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The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
A WOMAN,S PLACE
BY A MAN.

BY A MAN.
A woman's place, I do maintain,
Is in the home, and much dissension
Could be escaped if she'd refrain
From things beyond her compre-
hension.
The problems that perplex our land
To comprehend I often grope;
I find them hard to understand,
So how can any woman hope to?
To vote I'm never at loss,
Though public questions often bore
me!
Each year I simply place my cross
The way my father did before me.
Now take my wife; a worthy spouse,
For whom I have a great affection,
She's quite a treasure round the
house, 49,.
Excepting just before election.
She reads each paper that arrives,
The tracts and pamphlets that in
fest one,
She knows the candidates and strives
To ascertain which ones the best
one. -HT-.. a.
She knows the platforms, every word,
She studies all the campaign
speeches.
And what to me Is most absurd
She votes the way her conscience
teaches.
I've tried TO teach her how to vote,
In manner firm and pedagogic;
Each time some foolish speech she'll
quote
Some women simply have no logic.
And 50 I always shall maintain
Twould save much trouble and dis
sension
If women only would refrain
From things beyond theircomprehen-
sion.
Newman Levy, in Life.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

A Roman Catholic writer, one Clio
vanni Papini, is slated to lecture for
six weeks at Columbia University
during the summer of 1924. The
Italian Presbyterian Ministers Asso-
citation has protested to DR.. Butler
against the proposed lecture course
because of the "caustic opinion"
Papini has expressed in his writings
concerning America, but DR.. Butler
says the lecture course will be unaf-
fected by the attack.
Papini has written, america is the
land of millionaire uncles, the father
land Of trusts, of skycrapers, of the
photograph, of the electric street
car, of lynch law, of the insurport-
able Washington, the boresome Emer-
son, the degenerate Walt Whitman,
the siclzening Longfellow, the angelic
Wilson, the philanthropic Morgan,
the undesirable Edison, and other men
of like quality.
From which it can be deduced"
continues this Papist, "that the dis
covery of America, although achieved
by one who had moments of sanity,
was accomplished by the will of God
in 1892, as a reprcssive and preven-
tive punishment for all the other
great discoveries of the Renaissance:
that is, gunpowder, humanism and
Professionalism"
The discovery of America then was
permitted by the Almighty as a
punishment of mankind because of the
Reformation. It was a curse; and
naturally a part of the program of
the "true Church" is to destroy this
Course" This explains Rome's atti-
tude and program. We can see why
she condemns American laws and in
stitutions and constantly plots the
overthrow OF our form of govern
ment.
Pspini also refers to New York
with its 500 "pseudo-churches" ESQ
called, churches) of their unhappy
land" etc. Rome has only contempt
for Americas "pseudo-churches" and
it's public schools. In her eyes the
only real Church is the one that fights
Prohibition, locks women behind stone
walls and iron bars, keeps the masses
in ignorance, burns Bibles, etc. The
only school is one where Longfellow
is classed as "sickening," where
United States history is warped to
glorify Rome and disparage the early
patriots, where the teachers count
beads, worship old boness, etc. !
Rome has brought desolation to
every land where she has had sway.
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ference of opinion-are matters OF
common agreement and are basic to
instruction in the public school sys-
tenn; hundreds of thousands Of future
citizens are Withdrawn from the pub
lie schools, and given an education
with those of their own faith, in
parochial schools of the different de-
nominations.
By the very nature of things, such
training can not fail to be narrowing.
However, noble the religious ideals
aught, an American school which
has failed to be first an instrument
of democracy has failed fundamental
ly. In a theocracy such schools
would be appropriate; in democracy
they are an anomaly. It is a sad
commentary on the trust that reli-
gious leaders have in the holding
power of their own beliefs, that they
dare not spare their young believers
five hours a day for five days in the
week, for nine months in the year,
to training for citizenship in COM
pany with the varied groups which
go to the making of an American
community, lest they lose the faith
of the forefathers.
What the newcomer to the prob
lens of education fails to observe is
that these schools all alike ignore
the purpose fundamental to education
in a democracy. The public schools
of our republic are not designed
primarily to train native ability, or
to follow the pupils interests of the
moment, or to provide a child with
the stimulus of unhampered work or
pay. For the preservation of the
republic the potential citizens must
be taught the principles of dem
ocratic society, and learn to under
stand and to work with their fellow
sovereigns. The one place to accom-
plish this is in the school, before ar
tifical divisions accompanying ma
turity arise, while the mutual rela-
tions are simple and the consciousness
of likeness is keener than that of un-
likeness.
The abandonment of the dissoci-
ated schools would be shortly reflect
ed in an improvement of our public
schools. The fact that some states
have debated the subject of the aboli-
ton of all schools other than public,
and that one has legislated to that
effect, shows the direction of dem
ocratic thought in this country, and
reflects an attitude to whose signi-
fcance we must not bind ourselves.
Is it possible that the time may come
when, in sheer self-defense, a dem
ocracy will have to resort to so IN
desirable an expedient?
Meanwhile, the public schools are
here-the hope not alone of the chill
dren of the immigrants and of the
poor, but of all the children of the
republic. What these schools teach,
cur country will be. No child can
will out impoverishment be deprived
Of participation in the training in
democracy that they give. We, par
ents of America, have our unique OPP
portunity to make ourselves partners
in the great venture of public educa-
tion.-Dawn.
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KHAN NOT PARTISAN
(The Western American)

