The Washington times., 1925-10-29
MAID LOWRIE'S STORY Back in REisee==wAz2.
New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

I worked hard, but felt from
the start that ours was a losing
cause. In the first place the
wills insisted on attacking the
incumbent administration headed
by my friend Wozencraft. Wozen-
craft had made an excellent
mayor, and the commissioners
who had served with him had
been very satisfactory. To launch
a personal attack on Wozencraft
and his colleagues was a blunder.
Then, as the campaign pro-
gressed, the Wills began spend
Ing money like water. Where II
came from, don't know. The
opposition, Of course, said it was
being furnished by the public
service corporations.
The fight developed into
mud-slinging contest. The final
count showed the Citizens Asso-
citation victorious, with the Wills
a close second. With a different
policy we could have won. AS
it was, we managed to split the
ticket; our candidate for Fire
and Police Commissioner was
elected. During the campaign
had become convinced that all
the VII candidates, were MEM
bers OF the Ku K1ux Khan, an
organization with which / was
not In sympathy.
Prominent Men.
My friend Judge E. B. Muse,
who had been on the bench twen-
ty years, and who was so gen.
orally recognized as exceptionally
fair and able that he had never
encountered any opposition for re-
elections, was showed under at an
election following his declaration
that mo true American will
march behind the American flag
with his face masked"
The fact that that cryptic re-
mark had brought about his de-
conclusive that the K. K. ks
Were powerfully organized in Dali
las incensed me against them;
even though had. learned that
many of the most prominent men
In the city belonged to the or
ganization.
Then. a few days after the
election, I was approached by
man who had been mysteriously
active on our side during the
campaign, but whose functions
I had not been able to definitely
understand.
I was riding home on the front
platform of street car when he
suddenly spoke to me. l had not
noticed him beside me until that
moment. After a casual remark
Or two he said. by the, way,
you're a native of Massachusetts,
amt your" I replied in the af-
firmative. He then went on tn
say he thought he had seen me
at church the preceding Sunday.
This brought out the information
that I was an Episcopalian, and
that my wife attended the Chris
tan Science Church.
rendered Offer
Then he loosened up. Without
any definite or direct offer he
stated that could probably get
the post of publicity director for
the State of Texas in the strong
est organization of ALL that my
name had been favorably men
toned for the job. All l need do
was to join. The initiation fee
was $40, with a few dollars for
regalia. I knew, long before he
finished that he was talking about
the K. K. ks. We parted on
the sidewalk half a block from
where I lived; he resided close 10y.
I had told him would think 1t
over
In the house I had Mildred sit
down with me, and / told her
what had happened. She would
not express an opinion for or
against the K. K. ks, holding
that in some ways they were
necessary, but in other ways a
menace to American principles.
She finally said: 81 don't want
to hurt you, Don, but the main
thing for you to remember Is your
past. If you join them, and that
ever got out, it would hurt all
around. If were you I'd de-
cline; regardless OF the publicity
Job"
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