Evening star., 1924-06-29

however humble, of his right to wor-
ship God in his own way.
Il have been taken care of by ne
groes all my life, and / should de.
spise myself IL I wounded the feel
ings Of the humblest negro in the
land. When Justice Brandeis was
made justice of the Supreme Court
great brain and character. 1 did no,
care that he was a Jew. From the
Jews we received the blessing Of the
Bible. Our Christian doctrines are
founded on the teaching of a Jew
When our sons went to war in Amer
lca's great battle we did not ask their
race or creed or color.
Shall we now allow the Demo
cratic party with the greatest oppor-
tunity in all history to be divided on
There were cries of NO" from the
audience.
Says Laws Control Khan.
Shall we use this question in any
way, directly or indirectly, to pro-
mote or denote any candidates. what
ever? My fellow Democrats, let US
be careful; this isn't a question of
courage, as a member Of the commit
tee said. A member of the commit
tee said we didn't have the courage
to name the K. K X. Well. I've got
the courage to name the X. K. K. I'm
not afraid of a Ku Klux, living or
dead. There wasn't any Ku Klux in
your committee that 1 know of. In
Louisiana the X. X. X. was charged
with killing some people at Mer
Louisiana passed law declaring that
no man without permission should
wear a mask. They didn't want to
stop the Mardi Gras.
We've got laws in this country to
control the Ku KIux Klan. We have
those laws in Oklahoma We can
tear the mask off Of them. They tried
to nominate a man there for governor
and the good Democrats and Prot
estants and Catholics licked the stuff.
them politically or any other way.
The only issue is, will you say by
the voice of this convention that the
membership of the K. K. K. are
guilty of violating the constitutions
presented before US to that effect:
don't defend the Ku Klux. 1 think
there are some brilliant rascais
among them. But I know, too, there's
a large number OF good citizens citizen $
the order that it was committed to
obey and preserve and protect the
Constitution and the laws of the
country"
Boos MinEle With Cheers.
At that there was a mixture of ap-
plause and boos and hisses from the
Senator owen concluded his address
at that point and vas a.,S succeeaeSH on On
Maine, who spoke for naming the
Ku Klux specifically.
TT was suggested by the senator
from Oklahoma that there was little
difference between the propositions
before YOU" began Mr.. Pattangall.
I'VE approved and accepted every
single word that was put in the plat
form by the majority, but we added
to it a supplementary declaration. II
you had an opportunity to examine
find that their plan merely reiterated
the rights preserved to American
citizens under the bill of rights and
the Constitution. We have done
nothing more than add a paragraph
which applies those abstract prln-
ciples to concrete case.
Reads Minority Report.
Here Mr.. Pattangall read the
addition to the platform,
which mentions the name Of the ku
I'VE condemn political secret So
cieties." read Mr.. Pattangall from the
proposed plank, and asked the con-
vention does anybody OBJECT TO
that?"
There were chorus of noes"
Then he went on to finish the read
ing of the plank including the name
of the Klan and a wave OF applause
swept the hall.
Now, is there anybody" he asked,
who is so ignorant of what is going
on in American life today that he does
not know that the secret society we
name lays down as part of its prin-
Jew or foreign-born Is eligible to office"
Delegates Agree.
"Is there any denial Of that?" he
demanded. There were more noes.
Then Mr.. Plattangan read the re-
mainder of the declaration, and con-
tinued:
Senator Owen says he is willing
to name the Klan:
where is he willing? On the plat
form of this convention in New York
City. want to name 1t all over the
United States in this platform. I
want to name it wherever the gospel
of democracy is preached at all.
Every man on that committee ap-
preached the subject with the desire
to do what was right, and we all
agreed that something had to go into
the platform on this situation. The
principal differences of thought was
whether the platform would be abso-
lutely frank or not. If it Is unwise
to name the Klan, it is unwise to put
something in the platform that means
the Klan. There Is something more
here than the mere name. There has
crept into American life SO strong an
influence in certain states that GER
tain senators told me last night that
If they opposed the Klan they could
not be reelected. There has crept
into the life of the United States an
influence so strong that 1t needs ex-
animation. And when we find 1t ap-
proaching the principles Of religious
freedom, it is proper that some great
party should stand for the things
that we all believe In.
Gets Ovati0n.
This organization couldn't discrim-
mate against me-I have all the quail
ifications of membership. I wonder
when Senator Owen voted for q draft
ff 1917 IL he only voted to draft the
boys who were Protestant white and ma
tive born. When q society said to me
that a man born Of Jewish parents or In
the Catholic faith can't be able to
serve his country in civil hfe, but
ran be called to serve his country in