those men who are selected for a pub
ic service.
They shall be clean, honest, de-
pendable, capable men, loyal to the
great fundamental principles Of our
government, and this loyalty to the
Constitution shall be absolutely be-
yond question.
If Klansmen will give proper atten-
ton to the above suggestions, we will
have no reason to regret the outcome.
Gentlemen of the Ku Klux Klan and
Ladies particularly, the matter of
GOVERNMENT is the most import
ant thing that touches our lives as
citizens, and if we are negligent, we
cannot expect the best government
from administration.
We have no desire to dictate polit-
ical preferment when it comes to the
matter of political party-neither
would we have our members with
draw from the political parties Of
their choice to the extent that they
become non-partisan, as this would
make impossible participation in
those things that are Of supreme in
terest to US. On the other hand we
would have every Klansnnan to be
so Jealous and so jealous of his party
that he would not suffer it to be used
in any way against the higher inter-
est and greatest good of his country,
and we would have him SO earnest
that he would see to it that men Of
the proper type and character are the
standard-bearers Of his party.
When these two elements are not
found in his party, a Klansman
should possess that hardness of man.
hood and sturdy devotion to Ameri-
canism that he would not for one
moment hesitate in casting his bal
lot in the interest Of these 100 per
cent ideals in which we believe and
for which we surely stand.
We should call into service none
but men of the very highest character.
We shall expect to support only can
didates who put the common welfare
of the men and women Of America
above party success. We are inter-
ested in seeing that real 100 per cent
service is rendered.
During, recent years politics indeed
has become so corrupt that today one
scarcely can recognize one party
from another. -
In the Ku Klux Klan party politics
isn't cutting much of figure-it is
the man we are looking after and the
principles for which he stands.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

Now comes that great Papal
weekly, The Literary Digest, for No
vember "a, 1923, and again proves
the Ku Klux- Khan to be at the van
ishing point. It reminds the thought
full citizen Of the time when Mark
Twain, travelling abroad, was report
ed dead. The big papers directed
heir correspondents to secure the
story Of his death in full. Mark
heard it first and wired back: "The
reports of my death are greatly ex-
aggerated."
There are many politicians in the
country who would give their best
horse, or auto, to feel secure about
what the "Digest" says.
These Papal agents seem to for
get that, while they keep up the
chorus, who's afraid?" the cool citi-
zen can see their knees knock to-
gether and hear their teeth chatter.
Strange is it not, that all these
solemn predictions concerning the
condition of the Khan eminate from
Papal Roman sources? Can't they
see that all thoughtful people recog-
nize it to be Catholic fight Cor
scare) and nothing else? Note the
papers quoted against the Klan on
page 10 of the "Digest" for Novem-
Der "a. They are our old friends
who have denounced the Khan ever
since the Papal machine said
Thumbs DOWN. They are set forth
on the unlucky page (13) of the Pa
pal calamity bowler. This is as it
should be. -:
The Ku Klux Khan is gaining at
the rate of 10000 members per
week from the best people in Ameri-
ca. It is educating and uniting these
people so that victory after victory
is being won for righteous and clean
government in the United States.
Some of the Papal organs of misin-
formation are loudly wailing about
the cowardice Of politicians because
they will not denounce the Khan.
Some of them are lamenting the
strength of the Khan, while the
Digest says it is melting away.
Every time a club, lodge or asso-
citation meets, if it has a single one
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
WELL-WH0?

