Mr.. MeAdoo and Governor All
Smith, of New York, the latter
also candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination, are zone and
the same as to the Ku Klux
Khan"
It is interesting to conjecture
in the face of these facts lust
how the Georgia and other khan
controlled delegations to that
convention hope to harmonic
the embarrassing situation thus
presented.
Are we a Darkest Russia, -
10 be dictated to by a masked
groupa What chance has a
freeman to protect himself or
his policies when his foes hide
a night shirt and a
mask?
VIII the khan find as easy
sailing in Gotham as in Cleve-
and2 Will it succeed in nam
ng its candidate and debating
he PLATFORM Time will tell.
'But why" asks the Column.
bus Enquirer-Sun, SHOULD not
the khan attempt to control the
two great political parties? The
khan has a score of States in its
clutches and holds in vassalage
throughout the country thous-
ands of State and county Off
Gals, as well as dozens of Con-
gressmen. Look at the State of
Georgia. It's present governor,
Clifford Walker, a self-confessed
klansm.an; John Boykin, the So
Icitor general of Fulton county,
a self-cohfessed klansman; Com
gresham Willie Upshaw, the
pride of Fulton county, mem
Der and defender of the khan;
and the chief justice of the State
of Georgia, Richard B. Russell,
and several statehouse officials
hobnobbing with the khan and
perhaps currying its favors.
1t Is not so clear that the khan
will have equally easy sailing at
the democratic convention. Nc
Adoo will be nominated by a Ro-
man Catholic, and another COM
municant of that church will be
permanent chairman of the
democratic convention. 1t is to
be wondered how that lineup
will strike the klan-infected dele
cation from Georgia. What the
khan delegates think of the eff
forts of their candidate, McAdoo,
to wiggle out of the clutches of
the followers of the flaming
cross, can readily be guessed.
The complacency of the
public in standing for such
arrogance on the part of the
looded and shrouded would-be
lictators is astounding.
Its tolerance of politicians
Who obey the commands of
dan officials is more surpris~
ng. No public official can
erve two masters. Either he is a
of the people or the
dan.
Dictatorship was never an
American ideal and any man or
that attempts such
$ anything but 100 per cent
American.