Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-03

Especial to the Kennebec Journal)
Bath. Sept. 2-William r. Pattan-
gall, Democratic candidate for gov
ornor and Fulton J. Rcdman OF
Ellsworth. Democratic candidate for
L. $. Senate. addressed about 400
people at the Columbia theatre here
tonight VINO braved one OF the worst
storms Of the season to hear Pattan-
gall claim that the Ku klux Khan
was the vital issue Of the campaign
which terminates Monday at the
polls and Mr.. Redman alleged that
Senator Bert NJ. Fernald, whose seat
he seeks was one OF the worst OBJ
structionists of the L. $. Senate.
Pattangalls speech was devoted
entirely to the Khan. He denied that
he raised the issue as a smoke screen,
laying the blame on Governor BaX-
ter in his Lincoln Day speech at
Portland, Feb. y. last. and an edito-
rial in u Portland paper two days la
ter.
lie claimed that whenever five peo-
pie were gathered in conversation
that the Ku klux Khan was the sub
icct discussed and that the voters
were lining up on that issue for the
September election at least but there
might be a different lineup in Novem-
Der. He claimed the issue was made
by the people, not by the politicians
and it could not be ignored. He said
that perhaps Governor Baxter had
forgotten that the Khan was an issue
now just as he said it was in F'ebru =
airy and he would like the governor
To tell the people how ii dropped out
of being an issue since then. He
claimed that the Khan had been an
issue ever since it landed in Maine.
He said that of the long list Of Re :
publican speakers of national rcpu-
tation that most of them had refused
to come TO Maine and that only Will
lis Of Ohio had appeared to date, but
that Watson of Indiana. who would
fit nationally into the Khan scheme
would he here in Bath Friday.
You can not make me think that
a lunch of masked men are going to
control Maine" he said. lie read n
poster for Kan meeting in Warren
for Native born, White. Gentle
Americans. for men only" and won
dere1 what kind of Americanism they
thought that was that would not ad-
nit of women hearing about It. lie
claimed that thousands of Republic
cans in Maine are going to the polls
Monday and vote against Brewster
as the candidate of the Khan and
thus Dust the Khan forever from
Maine.
Redman asSailed Fnrnald as an
obstruCtionist in that he had Joined
forces with Senator Lodge in failing
to back mp tho Republican presi-
dents. He claimed that tho Khan
came near Wrerking tho Democrat =
ic party at the New York convention
and has woefullv split the Republi-
can party in Maine. He praised
General Dawes for his stand against
the Kan and said it was the first
time in history a Republican caudi-
date for vice president has come to
Maine and spoken in support of n
man running for Democratic COVER
nor. He asked those present who
they were going to follow. Dawes
or Brewster. He said that Congress
man HerScv and Senator Brewster
were travelling through AroostoOk
county this week urging the voters
TO elect the Republican candidate
for sheriff on the grounds that ac-
Hersey told him that the candidate
had not been convicted of selling LID
uor for a number of years.
t.N-MaYor Joseph Torrey presided
at the meeting.