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T K m d iy , March 29, IM S
E very Day, In Every W ay, the K lan G ro w s Better an d Better
UNCLE SAM HELPING
LO THE POOR INiON
W E S A L U T E T H E E VE N IN G BUDGET.
By N. S. SE D A N TH A R , at Waehington, D. C.
Ac know ledge men t is extended, with thanks, to the Editor of tifT tilK WHITE MAN will have to leave this country if any-
The EVENING BUDGET of Astoria for hi« fatmeee in giving
* body «toes. The negroes will not leave it."
space to both sides alike in the municipal controversy there. The
Editor of Tko m -KCET I, not . h .t«b lo p e r » .. .hon .no »»dor.
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stands his motncs and the pecu tar difficult!«» of his position.
Everyone is homing that The B l DGET will declare itadndts
I4B a . D,Ter................ ............ ........... . . .i. . . .. . . . .......... pendence and turo-lta batteries upon the
and crooked
the
StfMdl-town
class for
pS I?1* »
....................... ......As —***£¿£*¡¿£2 Manager interests which have kept Astoria in t
Mn*> »Kan f o r f v v e a ra
M l b M WseMy by
n « Weiten A m t I c u Pmkltebte*
HnhUcaUoa Offices te 7 - 8 S 6 Plttoek Bleek,
T H « W f t c t t r n
,
™ c « w * * b r a won. uttomd durln* th o l... m k »1 Colon,.
bus, Ohio, by Robert R. MoUin, negro president of the Tuskegee Western AMerleas Hpeelal.
W A8IIIN 0T0N , I). C.. Mart'll 3 » —
(Ala.) Institute for negroes, in an address at that place. So far
The total American Indian imputation
j know, there has never been any edict anywhere at any time In- (he tlBited Mi.ti.-a la 340,817. bclonr
that the negroes had to leave the oountry.
us to S7i <urter«nt i rites or ramnanta
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■* The South is the section o f the United States most concerned
of irlbaa. according to a tabulation
t'°mpi*t#d
lhl* w*#|1 by lh*
interior
A m o rie « n I« o w n * ! •xcluoNofy b y th o K l t o r I N
Inbabllad ' . ' the ...........
Vnilatl
I f The BUDGET will cut loose from the «mall coterie of over the nefr >/ ^ roble.cn-" H.n d il do?8 ,not con"Jdcr “ *¿ roblem in that originally*
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any sense. I know whereof I speak because I am a Southerner. Hiatra tefore lha whlta man ram* to
schemers who have been deceiving and slyly
its Editor and We of the South do not want the negroes to leave, for we need thla continent b*a naver bean accur
Joe real.
Manager, it can develop speedily into a
« mil- them— as hewers o f wood and drawers of water.
ately «-numerated, altboush aludenla
SUBSCRIPTION. POSTPAID: United Statea. Pana«»
Hawaii and the Philippine*. 12 00 a year tn adranee.
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- ■ . rlalm thard waa a much sraatar flsura
Uon-dollar institution withhi ten years.
a year Hamit by citai. dr*n, poatal or upreoa «nonay
than 371. the prraorti official figure
ORASnS or ADPRBSS: Tha add rena of aubacribera can tec
1 The Klansmcn »re fighting, with all other good citizens, for
UT WE DO NOT NEED THEM in the capacity assumed by Tha Indian population nlao waa much
a* desired In arderti« a chance, piease «ire both Ihenewe
only what is right, and would be pleased to help make The BUD-
Manaaeript ahouid be accodare Med by »«tace fbr ratte jrb- .. _ „ ----
this black gorilla, just one generation removed from slavery; I hnsur
our attenOoe and painstaking cara wtU be given to all contribution» PubMr'O
.GET a great newspaper—always fair, impartial, giving the facts; we do not need them to deliver us a. virtual ultimatum that if' At prmmt »».»on of
tortai of cotta truci to* value to Tba Klan and Ita Manda wtM *d
Indiana
minimum ipact rat« of |4 a c^imn^All
i «re allrndlnK nrhooln, bring educated
and commenting thereon in aa impersonal a»d honest manner, anyone leaves this country the white man will have it to do.
racarStac aubocriptlona and
i by the government, and 38.000 attend
never using information whispered by traitor* who have no re
PHtock Block. . Portland, . r Ora.
spect for a sacred obligation, never publishing rumor as fact.
