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TH E W ESTERN T W x U y , A p ril 11, I M S A M E R IC A N E very Day, In Every W ay, the K lan Groves B igger a n d Better PROCLAIM WAR ON FEAR IN ALL ITS FORMS the Oregon jails faster than they can be By fire, or by dynamite? Which does “ Sir" Joe mean? Aiv the Pope’s ad- he rents so reckless as to wield the torch? How will the whole- By N. S. Skdanthar sale destruction p * accomplished? * « , l u u tm m T x * m i A n o T i m IM U N « | » • « ,' Published Weekly by (Copyrights*. IMA) “ OFTEN enough." says “ Sir” Joe . Fbr that he ought to be The Wester* im riru hblbkhc Cew ymy HE Importal Night Hdwk flow Into indidted and prosecuted. Our jails have beet filled with “ wob- t Offices »7 -4 « Pltteek Bleek, PortUet, Onyee »y window lb« olh*r day bring' hlies” and others whose offenses were trivial in comparison to To a “ Protestant” Critic: #187 las a magaagp of «rood cb**r pom tba —----- that of "Sir” Joe. Why isn’t he indicted? Why is he allowed to You know you are safe from exposure in w riting me a Imperial I’alae*. Walcoind. Hide MSB A. S IT E « .------ " i -iJawnr run The Klansmen demand his indictment for that threat i •Iranfor to Ik# o*or growing elrcl# PRANK W. CAMIBO* AweeiaW « mw^aa# Jtnd hi8 prosecution to the limit of the law. The penalty in his uasty letter mark I'd “ personal and confidential,” because of tka Ku Klu*'Klan joornala. I w#l- LYI.K SMITH---------- ------ 7Z------. case should be far greater than that imposed upon an ignorant. you know that all newspaper men Worthy o f their profes- coma you aa a taadar and a criterion TIM WnUrn American la owntd to our Klan tbuuabta. Bay you ,B' ifbifia» «rEr* 'homeless and moneyless man. Is the Pope’s "Sir" Knight above , .. ... . , la tha formally adopted medium jrct into ua lhal Klaanlahnraa wo all __ ______ _______ « * o r * ™ .y„.iirau.,,„ i . w I . » « « * • a . « “ n,‘ ^ r e *, n ' " v * ° " M',r , o f , v 1 " " ' hJavc " " no •oak, and may you foator wall and 2 St___________________________________ .___ —-------------------¿“ Sir” Joe a privileged character? Is there a Uw for one man othios, O enemy? H ave you no shame, no pride o f mnn- faithfully tha »pirn that aaoka lo rs- SSr22u E T i& g S Z '& i. § » which does not fit another? Why isn’t “ Sir- Joe in jail? hood ? Do you think it manly to send an insulting letter to turn Amorlca 1« Ua own. Ha*aU a a • - — alt by dMck. draft, potul or uprm manor ardor, or rosutorod lottor. • yeer Sir Joe poses as a lawyer. Does th# Bar Asscociation a newspaper editor, marked “ personal and confidential,’ ’ I hav* fait for many miMina that L A tu t . x f K ira ra n u M lK Ìra tiA ra # I t i . l l M . l f l # i k n t * W r a _______ A r a r a * ra I ra .o . * * * iapprereof hi. anarchistic statement that th# way test a l a w " tba order waa lo dlro noed or an offi is to refuse obedience to It, after it has been passed by a g r e a t e r purpose o f showing a copy of it to your alieu cial organ Inataad of a aomi official oaa. I oflan ttniaa waa compelled lo road tarlai of .poo« „t* or h * coiuan. At: minim«» {ft 1 majority o f the people, referring in this ease to a ’beneficent law friends, thus to curry favor with them ? * botwaan tha Itaaa la order lo oalrodt ¡ 0 unirauon»^«««rdin»* i ^ ^ t i ^ 'T n d “ ^ « ^ ! ^ . °E' designed solely for the Improvement and protection of the public Y ou are one o f those curs. O enemy, who joins a P rot- tha Infoartkallon I ao poroly doalrad Block. “ Ptttock “ — P ^ A ora . schools, for the advancement of vital Ameriauilsm? ’ L stallt Order fo r the puriH.se o f betraying it fo r money. Now