Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-07-10
Who Was in the
Saddle?

One of the official publica-
tons OF the khan, the Search
light, in a seven-column two-line
head declares Khan Comes Out
Victorious at Democratic Con-
ventlon. 1t pays a tribute to
the Great Comonmer and war
horse, saying:
After three alI-night vigils Of
the resolutions committees. on
which he fought an anti-klan
plank, William Jennings Bryan,
the greatest Roman of them all,
appeared on the convention floor
and made an impassioned adj
dress for the faith of our faith
ers. His remarks were directed
toward those who would inject
religious hatred into the conven-
ton by attempting to asperse
hundreds of delegates through
casting reflection on their order.
The vast throng was moved to
tears as the Peerless Leader"
plead for party harmony and for
the right of Protestant faiths.
1t declares that Progressive
ism Rules Over Boss-ism," in the
following:
Convention Hall, in the Camp
of the Enemy, New York City,
July 1.-Ambushed, as it were,
in the largest city in the coun-
try, surrounded on every side by
the common enemy, fought by
bitter subsidized press, Kissed and
boohooed by packed galleries,
denounced by non-Protestant
speakers and alien sympathizers,
the Knights of the Ku Klux Khan,
at two O'Clock last Sunday morn
ing emerged from the terrific
battle victorious, unscathed and
unframed; and won on the floor
of the convention by fraction
of seventeen twentieths of one
vote, according to announcement
Of the chair after the total vote
had been rechecked and reverb
fled.
This event, by all odds the
most portent0us that has ever
confronted the Knights of the Ku
Klux Khan, has been framing up
here in New York for weeks and
months.
If the two articles from khan
paper do not help you to re-
move any doubts in your mind
as to who was in the saddle for
days at the convention, maybe
this news story from the Atlanta
Constitution will convince. the
most skeptical-
Madison Square Garden. New
York, July 3,-A man who said
he was B. H. Sullivan, of Atlanta,
Ga, who has been sitting in the
Georgia delegation with the
badge and credentials of Miller
Bell, of Milledgeville, Ga, was
questioned at length today by the
sergeant-at-arms of the conven-
ton.
Sullivan's activities on the
floor were so much more marked
than those of others that he was
taken in for examination. 1t de-
veloped that the badge and Gre
dentials were not his, and that
he had not official standing in the
convention. He explained that
he was working for McAdoo."
After officials had talked at
length with Sullivan, he was per-
mitted to return to the Georgia
delegation as guest, but was
warned against interfering with
the voting. He said that he had
not done so to date.
Rumors were circulated during
the day that delegates were be-
ing enticed away from their seats
and dummies were replacing
them, but nothing was found to
confirm them.
B. H. Sullivan, of Atlanta, is
a member of the klonciHum, SUI
preme governor body Of the Ku
Klux Khan, according to common
acceptance here. He is a young
attorney with offices in the Hurt
building. a. WI
Issues forgotten, men mere
pawns in the hands of wizards
and kleagles. a national political
convention was turned into a re-
ligious battle ground.
Hatreds and preiudices were
engendered that will live for
years to come. The ideals of a
great party were crushed under
foot at the behest of a mercenary
order whose greatest purpose
now is to control the policies,
candidates and office holders of
acolitical parties.