Yet some poor, doubting fools question the efficacy of a Ku
bdtoas .r. engaged
Tito WBSTBSN
advertlaal la ! 1
gu a ra
menta o f cervtoe
aervfc «re tneae e*
I f the genius o f the Editor of The BUDGET and the fine tal Klux Klan to combat just suchinsane utterances as these. The tn t,rmW and in retting . rope fur.
AMERICAN la aa a dvertitoed, and that all adverttoamanta
faraona or firma af aaod reputati*«» far bonesty and afftolanep. AH Manda ef tnto
ents of his staff are concentrated upon a policy of this»kind, it Ku Klux Klan is the only organization in America today that will tiwir owB.iuapart. white 10,000 nullan
Journal are requeatad end urged te patrentea our advartloerto tato «tote
atlon profltlng all concerned.
deal with sdeh as Moton as he deserves to be dealt with. Oh, no, teailHeo hare abandoned their tepees
will mean “ showers of blessings" for everyone aen earned.
at Astaria.
Mutual
understanding,
and
the
spirit
o
f
fr
it
play
which
is
Entered ae tecond-claaa metter Auguat 1,
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„ the Klan will not "tar and feather” him nor whip him, nor will it ,n,‘’ "*• ,n
-Th* '," * r'1°r d*;
Oregon, under thè A et o» March X, ISTI.
Application atada te Poatmaater «• -
••• the chief characteristic of white men the world over, will settle take him out some fine morning and lynch him, All that is neces- ^JJU'JUmlTfor *i!7 imiiu'i'" ' ' ' '
In peateff lce e t Portland, Ore.
all feuds and harmonize all differences. The basis o f this under, nary to settle this “ uppity nigger" is to TELL him what’s j^hat
standing is the mutual recognition o f the fact that certain selfish and who’s who. He’ll obey. The habit of his blood is too strong
interests are scheming to exploit Greater Astoria, to recoup their i not to.
fortunes and strengthen their precarious financial position by
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dm* ago a |irlv«t. In vl«!tln*
“NOT FOR SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS” profiteering upon the overburdened taxpayers upon a colossal J N C IP E N T A L L Y , I want to deny for the Klan this tar antf one Horn«
of hla partahloncr*. fuuml him
scale. It is this gang that the honest citizens are fighting, and A feather stuff. It’s the bunk! The Idea Of
of men suen
such as
aa are in ! raadlnt In till tiihi,- llo'vaplalnod to
no one else.
.
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! the Klan stooping to such things is ridiculoui to men and to those ,ho i*°“ r Wohman that ft waa us^aaa
“ JESUS TH E L IG H T O F TH E W O R LD .”
It behooves every loyal Astorian at this time to stand by ( who really know ftie Klan. Do you want to know how we get law •;ntl rt"nB*ro,t» for n layman 10 read
“ Klansmen: Get right with God under the Fiery Cross,” -a s
Mayor Setters. He is a man of honor and of good will, working enforcement? Well, j t ’s slfnpk'. We simply point out the law
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the appeal on the front page of The WESTERN AMERICAN ;for the ^
welfare of aU the peofAe o f Astoria and for no one to the erring one and tell him straight up and down that it’s tojwhom tha mbic was. roaiiy «,riuen.
last week. An observing friend, not a Klansman, demands to ejse
be obeyed. And It usually is. Did you ever notice the effect a “Ah." aalit tho |>rlc»t\ "the llllne lg
for u* prlaala, and nuf for vnu.un-
stern and authoritative voi<$*hAs on anyone?
know the meaning o f the appeal. It meant just what it said, but!
learned peopte*’
it meant more to a Klansman than to a non-member.
OFF W IT H TH E G A R B — ENF ORCE T H E L A W !
Ma- thal anC- nnawarad the Irlah-
Moton evidently thought he was doing something great when ^
fn my
|hM
“ I f the Fiery Cross is the Truth, and the Truth is Christa [ . After the State Legislature of Oregon has passed a neces-
he made that utterance. When he gets back down In Tuskegee, «houid toa.h the word o f ’God-tu thttr
Goepel, why, then, do you omit the most important factor of this ^
and whoJeeome bilj prohibiting the
o f sectarian garb Alabama, he will say he was misquoted! But he wasn’t, 1 know children, and prieata hhve no rhii-
wonderful Gospel, being ‘born again’ into the Kingdom of God, as iQ the pub,ic
and Governor Pierce
it, the papists the nigger, and I know how moved he is by n~few sounds of ap- dr*n "
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pluuse.