It la lhara. neatly printed and Th* PublUHora guarants* «hot alt HiorcMtndloo «kinrtWod In Tho WESTtftN Sir” Joe asks » questions Tk> you beHeve that the gov-| y ou belong to the tribe o f Judas. I h ave a scientific, rhn- a • a A merican t. » odv^t-d. «no, *u « emment of this ___ «ora»wo or (Irmi of aaod raputatioa tor honwty and afflclanay. -- r r a ? I ™ “ t * T 1* ° l 1H , * * » curiosity to know how it (o o f, to ho a oowtmUy « m - A NKNT tba controversy between S i H **r advartiaara tWN form - co-opra- . p r o t e ---------- s U n t fa¡th?» Journal aro rvquaatad and urqod to patron Protestant taitn: r The me answer is, we do—just __ . _ __ - /A our loaders at Atlanta. It la a do— just as long as tne the , ' .... . , . . . * 3 , -....... . . ........... _ t___, atlon profiting all concornad. Romans worship the Pope, just as long as they put “ Catholic how it feels to fear the puny nnimtU called Mitll, and . ,|rkn,h qunaUon f0r a KUmman who Entera* as aacond-clama mattar August t, IMS. at th* postofflca at Astoria, !citizenship” above American citiienship, just as long as they re- ^Olio num should four another, ( ’onio to sec me. I 11 loek revere* Colonel Rtmmona as l Jo and Oration, undar tha Act of March S. 1fT*. Y< , ___ Application mada to Poatmaatra at Aataata for transfar of aecend-ctam privilege ««s»uiuiad aiuhority •• gard the voice o fthe Italian Pontiff as the voice o f God. We the door* und wo w ill have an interview that w ill dissolve * ho •n postofflca at Portland, Ora. __ . . I do. to tab* aide*. 1 ballavo there believe they are a menace in politica, a growiag dange^r to Amcr-! vour grudge and satisfy my euriosoty. This ir your guari|#r, m or, Ktan.»en m my rti than >3» ican institutions. We believe in Washington^ motto: “ Put none an(o0 0f saf safety from p h js lc *l punishment. Y ou *ru as Ibera are who are realty having a de cided alead la tha controre ray, Thoee Jbut AMERICANS on guard.” Not “ Irish’VAmerjcans, or any who taka tba tarn* view 1 do really ara embarraaaad I taka my Klan- Sir" Joe tries to justify hi. ue.rehi.ti, u,,er.ur«, by r a l * " “ ? J * * * t P“ 1' t W '” f cuP ^ it y « a t fear. ^ ferring to a California In , regulating nawapapers. which waa a ' lu l iH j utul tinw tlto fear^atrwheii creatures o f the ^ , no„ . r 1WJ„ , „ t, „ . O U R R E P L Y T O “SIR” JOE SCO TT ‘deadletter’’ for 18 years until it was repealed. Thebe’# no com-1 tribe o f Jllda* use every opportunity to misrepresent thi' llT|og nreatking thing to m# a a a Sir Joe Scott, knighted by tne Pope for services to the partson. no analogy, and if there were, tWo wrongs dbn 't make a K lan ,,to which they are not eligible by reason o f lack o f The dear old Colonel aaya be created Roman hierarchy in America, now is trying, iiua letter present^ right The way to test a law is to enforce it; to have it ad- tnanhotHl, in order to curry / * v o r w ith the K ln n ’R oppon-1 the Klan and It la bit lo do aa he ed in this issue, to defend the anarchistic utterances in his reck- judicated in the courts; to have it obeyed until it is set aside. tliese Opponents lieinc either uninformed fools or fu llkea. Dr. Evana aaya he waa rhoaen __ . . . T ’ rtA n b l* i n K a a ta W h rara4ra n i l / » f A t.M • • * r a * > 4 a i # • r a w *ra 1 ;L * a • * * ,r by the men who make up the Klan to less speech before a gaping crowd of admiring Romans in the Vpon this basis rests all of our institutions of liberty, natica 1 «objects o f the Roman Pope. Down in Utnh many <tlr#ct ,u Kttalr( «rcordm« to ih«ir was privileged to be up in front In the summer of 1918 Portland Hotel on Washington’s Birthday. „ „ ... “ . . .. .