Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/papersreadatmeet01kukl PAPERS READ at the MEETING*/ GRAND DRAGONS -V- ' ' SB -vaaa • .: i \ | / //; <1 r First A nri u a l "Me et ing h e ld at - '• •'-. 1 ' M k mm ■■ ■ ® • •: - V%t ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY . 1£23 > fcT7*afeWlr#4 ifil&ta :J>;^geth^gJV?4 .-- other;artic3 es of ^interest ffki to FJfnsmen A fi r \fAbbi-3 A ^ CONTENTS 'V'O r— ^~T~< ; \ "! 1 f ^ i . i ^ , Page Preface 1 Introduction - 3 By Brown Harwood, Imperial Klazik Where Do We Go From Here 7 By Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Endorsement of Policies - II By a Great Titan of the Realm of Georgia The Responsibilities of Citizenship 18 By a Great Titan of the Realm of Texas The Origin and Operation of the Constitution of the United States of America 21 By Judge Chas. J. Orhison of Indiana Harmony Between the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 29 By the Grand Dragon of Illinois An Interpretation of the Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan By Paul S. Etheridge, Imperial Klonsel '/The Story of the Ku Klux Klan . By the Grand Dragon of Georgia The Definition of Klankraft and How to Disseminate It 45 By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Oklahoma A Spiritual Interpretation of Klankraft 51 By the Grand Dragon of Mississippi The Officers of a Klan and Their Responsibility to Law Enforcement 53 By a Great Titan, Realm of Texas A Klansman’s Obligation as a Patriot to His God, His Country, His Home, and His Fellowmen 59 By the Grand Dragon, Realm of Colorado How to Educate a Klansman to Fulfill His Obligation 64 By a Great Titan of the Realm of Illinois ”>/ The Klan as a Civic Asset 66 By a Great Titan of the Realm of Texas 35884S Pape The Regulation of Immigration 69 By the Grand Dragon of South Carolina The Heritage of American Institutions 74 By the Grand Dragon of West Virginia Responsibility of Klankraft to the American Boy 81 By the Grand Dragon of Oregon A Tribute and Challenge to American Women 89 By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Arkansas The Klan and the Press 93 By the Editor Imperial Night Hawk How to Operate a Model Realm 98 By the Grand Dragon of Alabama How to Operate a Model Province - 102 By Great Titan of the Realm of Oklahoma vP' The Grand Dragon and His Operations 105 By the Grand Dragon of Texas Co-ordinated Effort Between Imperial and Realm Officers 107 By the Grand Dragon of Louisiana Operation of Klankraft in the West 109 By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Wyoming The Attitude of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Toward the Roman Catholic Hierarchy 113 By Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan The Attitude of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Toward the Jew 117 By Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Principles and Purposes of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan 123 Are Outlined by an Exalted Cyclops of the Order The Need of the Movement .. 130 The Ku Klux Ivreed 133 i God Give Us Men! 134 The Soul of America 135 By Daisy Douglas Barr The Klan 136 PREFACE The ancient order of worship consisted in the presentation of the dead body of a victim, whose carcass was placed upon an altar and consumed by fire, as the expiatory substitute for man. The new, or Christian, order of worship calls for some- thing alive. Neither God nor man wishes a dead thing. Among the activities of men there is no room for a corpse, literal or figurative. Life demands Service and Service calls for Life. He who would serve, must be alive, and all truly living men must serve. It is the price of existence, the toll for being alive. It is worth living to serve. Life and Service go hand J in hand. — Service calls for sacrifice, but it must be of the living kind, and not the sacrifice of a dead body. A lifeless carcass can avail nothing when placed on the altar, however pious the act may be. Klansmen believe in that kind of sacrifice which calls for a living body placed on the altar of Service, utilized by man and dedicated to God. By this kind of Service the Klansman lives. This is his aim, his purpose, his ambition, in life. Nor is this ambition confined to those of his kind, alone. He stands with other Klansmen ; he stands for the Race. Toward other Klansmen he is the soul of honor, possessing unfeigned love, showing kindness, giving preference rather than selfishly demanding for himself. Regarding his personal affairs, the Klansman is dutiful in business, rejoicing because of his hope, patient amid the trials of life, and hospitable, withal. To those without, he is non-retaliative, honest, peaceable, and even will- ing to return good for evil, thereby proving his superior worth. In his service to men, his method is to overcome Evil with , Good. SERVICE COUNTS The Klansman has a policy that lies far beyond his initiation into the membership of a Klan. To him, initiation is but enlist- ment for service. It is the service that counts with him. This lofty desire of the Klansman to serve, comes from the sense of duty, from the recognition of obligation. He feels charged with the ambition to be amactive constructionist rather than a passive law-abiding figurehead. He thirsts for duty; he l 358842 demands the right to be useful. He feels it criminal to have and not to give; to possess, and not to use. He does not feel satisfied to be passively good. By becoming an active bene- % factor he presents his body a living sacrifice, believing it to be acceptable to God because it is his reasonable service to his fellow-men. It is said of Him Who walked among us lowly mortals as the Son of God : He came not to be ministered unto, but to minis- ter, and to give His life a ransom for the many. H e, the refore, Who is the Klangman’s Exemplar, sets the example to all Klansmen. To minister, and not to be ministered unto, is the ^ only~ worthy excuse for existence. We are the heirs of the ages. All that has gone before is ours, being poured into our laps from the cornucopia of the bounteous past. The years gone before are ours. The worthy men of these by-gone years, are ours. Their great and valiant deeds are ours. Their prin- ciples and their ideals are ours. Such heritages, more valuable than crowns of gold, are handed down to us who are the sons of such worthy fathers. The memory of these great and noble men, these defenders of the faith, can best be kept green by our safeguarding the ideals and the principles which these fore- fathers bequeathed us. And how can this be done? How, bet- ter, than by our living these ideals and these principles, by our making them a part of our being, as vitally as bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh ? OUR SPIRITUAL AIMS Too long, be it admitted, has the attention of the average -American been diverted to material gain, to the over-looking of the spiritual. Thoughts, ideals, principles, these belong to the realm of the spiritual. They are not as wood or stone; as gold or silver. They cannot be weighed on the scales nor measured by tangible device. Being of the spiritual, they will exist forever, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen, they are the eternal. These undying bequests from our venerated fathers are to be incor- porated by us, their sons, thus having them to live again in our bodies, as in a resurrection body. Sired by fearless pio- neers, inherting the asprations of the undaunted, the ambitions of the idealists, the honor of the chivalrous, the reverence of the faithful, the Klansman possesses a position to be coveted by angels. 2 To set forth clearly the aims and principles of Klankraft and to discuss the future program of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a meeting of the Grand Dragons and Great Titans of the Klan was held at Asheville, North Carolina in July, 1923. Addresses delivered by these officials of the Klans in various realms of the Invisible Empire together with other articles pre- viously compiled by the Imperial Wizard and other Klansmen are herewith presented in book form by order of Klansman Brown Harwood, Imperial Klazik. This book explains the principles, purposes and operation of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan fully and in every detail. It is virtually a text-book on Klankraft and is dedicated to the Klansmen of America. INTRODUCTION By Brown Harwood, Imperial Klazik It is gratifying indeed to see assembled here you Klansmen from all parts of the nation, who, because of your peculiar fitness, have been called to perform a specific service for your country and your fellow men. You have been selected to fill an important place in the affairs of the Invisible Empire on account of the talents which you possess. Since God has bestowed upon you these talents, there rests upon you a great responsibility which will measure the full statue of a real man. It is your duty as a Klansman to be faithful to this great trust, and I am confident none will be recreant to duty’s demands. The proceedings of this meeting, the first of its kind ever held, will be inscribed on the pages of the history of Klancraft as one of the great milestones of progress, of constructive work and consecration to those high ideals and lofty purposes which must be kept ever paramount if we hope to continue to add to our forces those great, noble, outstanding leaders in every com- munity throughout the land. Never before in the history of our great movement have the hearts and souls of manly men been thrilled with such great emotion for our righteous cause as has resulted from explain- ing to the freemen of America the chivalric, patriotic and ennobling principles of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Deep > in spirituality, powerful in Protestant patriotism, it has made an irresistable appeal tfTmeir every where. The clarion call to 3 service for humanity, home, country and God throughout our vast domain has not been in vain. The spirit of Klancraft is bringing untold thousands of big, manly men into the fellow- ship of Klankraft and filling the pews of Protestant churches throughout America. ~ __ To the perpetuation of a program along these progressive lines, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are committed, and you men, executives of the Organized Realms of the Invisible Empire, are charged with the responsibility of operating your respective Realms and Provinces, educating the Klansmen therein and directing their efforts to a successful realization of our ideals. Time will never be when the enemies of our cause cease firing their batteries into our ranks. Only by a determined, steadfast effort on our part, harmoniously working together, standing by our regularly constituted authorities, fostering the best interests of our noble cause, continuity of thought, uniformity of action and a willingness to serve and sacrifice for the right will we be able to stop their onslaughts. The pages of history fail to record any great movement for right- eousness but what has been subjected to the merciless attacks of those agencies which its principles opposed. In the attacks which have been made against us we are not alone. But, if our cause is worth while, if our principles are right, if the objectives for which we strive are worthy, though we may have our martyrs and the pernicious persecution prompted by those insidious forces to which we are unalterably opposed may gall and chafe our spirits, right will prevail eventually. MUST BE CIVIC ASSET That we may hold the respect and confidence of the Christian people of every community, it behooves every executive, as well-as every Klansman, to make the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan the big civic asset in every Klanton in America. Be not unmindful of the fact that public opinion will be crys- talized by your actions and your activities. Since this is true, it should put on guard every man upon whom has been conferred the sublime honor of the fellowship of Klansmen that he do nothing nor permit anything to be done, which ~will subject his fellow-Klansmen or himself to criticism. There will be no failure of Klankraft, though Klansmen may fail in their responsibility. 