He
would
no
more
dare
say
those
words
in
Tuskesgee.
or
l,u
1,
•»*<»
»h" pneat. you
our Savior told the seeker in S t John’s Gospel, third chapter, in- an(j
d^uers set up a howl that the
are work-
in
Birmingham,
or
in
Montgomery,
than
he
would
tear,
hare-
not
wrttl,
B
for
,urll
M you
eluding the eighth verse,” says the challenger, adding: “ Jesus set ¡ng under contact and have a right to
ue wearing their
handed
into
a
fast-running
cireula^
saw.
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the standard high and clear, and also added that we would not uniform unti, their terms expire. What a
plea ! The con-
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••Tour reverence, whatever I cannot
even see the Kingom of God unless we had complied with this ^
^ ^
y ^
were to wear
ish garb, did
E
REPRESENTS
HIMSELF
to
be
following
in
the
footsteps
"n<ter»‘«i»d
win do me no harm, and
one factor of imminent importance.
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n liar. I know Booker
Honker Tour
Tour. ! ’ ’’ ’ ‘I * do
‘J® under«tand do«« m« « world
of Booker T. Washinsrtofl.
Washington. He’s a
The answeris that Jesus is the »neat exemplar of the Ku Klux not require it, did not oontemplate it.
of irood."
or f^vor. Down ney Washington since I was a stripling reporter In Montgomery, -i^noii her*. Mik*." oaw tn* prieot
all true Klansmen
The new law ahouid be enforced
character whicUal
Klan, the «A ph I of
- afl insignia and if ever there was a real MAN in a black, hide, it was Booker "you ouskt to so to ctrarrfe and u>«
lif e j an d th e F ie r y C a o u is the symbol bf . with Kopumism lit, the pubttc schools!
must emulate in
T . W a*h in gt|»a. J R * Mmmm. W ««a a a » « « ■ " am i Ka n a u «r t^laM to church will lettru d yon. T h * church
the glorious Cause for which Jesus gave His life, akd for which qf the papal empire!
ywr «wtirmr smr in* wrfr.l
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A.-* be anything else, and he impressed on his pupils that they
fïey vfisTF-
daring o f these
aH Klansmen are ready to « 6 toda^
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” j f Conaider.'^Jaa [# i 1 th»
1 or ciod."
the same.
The Klan is a gretet Protestant secret fraternity, based upon ,bn,ifrn papists Tn claiming suçh “ rights|f
_ _ _
! • ’ ? *, but where «loca the church gel
the Constitution,
.
,
, (thla milk* It gata It from the lllhle.
strict Christian principles, and one,must, at least tc* a degree, be jn free America, at a time when they are b e l______
-barted in other
But he trie^J to make them GOOD negroes. This black ape is doe« it not? Ah, reverenc*. pardon
“ bom again" in the sense meant by our challenger, even to pass pantries fyom even appearing on the streets in their papist garb,
trying to make MEAN NIGGERS out of them, and at the ratwof >“*•. hut it u an old axparienc« that
the tests required of the novitiate. The Klansmen of the higher , tb,g referring to both nuns and priests.
utterance« such fts these, he’s doing it or he’s in a fair way to do j thooe who hnmlla milk often adulterate
degrees must indeed be “ born again,” Christians of spotless char-
In RU8sia where Ivan the Peasant is getting the upper hand, :* - II- ...¡it
*»«r>
**• I’d r«*her have my own cow."—
it. He will stop, though. There’s o
a u-au
way in
to ntaka
make him
him »top.
H. D.
acter and of the loftiest ideals, and every Klansman must be a - it is a capital crime to be known as a "subject 61 the Roman Pope,
bom American of unquestionable loyalty to the government and or prjests of the Roman hierarchy.” Seventeen Roman priests,
AVE
Mktu.wi wav to kamk .
W E YOU EVER read
ret newspaper articles, real learned ones,*
the Constitution.
including an archbishop and other high-ranking clerics, were tried
that
dissertate
knowingly
and
forecast
volublV
on
national
f
i.iruterm
nt I ran*. .** «r Portland**
Every Klansman is an American citizen, bora and bred, and and condemned at Moscow for this offense and their execution as
and world events, signed “ By David Lawrence” an I “ By Frank mo«t popular and^rririmt police #rn.
is pro-nothing except AMERICAN. The native-born restriction major criminals was set for Thursday, March 29. ' The whole
H. Simonds"? Well, listen, j’ust confidentially: Evt ry time here-- e*r* and a «Inyrr of waadroet po»*r,
was copied from the Constitution o f the United States. No per-
hasn’t come out yet, but the Russians probably had grave after when you road them, remember that’s the Jew sh viewpoint ^, r» " » l» f l,ke a th*raaRh»ircd in the
son is eligible to be President, unless he wa* born in the United cau8€ for their action. On the appeal of the American State De-
; HtBRar»’ Popularity Coateet at the
they’re putting forward. Uh-huh. Both- are.
