' ,u^y ot ung9a ML 4 . ' Hrralii ............................... LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922 Subscription, $1.50 the Year. X VOL. XX, No 51 I GOVERNOR OLCOTT SPLAKS OF KLAN OREGON EXECUTIVE IHHCUHHF.3 SCHOOL LAW AT MEETING OF GOVERNORS KANSASGOVtRNOR TALKS f TELLS STORY OF FIRHT AM ERI CAN DEAD IN THE TOUL HECTOR *» ♦ b l 4 ♦ Governor Olcott of Oregon dealt with the ku klux klan in his address at the governor«’ meeting last week in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. After pointing out the disruptive in­ fluence of the klan, he continued: •‘Everywhere thia movement goes you will find strife. Everywhere an sffurt la made to Russianize the school system of a slate, you may expect that state to be damaged to a great extent No other result can follow. Thia movement is founded on bitter­ ness and hate; these two form never Join, but they give birth to grief ami trouble and woe. "This bill no doubt will be de­ clared unconstitutional. Hut it has done a great share of it» damage It has caused hatreds which may not be ironed out during thia generation. Alrrady, I am told, leading and proml- aunt citizens have taken steps to dis­ pose of their holdings in Oregon. It will prevent high-class people from coning Into Oregon and becoming a part an much the question. The private »chcol» sup­ ported from Protestant sources do not figure so prominently. But the principle Involved ia vital to the future welfare of our nation. If this sort of n thing is persisted in, it esn eventually lead to nothing but civil war. Thnt may be a harsh thing to say, but I believe it and feel it. "I want to soy that the man who aro agitating these question*, who ere responsible for these conditions, are sacrificing the welfare of their c, untry upon the altar of their own petty passions and prejudices. ”1 trust our nation—my nation-- will call a halt before it Is too late. The rumblings are heard on every hand, east and west and north nnd south. I challenge thia organization to stand out in the open; to rip off its mask; to appear in tlie garb of every-day citizenry. Lot it speak its Speech out in the open. It i» largely a political organization, founded for certain object» and purposes. “Mt it be specific. let it throw­ down its gage of battle in the open lists, so the tournament may be fought under the eye» of all man­ kind. But, above all. let those men who made np the mnk ami file of this org«f ization reflect that they are American citizens. Ix>t their minds revert to the Argonne or Chateau - Thierry, where Cnthollc, Jew, negro and Protestant fought side by side against the guns of the common enemy, where the Catholic tornwl to •id his fallen Protestant comrade and give to his dying buddie a drink cf water; where the Jew foil dead under machine-gun fire, and his body dropped over the inert body of his brother Protestant. “Let the men who make up the rank and file of this organization reflect on some of thesp things be­ fore they go headlong on their eourwe.” Governor Allen of Kansas In speak­ ing of the klan said: “The esxesice of our opposition to this organization is not in the fact that it fights the Catholic church, nor svpreedea its antipathy to the Jew nor to the negro, hut in the fact that It does this under the protection of the mask and through the procc'-s cf terrorism and violence. "It is incredible that this country should have pawed through its bap­ tism of heroic devotion which called it into action four years ago. only to sag back now Into this most la­ mentable species of disaster. '• ’ "Much human life has been sacri­ ficed to the ca'ise of Christian civili­ sation as America interprets it. James Fitzsimmons •’I couM take you to a place I know in Franc*, where the crosses rise row on row, and after a while ws would stand a cross which marks the resting placq of James Fitzsimmons. The record ia that he was the first member of the Ameri­ can expeditionary forcee to give his life In the combat area of Ttoui. If I had the power to rcrincornate him, I could say, 'James Fitzsimmons, you think you are a 100 per catit Ameri­ can,’ and I imagine he would look at me with some surprise and say, T never thought much about that; I was bom in America and when she told me thia war was far the defense of our ideal« and our civilization, I didn't wait for the selective draft; 1 hurried on to offer my life for the defense of the principles which America has adopted as her own.' “If I should say, ‘You are not a 100 per cent American. There ia an em­ peror of an invialbie government at Atlanta. Ga., who declare» you can­ not 1» 100 per cent Amencjui be­ cause you are a Catholic,' I dare say he would aay to me. ‘They never told me anything like that when I stood in lino with my gun, waiting to gu over the top.’ *’ Sketching the progress of the klan, he continued: "It gpowa very rapidly when it strikee a community and it requires about a year of experience to con­ vince its beat members that the or ganlxation has no real place of uae- fulnew in America. It arouses the inten-wst bitterness After referring to specific crimes of violence alleged to have been committed by members of the klan in the couth and far west, he said: “The organization ia as dangerous to the Protestant as it i» to the Catholic, the Jew or the negro be cause it exists only when the author­ ity of gvvernment has been broken down and destroyed. It brings chaos and hatred and menace to every law- abiding citizen who may fall victim of the private quarrels and animosi­ ties of the men who hide their identity behind n mask.” SOUTH MOUNT TABOR, RES EK VOIR PARK AND VICINITY Velma, daughter of E. O. Shepherd, a student of Philomath college, is home for the holidays. Mrs. Blanchard has rt4v<«»ed to Amboy, Wash., to look after her Httlr church, nftrr a abort visit at the home place. A. W. Baird, who was seriously in­ jured in an automobile accident, has passed away. Mr. Baird wan run down bv a passing car at 7td str ee t and Footer Road. He leaves a widow nnd five children. Mr. Baird was an old and highly respected resident of South Mount Tabor, and had many friends here. St. Janie«/ Episcopal chapel will hold its annual Christmas tree on Saturday evening. Pupils and teachers of Joseph Kel- log school are planning to give an interesting program to visitors! on Friday afternoon. Every room will participate in thia. MARYSVILLE The boys played basket bnll with Hawthorne last week and were dc- feated. They also played Brooklvn Tuesday. The girls will organize « volley ball team the latter part of the week. The dentist and his nurse are working thia week at the school. Rapid progress b being ma