4 Wherever Klansmen abound, wonderful opportunities for service exist. Service calls for sacrifice, but it must be of the living kind. Klansmen believe in that kind of sacrifice which calls for a living body placed on the altar of service, utilized by man and dedicated to God. By this kind of service a Klans- man lives. This is his aim, his purpose, his ambition in life. Through the connections w T hich Klansmen hold in every civic and fraternal organization in our land additional avenues open up through which the pulsating hearts of Klansmen may care for the needy, aid those in distress and co-ordinate their efforts in making of our America the America it should be. If we falter or fail, we are not worthy of the honors bestowed by Klankraft. But Klansmen will not fail. Klansmen have not failed and must not. The rich, red, blood of American patriots and mourned martyrs runs through your veins, and no man who has taken the obligation you have taken will hesitate to meet to the best of his ability any situation which may arise. Deeply rooted in the heart of every Klansman is an honest, earnest desire to be of service to his fellow men on ' a noble and commanding scale. The potential strength of our movement is unlimited. In every hamlet in America reside men, good and true, who are eligible to membership in this organization, ready to align themselves with us when they are educated to our sublime and noble principles. Much territory remains untouched, popu- lated by real Americans where the gospel truth of Klankraft has never been heard. There is where you disciples of Klan- kraft have your golden opportunity for service. Will you as an earnest of your fealty to this movement go out and dispense . the doctrine of pure Americanism, patriotism and loyalty to God, country and home, as exemplified by Klankraft? Your efforts will show your consecration, extend immeasureably the beneficent spirit of Klankraft and re-awaken in the hearts of Americans of today the spirit of our forefathers who have given into our keeping the priceless heritage of American institutions by their unwavering devotion and unselfish sacri- fice for principles of right. Shall we prove unworthy of this heritage? We are the heirs of the ages. All that has gone before is ours, poured into our laps from the cornucopia of the bounteous past. The years gone before are ours. The worthy men of these bygone years are ours. Their valiant deeds are 5 ours. Their principles and ideals are ours, i'he memory of these great and noble men, these defenders of the faith can be kept green best by safeguarding the principles and ideals they bequeathed us. Indeed would we be degenerate sons of v illustrious sires should we not stand in solid phalanx against any power which would deprive us of any portion of our inherit- ance. Klansmen everywhere must awake to a conscious reali- zation of the necessity for perpetuating these American insti- tutions, bought with the sacred blood of martyrs, and the imperative importance of bringing into our ranks the honest, thoughtful, high-principled men of America who can be de- ■' pended upon to safeguard our America — the Cradle of Liberty. 10,000,000 IS GOAL Ten million Klansmen in America is the goal set by your Imperial Wizard, and you Klansmen are not going to disappoint him, but by your united efforts and harmonious co-operation and action, all working together with an eye single to the advancement of the noble cause which we espouse are going to crystallize into a concrete reality the expressed desire of our Imperial Wizard. The discussions which will follow and the ideas which will be advanced, we expect to use to edunate_the-oit-i-zenship of the Invisible Empire and I feel justified in saying that the papers which have been prepared so thoughtfully by you men will give to the citizenry of our land the very essence of Klancraft and when printed, will serve as an authentic textbook on Klan- kraft, its functions and its operations. When 1 am right, Thy grace impart , Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, Oh, teach my heart, To find that better way. My fellow Klansmen, in conclusion, I want to leave this one thought indelibly impressed upon your hearts and minds: It is not the soil of America But the SOUL of America, Which is imperiled. 6 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? By Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Every undertaking, however large or great it may become, has somewhere its beginning. Today we are holding the first conference of Grand Dragons and Great Titans and it is rather a momentous occasion. I doubt whether the first real con- ference of leaders of a movement w-as ever held as late in the life of a movement as this meeting here today. When you think that you represent here many more than a million Klansmen that you represent maybe five thousand or more different or separate organizations each with its separate inter- pretation of the Holy doctrine, you realize that it must be an auspicious beginning. The wants of the Klansman, his needs and his service re- quirements are the principal responsibilities of the Exalted Cyclops of the Klans. In a Province representing the principal responsibilities are you Titans and going up the line, the needs of the provinces of the nation represent the duties and re- sponsibilities of the Grand Dragon and finally you come to your Imperial headquarters for final and complete one hundred per- cent sendee to the Klansmen of the nation, a service that will cause them to leave their imprint on this civilization. You have heard much of a program of activity for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. You have heard of one with the boundaries marked out, “Where do we go from here?” You cannot put into effect any set program for there are different needs in the various localities. Tour program must embrace the needs of the people it must serve. I have been listening and watching in order to be able to interpret to you a real program for the Klan. The thing 1 am going to do as your Imperial Wizard and the thing I arr. going to ask your Imperial Officers to do, all of us as your servants, is to administer to the needs of your locality and if we all do that to the utmost of our ability and teach Klansmen along that line and carry to them their responsibilities to God and Country, w 7 e need not worry about the effect on this nation. I am not smitten with the idea of making Atlanta the invis- ible capital of the world. I had rather make the invisible cap- ital of the world the serving heart of the individual Klansman 7 who loves his country, who realizes its greatest needs and is willing to offer himself to serve and sacrifice regardless of cost to himself. That ought to be the capital of Klankraft and not any physical structure. This idea that you are to get behind a man or a set of men and follow them blindly does not appeal to me. Don’t get any idea on earth that you are any man’s machine. Of course you will obey your Constitution and Laws ; of course you will obey your superior officers. Those things are the natural things to do. The present vital need of the Klan is for you men here to carry back to the Klans and Klansmen the idea of co-ordination ' and let them know something that I know better than anybody else on earth, — that the Klan is now and has been in the past functioning almost entirely as a unit. Consider the Klan in your locality and what is its condition. Take it where you are and you know that there is nothing wrong with the Klan there. You are hearing a great deal about lack of co-operation in the Klan here and there. Just take your local conditions and you have the average condition throughout the nation. You know where you stand on the Constitution and Laws. That is exactly the national condition. Quit getting your Klan doctrine from the newspapers. They are naturally antagonistic, and I can tell you why. Other organizations like this have been builded by advertising and they have had to pay for it. We have been given fifty million dollars worth of free advertising by the newspapers. They have not yet been able to find out what the Klan is and where it is going. The Klan is of vital interest to the American public and the papers are anxious to tell them all about it and have not had the opportunity. There is not and has not been any information so sought after as news about the Klan. I can go to Chicago and every one of the papers will have men out to see me. I have talked in Washing- ton to a room full of newspaper men at one time. I have never failed to have them there and newspaper men tell me the Klan is a matter of greatest public interest. Just as long as our doctrine is the pure and Holy doctrine, the newspapers won’t be able to grasp what it is, — just as long as they are hunting for the bug under the chip you will have them fooled for there is no bug under the chip. 8 KLANS ARE A UNIT Now the reason I want you to pass the word down the line to produce co-ordination. You can see here that the Klans are practically a unit. Just go home and tell your boys. They gave their ten dollars as donation to a cause for which they agreed to serve and sacrifice. Now you tell those boys when you go home where our institution is and that there is real co-ordina- tion. I went down to Texas and I happened to hit the hottest spot in the United States because every newspaper in that section had carried news of the “disruption” of the Klan. I saw that day the representatives of forty six Klans in that Fifth Province. They were almost all represented and with a unanimous vote they announced that they were all right and always had been. One organization said they would have no further dealings with Atlanta until certain demands were granted. I said that this would be entirely mutual and if they wanted to withdraw from us, we would withdraw from them. They determined to hold a meeting the next Friday night and decide. I told them that if they decided to withdraw that we would be perfectly willing to make it mutual. They did meet and they decided that they wanted to be a Klan mighty bad. They had never thought of where they were going from there. If we had just wanted to say, — ‘give us your charter’ they would have been on the outside looking in with nowhere to go and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan would have gone right on. This Klan would not have represented one eighth of the increase in membership in the nation for a single week, — it did not mean anything and when they found out they got back on the wagon. It was a local condition and a local row between the local authorities down there. You have been told through the press and otherwise that the State of Kansas is “off the wagon.” They had a meeting in Kansas yesterday and I will just read what they say: Kansas State meeting held today represented by men from ninety five percent of the Organizations of Kansas went on record by resolution as unanimously endorsing oath constitution and laws as adopted in November Nine- teen Twenty Two and the National Administration.” The principal lesson from this is, all this much heralded dissention in Kansas did not exist. I am going to Kansas next month and talk to Klansmen in ten acre lots. 9 After we get our institution co-ordinated, the next thing we want to do is impress America with what our educational program is and what it means and the real necessity for an educational program. THE NEED OF EDUCATION The greatest duty of America today is to build up our educa- tional system. That is our fundamental duty and as long as we spend ninety five percent of our taxes for the wars of the past and future and five percent for educational advance- ment your governmental progress will be seriously hampered. You take fifty percent of the taxes they take from you and put it back into a program of education and enlightenment and it wall not be twenty years until the percentage of illiteracy in America will be far less than in any other place on earth. We should build the minds of our children along the line of patriotism and the highest of ideals and when we are old they will be able to take care of themselves. We have the oppor- tunity so let us begin to impress our people at home. You go home and begin to talk education to your people and pretty soon your Congressman begins to hear the murmuring. If you will make it known at home and give him something concrete to work upon your representative at Washington will awaken to the paramount needs of America and get busy on a con- structive program for better education. Your greatest need today is for governmental authorities to get a new view point. You know the Secretary of War wants to get all the support he can for War measures ; the Secretary of the Navy wants all support he can get for the Navy De- partment, and the Secretary of the Interior would like to save the forests, the Secretary of Agriculture wants to aid the grain farmer of the west and the cotton farmer of the south and that would scatter a lot of your money into bureauocracies. You must see that some sentiment is created for education. It is going to take real governmental co-operation to do it and raise America from being an illiterate nation to the best educa- ted nation on earth. Any lesser program would be unworthy of a Holy Cause so far blessed with the support of Almighty God. Now some of the other things that go hand in hand with education ought to come in with your national program and ie the first is this, the rest riction of imm igration. I will show you how it fits into your national program just like a cog wheel. It is beyond dispute that if you want to raise fine horses or fine cattle of the best type you go out and get the best horses and the best cattle, — that is the way to produce fine animals. The history of the world for the past sixty cen- turies has proven, and no thinking man will deny, that the people of the white race are far ahead as leaders of the worl d. A ll good thi n gs in years past have come through Christian civilization, — Now if that is so we need white man’s blood and if you want to build a patriotic America, you have got to do - v - it from the beginning. Foreigners come here because the living conditions where they come from were not as good as they were here. The for eigner did not come-her-e -to-regenerate America. In order to be genuine Americans_men_and -women mustJb£._bom in America and they m u st,_f rornTh e-datfe-of- th eir _ b irih jup_to_ the time They ■ arrive 'aFthe years of maturity and begin to think for thems'elves and for"Am ei ; ica7~live in ajpaffibtlc country.