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H lw *ou** Theatre. Mr*. Pllgdbefh
States. The restriction in the Constitution and the Klan alike was payment, which is dominated through Harding by the Roman
a
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Kajr-Xet*oa, nl*<> a *luRer with a Mar.
intended to safeguard our liberty against the “ pernicious foreign hierarchy, the Russian soviet rulers granted a reprieve and the
OW WE’LL SEE who’s who in Louisiana. . dge Ellis of reluo* gift, 1« eiiuatly popular wNti
influence” of which George Washington çpoke so forcibly in his priests may escape the fate prepared for them. The Russians
Tangipoha parish has throvm the gauntlet dov to Governor ,hr Mn->ie-lo»lnR puhiir. The inter.
Farewell Address. This restriction in the only all-American-born arg determined to crush the attempt of the Pope to establish his
Parker. The judge says John’s all wrong on this frsecutlon of
r®»te«t «111 rbu-e on-April g.
fraternity, as in the Constitution, does not imply, of course, any-jruj^ ¡n their country.
the Klan. “ I ’m a Klansman and proud of it,” the J dgr says in a '
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thing derogatory to the millions of good adopted Americans who
Ivan the Peasant is becoming wise. The writer has heard
public statement. “ And I ’ll meet the Governor ai !he polls and | top.
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were born in other lands. While they are ineligible to the Klan, thousands of them chanting in Russian street* and as they plodded
we’ll fight it out there and see who’s running Lou ana.”
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they have a great organization of their own with exactly the same aiong Qn military roads, “ Dahli -ostavku mui Boguf” It meant,
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Tke Catholic paper* are I mu SI ur
principles, purposes and methods— the Royal Riders of the Red j <-^re have sent God into retirement,” not meaning this in the sacre-
A ttab oy! That’s real stuff.’ That’s Klans anship. The I
Robe, with Imperial headquarters in Portland, Oregon.
ligious’sense, but that they were onto the church fakers and had
Judge may have broken the rules a little bit by bl ting out that rally in the Portland Hotel on Wn»h-
Further answering the friendly challenger, the Klan path is j done away forever, they fondly hoped, with the “ god” business,
he’s a Klansman, but we’ll forgive him and root r him at the Ington’a Birthday, In which “ .sir" jo*
indeed the royal road to heaven and every true^Klansman must get : which they knew, by sad experience, to be allied with autocracy
polls. And we’ll bet a quarter against a Russian ble that John dertered war on (hr Ian* «r Orcvon,
right with God, or he cannot progress far and win the high re- ; and despotism.
<
will be further behind at the next Louisiana elect than he was
of thi* Mat«-
wards. «These rewards conie through service, “ not for self but for
Behold ‘Catholic” Mexico, where the federal government is
the year he ran fof Vice-President on the ticket wi >ut B&osevelt.
The^po*"*
others.” The basic requirement o f the whole movement is self- hurling the Pope’s high priests out'of thé c&mtry. because of their
rallant
warrior*.
If
any
attempt
were
sacrifice for a glorious cause and devotion to the ideals of Chris- pestiferous meddling in politics and interference with the rights
OYS, THIS OLD K LAN is humming and sin g to beat the made to enforce the public School
tianity as exemplified in the story of Jesus and His deathless Ser-, 0f the people. We have no use for O’Bregon, but we applaud his
hand. I ’m here in Washintrton where I aret tlfull benefit of ,'*w>
wa* pa**cd by an nter.
mon On the Mount.
- action in this case. He is emulating the wise example of his pre-
has them ail whelming majority In the Morerahrr
what’s going on all over the nation, and believe
j decessor, Carranza, who knew the Catholic Church for what it is.
rlecUon. “ Sir” Joe ought |<. be aehl
in Oregon the Catholics ought to keep very quiet, for they | * ° in* J 4’»
uppermost subject. Thecrookt liticians who to Join hi* brethren, the rrpuhllrnn
N O W CONSIDER TH IS, BRO TH ER.
on the wall, anlpcr* and a**sllant* of women and
are confronted by an overwhelming and organized Protestant ^rc
‘,ng up c
• V , 1' S£? J?, * n,.Wn|
gnizc
as the children In Ireland.