¡G e n tile men o f tho tribe o f .ludas currv favor in the .same will. A fatbar rroajaa hi* *on and Joe’s foolish ! ° ' er m France- P™tties Sir Joe. What was he doing there?, _____________ , _ tu _-------------------- ------ ;*v; *w_ » , ___ ____ ' U;..- mild** him. by fore* ir n*c#**ary. to *.- Good citizens ^ nerally rejoice over ,“ S ir ’ JOe’S f00^ I l Not aT a soldier ? ^Wasn’t h^‘ th^re as a*kindTf K - c ' ^ ^ r . ! »manner and fo r the same reason with the Mormon hicr- ^ w wh#n tkA lUt, proclllmi hll„ speech, for it confirmed everything the Klansmen have said M an ajnpnt cf tj,e looking after the welfare of his bre- iirchy, “ bonding the pregnant hinges o f the knee that hi* own man Th*« tb* »v*t* claim» about the'Roman Catholic church and the Knights of Columbus, thren? Fie leaves the inference that he wag up front with a th rift nuiy follow faw n ing.” Poor, pitiable, degeuerate " u* ° * n *od h‘* and proved out o f the mouth of the KC s chief estern official n fle. fighting as a soldier for the American cause. Judas! Poor victim of selfishness and fe a r.’ ,««k. ,0 mi* ov.r him aa in hi* t*nd*r that the Pope’s followers are, as they themselves declare, Cath- “ Sir” Joe falls back upon the familiar plea, so disgustingly . The Klansmen are strangers to fear in all its farina, j rears and bid* him do things tbat oiics first and Americans afterward. Thus forewarned, the common in such controversies,-that hia father waa A Scotch ,ir(, 00„,h a tti, ,g w ith n il their atrength thia frightfu l Oregon author«*, will know h o . to fe d with those who defy ! Presbytermn. and that he married th. daughter o f a thirty- jd. w ifc n i„ v u o „ppogtog, by „ concentration u . J Z m u lt .. . second degree Mason. What have they to do with “ Sir” Joes, , , . ' r .. ,, V » . , • • # the law- - anarchistic utterances? .Many a “ wobbly” of lesser degree had o f th? positive qualities, the negative effects o f fear, co w -; Th, c.a. . * . » p.r. 11 *! y.t I am Mr. Scott’s letter makes his offense worse, since it reiter a Presbyterian father and a Masonic father-in-law. Would "Sir’V ird ic o , selfishness, ignorance and superstition. ,0*‘hi t0 uk* • ,ld* ®Tcn 1 “m ates his anarchistic utterances. It is also filled with rank false Joe’s father and his Masonic father-in-law b# proud of hia anar- The Klansmen respect every m an’s religion, what- rba^he-art "dlrrau « 1 hood and absurdity. It is a surprising piece of work, being the chistic mouthing«? Wouldn’t they feel ashamed of relationship .ever it may be, though he worship an elephant, a snake, a way. tb« k**d another which *kaii •>**« or tb* head* best that Mr. gcott coultj do,, bepause antji now even Klansmen with a man who proclairped hia defiance of thujass of the land— | huinp-haekcd cow, a wooden image, or a golden calf. T h ey 1 of hte oppositioirto >*I p bf the best laws ever pw on the statute (.on,.e(i 0 the fact that millions o f good people are-members did you buy t u a t hat xotriuc had supposed him to be a'man of mental calibre higher than WEARINO PROM A KLAKSMAN? I the B oranCVrtholic c h ttre M ra O h c y r e o o g n i« the peril the average. His letter fails to sustain his newspaper reputa boofc^frn public ^huol l.w Of Oregon? - (h u t ‘ ‘ v it .” T/\A «»h .n a a f 4 V lra * * M l rail 4 - ra t ** aurara * ra • • • ra — Y _ ’ M 1 V * • a tion. He is merely a cheap propagandist and aimless mud Sir" .J“ 7h!"“ of ,he “rf*“ •» **■ » " ° " hi|,i„f political Romanism, and they warn all good C a th o lic * catholic . a Jew and a . n*fro . God according to his conscience; the nght of a father to con- . , .... 