^ So you must base your hopes for the future on nati ve bom whi te citizen r. Just as our Christian civilization has accomplished so much with the individual minds and hearts, Christian men and women could be directed to the problems of their Christian sons and daughters and could no longer be held in subser- vience to the hierarchial priest-hood. As soon as ignorance b egan to give way to education and en li ghten ment, liberty_be- gan to awaken and the world started to go some\vhere_protect- ing individual rights a nd nat io nal - ri ghts. We now have an organization here in America that is trying to Americanize America. A large organization all moving to a common point without any selfishness in their heart, but wanting to go somewhere and to do something for their people. THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION For one hundred and forty years America has been a haven for the halt, the maimed and the blind, for the broken in mind, body, fortune and soul, to come over here where nature has spread her bounteous gifts, where life is easy, health is good and conditions ideal. But the-time— has com e when the nfi fiions^£hP-have-been_bxp_ke, n_in the old world and 11 who have led their countries to despoilation should not be a chrrttt ed ~to -our-oountry : — A proportionate imrni^atlbn^avTis favored by some. What’s that got to do with it? We admit that undesirable immigration is poison and they propose to give us one-half glass today and one-half glass next month. Let’s consider the immigrant as a visitor in our house. You would make him show you whether, when he visits with you, he would be of advantage to you and your household. Let’s make him a visitor so that he may prove that he is bringing something to America and that he will be an asset. Let’s adopt that kind of program. Let’s not let i n the bad at all , — let ’s see that they . are all good. j . . 1 Let us fix jt so American citizens will h ave to be born into " the heritage and will have superiority by law. You own this coJintry^it is yours. If you propose to allow anyone to take it away from you, it can mean nothing to you. THE JEWISH PROBLEM I just want to touch on one more thing then I am through. We have lots of foreigners in here — the Irish-American, the German-American, and the Jew, they are all here. We have been assimilating them and we have a little colic now. We have adopted a plan to get rid of all but one. The Jews organized a Klan nearly forty centuries ago. You remember Moses organized them to get to the land of promise. They are still working. They know what it means to stand shoulder to shoulder, and not forget to put all he had on the Jewish altar. There have been t en tribes lost and nobody knew where th ey went. Christ absorbed th em. The Christian “civilization has absorbed them into Christian civilization the world over. They forget they were Jews when they moved into England and Germany and other countries, they took up the duties and responsibilities of the countries in which they lived and I am proposing to you that there will be two more lost tribes. We are organizing a Klan so large, — so much big- ger than their Klan, and if we will just do to them what I am talking to you about, — if we can fix it so the Jew will boastof being an American instead - ot a Jew he will be g one. They are going to quit setting up Jewland in America. Their doct rine of setting up se parate entity in our country is^dan- gerous business. 12 Give them the idea of Christian civilization, — give them the high tide of Christian civilization and they will absorb Jesus Christ — they will absorb Christ’s doctrine because it has_ won every human on earth except the J ew. If you will only do that you will not only benefit those people themselves who stand out as people without a flag or a country, but the whole world will be benefited, and we will know what happens to them. LAW ENFORCEMENT Now the program has one last thing I want to advance to you. We have not been appointed by an Almighty God or by an Imperial Wizard, to go out meddling in other peoples bus- iness. Our duty is to get behind the constituted officers of , the law as eviry one ofTyouT have .sworn to do! Let’s get a national law enforcement program — let’s fix it so people will have to go to the penitentiary for violating law. You cannot enforce laws in the form of a super-government trying to force your will or your government on the law of the land. The first ti me one of you nJKIansmen , .viulates-the-Jaw^thus breaking his obligation, thus doing a thing in direct conflict for which we stand, l et us administer on him_as_Klansmen for breaking h is~ obliga tion. Let us get them outside the Klan and let the ju*3ge~and-the jury 'aYdl;heTpemtentiary take care of them. Wheiijivejdo_that, this thing will fade like the morning dew. The Wizard is not responsible” for any violation. I am going to tell you now, you go home and do your duty and the first time you have a bunch of Klansmen that break a law do not get behind them. Put your influence behind the constituted officers of the law and let us support a law enforcement pro- gram and go with the law and act through the law and thus, once and for all and eternally end this fallacious accusation that we are a super-government because we are trying to teach constructive law enforcement and obedience to the law. Take co-ordination, immigration, education, law enforcement, as the national program behind which you are to labor and serve and sacrifice. 13 ENDORSEMENT OF POLICIES By a Great Titan of the Realm of Georgia You have just heard the Wizard outline a program, in which he has told you “Where we go from here.” It is not surprising that in this program he calls your attention to four great fundamentals: co-ordination, education, immigration and law enforcement. The accomplishment of that program of the Wizard by the Klan will be an answer to the question of our poet who asked : “Lives there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said, this is my own, my native Land?” For when all Klansmen of the Invisible Empire are co-ordinated and work in unison and harmony to see that this Nation is the best educated Nation on the globe — when all Klansmen see that the ideals on which this Government w ? as founded by our forefathers are not undermined and discredited through the influence of foreigners immigrating to these shores — when the laws of the land are respected first by all Klansmen of the Nation and by and through their active, patriotic en- deavors are enforced throughout the land — then may it be said that the Wizard has answered the poet and that in truth and for a fact there does not in all America live a man who never hath proudly said, “this is my own, my native land.” This program gives the Klan a great patriotic purpose, a definitely 'good "objective? Of all things about which Klansmen should he learning, thinking and acting, these things of which the Wizard has spoken are certainly now demanding the attention of God-fearing, native-born, white men of America. /"All Klansmen should learn and know that the freedom'To /enjoy, under our Government, the blessings of what we call ( “inalienable rights,” such as free speech, a free press and the . freedom of religious opinion and worship — are our inheritance through sacrifice and only through the sacrifice of our Revolu- I tionary sires, purchased with the blood of those heroes when \fhey won the war of American Independence. That Klansmen may know there is work for them to do, that they may be inspired to perform their full duty as citi- zens, I think it not amiss that there should be kept alive in their memories the historical facts which portray the condi- tion of the subjects, or citizens, of the Old World from which our Anglo-Saxon ancestors emigrated. SHOULD REMEMBER HISTORY I think it well that Klansmen should not forget that page of the world’s history which tells of the despotism of the Bour- bons on the continent and of the tyranny of English kings. Every government of that time was based on the theory that the people lived and served for the benefit of the rulers, who were their kings and masters. Speaking of these times, Herbert Spencer says: “There were scarcely any bounds to governmental inter- ference; agriculture, manufactures, trades were regulated in detail; religious beliefs and observances were imposed; and rulers said by whom alone furs might be sold, silver used, books issued, pigeons kept, etc.” One of our modern statesmen, in tracing the story of the Anglo-Saxon struggle for supremacy in the w orld — the strug- gle to found a civilization based on popular liberty and free i nstitutions, ha s said: “The shadow of the despotisms of Tudor and Bourbon, of Hapsburg and Hohenzollern, fell like a pall upon the civilized w 7 orld, hope was blighted, industry paralyzed, sacred temples transformed into chambers of horrors, and ‘sweet religion made a rhapsody of words.’ “Men fled from an intolerable oppression they were unable either to endure or to resist and the eastern shores of the new continent were dotted by colonies of exiles scattered from the Florida keys to the mouth of the St. Lawrence. * * * “Those free institutions once common to all Teutonic peo- ple, while obliterated by Bourbon despotism on the continent, were only obscured by the tyranny of English Kings. The Saxon churl, having lost his liberties, did not forget them. Magna Charta, the Petition of Rights, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution of the United States are the essential instru- ments for the establishment and maintenance of inherent and inalienable rights. * * * “As barbarians ‘the basis of their society,’ says Greene, ‘was the freeman,’ and after fifteen hundred years they make the sovereignty of the citizens the cardinal principle of all government. To this principle is due that high sense of per- sonal honor, that deep sense of personal obligation, that superb resourcefulness, and that marked and unique indi- viduality hitherto unknown among the children of men. 15 “It was to preserve this birthright that the colonists wel- comed persecution and exile, the solitude and the perils of the wilderness, famine and pestilence, penury and death. “At last, wearied by a century of struggle against pur- blind British despotism, they proclaimed and established their absolute and eternal independence. “Washington, Jefferson and Hamilton, Madison and Monroe and their immortal confreres were the evolution and the epi- tome of the ardent aspirations of a century of untold sacrifice and endless endeavor to gain and to hold the priceless boon of liberty. They stand pre-eminent in all the tides of time as the very apostles of freedom. They erected in the Western World and for a newborn Nation the most faultless and, I hope, enduring temple ever dedicated to the liberties of man- kind. Without parallel in the institutions of the past, it is the incomparable model for the emulation of the free peoples of the future. “Towering, even among his immortal confreres, like some lone mountain peak above its foothills stood the political seer of the ages. The Sage of Monticello, with the audacity of genius, took a mere man, a simple citizen endowed with inher- ent and inalienable rights, clothed him with all power and authority, crowned him with the ballot, and organized society was formed by having this citizen confer certain authority upon officers of the law, his servants not his masters, commis- sioned for a fixed time to discharge specific duties necessary to protect and secure him in the possession of property and the enjoyment of life and liberty. These Commonwealths, for the sake of mutual protection, ‘formed a more perfect union,’ and the aggregate of the powers expressly delegated by the States formed the Federal Government. “But the fountain, the source, of all authority was the citizen.” ANGLO-SAXON ACHIEVEMENT History has no parallel for this achievement in govern- ment. Klansmen should never forget from what lands these men came. And from what race they sprang. They wer e N ort h Eu ropeans^ o :f the . A nglo-Saxon-stock,- and- we -of— the ~ Anglo-Saxon blood are proud of the record of our race. Thus we see, “It is our blood that wrested America from the wilderness and the savage; won its freedom and built up its civilization.” Yet, at this very time it is strenuously asserted that America is no t an Angl o -Saxon country. Until forty o r fifty y ears ago our immigrants were almost wholly of the same race qr~~sYock's ' as" the - colonists — North Europeans — but in the past ten years it Tiasloeen’ revealed that a jarge proportion o f t hese l ater immigra nts are from “eastern and southern Europe and the Levantine fringe of Asia,” who do not weld into our ideas' and institutions or become a part of our national life. On the contrary they remain largely alien in spirit. They do not assimilate. They become “American citizens but not Americans?’ At the time of the 1920 census, of our population fifteen million belonged to this element. Here is the source of some of the protest that America is not an Anglo-Saxon country. And here is a problem facing America about which Klansmen should be learning and thinking, for the time will soon come when they must act. If it be possible l et Klansmen stand i n the forefront of the cit izenry in _th e nation for t he fusing of our newer racial elements into. _our national life. Let us see that ignorance and illiteracy are banished from the land. Let us be the zealous champions of our free public schools — the fortresses of the nation’s strength, the best protectors of the liberties of the people. In the f uture as in the past — the hope and desti ny— o£-the nation rests in white sup remacy— It will preserve the doe- tfines - of* popular liberty which lie at the foundation of our, government, these ideals which are enshrined in the constitu- tion of the republic and our free institutions. And now Klansmen : Of all men we know that only as we follow in the pathway of the principles of our Anglo-Saxon fathers and express in our life the spirit and genius of their ideals may we hope to maintain the supremacy of the race, and to perpetuate our inheritance of liberty. “Eternal vigilance is the price of _liberly«!Land J.know that every Klansman is against any body, or anyth ing that is un- congenial to the spirit o f true Americanism. ~And~I know • every Klansman will agree that: “NcTTnan is a patriotic American citizen if his devotion is not paramount and supreme to America and the Stars and Stripes. No real American can look upon the flag without love of country and pride of native land. It speaks in sublime tones to every heart where patriot- ism and loyalty abide. My highest aspirations and hopes are impearled in the proud title of American citizenship.” THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CITIZENSHIP By a Great Titan of the Realm of Texas The patriot preaches unselfish devotion to Country, and practices it every hour of his life. He believes that right makes might, and that no correct rule of human conduct ever cTvved l’tTorigin or existence in selfish or sordid personal inter- est. He who lifts himself above the fog of personal promotion, advancement and aggrandizement, and lives~his life~in the clear blue air of devotion to his country and its government, is a real citizen, upon whose shoulders must be borne the bur- dens of good government and in whose mind must be solved, the complex, and sometimes confusing_ questions which will determine the good or evil consequences which^ coming genera- tions will eni ov or . suffer— We'are prone to the mistake of bemoaning the departure of patriotic fervor. Better had we assert the true condition into which the twin evils of the influence of an increasing foreign population and the forgetfulness caused by immersion in com- mercial pursuits have plunged us, and seek and find if we can, and we can if we will, the remedy. SEEK SPIRIT OF OUR FATHERS We griey,e__b_ecause._we_can. mo_longer- -find- the spirit the fathers had. It is the loftier view and the truer one, that the same spirit is yet here, sometimes slee ping7"but ready at the caTrof~duty~to~awake: ' Sometimes contaminated by the million men - orTnore whcTlive between the two oceans, who have no concern for our constitution, no respect for our-laws, and no reverence for the flag under whose folds we have found pro- tection, and whose presence has for more than one hundred years marked the outposts of manly endeavor and the onward march of a convincing and compelling Christian civilization. The original thirteen States, one jof which now charms us 18 with its hospitality, had their inspiration in the high hope of freedom and independence*__Their-problem was to attain, — ourTUtT retain what they secured for themselves and for us, — the first was a battle, the second is a contest, and true to his- toric experience, the contest is as stubborn and of longer duration than the battle. — The responsibilities and duties of citizenship, proper ly understood and effectively functioning, must be assumed both in public_and--private life. In the ’first are included our~duty to~the Government and its laws. To sustain and support it J in time of peace, as in time of war ; to recognize that the same heroic courage is needed to enter the lists of upstanding civic controversy, as is demanded of the same and other men who bare their breasts to the storm of death which hovers over the battle field. In many sections of our country, we find not 7 only men who would destroy the government itself, but many men who make the specious claim that those laws whose enact- ment they did not advocate, and whose wisdom they now ques- tion, are not entitled to their observance. No country can long endure whose people only respect those laws which they like and claim the privilege of violating those which they disap- prove, and if those who claim that privilege prevail, but a short period can elapse until no law on any subject will com- mand the respect of any considerable part of our citizenship. Paraphrasing the words of that ideal American, Abraham l Lincoln, thi s ^country cannot continue half law-enforcing and half law-breaking. It will be essentially all one or all the other. If all or largely all the latter, the institutions of our govern- I ment are shattered, its foundations undermined, its destiny arrested, and this the first great experiment in a government by the people, will throughout all time be catalogued as a dream of dreamers. But it will not be all or largely all a nation of law-breakers. If those_who-sleep_wiIl but awake, the man who violates the Eig hteenth A mend men t w ill h e s_i n fa mo u s asThe man who steals. The man who is not in his heart loyal the leper that he is, and will be spurned and barred from social converse, employment and association by all honest men. Our responsibility begins when we firmly resolve and keep the' resolution, to hold no communion with those who are dis- and esteemed as the outcast and OUR RESPONSIBILITIES loy;al; when we determine and live by the determination, to Have no commerce with those who live by violating our laws. Let me pause here to say that the man who traffics with the man who violates the Eighteenth Amendment is just a little worse than the man who sells, because the man who sells takes a chance at the penitentiary, and the man who buys, takes none. 0 urjres ponsibili ty-wilL en d_wh en the disloyal man under- stands that our country^is no place for him, and-.that_there_is no spot of ground umall -this. broad land of ours so foul that Lis foot is fit to tread it, and when the law-breaker will know that punishment swift, sure and severe is the certain result of his malefaction. Let us know that our responsibility does not end with cast- ing;7aT5allractir »fiy ™ n ‘ thout-~ governments those which they had established after their withdrawal from the Union having been overthrown. The great question before the Country was what to do with the Southern States. They had been declared insurgents, and therefore it was contended that their relation to the United States Government was that of a “conquered territory.” It was President’s Lincoln’s plan to ac- complish the restoration of the seceeding states with as little delay as possible, and he had outlined a policy to that end, maintaining that they had never really been out of the Union but only “out of practical relations with the Government.” After Lincoln’s death, President Johnson undertook to carry out the purposes of his predecessor and in May 1865 issued a proclamation of pardon to practically all those engaged in the war. Following the action of the President, most of the South- ern States called conventions and repealed their ordinances of secession, accepting the act of President Johnson in good faith. STATES REORGANIZE By the autumn of 1865 every Southern State except Texas was reorganized and had ratified the Thirteenth amendment. 41 When Congress assembled in December 1865 Republican op- position was manifest in an enactment that no state should be represented in either House till Congress had declared its right to representation. There were leaders in JHongress, however, headed by the infamous Thaddeus Stevens who did not approve— of any lenient methods and refused to recognize the Southern States when their representatives appeared to take their seats in the capital. Their chief idea was to punish the South, claim- ing that they were “conquered provinces” in which the people had not even civil rights. The Ex-Confederates were dis- franchised, and excluded from holding office. The South was then divided into five military districts, in each of which was placed an army with a military Governor in command. Martial law was declared throughout the South. The Commander of each district was to have registered as voters all persons, with- out regard to race or color, who had not taken part in the war. As this law disfranchised all the leading white men of the South and gave the ballot to the negro, many of whom were only one generation removed from savagry, the result can be imagined. pUnder the leadership of the “carpetbagger’s ,” who like vul- tures had swept out of the North to prey upon the vitals of the prostrate South, the ignorant negro rode into power, and the black heel was placed upon the neck of the proudest race the sun ever shone upon. Under the rule of the carpetbagger and the scalawag, the negro ran riot. Every indignity was of- fered the people of the South, and they were forced to sta nd idle while their wives and daughters were openly insulted, without hone of redressH Then, when hope had almost fle d and destruction seemed inevitable, the pure ‘Anglo-Saxon^ blood’ in the South rose in its might and the Ku Klux Klan was born. During the month of May in the year 1866, six young Con- federate soldiers living in the city of Pulaski, Tenn., formed an organiaztion for social purposes. This society named itself “The Kuklos,” which comes from the Greek word KluKloi, and from which we get our words “circle” and “cycle.” The name meant literally a circle or a band. In later days, perhaps for the purpose of making the organization more mysterious, it was called the Ku Klux and word Klan was added. Aside from the evident intent to incite curiosity and interest by the ffelec- 42 tion of a weird name, t he na me itself indicated the culture of the men who founded the organization. This remarkable or- ganization, bordering on the miraculous, was the most mys- terious, the most secret, and at the same time the most poten- tial and powerful body that ever rose, resigned, and after ac- complishing the purposes of its existence, voluntarily disband- ed, its members retiring victoriously in decency, good order and invisible triumph. WAS COMPLETE MYSTERY No authentic history of this wonderful organization has ever been written, and now over half a century after it has ceased to exist, there is no positive or definite information concerning it or the works which it wrought. The passage of years has thinned the ghostly ranks of the weird brotherhood, a mystery the Ku Klux Klan was bom, a mystery it lived and died, and mystery shall forever haunt its grave. man was solicited to join. Every applicant came volun- / tarily and was admitted to membership after subscribing to the oath of secrecy, free from any outside pressure. The Klan grew -with amazing rapidity, and in a short time spread as far north as the Potomac River, and as far south as the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico. New dens or lodges were es- tablished in every part of the country. This rise and expan- sion of the “invisible empire” occured between June 1866 and April 1867. There is nothing in history to parallel it. More than half a.