Here’s a characteristic letter, like many which we receive,
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majority. The free-born Protestant, white Americans are the ^
ey ve go o go s r 1
e
a
y
written by the Rev. Thomas L. Leyden, the famous converted Ro-
q[ Oregon un(k.r th(f Constitution, and they are determined volce of America,
Klau*mrn I'reoant ttKHMI.
And you, you doubting Thomas! There’s e< g a day when
HAMMOND, lnrt. — Th«- Ilammond
man Catholic Evangelist and Missionary, to a Portland friend:
^ safeguard the publk xhoo\ and to rid it of evefy sign and!
The gates Ku Klux Klan receatly prem-nu-d thu
it won’t be as easy to become a Klansman aS it ii{
“ My. Dear Brother: God bless you. I x have just returned
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- token of
Catholic domination.
Even if you ftev. K. Leroy Bteffcy, pastor ot the
my home from an extended tour o f the Southern States, where
shou)d
em
d j . any circum-. will close , down . some t. day and then you’ll be
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, 1 succeed in opening them, youII be sorry you en’t there all FI rat Vreahytcrlan church here with
fjod has raised up th^ K. K. K. to protect the home against the stances, as a teacher
82000 to hs tisod In the education pro-
in the public school, any more than a loyal 1
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. along to he
be in on the building.
building, Don t know h o get in? If Rram ot the Hanunond pulillc achuutn.
enemies of Christ and the K. of C. traitors. Have been away Protestant should
be employed in a Catholic school. Every sub-1
any other way, ask the editor ofl paper. He’il
three months, in North and South Carilona, Alabama, Georgia, ject of the Pope is opposed absolutely to the public school. Why,, you don’t know
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Emperor VI«W* f« * t
Florida, etc. I wish I could help you bear the financial burdens, then, should a Catholic be alloVed to teach in an institution which
* a
e you.
PKOVIDKNCK, It. I — William
but I cannot. God knows it, too.
Joseph Simmons, emperor of the
he or she hates and opposes,, which he or she necessarily must hate
“ God has led me out of purgatory and hell. Tell Mr. Fred L. and oppose, by every means available, in order to be a good sub-
H O W A B O U T T H IS OUT1
KnlRhU of the Ku Klux Klan, has just
concluded
a visit to Klan officials hore
Gifford to write to me. Please hand him the enclosed K .K. K.
p<,n*’ This is the question that yet must be settled
in
priests
and
There is no restriction upon the entry of
In the Interests of it membership drive
circular. I have investigated the K. K. K. and KNOW it is * holy in
. Oregon and in every State in the Union.
nuns into the United States under the presentj ligration laws, being waged In this state.
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and law-abiding body, raised up by the Truth of Jesus to oppose
according to a dependable authority with wj The Western
“ Put none but Americans on guard.”
Mahoney Make* Hlf.
and expose the Man of Sin. The best and truest AMERICANS
American is in touch. There is nothing to pi |t papal agents
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla — Ur. Will
are members. I have spoken to the K. K. K. gatherings in Wash-1
from dressing as priests and nuns and, «ft« dng admitted, lam J. Mahoney, Imperial Klokard of
ington, D. C., and in leading cities of Alabama, Georgia, North and
Mayor O. B. SETTERS of Astoria is proving him aelf ; change to civilian clothes A complaint on thiRre will lie filed tho Ku Klux Klan, addresaed I hi II i
South Carolina, Florida, etc.
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branches of the Oklahoma legislature
to be the honest, faithful citizen we always declared him in the proper place,
“ God belss the K. K. K., is my prayer. I am hoping to be in to be, an able executive, efficient in every respect He is
here last week on "Knper-aovernment
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silly news dis- In America.” Dr. Mahoney, with Ilia
Oregon this summer. Pray for- me. Believe me, in the bonds and
for every good reason entitled to the strongest support o f ,patch(.s tpI|ing what the Republican party i, kas is going to Characteristic freedom of speech, ro
love of Jesus,
all
loyal citizens in his efforts to bring about harmony and do to the Ku Klux Klan, "Texans would bar lux from jobs," ferred directly to the machinations of
(Signed) “ THOMAS E. LEYDEN,
tho Koraun Catholic hierarchy In bia
unity
of action in the City Commission, so that the recon- etc. It is to laugh. Who knows of any RepublJ party in Texas? address. Ho waa enthusiastically re
“ Out of Popery Into Christ.”
struction o f the firc-awept business district may proceed. It is without form and void, like the honor of tj man Telegram, kelvctl aud iuWtcd to return.
9l3t Psalm.
It 1« tke
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B
Priest and Irishman
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