Who instigated the Mer Rouge
scandal which came to such a pitt
full fiasco?
Who started the litigation in New
York, Kansas, Georgia and elsewhere
over the Khan charters?
Who began the row at Carnegie?
Who at Youngstown?
Who at Perth Amboy?
Who precipitated the upheaval in
Oklahoma?
Have you, in the last two years,
heard of any organization being
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
THE PERIL OF NARCOTICS

A new peril is facing the people
of the United States-the peril of
narcotic addiction. The use of mar
cotics, especially among the young, is
increasing with alarming rapidity.
And it cannot be attributed to pro-
hibition as many would try to make
us believe. 1t is not the whiskey ad-
diets who have been deprived of their
stimulant who are forming the drug
habit, but the young people-boys
and girls-who have never been ad-
dicted to liquor.
Opium has been used for many
centuries. It became a menace to
Asia, especially China, under the ex-
ploitation of a powerful trading COM
pany. China finally passed law
prohibiting it's use. Chemists discov-
cred how to make morphine from
opium about one hundred years ago.
This is being more commonly used
now than opium.
About fifty years ago a chemist
discovered how to make cocaine from
the leaves of the cocoa plant, a plant
that grows in Peru and other South
American countries.
In 1898 chemist discovered how
to make heroin from opium, drug
that is four times as powerful as
morphine.
These drugs were first used in the
practice of medicine; they were used
to alleviate pain and were thought to
be great blessing to mankind.
It is said that addicts to these va
rious drugs now number millions in
the United States. Many of these
addicts formed the habit through
having the drug used by physicians
to alleviate pain After using it for
short time they found themselves
unable to stop and as result became
confirmed drug users.
When once the habit is fixed the
addict considers his drug as para
mount. It becomes a matter of life
and death to him. In order to get it
he will lie, steal, rob, or even in ex-
treme cases commit murder. It is
estimated that more than nine-tenths
of the murders, holdups and daring
robberies are committed by drug ad-
diets. p
The Scripture says, "For the want
Of knowledge my people perish" 1t
was because of lack of knowledge
that the larger portion of addicts
formed the habit. A magazine at
hand says, Recruiting goes on
chiefly among the young. The aver
age age of the heroin addict is %.
He must have been recruited before
he was 20. Peddlers are recruiting
in the schools. The method is very
simple. The young people are given
snow party The snow is heroin.
It is at first supplied free. Just a
little on the wrist and a Whit con-
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SCltuteS q party. Sucn a party
once a day will make an addict of a
high school boy or girl in a short
time" The government report states
that boy will become an addict in
side of ten days and a mature man
inside of 30 days.
These peddlers who give the "snow
parties" are addicts and are ped
ding in order to get supply for
themselves. When one becomes ad-
dicted to any of these drugs all
moral principle is gone, at least
when it involves the satisfying of the
craving for the drug. The drug user
is soon incapacitated for work and
the drug he must have, so he resorts
to any means to obtained it. The
narcotic trust, or "dope ring" has a
virtual monopoly of the narcotic sup
ply. It's members secure the drug
for few dollars an ounce. They
chage the addicts more than a dollar
a grain, in most cases more than
$500 an ounce.
Many of the drug peddlers work
for recruits among the pupils in the
public schools. The young people
have no idea what they are doing
when they begin to take a whit"
of cocaine or heroin. An investiga-
ton has recently been made Of 100
text books on physiology and hygiene
used in the public schools in the
United States. Out Of 10 text books
widely used in high schools, give
contain nothing whatever about mar
cotics." In the other 10 text books
less than two papers, on an average,
is devoted to the consideration Of the
subject. Only eight authors state
that opium is a narcotic drug; only
nine that its continued use results in
an almost unbreakable habit; only six
that certain "patent medicines" con-
