The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21
TWILIGHT'S
THINKLINGS
THINK IH OVER
WHAT ARE YOU?
WHERE ARE YOU
CLASSIFIED!
the bounds Of the
=" United States are to be found
w laroa oraupS that love not

problems. Group-interest Is placed
before national welfare. Organized
fOreignism Is thwarting on every side
the constructive activities OF Ameri.
cans who seek to preserve the funda-
mentaIs of our civilization. Progress
On an American basis is fr0wned up
on by the deyotees Of hyphenism.
Daily, Americans are threatened by
allen forces seeking to make this
country haven Of mongrelism.
- 7" Think 1t Over!
Speak and work I'm behalf Of the
public school and the "parOchiaiists''
deneunce you I'm words Of yitupera-
tion; advocate an American solution
of the Immigration problem and mObs
may pound at your door; defy eccle-
siasticaI authority as Ii seeks to unite
church and state and you are boy
cOtted or otherwise made to suffer;
demand q true recognition of NOrdic
achievements and perchance stiletto
will find It's way to your heart; ex.
press yatir belief I'm white supremacy
andiyeu are branded rs an inStigatOr
of race hatred; call attention to cor
ruptiOn as ft exists In the cOmmun-
ity, the state and the nation and you
are ridiculed as q calamity howler;
vote for the man rather than the par.
ty and you are catalOgued as a mug
wump; let 10 be known that you rec
ognize Jesus of Nazareth as the Bea.
con Light of of the American civil.
xation and at once you are branded
as aJew.baiter.
s,r Think 1t Over!
No country rises higher than Its
eitixenry. Where you find a people
refusing to take an active interest In
the affairs of a nation, there exist
nauseating sloughs Of graft and rot.
ten politics. America Is nation
governed by min0rities, when matori.
ties should guide the.destiny Of this
country: In the United States 26,.
!. 90 GEO. voters remain silent. Indif.
NNf2me1stn matters Of politics Is
A4ngeFoSs eva that must be over
come. ~ y 4,
EbiRk 1t 9veE
These are GAYS m Ahierica which
are filed with critical conditions.
These are days of mOmentOuS events.
These are days demanding awakened
Americanism. These are days calling
for consecrated citizenship. These
are days that test the stamina OF
men, of women. These are days over
flowing with menaces threatening our
national stability. These are days
of unrest and uncertainty. These are
days when panderers Of false doc
trines press on every side. These are
days with an unusual supply Of half.
baked theories. These are days that
demand the undivided loyalty Of ev-
cry true lover of Old Glory and what
that emblem represents.
Think 1t Over!
WHAT are you? Perhaps you
w think that foolish ques-
ton. However, let's get right
down to brass tacks" and throw
away all possibilities of evasion.
Now then, what are you? Are
you a four-fusher or a straight
shooter? Are you a side-stepper
or a forward-walker? Are you a
double-dealer or four-square
man? Are you a milk-sop or a
fighter? Are you somebody's
stoolpigeon or nobody's fool?
Are you a blower" or a doer?
Are you a malefactor or a bene-
factor? Come clean. What are
you?
TTEAR ye, hear ye, America wants
n to know what you are. The ku
= l. Klux Klan is making a perma-
nent record as the people within this
country take stand either for the
United States or against 1t. You
must take a stand. You must take 1t
now. You cannot dodge the classi-
fication which is being made. All
persons in this country will be classi-
fed as Americans or aliens. You can
not stand with Americans unless you
believe:
In the constitution of the United
States of America.
In lust laws and liberty.
In restrictive immigration laws
which will prevent America being
used as a cess-pool.
In the public school as the su-
preme institution of elementary ed
ncation in the United States.
In impartial and fearless law en-
forcement by the duly constituted
officers of the law. =.
In preventing the amalgamation OF
the pigmented and white races by
education and legislation. :,
In freedom of speech as guaranteed
by the American constitution.
In a press that is free from gov
ernmental censorship as well as free
dom from commercial, racial, politi-
cal or ecclesiastical domination.
That church and state should for
ever remain separate and independ-
ent.
In the prevention Of mob violence
by legal methods only.
That lynchings are a travesty Oh
Justice and bloody rebukes.
In doing your full duty as an Amer
lean citizen.
In but one flag, and that the star
spangied banner.