The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-29
PLATFORM OMITS' NAME OF KLAN;
 VOTE IS CLOSE.
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as the committee recommended It, ana 541 3-20 votes in favor of the minority plank which would have singled out the Ku Klnx Klan by name.
 Anothehr roll call on the adoption of the; platform as a whole and as sub- mitted by the platform committee was called. a-
 There wasmore disorder with hun dred delegates calling for recognition. And the chairman shouting at the top of his voice and scarcely able to make himself heard. Whehn a roll call was demanded on the platform the chairman announced that the required number of seconds were not presented. Then while all the racket was at its height, Franklin D. Roosevelt raising himself to- his feet on his crutches made him self heard above the riot and shouted i've have now proceeded to the morn ing of the Sabbath day. move that the convention adjourn until 9:oO o'clock Monday morning.
 There was a rolling chorus of ayes and and a rolling chorus of noes, but Chairman Walsh, evidently exhausted, brought down the gavel with wallop and declared the motion to adjourn car ried.
 The convention piled out into the ss streets in the same disorder which had characterized 10 hours of continuous session.
 .g Senator Owen of Oklahoma opened the discussion of the klan plank. He spoke for the majority report wnlcn does not name the Aan. -. -.'fI appear before you now in posi- finn in which am entirely free to ex- press my opinion as well as to defend the majority resolution now before you.'' said the senator in beg1nnlng' explaininx that he was about to re- tire from public life.
 Most Critical Question
 'erhis is a most critical question" ssid Senator Owen. "This is not question as to the Ku Klux Klan win. ming or losing. This is a difference Of itdgment between the large majority of the members of your committee ana minority of the same committee.
 'sThe majority members present you with a plank declaring in strongest nossible terms for fredom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of the right of every indiyiduaI .tosthe protection of the laws. The only difference between the minor ity and the majority is whether the nstionaI convention shall stigmatlze the kian as being guilty of interfering with religious liberty and with the political rights of their fellow citizens.
 Y Make no mistake about the issue. There isn't anybody anywhere Tn America in any rsponsible position that would defend any organization, Au KIux or not, in violating the principles of the constitution or disregarding the lawful. rights of their fellow-cltlzens'
 Other Lunaties
 JeT assume. it is true that members wearing the mask and indulglng Tn mlo- night frolics with their nighties on nave been guilty of depredations and tnae sometimes the vilest and basest or criminals have worn the mask to ln- duIge themselves in some criminal act. That is probably true. It IS also true that there ar other lunatles m tne country, who don't wear tnls shrvuu' It is also true that there are otner criminals in the country wno oo nos vassr this hood. have been amazed so zee fhis controversy between demo- Nrrsfs as to what is wise party policy renTesented by the press as being 5efeat or a victory for the ku klux Kan. It is neither one nor the other.
 "As f6rsmyself I would not knowing lv depriye any American citizen, now ever. humble, of his right to worsnlp God in his own way.
 Would Not Offend
 CT have been taken care Of by na1roes all my life and should desplse nnyself if l wounded the feelings of the -humblest negro in the land. When Jnstice Brsndeis was made justice or fhe ,s,fnreme- court I admired his great hrsin and character. did not care that ha was a Jew. From the Jews we re- ceived the blessing of the Bible. Our Christian doctrine is founded on the teaching of a Jew. When our sons went to war in America's great battle we lid not ask their race, or creed, or color. Shall Swe now allow the demo- cratic parey with the greatest opportu- nitv in all history to be divided on this question of Jew or Gentile| There were cries of mo" from the audience.
 ''Shall we use this question In any way directly or indirectly to promote ar denote sany candidates whatever. My fellow sasmocrats, let us be careful, this isn't question of courage, as member of the committee said. O mem . Der of the committee said we dldn have the courage to name the K. K. A. Well, I've got the courage to name Tne K. K. K.,. I'm not afraid or Au Klux. living or dead. There wasn't any En Klnx in your committee that l know of. In Louisiana the K. K. k. was charged with killing some people at Mer Rouge. It never was proven, and Louisiana passed law declaring that no man without permission should IT,aa,. . roasks They didn't want to stop the ;Mardi Gras.
 # We've got laws in this country to control the Ku Klux Klan. We have those laws in Oklahoma. We can, tear the mask off of them. They tried to nominate a man there for governor, and the good democrats and protestants and Catholics licked the stuffinR4 out of them. We're not afraid of them, politically or any other way. The Issue
 'HThe only issue is will we say by the voice, of this convention that the membership of the K. K. K. are guilty of violating the constitutional provis- ions. There was no evidence presented before us to that effect; don't defend the Ku Klux. l think there are some brilliant rascals among them. But l know, too, there's a large number of good citizens among them who be- iteyed in joining the order that it was committed to obey and preserve and protect the constitution and the laws of the country"
 At that there was a mixture of ap- plause and 9boos and misses from the galleries. 2..
 Senator Owen concluded his address at that point and was succeeded on the rostrum by Mir. Pattangall, who spoke for naming the Ku Klux Klan specifically,
 Tt wasa suggested by the senator from Oklahoma that there was little