„million men,- defeated -in war, reduced almost to pauperism, rose upon -the ruins of their homes and organized themselves into an invincible and invisible army and won the greatest victory of Anglo-Saxon civilizationP In 1867 a convention composed of representatives of the Klan throughout the Confederate States met at Nashville, Tenn. The first declaration made by the Klan in convention was one of loyalty to the Union, as follows: “We recognize our relations to the United States, the supremacy of the Constitu- tion and Constitutional laws thereof, and the Union of the States thereunder.” — This forever refutes the charge that these men were plotting treason. PURPOSES OF ORIGINAL KLAN / The Nashville Convention also defined and set forth the ob- / jects and purposes of the Klan as follows: — 43 * \ V V* V. > K jv >• < 1 1. “ To protect the weak, the inno c ent an d the defenseless, fro m the indignities, wrong s and outrages of the lawless, the dolentjmd the brut al ; to j -elieve the injured ancf the' oppressed, - to sucnor-th e suffering and~^spedaUvJbhe widows and orphans f ^)f Conf ederate sold iers. 1 2. “To protect~an3~defend the Constitution of the United States and all laws passed in conformity thereto, and to pro- tect the states and people from all invasion from any source whatever. 3. “To aid and assist in the execution of all constitutional laws, and to protect the people from unlawful seizure and from trial, except by their peers in conformity to the laws of the land.” The Klan had become such a powerful machine that the members realized the vital necessity of having a leader, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest, of Memphis, Tenn., the Con- federate cavalry leader, was elected as Grand Wizard, the obligation being given him in Room 10, at the old Maxwell House at Nashville, by Capt. Jno. W. Morton, who had been Forrest’s Chief of Artillery during the war. Associated with General Forrest were many of the most prominent leaders of the Confederacy. General Albert Pike was Chief Judiciary Officer and Advisor. General Jno. Gordon was Grand Dragon of Georgia, General Jno. H. Forney was Grand Dragon of Alabama, General Wade Hampton Grand Dragon of South Carolina, while General George WT Gordon of Tennessee^roteThe^ritual and took an active part in the deliberations of the Klan. S' Under the leadership of General Forrest, the Klan swept \ the South like a whirlwind, restoring order out of chaos, and ''saving the civilization of the South from utter destruction. The entire South was an invisible Empire under a Grand Wizard. Each State was a Realm under a Grand Dragon; several counties formed a Dominion under a Grand Titan; each county was a Province under a Grand Giant; the smallest division being a Den under a Grand Cyclops. The^Klan^was twice reo rganized, in 1867_ and in 1 868, each time being, more centralized, in 1869 the, organization was disbanded by order of General Forrest, the Grand Wizard, _and the order was dis- solved almost in ~a might, k”althpugh_Jmitat^s of the 'Klan existed for a year or more longer. 44 DISBANDED VOLUNTARILY Some histories record the fact that the Klan was disbanded as a result of the action of the United States Government, tjut this is an error. The Klan was in active opera tion until its leaders decided that the purpose fo r whirh it. had |->p en forme ck/) had been . nccomnlished . The Governmen t made every effort to suppress LlieTLian, But it was Cutterly powerle ss to cope with the situation and the Klan was not disbanded until orders / ■ wera-g4y en by fh & The ghostly legions have long since disappeared, their pur- pose accomplished and a civilization saved. The Dragons and Giants, the Goblins and Hydras, the Cyclops and Furies, and the Night Hawks and Ghouls, have crossed over the river to rest in the shade of the trees with their immortal commander, secure in the knowledge that they have settled for all time the question of White Supremacy, and that through them a Nation-' has been re-born. They will live in song and story, and as the years roll by the whole world will pay them tribute, for to the eternal glory of the Southern people, although the United States Government offered fabulous rewards for the men who would betray the secrets of the order, and although the women of the South made the robes of the Klan and knew of this offer, there was never a traitor. THE DEFINITION OF KLANKRAFT AND HOW TO DISSEMINATE IT By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Oklahoma What is the definition of Klankraft, and how to disseminate it, is a subject rather broad and one that is difficult to handle briefly. Klankraft in my o pinion is the motive pow er embodying the d i vTfTe'nnrd'^aTdlnal principles necessary for the resurrection of that real, genuine 'Americanism of-which ourTforefathers undoubtedly had the vision when they drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutio n of the. United States. It is the spirit of pure patriotism toward this, our glorious country, and the preservation of American ideals and institu- tions, it is the exem plification of the noble idea ls of c hivalry, wherein the chastity of ouF^omelq’'tHe~’protection of our 45 homes, the relief of the weak and unfortunate, the unqualified allegiance to our flag and government, the sublime reverence for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; the maintenance of the supremacy of that race of men whose blood is not tainted with the colorful pigments of the universe, and the observance of that rule of all rules: honor and justice in all things pertaining to our fellow man. These are but living definitions of the golden word “Klankraft.” — Then again, Klankraft is the art of inculcating into the heart and soul of man a reverence for Deity, for our country, our homes, and each other through inspiration and education. How can we disseminate it? By the careful selection of real men who are known to have the true spirit of the Klan at heart, who are worshippers at the shrine and the motto of our order: “Non Silba Sed Anthar,” who will, after careful study and deliberation, adopt a definite program which will embrace the spiritual, educational, political, vocational and practical phases of Klankraft in their entirety, and who will then proceed to promulgate these principles in strict accord- ance to the program as decided and agreed upon. THE SPIRITUAL PHASE The spiritual phase is most important, and although there has been a tendency to accept it as a matter of fact, never has there been a time since the conce ption of this greats institution that this cardinal principle has received the emphasis and con- certed action on the part of the.Jmperial authorities, their organizers, officers of realms and their subordinates, in inoc- ulating the germ of desire on the part of Klansmen who have joined our ranks and who are necessarily protestants in be- lief, but who are not affiliated with any church, to at once align themselves as real, live, working members of some pro- testant church, thereby setting forth concrete evidence to the alien world that we as Klansmen are united in our religious belief and that we are in reality demonstrating the practical utility of the great doctrine of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, as a vital force in the lives and affairs of men. But how can this be accomplished? First: by making a supreme effort_to interest-all- protestant ministers who can qualify, in our organization, with the ultimate view of taking 46 them into our order; second: by encouraging these ministers to deliver in the pulpit and "in the Klavem, sermons which deal with the great principles of our order, ever standing ready to assist them in gathering necessary data to drive home their arguments, and in voicing our appreciation of their efforts by representation, financial and moral support in all their legiti- mate undertakings. Third: by insisting that the Kludd of all Klans, shall at all times, be an ordained minister of the gospel, and not some Klansman elected to that office as a mere honor; by insisting that all prayers offered in the Klavem be not the regular cut and dried Kloranic prayers as are usually offered, but that they be individual, set for the occasion and embodying certain personal features pertaining to the individual Klan as well as the Klan in general. Fourth : by the constant encourage- ment on the part of officers of Klans to their membership, calling their attention to the fact that they must of necessity affiliate with the church, if they are imbued with the true Klan spirit, and have the desire to practice the great teachings of the order. Fifth: by encouraging good, wholesome athletic tournaments between members of different protestant churches, such as golf, bowling, tennis and many minor sports, which will have the tendency to awaken interest, not only in the church but in the Klan as well. PROTESTANT MASS MEETINGS We should work cons tantlyjwith.the ministers of protestant churches .with a-view-of -having at least- once or twice a year great mass meetings, wherein all protestant churches, will for the time be combined together as one church, laying aside their differences in denominational beliefs and gathering to- gether with but one purpose in view, the worshop of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There are many ways and means to enlighten and encourage Klansmen along these lines and it should be the impelling duty of every officer of our organiza- tion to devote a great deal of thought and material action in promulgating the spiritual phase of our order. Th e educational p hase, as a matter of fact, embraces all of the tenets of Klankraft, and is the key to the ultimate success of our organization. It is unnecessary to visualize for you in detail just to what extent it can be properly disseminated, but I will endeavor to point out to you what I consider some of the fundamentals. First : the promulgation of constructive, 47 educational topics, pertaining to the principles of K lankraft, edited by competent writers^ censored and distributed through properly controlled and loyal newspapers; second: the estab- lishment .oi- .official Klan-organs_in each juris dictional pro- vince under the Department of Extension, and constituted realms, said paper to carry all important news items pertain- ing to the organization in general and such personal items which will be of interest to Klansmen and to the public in their particular section; the elimination of all radical news items and that class of literature which does more to discredit our organization in the eyes of the right-thinking alien world than any other one factor. The establishment of a monthly journal or magazine devoted not only to constructive, educa- tional subjects of our organization, but also devoted to such topics which will be of equal interest to the alien world as well as to the Invisible Empire, securing the best talent in the country to contribute, having at all times the idea in view of publishing a journal which not only reflects credit on our organization, but which will appeal to the protestant world in general. The proper training of all men in the capacity of organizers or representatives from the Department of Exten- sion in the true principles of Klankraft, endeavoring to give them a real vision of what our order stands for and what we hope and are determined to accomplish ; and the immediate elimination of those representatives who seem to be possessed with only one spirit and that is: “God give us men, at ten dollars per.” The use of public as well as inside speakers is extremely important, as they will alw'ays reach a great mass of the public who seldom devote very much time to reading, and in thought. Hence the law 7 of information acquired from “lip to ear” manifests itself very forcibly in the promulgation of the principles of Klankraft. THE POLITICAL PHASE The political phase of Klankra ft _e rnbo d i e s. .t w T _o _di sl in. ct -d e - partments and j/etJ.ii..r£ality^co;ordiriat&Jnto_one, . in .the, final analysis of_the subject. The love and reverence w r hich every true native born American has for his flag, his government and his home, will in a measure dictate to him w 7 hat he should do in his small way of directing his influence and his birth- right in the proper selection of men to handle the affairs of v . \ 48 government, national, state and local. Here again the educa tional phase enters in, it being necessary to present to the average individual concrete and positive argument against the present form of political environment under which he labors and to show him the way toward achieving that which he must know is for the best interests of his country, state and home. As I stated before, every native born citizen of