3 . . , . ,, • ! **t otu in Chirago to gtv* a fair slinger. —— —— » *heir church, like the^Moraioii hierarchy under Hi jg ' tr|a| |0 |WO flmnett who wore charged ’Lawless Kluxers,” says Mr. Scott. That’s false! The trol the religious education of his children, both #f which funda- crime of beine Kinn» Klansmen are the most law-abiding citizens in the country. They j mental principles are attacked tinder this Oregop(!aw.” Nonsense liaui Yotiug, is a political institution in religious disguise, «itk th* helnoua b*i One mlKbt aa well asek aanlty are under the most sacred and solemn obligation to obey the and falsehood! The Oregon law simply require* children be- T hey demand a reform ation, and in this they have the.se In an ta*a«ie-aaylnm, oj allance In laws and to assist when necessary in their enforcement. They tween ages eight and sixteen to attend the great American pub- , ret support o f thousands o f Catholics, including hull- ron*r«*«" are obeying the laws and they are assisting everywhere in l a w ¡he school, where they learn true Americanum Without any re- deeds of Catholic priests. The church is going to reform. • • • enforcement. * ligious folderol or superstitious nonsense. Let the Romans A tremendous change is imminent. I l l this country it Is . . . , 7 n » ,. in “ Lawless Kluxers, who in defiance of the constitutional toach their papal stuff to their children in church and home, if going to be thoroughly Am ericanized. Tw eu ty y e a n from of .•rim*" a* o«r «nemica aocu** «» *. . - . • 4 lir a ,f ,, • ix l, 1 x , • 4- n . . t ra r a . , i w I I . .1 1 4 k ra i. I... . , 1 . 1.. ¿ 1 - . ¿ « 1 . 1 . . L 1 l . — I ' * * rights of their fellow-citizens attempted be a law unto them they wish but never a p in will they be ,ble r f - U b lM . their | t, A n ierioM Oatholm w ill render h n n » « . to no for- * '• ■“ « ’ “ n » a -> » - " • « Oregon. The law uoea doel nov not hiuick attack nor . , . . . _ m . . , n hut d <trust ravr a ne mw ... . .. ... .. . ,com cw pr<»hf*n«ioo. m# r#ry ranUipHcUy selves. For them I hava have nothiniT nothing but disgust,” says ••Sir “ Sir” Joe. Joe. peculrar school system in vieguii. Iho acta they lay at our door* He knows quite well that the Klansmen are ! ¡^ade in any way the right to worship God according to con- « g n . potentate. Ilic priests w illl.c m niTiedinni, o rcllgiblc He is a plain liar. 1 • i • . . . . . . . . 4 ivv>i4*iiiit,t»it* I lira fiAM«.(<tA m a itV ltflfiM M t o il 1 I t . t i l i M in n 1 U f r tba falr-mlnd*d tbtnkar exerting themselves, everywhere, to protect every citizen, even science, nor does it prevent in any way the religious education h> ui.iti rimony. The service institutions will he publie and w0“111 •••« *® ' o tribute w ill be paid to foreign rulers. nilei*». The p pa-i*° every Roman, every negro and evety Jew, every citizen and j ° f the Roman's children. It simply requires all normal children open. N No a - 1 " *" •uM,ct,’n' prf° f l*“ 0“ "«*' every alien, in the enjoyment of every constitutional-right. He between ages eight and sixteen to attend the public school. The roehial school w ill have been abolished, and all w ill lutve! I8v ^.I^ R„K.l^ . . A,MlfinICAN KLA0 R *K ,;00“ ‘ # is disgusted because the Klansmen challenge the Roman treason law was absolutely necessary, if Oregon were to have an Amer- joined in a mighty effort to overcome the seven devils of ican citizenship, pure and undefiled. _ misfortune — to spread the blessings o f education / p ,,E Tr* 'el*r» i»a»r«Bce company, which places their church above our Constitution. “ Wretched people who blackguard the Knights of Columbus When you renjove God