New Britain herald., 1924-06-30
THE KHAN AND POLITICS

While the delegate. at the Demo- crated convention balloted upon pro- posed specific mention of the klu Klux klan in the party platform, thousand plain clothes men from the New York police force mingled with the spectators In the gallery. Fully as many uniformed policemen spread down the aisles between delegations and remained 'in reserve" at the rear of the large oval filled with perspiring and hysterical humanity. Until early Sunday morning the fight was waged' first one side gaining and then another until the minority report was defeat ed but only by the slightest margin imaginable.
 Had it not been for the many po- Acknowledgements of law and order-present, 1t is very very proba- ble that the convention would then and there have ended in riot such as has never been known in political history. Nerves were tense and all were on edge.
 Representatives of the law were all that kept partisans in the galleries and on the floor, from doing bodily harm 10 each other. Several attempts were made to do so as it was
 Wherein one great lesson was point cd out 10 the country Police, ap- pointed to keep order, kept it and ir- respective Of what any party platform may say it cannot do away with fac- tionaI disputes by words alone. The great American public, led by clean, straight unprejudiced thinking, VIII sec that it's mandates are obeyed, will look to it that lis representatives Of law enforcement arc respected as they were in Madison Square Garden, the local point, for the time being Of dis sension.
 There is no place in the American scheme of government for any organi- za,ion which endeavors to obtain It's ends, no matter how exemplary those ends may pretend to be, by terrorism snd intimidation. Such acts have been attributed to the Kan. Therefore there is no place in the American scheme or government for the klsn. Hooded as- sassins. moving under cover Of dark ness or masks to visit justice" on in- noeen, or guilty. arc nothing more or less than criminals themselves and should be dealt with as criminals, nothing else. They should be tried in our courts and. if found guilty given the punishment they have merit.d by their acts.
 People of the United States, Jews or Gentiles, Catholic or Protestant black or white. should be treated ac- cordipr to their rights as citizens and equally punished if guilty Of mis-
 
 demeanors. They should be subjected to the penalties meted out to criminals individually or in groups. in our courts p-bs,eyer their race creed or color No one, no clique, should enjoy im- munity from prosecution because oi religious or social affiliations and un- less us are nightly mistaken tho temper of the American people, and by that we mean the whole American people, not few. who have taken te tbamsetyes alone the attributes of an American is not going 10 countsnance illicit murder and stealthy politics After all Is not law and order tbe an. srer 10 those on outbreaks which haEe occurred but recently in this country inst az Iau and order made sure there were no controversies at Madison Eruare Garden
 party platform, "beH deprived o' certain amount of verbiage comm"f to politician generally. is sn an raBucemaut Of principle and deciar. stian of the isws Rbich ths rart' wishes f9 sec enforced or revised What vss ths proper move Tor th' Usruocrats in inc kisn fEht- Should CT should not fhs klan. blamed foi many overt scts have been mentioned specifically? wouid mention oi il hsv' fannsd the flame of religious and ra. eiaI frtofrrarc 10 a greater blaze thaT nos saistsg Did the convention fsf that flame anyhow by the bit,ernrs Of its fghts
 II probably did sn1 that is th' rserstiabie part Of inc whole affair America Is big enough for all race' sra su creeBs. God h1tss #. may q remain go until the world ss se knoe p is destroyed. There is n0 p.ao here for BiEoiry. point on which r' su seemingly agree. A> long ss th' question uss brought Bb at ssL on th' foor. us beIisvs that spsciac nlsntioi