our country has a natural love for his flag and his gdvernmentyyet'im many instances it lies dormant; i t ne eds inspiration, and therefore, one of our great dut ies as Klan smen jn dissemina ting. the j>rin- eiples of Kla nkraft is t o forev er_and ever preach the gospel of patriotism , never allowing a national or state event in which our flag is being commemorated to pass by without making special effort to assist the authorities in creating love and res- pect in the hearts of all men for our starry banner and the great government which it represents. Vocational Klannishness is paramount to the ultimate suc- cess of our order. All other sects practice it in one way or another, and in many instances to the entire exclusion of the protestant world, and it is apparent that the protestant w'orld ha s fa iled to re alize the_significance of this practice. It is our duty as Klansmen,_for self-preservation, if for no'otKer' reason, to~practice vocational ^ klannishness and Pam firmly of the 'opinion that the time is coming, and not far distant, when we shall be compelled to follow this phase of Klankraft religiously. Otherwise, we shall feel the yoke of utter dissension in our own ranks brought about through our inability to compete in a commercial w r ay with great corporations owned and con- trolled by men who do not hold their allegiance to one flag and government. Therefore, the seeds of vocational klannishness should be sworn at every opportunity imalTmeetings of Klans- _men,and in carefully worded press terns. Klansmen should be taught that it is their sacred duty as Klansmen to ahvays favor a Klansman in the commercial world, whether it be in buying, selling, advertising, employment, political, social or in any way wherein a Klansman is affected. THE PRACTICAL PHASE The practical phase of Klankraft divides itse lf in to three d i s t in ctPdep art m e nt s ] namely, organization, administration andjDperation. You are all well acquainted with the plan of organizatiurToPKlankraft, the method of administration and 49 the many radical changes of operation since the order was originally conceived and promulgated. One of the great faults in the organization of the Klans throughout the various^realms now established was the class of propaganda which the repre- sentatives first engaged in this work saw fit to promulgate. In their zeal to establish a record and in order to awaken a certain interest in the hearts of men whom they came in con- tact with, they in many instances secured the attention of these men by stories pertaining to the operation of the old Ivlan of 1866 , wherein the whip was the chief instrument of persuasion, and in relating such stories, while perhaps these organizers did not make a statement to the effect that this was the purpose of the organization, nevertheless they would leave the impression in the minds of the newly created Klansmen that this was one of the features of the organization. Fre- quently such stories merely encouraged the idea that we should, by right, take the law in our own hands in those cases where apparently the law would not function or properly han- dle the offender. Nothing could be more erroneous than this idea, and organizers who resort to such practices in order to gain attention have done a great deal of harm in the growth of our Order. As a matter of fact it will take years to live down the impression _ gained through^ such propaganda! Let' us leave no stone unturned in our dissemination of Klankraft thatlviIl"^HhiFin'ansmen or the alien world to gain the idea that we are not at all times working with the constituted officers of the law. that our duty as Klansmen requires that all assistance be givenl;b^uch^“egaUy''constitutednav r enforc- ing bodies; that ways and means be found whereby we can co-operate and bring to justice criminal offenders against the laws of our country, state and homes; that we strive through our department as citizens of this great country of ours, as men who love, honor and obey her laws, as Klansmen who have sworn to uphold her flag and government above any other kind of government in the universe; to convince the alien world that we are in reality Knights of that great Invisible Empire, founded on the rock of Christianity, destined to dic- tate the policies of government and men, and their right to live as Christian gentlemen, in this glorious land of ours, America. 50 Therefore, Klansmen, call up the powers of determination and will, harness them to the wagon of endeavor, and you shall have nothing to fear, for under these conditions nothing can prevail against you for you are bound to reach the haven for which you steer, the port to which the wind of pluck and determination will bring your craft after a safe voyage, no matter how stormy or how much you have been buffeted by fate. Remember, Klansmen, the great obj ect o f life i s to build and grow, that there is progress from the cradle to the grave and as an atom of the universe you must go on and on to suc- cessT'hoKfailure. Don’t indulge in aimless reverie, but have a definite aim and always keep it in the light of attainment, never, no never, permitting the shadow of doubt or uncertainty to fall across your path. A SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION OF KLANKRAFT By the Grand Dragon of Mississippi Too long has the world thought of spiritual matters in mate- rnal terms. Too long have temporal considerations over- shadowed the things of the spirit, and eternal verities been subordinated to the affairs of time! The warning ofjthe JMaster that_ajmisinterp rotation of His teachings' would bring a sw T ord rather-than -peace, has fallen upon deaf ears, and the result has been Hhe- combined w r oes of the world. The most stupendous monument to this fact is the history of the Great War, when the great nations of the earth w r ere arrayed against each other in a conflict so deadly, and under conditions and methods so appalling, as to cause wonder to the heathen as to what a “religion of peace” might mean ! In the name of civilization, and under the banners of Christian peoples, cannon thundered forth in forgetfulness of the first principles of the Christian faith; shot and shell proclaiming indifference to the very foundation stone of all religion — “love one another.” Accretions of humanly conceived orthodox tenets, and crys- tallized creeds, have been the cause of bitter contention, and fruitless strife. Divisions among Christians have been honored 51 and glorified and points of difference emphasized rather than points of contact. Scornfully has the militant fy-pprli-ai^onp up and down the earth loudly inveighing against the mote in his brother’s eye, f* ~ and consigning to everlasting perdition all those differing ■ 1 N from him in orthodjox-interpj^tation. “The “ists” and “isms” have rent the fabric of Christian love and fellowship; and through selfishness and materialism, the raiment of Him who died upon the Cross has again been parted, and the sublime lesson of that Sacrifice been denied. PROBLEMS ARE STUPENDOUS Yet on every hand are problems so stupendous, issues so vital to Protestant Christianity and its survival, that now, in this belated wakening of Protestant consciousness, comes the appalling revelation of wasted years, lost opportunities, and marvelous possibilities forever past. In this reconstruction period following the jworld conflict, with' humahityHorn TfohT its' moorings, and chaos threate ning to engulf civilization, "’suddenly a light glows in the east, and its form is that of a Fiery Cross ! Then, as the people watch, the rays grow' brighter, and illumine the figures of men in spotless raiment typical of the Cause they serve. And, breath- less, the watchers ask: — “Who are these who are arrayed in white robes, and whence come they?” And the voices of those w 7 ho have waited for the dawn make answer : — “These are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” And, lo! Hope is born again in the hearts of God’s people; sorrow- gives place to gladness; and hymns of thanksgiving ascend to Him Whose seal is set upon these, His instruments of salva- tion. THE KLAN COMES So, into the midst of a sin-racked, despairing world, have come with marching feet, and uplifted banners, The Knights of the Ku Klux Ivlan. Make w r ay for them, ye disciples of Tyranny and Oppression. Stand aside, all ye who follow after vain gods. Tremble, ye workers of iniquity, for the Lord has suddenly come to His temple, and w'ho shall abide the day of His coming? Since the time w _of_Martin Luther never was there such__a Reformation,— never _.such a spiritual' renaissance: Nations 52 are like individuals, — the spiritual attributes wither and atrophy, — the soul is lost. But praise be to the Creator _of men and nations that such loss is not eternal, but that -the spirit may be quickened, and the_.lo.st snul-iound.-a-nd^ thtat there Bs no power, in. all the - univ erse which can thwart the purposes-nlJSadr ~ ' So, from the maelstrom of doubt and despair has been born a force for righteousness and the advancement of His King- dom, binding men in new bonds of Christian fellowship and brotherly love, whose strength is that of tempered steel. A force which “hath broken down the middle walls of partition,” and fused the representatives .of differing Protestant creeds intmmre-great-b-Q dv of iovaltv to a_co m m oBpjl r pose — an “out- standing force which has caused men to forget their differen- ces, and to remember only' that they are brothers, and Beyond and above that brotherhood, the Fatherhood of God. “And now therefore are^ye no more strangers and foreign- ers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and the household of God. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone.” — that glorious Christ, the Ivlansman’s criterion of character. THE OFFICERS OF A KLAN AND THEIR RE- SPONSIBILITY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT By a Great Titan, Realm of Texas The officers of a Klan are elected according to their effi- ciency. In all cases these men are expected to be leaders in their respective communities. It. i s the in tention and aim of the organization_to elect only those men who are already" im- bued with .the J.dea of lawJehf oBcemeht, land who thoroughly believe that every law, both State and Federal, should be rigidly enforced. It sometimes happens, but not frequently, that Ivlans in the selection of their officers make mistakes, but when this is discovered, these officers who are not thor- oughly in accord with the principles of the Klan and its ideals, are replaced with others. It is the purpose of the national organization, as well as the various local Klans under that national organization, to have as its leaders those men who believe not only in the Christian religion, white supremacy, the enthronement of virtuous womanhood, the propagation of 53 the truly American ideals, but in addition thereto, they stand for the perpetuity of the Constitution of the United States as it is written, together with all of its amendments, as well as all that sacred document means to the American people. These officers also stand for and are pledged to the constitution of their various states and the laws thereof, and all are engrossed with the idea that all law, whether state or national, should be thoroughly respected by all the people, and that the laws, as long as they are upon the statute books of the states or of the nation, should, each and all, be rigidly enforced. ^ The officers of a Klan, in addition to their belief in the en- forcement of law, are usually men selected for their high Christian character, their high morality and their belief in the ideaTfhaf the morals of a community shape its destiny. They afe' pledged to a man to stand against immorality in all its forms, and to let it be known in their respective communities that the organization to which they belong stands behind them in upholding the morals of the communities in which they reside. These men of necessity believe, first in the religion of Jesus Christ and all that term means, without, however, any fight against any other denomination or creed. AGAINST NO RELIGION They recognize that each individual in this nation has a perfect right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, without interference from any agency what- ever. Other good people may have different ideas about relig- ion and the manner in which they worship, and with them the officers of the Klan raise no question with reference to their rights in this respect. They are, and the organization is, primarily for the Christian .religion, but are not against^and raise no fight against the religion of their neighbor. The great hubbub that has been raised in the press of this country to the effect that the officers of the Klan and the organization itself is one formed for the purpose of fighting the Catholic and the