out of the hearts of our children,” a nd religion throughout America and the world — to make ** H*rtfort• Conn'- ,,,, ** do*a not want Klan»m«n in Its employ. and spread broadcast the fake fourth degree oath,” says “ Sir” whines “ Sir” Joe, “ and take away the right of parental author our magnificent country a imradise of comfort and con- That being tho raao. 1 am «tiro I do Joe, speaking of the great majority of the people of Oregon. ity, you are sowing the seeds o f bolshevism.” Rot and utter not want a policy with them. I hava tentment. on«, a «mall ono^Jtul 1 am going to False again. No Klansman is blackguarding the K. of C. It is nonsense! “ Sir” Joe and his ilk aren’t worrying about God and O u r opponents unfairly whine about the »orrery of Hire It up. although I hava aovartl an un-American organization, because it places “ Catholic” citi the parents, but rather about the authority of tlM Pope, whether zenship above American citizenship and the Pope above every the children shall grow up, like their elders, filled with super tho “ hooded” Klan. The O rd er’s work necessarily is se year* In on K. Rut thare are other* I can buy Insurance from. thing. No one is spreading the fourth degree oath. The West stition and ignorance and, crazy ideas of Americanism— hyphen- cret, like that of every other estimable fraternity. P u b- ern American has spurned it as publicity, time and again. Why ated and half-baked citizens, placing their duty to the Pope above Ijcity would defeat its beneficent purpose». There is no W H E N IN DOUBT. ASK Y O U R E. C. T H A T ’S W H A T HE'S VOR. publish such a thing, even if it were true, which the KC’s now their allegiance to America. ¡hood, no mask, exempt in tile lodge-room, where it is used deny? It were silly to expose these half-baked aliens for some A V E you let your Congressman d.n x L r± r.Ü and Senator know how yon stand thing which they threaten to do, or promise or swear to do, with J Oregon law, recently adopted, t forbidding the “sisters of misery k - i - l ' . v a* p a r. of an »noiont ritual. The Klansjnen in their lodge work wear snow-white on the seating of Senator Mayfield, of libraries full of historical facts, describing the hideous atrocities | to teach in our public schools arrayed in their garb of servitude, Texas? Your Senator mult pass on of 'the Roman church through hundreds of years and down to ¡ That’s a good law, too, and it' is going to be enforced in Oregon, robes. The Knights of Columbus w ear black gowns and a this question when the Senate con date, all available at any time for publication and undeniably j- “ Here’s hoping that you will help to bring back Oregon into black cowl. W h ich is preferable, whito or black, and venes In December and Senator May- true. The publication of alleged fourth degree oaths, containing ,the United states,” says “ Sir” Joe in conclusion. What was he which is symbolical of purity in principle and punióse? field's seat depends on hli rote: Toll the 8enator Just where you stand and alleged threats to commit atrocities, would be a foolish waste drinkin{r, to utter such an insufferable and impudent insult to W hich is most thoroughly American? Imprest It upon him. Itemember that of space. Volumes of atrocity facts are ready at hand in every the pe0ple of this great State? Oregon leads the nation! It T h e Knights of Columbus, m aking w a r upon the Klan, yon «toct the Senator and the Senator library, and countless living witnesses are ready to testify tq the ¡stands highest in morality, in intelligence, with the least illiter- must soat or unseat Mayftold. infamous character of the political