tain opium; only four that laudanum
is opium dissolved in alcohol; and
only four that paregoric is dilute
solution of opium.
One thing that greatly helped in
bringing about prohibition was that
the school books gave the facts con-
corning the use Of liquor, that it is
poisonous to the human system, etc.
Now we must begin a campaign
against habit forming drugs. Par
ents and teachers should demand that
text books be used giving the truth
regarding such drugs. We are sure
that none of you want to see your
son or daughter a drug addict, but
thousands are becoming drug users
through these so-called "snow par
ties" or through the influence of some
other addict, and have the habit
formed before they are aware of its
terrible effects. May you who read
this do all you can to enlighten your
own children and others.-The Good
Citizen. "
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
A PLEA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Cornelia James Cannon in the At
lantic Monthly for November made a
brilliant plea for the public school as
against private institutions. Ex-
cerpts from the article carry many
gems Of thought for Klansmen:
American enthusiasm for public
education has been one of our most
distinguishing characteristics. No in
stitution we could show has been of
more interest to foreign visitors than
our public schools. Educational in
situations are no novelty to the civ
ilized nations; but country aiming
to educate all it's citizens at the ex-
pense Of the taxpayer is attempting
a task whose significance has not
been lost on serious students of
western civilization.
We have given the gift Of public
education as the best we had to offer
to our new brothers in the Pacific.
Are we within our own borders rec
reant to this great ideal that we
have attempted to realize on those
distant islands? What are the facts
Is America, which has held the pub
lie or democratic school equal in i'm
portance to liberty and justice for all,
as prerequisite to her very existence,
ready to betray the one God, and
elect many brazen idols in his place
The spread Of private and sectarian
schools in this country in the last
twenty years has gone along with a
very great increase in the proportion
of citizens of alien traditions and
customs in our midst. The with
drawal from the public schools of
more and more of the children of
those already Americanized greatly
enhances the difficulty of making a
unit of this inchoate mass of human
beings that we call America. What
does such a shift of large numbers of
children signify? One can think of
it only as the recrudescence in this
country of the aristocratic, sectarian,
exclusive traditions of the older Eu-
ropean Observation-Disclosures incom-
patible with belief in democracy,
with groupings determined by indi-
vidual ability and capacity independ-
ent of inherited class or religious
associations.
Are not these groups of children
set apart for reasons antaganistic to
the purposes, and inimical to the up
building of a democracy?
There seem to be three main cur
rents of feeling which lie at the base
of this apostasy-all three types of
human exclusiveness. Exclusivesness
as moral attitude is singularly out
of place in country built up as ours
has been; and yet its disaffecting in
fiuence has penetrated into the very
heart of our educational system. The
type of most Importance as far as
numbers are concerned, is religious
exclusiveness. In a land where re-
ligious freedom is supposed to be Sc
cure, specifically safeguarded by both
federal and state constitutions; where
religious tolerance itself has almost
the status of universal creed; where
the fundamentals of the moral life
honesty. loyalty, responsibility, con-
sideration for others, respect for diff
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denied the right of assemblage, ex-
cept the Khan?
Have you ever heard Of any anti
Kan meetings being broken up by
hoodlums?
Have you read Of any mayor deny
ing the knights of Columbus the
privilege of parading? Or any other
organization except the Khan?
The Khan is being stigmatized as a
trouble-maker. - .z.,
Well-really-who has been start
ing all the fuss?
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
the kU kLux kLAN
AND MASONRY
DR.. WILLIAM F. KUHN, in Square
and Compass"