Jew is untrue. The Jew and the CatholicfhaveAheir organiza- tions, and they have a constitutional -right-io theiiqbeliefs^ and the Klan and its Officers raise no question with reference to this constitutional right.' The officers of the .Klan_andLthe or- ganization, however, take the._position_ that it has a perfect right from every standpoint, moral, legal or otherwlseffo stand together for the purpose of maintaining the Christian religion as the y se e it, and to propagate the American ideals as founded in the constitution oiT the United States, and as the same has been handed down to them by our forefathers. With this idea in view, let us consider for a moment the responsibility of the officers of a Klan with reference to law enforcement. In the first place, as suggested in the above out- line, the local officers of a Klan must first believe that the laws of the country as they exist in the statute books should be rigidly enforced. Anyjofficer of a Klan who winks at law vio- lation is unworthy of the high office conferred upon him, and if these facts become known to his constituency, that officer is immediately removed. DISLOYAL PROPAGANDA Those that think just a little bit for themselves have come to know within the past few years that an idea is rampant in this country that a part of the people may with impunity violate a law, when they think it is well for it to be enforced in other jurisdictions. Those, who are acquainted with real facts know that the Bolshevik, the 'Anarchist," the" Soviet, together with a bunch of weak-kneed so-called citizens, are using propaganda of the most subtle, Kind to lead, at least a part of the peo ple, t o^ be lieve that law enfpxcement is a matter to be left to the individual conscience of the individual citizen. It is a well known fact that some of the professors in some colleges and universities of this nation are preaching doctrines that are detrimental to American ideals, and this propaganda skillfully handled by minds, bound purely on mischief, has had and is now having some effect upon that class who refuse to do their own thinking, but are satisfied to accept this vile and pernicious doctrine handed out to them by those whose motives are ulterior, and who are not really and truly loyal to their state or to their nation. It is the purpose and should be the aim of every officer of a local Klan to take it upon himself to see that any kind of propaganda that, belittles this government, that belittles the President of the United States, be he Republican or Democrat, or that calls in question constituted authority from any source, should be fought in his respective community. It is not incum- bent upon the officer of a local Klan to make himself obnoxious to those with whom he comes in contact, but it is his duty, and 66 should be his purpose to use his influence in stamping out in his respective community all things that are un-American, unpatriotic and do not reach up to the highest standards set by the American people. A part of the press of the country would lead the unsuspect- ing, who are on the outside of the Klan, to think that the organization is builded for the prime purpose of taking the enforcement of the law into the hands of Klan members, and thereby deprive the courts of the country of their right to en- force these laws. A greater misrepresentation has never been made to the American people. The- Klan-as-an_orjjanization, and each individual member thereof, not only pledges himself under oath to abide by the laws of his country, but that' 'he will' assist in the enforcement thereof through regular and constituted authorities. KLAN STOPS LYNCHING For the purpose of making myself understood, permit me to recite an example that might be flung to the whole world in refutation of this unscrupulous and untruthful charge: In my own city, many miles South of the Mason and Dixon line, a negro who ravishes white women has been usually hung by a mob, and in some instances in the past they have been burned at the stake. About a year ago a series of murders occurred in and around my home city, amounting to six or seven, and two of the victims were young white women. Finally a negro was arrested on these several charges and finally made a written confession that he was the perpetrator of these brutal and inhuman murders, and that he did ravish each of the white women victims before he actually murdered them. This con- fession was corroborated by ample evidence and fully estab- lished in court. When it became known that this fiend had confessed, the Governor of the State immediately got in com- munication with the Sheriff of the County and other peace of- ficers and suggested to them that he immediately send the state constabulary for the purpose of preventing a mob from wreaking its vengence upon this negro brute. The Sheriff told the Governor that was useless for him to send the militia be- cause in the county there were several thousand Klansmen, who had pledged themselves to the Sheriff, to see to it that this fiend should receive a fair and impartial trial at the hands of a fair and impartial jury. This negro remained in jail for 56 several months, was actually tried on all of these several charges for murder and rape, and in each case was given thf death penalty. The confessions were enough to cause a white- man’s blood to boil, yet the local Klan officers, working in conjunction with the peace officers of the county, let it be known that they would, to a man, numbering several thou- sand, stand behind the Sheriff for the purpose of keeping down any mob. This negro appealed his case. The highest court of the state has passed upon it, and that court has affirmed the sentence and verdict of the lower court. The Ivlansmen of the county will, within a few T days, know that through their influence this negro will pay the forfeit with his life. That he will he hung by the sheriff of the county and that the law T has been fully and completely vindicated. These facts are known to the people of my state, and it is a w 7 ell knowm fact that a mob would have meted out to this n egro bru te speedy justice, / had it not been for the stand that the officers of the local Klan took with reference thereto. I cite this case for the sole pur- pose of letting you know that the Klan and the Klan officers \ are bound by oath and otherwise to see to it that the law is to be enforced by constituted authorities and not from any other | source. It is a known fact by every officer of the Klan, and especially in the more congested districts, that the boot-legger, the thief, the robber, the wife-beater, the vagabond, the “jellv-bean,” the murderer and the rapist, as well as the adulterer, is an eternal enemy of the Klan. This class in every community shows its violence in more ways than one, because they have come to know that the Klan through its officers are opposed to this class of citizens, and consequently they undertake to wreak their vengence, not upon any individual member of the organization, but upon the organization itself. In my home county w ? here, heretofore, the boot-legger ha had an almost open field in the propagation of his nefarious business, he has now r met with extreme opposition by the pre- sent officers of the county. These officers have the united support of every Klansman in the county, and that being true, these several Klansmen, when an infraction of the law ? is brought to their notice, immediately take the same up wfith AIDS PRO-LAW ENFORCEMENT the regularly elected and constituted officers of the law, and they in turn file complaints in proper courts or indictments are returned by the grand juries. For this reason, the law violator has come to appreciate the fact that Klansmen, the names of whom he does not know, are opposed to his acts of law viola- tion. This same condition is true in most counties of my state, and by reason of that fact, the wrath and vituperation of the law breaker, has been brought down upon the Klan, but with- out any effect. He is growing fewer in number each day. In one case, of which I happen to have personal knowledge, a man, a quasi respectable citizen, who operated a still on his premises, sold the beverage to any who had the price, and escaped prosecution in the courts. This particular individual became so flagrant in the violation of the law, that it was an open secret that he was conducting, running and operating a still and selling whiskey on his premises. One faithful Klans- man took it upon himself to get first-hand information; this information was given to the district attorney, and this par- ticular boot-legger is now under sentence to the state peniten- tiary for violation of the state law with reference to the sale of intoxicating liquors. This instance is cited for the purpose of showing that individual Klansmen as well as the officers of the Klan work harmoniously in undertaking to assist and to help the local officers in the enforcement of every law. I As said in the beginning, the officers of a Klan are usually /men of strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. I Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; men whom the spoils j of office cannot buy; men who possess opinions and a will; I men who have honor; men who will not lie. This is the class { that represent or should represent as officers of the Klans of j this nation, and as long as the local organizations will elect tall men, suncrowned, who live above the fog in public duty and in private thinking, the laws of their respective communi- ties will be enforced. These men are wholly saturated with the belief and have the one ideal of living in a community where the law is supreme, and that the man or men who under- take to break that law must pay the penalty, as provided in the statutes of that particular state. ELECT MEN WHO SERVE The men who are elected to an office in a Klan are men who serve, not for selfish booty, but real men, courageous, who 58 flinch not at duty; men of dependable character; men of ster- ling worth; this is the class that constitute the Klans of America, and as long as the local organizations see to it that only those who have a high regard for the sacred principles of our fathers, who believe in the American Ideal, w 7 hose lives are clean and hearts are pure, the Ku Klux Klan will continue to sweep this nation, as nothing has swept since the founda- tion of the government. Those Klansmen who seriously have the future of the or- ganization at heart undertake to live and conduct themselves in a manner that cannot bring reproach upon their good names. The Klansmen of the nation are not living for themselves. They are a band of hand-picked men, Protestant men, who expect to hand down to posterity an organization unsullied, one that has done more to open the eyes of the American people to the real dangers that exist in this country, than any other that has come into existence since the Declaration of Inde- pendence or the adoption of the bill of rights. The Klan as an organization is building for itself a structure in the hearts of each individual Klansman. Each Klansman is striving to so build that those who come after him will appre- ciate the fact that he builded well. A KLANSMAN’S OBLIGATION AS A PATRIOT TO HIS GOD, HIS COUNTRY, HIS HOME, AND HIS FELLOWMEN By the Grand Dragon, Realm of Colorado In the life of our great nation today is a rapidly growing factor — namely, The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ; — and rest- ing upon this organization as a whole, is a responsibility and an obligation hitherto without precedent in the history of our country — an obligation written with an unseen hand, deep in the heart of every individual klansman — The True Patriot — he whose all is devoted to his God, his country, his home, and his fellowmen. From the murky w T aters of Europe, Asia, and Africa, that flood our beautiful land from shore to shore a b and of patriots have raised -their heads and have seen that this coun try o f ours is not _a_ nation ol Americans, but a conglomerate mass 59 of ^alien s, — alien in thought and act. My friends, these pat- riofsHmited together as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan citi- zens of the Invisible Empire are now outlaws in the land of their forefathers, forced to conceal their activities and identity with a mask of secrecy. On all sides our organization faces the slander of a foreign owned press, the unrestrained molder of American public opinion. On all sides we are met by peoples of self interest, peoples envious of American liberty, American I prosperity, and White Civilization. There is the Jew or the ( exploiter. His eye is on the prosperity, wealth and resources j of America. He would have American wealth for his own. There is the Roman Catholic or moral tyrant, fearful of Amer- ican religious liberties — freedom of speech and press. He would interfere