The Omaha morning bee., 1924-08-24
the savagery from which through the
ages 1t has evolved"
General Dawes said.

the savagery from which through the
ages 1t has evolved"
General Dawes said.
IT first desire to speak, as Mr..
Davis did yesterday, relative to the
Ku Klux Klan. 1 agree. with him
that 1t has no proper part in this or
any other campaign. But, whether
proper or not, unfortunately in this
campaign a mobilization of radical,
ism under La Toilette, the largest
section of which, the socialists, fly the
ton of the United States. 1 cannot
agree, therefore, with his inference
that its discussion diverts attention
from those issues the people must
settle in November by their votes. 1t
only emphasizes the greatest issue.
The question of Mr.. Pattangall,
which appears in the press this morn
ing. are the familiar trick questions
of the ordinary politician. They are
not the cause of the statement I am
about to make.
Let me say at once that I recog.
nize that the Ku klux Klan in many
localities and among many people
represents only an instructive cropping
for leadership, moving in the inter.
est of law enforcement. which they
do not find in many cowardly poll.
ticians and officeholders. But 1t is
not the right to forward law en-.
forcement. Let us consider for
minute what happened in the state of
Oklahoma.
The portion OF Charles G. Dawes
speech referring to the acceptance
speech of Mr.. John w. Davis. the
Fordney-McCumber tariff act, and the
effort of certain labor leaders to
make political uses of trades union.
ISM is as follows:
The speech of Mr.. Davis is indi.
c3tiye of personal high purpose, but
an example of that kind Of oratorical
presentation of general principles de.
signed to put TO sleep practical think.
ing as to the actual results involved
at this time by change of national
administration.
1T is unfair to maintain that tndi.
Vidual dereliction in the operation of
great organization alone tustifies
the demand that an administration
should be thrown TO one side.
Every honest man Is as jndipnan
as Mr.. Davis at betrayal by any.
one or the high trust of public office.
but they also expect that In discuss.
ing matter of such importance. our
political orators seek to present facts
In their proper and correct relation 10
the welfare Of the people. Common
sense and fairness, alike, revolt at
the suggestion that these individual
derelictions which the administration
has set out to punish, should out.
weigh in the judgment of American
citizens. the honesty and tho accom-.
plishments of the most successful bus.
mess administration of government
our people have ever had.
II, In an honest and successf1,I
private business organization, an
individual CRATER and thief IL dis
covered, he is thrown out and
punished. If 1t is shown that the
delinquency is individual, pen
alties are made individual, as they
should be. "A successful private
organization is dismantled or
abandoned only when It is shown
that delinquency Is an organiza-
ton delinquency.
An automobile salesman, on com.
mission, sometimes advises n man
who has a satisfactory machine which
has developed defective part, not TO
replace the defective part, but to
junk the machine and try another
make. When the man addressed is
familiar with the the machine recon-.
mended, and in which his destination
has generally proved the ditch, he
does not bite