DR.. WILLIAM F. KUHN. in Square
and Compass"
1t is very fortunate that the propa-
ganda started by the enemies Of Free
masonry to create the impression that
the Ku Klux Khan is an extraneous
organization Of Freemasonry has re-
ceived credence, and it is doubly un-
fortunate that some grand masters
and grand lodges have been caught
by this propaganda and have been
used as the proverbial monkey to pull
the Romanist chestnuts out Of the
fire.
The Ku Klux Khan has no connec-
tion with Freemasonry whatever.
The Khan is able to defend itself, and
does not need a defense by Masonic
orators or the Masonic press. It is
organization independent of Free
masonry and needs no Masonic assis-
lance; neither must Freemasonry
prescribe it.
Freemasonry should attend strictly
to it's own business and not NEEDLE
with or in the business of other Or
CARNATIONS. Il" '- .-..:.
Not a Klansman
I am not a member Of the Klan, but
I am not willing to denounce it, as the
philosophy of history is that all Or
ganized agencies or fraternities must
establish the reason and justice for
their existence or they will die per-
naturely.
Freemasonry teaches the Father
hood of God and the brotherhood Of
man. It therefore recognizes that
every human being, whatever his race
or nationality may be, is entitled to
all the rights and privileges that a
civilized nation may Offer. 1t recog-
nizes that a mans religion is sacred,
be he Protestant, Romanish, Jew or
Mohammedan. There can be no pro-
lscription for conscience sake"
But we must clearly recognize a
religious belief" from a "religio-po-
litical belief" Freemasonry, while
recognizing the greatest liberty to
rights, privileges, and religion to
every man, does not and cannot toler-
ate any religio-political propaganda.
That is subversive of the rights and
privileges of free people, or that is
unpatriotic; a scheming to convert
the religion or right of the people to
it's special use or purposes.
Every Mason's Right
In the United States any religio-
political effort that is not American,
not patriotic, but whose efforts are
fostered and propagated to establish
a religious hierarchy, must meet with
resistance by every liberty-loving
Freemason. Any organization, be it
Freemasonry, Klan, or any society
that does not measure up to 100 per
cent American as understood by the
founders Of our government is un-
American, unpatriotic and must be
met, not by violence or unlawful act,
but at the ballot box. .
The panacea for anarchy, sovietism,
or religio- political efforts is the ballot.
Will Freemasons use it, or will the
polite Freemason betray his trust?
Every Freemason has the right to
join any organization that is not sub
versive of the moral law, that is pa
triotic and stands for not only obed-
fence to law but enforcement of law.
IF such are the purposes of the Khan
it is worthy Of commendation; if it
is otherwise, it is unworthy.
By its acts it will be justified or
condemned.
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A convicted bootlegging foreigner
should be sent home by the first boat;
and If his father-landers do not want
him, the ocean is convenient and he
is their cat. "
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If bootlegger is a criminal, an
officer who violates his oath is worse
than a -bootlegger-a perjured and
bribe-t taking anarchist.
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xxx,

Political parties, like ponds, must
be drained occasionally to get rid of
the polliwogs and mosquitoes.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
-K-K-K

Why applaud "wet" and denounce
a thief? Both are traitorous crimi-
mails.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

The Eighteenth Amendment forever
repealed for true Americans the per-
sonal liberty of drunken debauch.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

A life of folly may be prevented
by an early vaccination with truth
and honesty.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
twelve WAYS TO KILL AN ORGANIZATION

10. Believe everything you hear.
II. Wear a sour face.
IL. Rush out-speak to no one.
ARE YOU AN ORGANIZATION
KILLER? BE HONEST, ARE YOU?
-K-K.K
Better be right than regular, de-
cent than democratic, respectable
than democratic, respectable than
republican even . normal acrobat
can't be both all the time.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

Remember, it is cheaper to reduce
crime than it is to build jails.-Nealy.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08
MACHINE-GUN FIRE

MACHINE-GUN FIRE
The Eighteenth Amendment will 60
when the Ten Commandments have
been abrogated and the Golden Rule
repealed.
The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1924-02-08

If you want to cultivate the friend.
ship Of time, don't abuse It.