The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-14
ATTEMPT TO RUN KHAN ORGANIZER OUT OF
BAYFIELD,, WIS.,, HELPS GROWTH OF ORDER

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and find that a well-organized Khan
exists among them. Wherever the
Khan finds opposition, organization
work progresses rapidly. In every
community there are a number of
citizens who are anxiously waiting to
join the Khan. An organizer calls up
on them, and soon a local Khan is in
stituted. But when the organizer
meets with opposition then his work
is lightened greatly. When certain
element in any community shows that
it fears the Khan, and does every
thing in its power to stop its organic
ing, the organizer finds that his cir
Gle of prospective members is imme-
diately widened. Instead of having
only those as prospects who want to
join, he finds additional support from
those who resent the tactics and
question the motives of the opposi-
tion.
Up Jumps l.. E. Mckenzie
Now as to this Bayfield, case, John
is directed to organize in the city Of
Bayfield,. He Is clothed with full le-
gal authority. His mission Is en-.
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local Protestant church. He ex-
plains to the American citizens there
assembled the great American prin-
ciples of the Ku Klux Khan. Un-
doubtedly the majority of the audi
ence are decided to join the Khan
to join the ranks of their millions
of brothers throughout the nation.
But wait, black sheep has wandered
DER the threshold.
Klansman NJ. has completed his adj
dress. Up jumps one l.. Z. Mckenzie,
former newspaper man and now gen.
eral manager or something of the
Apostle Islands Indian Pageant cor
poration, said corporation, it is al
legged, being solely propaganda
scheme Hard-boiled Mac, there and
then, and then and there, attacked
the methods of the Khan and declared
that should a Khan organization be
formed in Bayfield,, he would conduct
wide-open fight on the Khan on be-
half of the Indian Pageant corpora
tion, and would not only make public
all of the proceedings of all of it's
meetings, but would cause to be pub
lished the names of any and all citi-
zens affiliating with the organiza-
tion. That earns for him, we be-
| lieve. the sobriquet of THE Pat
O'Donnell of Wisconsin"
According to the Ashland Press,
old Mighty Mac relieved his peeve
with the following harangue: "Wheth-
er rightly or wrongly accused of mob
violence and extra-legal procedure,
the unsavory reputation of the Khan
is such as to make it an unfit instru-
ment for any reform that might be
inaugurated in Bayfield," So Mac be-
lieves that the Khan bears an unsa-
worry reputation. 1t is a well-known
fact that Christ is the Klansman's
criterion of character. The founder
of Christianity was prosecuted. But
for good in the world today. The
kraft is growing to be a mighty force
for good throughout America. Per-
secution in Bayfield, is bound to make
the Bayfield, Khan grow. Then Mac
declared further: This organizer at
tacks the so-called 'hunkies,' yet in
the city of Milwaukee, f0ur-fifths Of
the Khan organization Is made Of
these people" We can see that this
assertion will cause thousands of
Milwaukee Klansmen to suffer from
split sides.
Southeastern Europe, where the
"hunkies" come from, has about as
much representation in the Khan as
have Protestants in the court of
Spain. Milwaukee Klansmen, native
born Americans all, are descended
from the great peoples Of northern
Europe, where liberty and enlighten-
ment flashed it's truths over the con-
tinent, severing the shackles of super
stition and mental bondage. Milwau-
kee Klansmen, as Klansmen every
where, are descendants of those free
men who followed the great Martin
Luther, of those valiant warriors who
served under Gustavus Adolphus, of
Sweden, who smashed the armies of
"hunkies" under Count lilly and Wal
lenstein, of those fighters who threw
the Duke of Alva, inquisitor-general,
out of the Netherlands, and served
under the Prince Of Orange when he
defeated the Irish at the battle of
the Boyne. Milwaukee Klansmen, as
Klansmen everywhere, are descend
ants of the Vikings who discovered
our shores, of the Pilgrims who
founded America, of the French HUI
guenots who settled in the Carolinas,
coming here to escape the hate of
inquisitorial DEGREES, of the Orange
men who defend liberty and defy
tyrany without fear, of the revolu-
tionary fathers who freed the colo
mics from tyrannical rule, and Of the
sterling men and women who mi
grated to our shores in the fifties and
sixties and helped to build America.
Milwaukee Klansmen are descend
ants of the Protestant peoples Of
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,
England, Holland, Scotland, and
North Ireland. If these, L. z. Nc
Kenzie, can be termed as "hunkies."
then the word "hunkies" as today in
terpreted, is a misinterpretation in
deed.
Macs Oration Funny
But to continue with Macs Grafton. |
He continued: Admitting that Bay
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