Evening star., 1924-06-29

who followed Mr.. Moore, said the K,
klux Klan was the most vital eIe
ment the party had to determine.
Erwin, who apparently was the
only delegate in the Georgia delega
ton to favor the denunciation of tn,
Klan stirred up demonstration h,
didn't expect and turned the conven
tion into an uproar. A big virilt
young fellow, he strode back to hi.
seat in the delegation after he fin
| ished his denunciation Of the Klan
A young woman rushed forward from
another delegation and kissed him
Then parade of the standards from
other states to the Georgia state fol.
lowed and soon the standards of Ala
| bama. Wyoming, Arizona, Kentucky
Maryland, Iowa, Nevada. New Hamp-
shire. North Dakota, New York
ana, Rhode Island, District of Colum.
bia, Maine. Minnesota. Wisconsin
| Vermont, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah
and Massachusetts, and Delaware
/ were grouped around there. Still the
Georgia delegates remained And
stuck to their seats and refused &c
rise.
| Carried Around Hall.
The men from the other delegations
hoisted Erwin to their shoulders and
carried him around the hall Their
| the band played The Star Spangled
! Banner" bringing every one to at
tention and the convention went back
| to business again.
| During the demonstration Tom Tag.
| gart prevented the Indiana banner from
| going into the demonstration. lard Y
| Sanders OF Hammond, La, was the next
| speaker.
| I'm louisiana" he said, I'VE already
have gone through what Democrats here
| are going through. We had the bigot
| and the Zealot. We had the honest and
the dishonest. We had in our campaign
| men who sought to capitalize the Khan
and men who sought to capitalize anti.
| klan. But when a candidate took the
| field in Louisiana appealing to race and
religion, backed by the state and city
government and practically every news.
| paper in Louisiana, there were some
of us who thought that above anti-Kar
! there was true Americanism.f And a
| candidate ran On the principles of re,
ligious freedom and decency, and drew
the line on no order of any description
submitting his candidacy to the toleran,
men and women Of Louisiana.
| That man running on that platform
| made such an appeal that he won by
| the greatest ajoHty ever given Demo.
| cratic candidate in our state.
"Remember all the bigots do not
belong to one church nor do all the
rascals belong to one section. You
| ance, you can't fight the devil with
| fire; he's an expert in that line
| We didn't come here to fight Demo
| Gratis; we came prepared to fight Re-
publicans. We want the majority
report because We want the issue to
be the little green house on K street
| not the X. K. ks
Memphis Man Hits Khan.
G. NJ Bryan of Memphis followed
with a two-minute speech for inclu-
sion of the minority plank mention
| ing the klan by name.
You can't kill a snake by taking
| 1t in your arms and kissing 1t to
| DEATH" said he.
"I come from where the.Ku Klux is
| I've seen six thousand of them in a
public square and I've heard them de-
nounce all the things Americans. have
been taught to love. And 1 say IL
| the Ku Klux' will go and join the
Republican party because of our &C
tion, 1 say let them go. because all
| those who violate the law Will then
be safely in one place.
Bryan Is Acclaimed.
Francis X. Busch of Chicago followed
| also speaking for the inclusion OF the
| minority plank.
/ This is not a religious question" he
said. lit is a political question. 1t is a
question of adhering to the fundamental
principles Of our government so these
religious questions will not be recur-
ring"
William Jennings Bryan followed. and
received a standing demonstration from
the convention floor and galleries. He
was introduced as that revered Demo-
crat." The great commoner and war
horse, nominee of three Democratic
conventions himself, wearing his hair a
little shorter and looking a little older.
| looked over the audience with that same
| old smile of confidence and began.
TT is now twenty-eight years since
| Democratic conventions became gra-
cious enough to invite me and patient
enough to listen to me. l have not
| words to express my gratitude for
| the love and loyalty of millions OF
| Democrats who have been my CO.
laborers I have spoken to you on
many themes, but never on any more
| important than today.
Sees Khan Overplayed.
| "They take your applause out of
my time, so keep, still and let me
Wen do it," called back voice
in the gallery.
Lets understand each other. let's
! eliminate the things that are not in
this issue and come down to the three
words that our friends would take
out and exalt above any others IN
this campaign" safd Mr.. Bryan.
I'VE said to them. strike out three
words of your report and theren be
no more objection. But three words
were more to them than the welfare
of a party.
1--WE have read to you the best
Democratic platform ever written.
| But I call you to witness that these
men never took the standards of their
| states and marched when we appealed
on great principles;. 1t was only
when the Ku Klux Klan came IN.
At that point Bryan came in for a
great deal of hooing and bowling
from the galleries. which stopped the
proceedings altogether. In a minute
| not continue.
Protection Not Needed.
Chairman Walsh, in angry tones
| shaking his gavel at the galleries,
shouted that he would have them
cleared il they did not desist inter-
| rupting the speakers
"The laws protect every one" con-
tinued Bryan when quiet had been
restored. THE Catholic Church does
I not need great party to protect 1t
from a million men. The Jews do
not need this resolution They. have
| Noses and Elijah; they have Elisha,
| who was able to draw back the cur
| . host greater than the thousands
Of the KWKlux Khan.
osotes Colby Remark.
"The Ku Rux Khan dosen't deserve