Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-23
TU|NULT Y CALLS ON
WALKER To PROV:
KLAV MEET CHARGE

! Joseph p. Tumulty, who was sec
rotary to the late President Wilson,
has sent a telegram to an Atlanta
morning newspaper, calling upon
Governor Walker to offer proof Of
statement the governor is report
ed to have made at the Ku Klux
Khan meeting last month in Kansas
City that Mr.. Tumulty had used his
! influence a sa Catholic ito place in
the center of every national war
camp a Catholic church and drive
out to the borders the churches of
every Protestant denomination"
Mr.. Tumulty, in his telegram, made
public Tuesday, says:
1.-THE statement of Governor Walk
er regarding my alleged war activ-
tiles in behalf of the Catholic church,
is an unqualified faIsehood. No
member of that church, neither a
private in it's ranks nor a member
of it's priesthood, nor its heirachy.
ever by the slightest suggestion
sought to control me in this or any
other matter"
Mr.. Tumulty called upon Governor
walker, to produce before a tribunal
made up of the Protestant ministry
which the governor may see tit to
DESIGNATE. any evidence he may
have to substantiate his alleged
charges.
Governor Walker stated Tuesday
he had not had time to consider a
reply to Mr.. Tumulty, but would
give one later.
"The pressure of business is such
that | cannot give consideration to
the card of Mr.. Tumulty today but
the people of Georgia may lie as
sured that | will attend to the mat
ter in the proper way and at the
proper time" Governor Walker said.
TumultX's Telegram
The telegram of Mr.. Tumulty was
given out as follows:
MY attention has been called to
a speech delivered by Governor
Walker, of your state, on September
! % at Kansas City before conVen-
| ton of the Knights OF the hu hluX
| Khan, in which, with reference to
! the association of Woodrow Wilson
and mySelf, ne maze the IOllO"lll
surprising statement:
1t is different thlnS' an III
! finitely different thnS When
Catholic secretary OF sympatnetlc
| president so manlpuIateS the chlcal
cry OF politics thaC ne Will place III
/ the center OF every national war
camp Cathollc chufch ana oflNe
oup'4ioe % tie poi ''Gt ~ ''i ,oo,c' ..6
ON the alIeyways every Preshvte
rian evarv Methodist every Baptist
and eve,.v other protastant church.
",rbis statenoent il, substance
CHARGES thar in NV official relation
with Woodrow Wilson religious
nreiudice ana hias Centralized me
/ When the first report of this speech
reached mo at once in fairness t1
4 Governor Walker. T frankly discred
ited il beIie,ino thar out of +be
soutbIand whose chiva1rv and oen,
oroeit,, ,ltI1- a5,,13 49,
( base, uncharftabIe and un-Christiar
utteranca would come
I'm patience and with forbearance
[ awaited a disclaimer from the
source which uttered it. Reluctant
! ~. under pressure and ashamed
DCrh1nS of the 6i9 bO1iC91 009ra0tPI
of the attack an admission of its
60 az "oiiliSSloll oL ItS
ernor Walker The honev words
sickled over with a nale cast al
tolerance in which be Saw fit ~ an
pareI his sIandorous uttaranco o,,i,
| exaooerato +ba ,o,,, , 80 va, >
char9cter Of oil tho+ w. go '''''''
''',, . ~ % '.' '"aC ne ssLu.
says lie Must Defend Wilson
Woodrow Wilson is dead. He
cannot speak in his own behalf. nv
love for him and NV respect for hi,
memory bid me as a Roman Cath
Ole, who for eleven wears was init
! mately associated with him in th,
various crises Of his career n,odost1,
to defend him. esneciaII1 wben ~
sassius of character from his own bo
loved southland seek bv innuendo +,
tarnish the noble record oe bic o,.or
lasting achievements.
ne statement OF Governor Walk
tsSdIuihE my alleged war aCtivi
yes III oeha!t Of the Catholic church
- an unQuaIltled falsehoOd. No mem
yer OIL the church, neither private
III us ranks, nor member of its
| priesthood, nor its hierarchy ever. hy