Romanism which the Ku Klux acy of all the stateg( with ^ greatest mileage of good roads and is composed exclusively o f Homan Catholic*, every man Klan is successfully combatting. . -». i with everything ekè kit ’«3CC tc -mcke -*• grixd end -síariaúc devoted to the foreign Pope a m i t o Ids unholy program of T H E K U K L U X *K L A N IS «lO O K R T H A N A N Y M AN OR SET O r M K N ' . “ Sir” Joe says his “ blood boiled with some of the spirit of ! commonwealth. political Romanism. A largo percentage o f them nto for IN IT. Theodore Roosevelt.” Bah! Mere twaddle. His blood didn’t c ___ . , , , .. . . . eign-born and adopted citizens. Consider their infernal UDGE BARNETTE* In Louisiana. boil. He merely shot o ff his mouth. He mistakes gas explosion j 5, w __. . . , . . . a Klnn loader, tells Governor impudence in w arrin g upon the Klansmen, who are ex and gall diffusion for blood-boiling. I f he had any of the !h f t h • ... . <ur anr P* en an . ind’ . . . . . . _ . . . l ’arker the Klan will unroaak If be Roosevelt spirit he wouldn't be gadding about the country tell-1 Americans, without compromue and without elusively Am erican ill everything, with no foreign attach will say I’LEASE but It won’t let him remorse. ments whatsoever. snatch tho mask off. That’s th* talk. ing lies on the Ku Klux Klan, but would join with the Klansmen r To hell with the hyphen! The K. of G. member «call themselves “ (kitholie citi If Parkar ts as big a man as b * makes in their effort to Americanize the millions of superstitious, ig himself out to be, he will say PLE A SE norant and depraved aliens who have swarmed into our coun zen«,” and they place duty to the Pope above everything. In his nicest tone and accomplish what try since the Civil War. The Klansmen arc American citizens, sworn to defend and force and terrorism has been unable s e l f - p r e s e r v a t i o n e x p l a i n s i t to do. Now consider this outlaw's reiteration of his anarchy: » » * uphold the Constitution and all ju st law «, to defend and “ The way to test a law: which is fundamentally in violation The Klan of the nation applauds the It is but natural that the Roman Catholics should fight the protect women and children, to shield the weak and assist Yakima, Washington, brethren for of the Constitution, as I regard the Oregon law to be, is to re*-IKlan and the public schools, which stand for Americanism, pure. . . . fuse to obey it.” He might have quoted further from his lawless ¡and undefiled. Self-preservation is said to 1« t h « first law of UCC(!y» t ° combat crime aiul promote prosperity. The (heir sedon In causing lo be sup m icricnn KLANITORIAL T war to “NOT FOR SELF, BUT FOR OTHERS” SÏÏJciS. Æ iuTAStT*’ * ' a m l a miam A m a u 1 H S1 1 J J Portland speech— that the Oregon authorities couldn’t build nature. The rulers of the papal system know quite well that jails “ large enough and OFTEN enough” to hold the rebels, of education of the right kind is fatal to them. They therefore are fighting with every weapon at their command, to prevent the destruction of their agcs-old institution of bigotry, ignorance and superstition. Klansmen are champions o f the public school, for this is the great bulw ark o f otir liberty. The Catholics tolerate the public »Jhool only because they must, ami they are Opposed to it, in their heart», because of their Homan (Continued on Page G) pressed a moving picture produced by Jews and starring tb* Jew. Chaplin, In a story ridiculing and burlesquing the Protestant ctergy. More action Ilk* this will tnrreaa* the raapset of the Protestant clergy for tho Klan. That It a thing we all desire..