The Denver Jewish news., 1924-06-12

bl"olshtu anu NloFnSr, unu are luz
cause Of friction between friends"
Mr.. Ginsbcrg declared all religious
bcticrmcnt leads to one goal. why
quarrel about The Rad II we're all
headed for the same place Let the
Catholic, the jew, the Protestant, wOr-
ship as he may, Is this not country
of religious frccdomy Rut along comes
the Ku KluN Khan To save us'-save
rs from what;
The eminent Ku Klux Klnn speak
or tells rs OF his Missionaries In China.
and speaks Of hrothcrly love. and vet
by his own example he would exclude
them
We prattle about hrotherly love,
Int we don't mean Tits all bosh."
declared Ginsberg in his reference TO
Ocsclger.
We have the MHSons. the Elks and
The odd Fellows. who take pride In
procaiming their membership from
their coat lapels-but here comes the
kn kluN klnn with their sheets-nnd
they're going to save us-save us"
GinsherE Continues Moppinx by As
suniing P- Is 4 X. X. X.
Assuming momcntarily that he was
II klansmnn. Glnsbcrs said:
IN tell yCu what We are We're n
bunch of politicians We desire TO GA in
power and patronage of office thru
secrecy. We will maintain voting
unit. select candidate. not inform the
public Of it. and elect our candidn te
thru treachery and deceit. That's the
game: that's the Method
Returning To his true role ms n white
man, unmasked. Ginsberg said: I'VE
Americans stand for fair play. We
don't like the fellow who poses M our
friend and st;Ibs rs In the bnck. In
the daytime the klansmsn trndes with
The Catholic and the jew and tnkes
his money-in the night matters are
quite different. challenge the X. X.
X. If your purposes are good. come
oni in the OPEN" tHeavy applanse).
Acknowledgement of the need OF the
X. X. X. is an acknowledgements thar
the government of the United States
has failed, according To Ginsberg who
scored heavily with the point-as he
scored heavily with all points. as the
Christian preacher did not have any
points in his limited armory.
HI klux Breeds Distrust AMI DiscOs,-
tent in L. S.
Il can say To the Ku KluN Klan
without fear that we don't need you :"
exclaimed the anii-K. X. X speaker
You breed suspicion, distrust, and
create friction. We have n good gov
ernment; why worry us with your self
inflicted desire TO save us. What was
the faith of the Unknown Soldier? He
may have been Catholic, Protestant.
jew. or perhaps ncGroY'
And Ginsberg scored another point.
He advised that the X, X. X be
not taken seriously. Let them have
their robed cuckoos and let them play
ball in sheets" he derided
In his rebuttal, the Rev Oeschger
declared that the X. X. X vas ut
Hcrrin. ILL.,. to combat the liquor in
tcrests. Making reference to the white
night Shirts" he said: When night
shirts are worn they make certain
classes of people mighty nervous
Preachers Covert Threat Directed at
Ginsberg
Turning to Ginsbcrg he said: "And
when night shirts are worn upside
down, look out -
The statement was interpreted as
meaning that things were more topsy.
turvy than usual in klan ranks
Rev. Ocschser finished by saying. "Ii
you want the X. X. X. to grow. just
fight it, BY its fruits 1t shall be
known in the last analyss."
The klansmen in the audience ap
plaudcd him heartily, at the same time
recognizing that as n, dcbatcr. the Rev
Oesclger had been swamned in the
gales OF oratory and lodge hurled al
him as representative Of the Ku KluN
klan by Charles Ginsbcrg-a man hall
the agd of his veteran Christian pastor
opponcnt-a youthful product of one
of the poorer districts Of Denver. II maj
who in his person and his success
against great odds illustrates what free
America offers by way of opportunity
Debate Was Arranged BY Prof. Dexter
Keezer
The debate was scheduled to com
mencc in the Physics lecture room o
the Hale Science building at III:
: O'Clock. At AS every seat was filled
and the halls of tho building were jam
med with persons eager to gain admit