with the sacred right to pass the American love of liberty down to posterity through our truly American public school system. He would deny you and me the right to worship God in our own way, and have us bow down our heads in worship to his foreign pope. Americans, this is no myth. There is the negro, or race usurper — he would have American civilization and culture. He would replace White Supremacy. The untaught would fain be teacher. All these, the exploiter, the moral tyrant and the usurper, each seeks for himself some share in America’s birthright. Should they -gain sway, no more would America be a land of liberty, justice and equality, a land of resources and opportunity, the land of virgin hope, the land of the ideals and aspirations of our forefathers. All this would these people sacrifice on the altar of self. THE REASON FOR THE KLAN Does anyone ask why is there a Klan in America today? < Let me tell you this, Klansmen. The reason there is a Klan Lin America today is to make America safe for Americans! ' This then is what THE KLAN, and there is only one Klan, means to our nation. And right here let me emphasize this truth — that the strength of unity and completeness lies in the fact that here is only one Klan — one Klan, one nation, one and indivisible. We must condemn the utterances and activi- ties of the evil forces within who at this time are seeking to tear down this our patriotic organization. Fellow patriots, if we have the courage of our forefathers let us rise to the occasion now and protect our great organization from des- X' 61 traction within for selfish, sordid gain. When the constitu- tional rights of the liberty loving American people were threat- ened, this organization was resurrected in answer to the emergency and since that moment neither enemies without nor strife within has ever daunted the courage of its true patriots and the leaders at the helm. Certainly God must be watching over the destiny of our great Order. This organization with a purpose and a will has gone forward until today no red-blooded American can afford to be unacquainted with its plans, policies and activities. Its enemies are feeling the force of its will in the prosecution of its purpose — to make America American, — to keep faith with our fathers that this government, under God, may survive forever, the land of faith, hope and free- dom, — to make good a klansman’s unwritten obligation as a true patriot to his God, his country, his home and his fellow- men. OBLIGATION TO GOD A Klansman’s obligation to his God is three-fold: .First — The true Klansman is a God-fearing man remembering- always that the living Christ is a Klansman’s criterion of character, and hono r_his -most ^preci o u s possession. It is a Klansman’s obligation to God to keep his character unclouded and his honor unstained. S econ d: As Klans men. we rec og nize and accept the-Bible as the express 3dll_ of ._God,--our-Crea tor Its teachings are our laws. For ages it has been the light of our white civiliza- tion. Without the doctrines of Jesus Christ the white race would degenerate to the level of the mongrel races of the world, and white civilization like that of Greece and Rome, would become a myth. Then let us keep the Bible an open book of ser vice, our guide of con'd'itct 'bo th ^~oTi'r pTrvate~and-oirr public life, — to be passed on to p osterity. Klansmen, — It is our obligation to God that we place the Open Bible in the Public Schools of America. Third : Every = honest-tQ-God- : Klansxnan-should--be'a-backer of some A merican Protestant ch urch. And" in the material support oFThat church we can afford to take example of both Jew and Catholic. Shall we, as Klansmen, allow these foreign churches with their alarming vitality, like weeds in a garden, to choke out the less vigorous Protestant churches of America, or shall we, like true Klansmen, by making the Protestant 61 church paramount in America, see to it that the soft voiced slogan “Make America Catholic” never becomes a shameful reality ? It is a Klansman , s obligation to God -that— Arn erirer be the last fort to fall before the cohorts of Rome ! OBLIGATION TO COUNTRY A Klansman’s supreme obligation as a patriot is to his country, and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan stand ready to make patriotism the prime duty of every citizen. In America that duty is sacred. Duty to country is a duty to God. Our first axiom of patriotism is clean politics in America. This means that the day of political parties in America is over; it means the expulsion of the professional political boss from public office. In the future the sole qualification for election to office will be true Americanism. It is a Klansman’s obligation _to his co untry to comp el all who_abide ;underiour7flag.to be Americans in soul as well as in name and then let the standard of their value be their Agieric an citizensh ip. America has too long been the melting pot of the world and its dregs have not dissolved. The surest process of assimilation is Americanization of the children in the public schools. Let us teach them that our flag means more than any other flag, — proclaiming to the world a free people, — the freest government on the face of the earth. Let us imbue them with a reverence for our constitution, and constitutional laws. Let us give them to know that libert y does not mean lawless license. It is out of the question to attempt to inculcate the unassimilated with these principles of Americanization in the parochial schools. Klansmen, do you realize that in many of the largest cities of this country the parochial schools outnumber our own American public schools ? Another part of a Klansman’s obligation to his country is to lead^nblic - 6p^Tbh“ih~theYighUdirectidn,Tfor publicjopjnion is the fory.e_that moves, the wheels of governmen t__for_gopd or for evil. What excuse is there for the American citizen who allows public opinion to be swayed by every wind of foreign sentiment from abroad? Free speech was never jmeant-to be an instrument of alien propaganda. Real American citizens must regain control of the press and motion pictures, and see to it that the American public opinion is never more misled. 62 OBLIGATION TO HOME To his home a Klansman owes an obligation as binding as anyfother. Just asTheTiuLTTc school is’ the citadel of American liberty, so is the American home the keystone of our govem- ment.__All the forces of evil which attack the American home strike at the life of the nation, for when the home is broken, all_ pretext of government vanishes. These forces would drive a wedge into the Constitution and that wedge is the issue of light wines and beer. When the American People crushed out the saloon with the Eighteenth Amendment, one of the great- est evils that threatened our homes was conquered forever. It is our duty to see that this issue is unsuccessful and that the wedge is not driven into our constitution. There is only one way to protect our homes and our nation and that is to enforce the law without fear or favor. OBLIGATION TO FELLOW MEN Our patriotic _duty_to our fellow men completes the obliga- tion of a Klansman. Thejutmost, vig ilanc e is required to see that the American Principle of equality Js fulfilled to all men, for this js indispensable to true democratic government. The 1 vote is the instrument by w r hich each man exercises his equal- ity. When the vote is given those who are not entitled to it, its value to the real American citizen is depreciated and his equality is encroached upon. I hope to see the day when every foreigner must live in this country 21 years before he or she becomes a voter. We have to do it, why not they? Klansmen let us see to it that the seeds of inequality do not ripen into ruin. Think then of our manifold obligation and picture if you will in every community a valued group of leaders devoted to the religious, moral, social, commercial, and political uplift of this our American nation, and you have the purpose of our organization in spirit and in truth. A Kl ansman’ s obligatio n is to pres erve , prot ect, and defend our American principles. We cannot waste effort in tearing down. The-Ku-Klux . K lanAs-~pro-Ajneric.aiu_no.t_ Anti-Catholic or Anti-Jew. With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among our- selves and with all peoples. 63 HOW TO EDUCATE A KLANSMAN TO FULFILL HIS OBLIGATION By a Great Titan of the Realm, of Illinois The proper education of a Klansman is, to my mind, one of the great issues confronting the organization today and is one of the greatest assets conceivable if given along the proper lines, remembering always that men have not forgotten the principles that inspired those who signed the Declaration of Independance, which has ripened this into the greatest nation upon the earth and that patriotism is not just the expression of a sentiment. Klansmen must be educated that “Non Silba Sed Anthar” is not merely four w’ords printed upon paper, but must be considered by them as the very essence of Klankraft that we are not bound together to destroy but to build, that the whole world today is looking for honest men, men in whom the cour- age of everlasting life runs stilt deep and strong. 'Idealism and enthaisiasm_are .imperative to the head of every'organization and every leader must realize that a foun- tain can rise no higher than its source, hence every ounce of enthusiasm must be radiated to every member that they in turn may see the vision and remember that God’s promises are kept, and that their duty is not only the reverence of America’s traditions but also the protection of the principles for which we are all fighting. A TITLE OF HONOR Klansmen must be brought to realize the great honor that is theirs with the title of Klansman, and to know that they are a living part of an organization that is destined to save our nation, to cast aside the sneers of radicals and to remember the meaning of Klankraft and its principles, to practice and net abuse Klannishness, to labor in harmony with every mem- ber of his Klan, and to remain at all times loyal to its officers. We must all realize that ^Education pays big dividends, that the abnormal growth of the organization, is responsible, in a measure, for the lack of understanding by some of the real principles. We must now turn to the task of educating the members that the Ku Klu x Klan is a modern institution, or- ganized primarily, for, service-to^our-xcmntryrTOs^arpafrlbtrc 64 organization, and its obligation binds every Klansman to up- hold the constitution of the United States and its laws. All Klansmen must know that we have a stupendous task confronting us, and must be brought to realize the seriousness of the situation. N othing is m ore important to the perpetuation of the Klan than general enlightenment.’’ Klansmen must know why they are members, they must be given duties to perform, they must be given some thing to do at all times, they must know that some vital part of the organization is dependant upon the successful completion of the task assigned to him. The Education of a Klansman cannot be accomplished in a few days, subject by subject must be taken up and discussed at length, the attitude of the Klan on public matters must be explained until every one is perfectly satisfied, for wisdom for a few is a dangerous thing and every member must be educated in order to have an enthusiastic and successful Klan. NOT ANTI ANYTHING Klansmen must understand that th e Ku .Klux. Klan ..is .not anti anything, the Klan from its firstjnception^as .denied, its intention to destroy anyone, or anything and that policy_has not been -changed. Every- principle of Klancraft demands ...that every man who loves his home and his country mu st lab or under, the ..cross of Christ 'ancf recogn ize ~the fact of a_ruling_pr_o vi dence in the affairs of the- Klan.- They must realize that if America is to remain the nation that our forefathers gave us they must hold fast to the Bible, keep its teachings in their heart and practice them in their lives. Many Klansmen have come into the organization without the knowledge of the high principles and lofty ideals and all are amazed at the magnitude of the program when they under- stand the great nation-wide good to be accomplished, and this complete understanding can only come with a thorough educa- tion in Klan matters, and unless this education is forthcoming it cannot be expected that any Klansman can hope to fulfill his obligation. One thought that stands predo minant and w hich is an edu- cation in itself, which should be a guiding star to all Klansmen, which should be brought before every Klonklave, and which 65 should be remembered by every Klansman is all dealings of every nature, a thought th at s hould make alFKlansmen, bet- ter Klansmen, is the thought that the living Christ is a Klans- men’s criterion of character. THE KLAN AS A CIVIC ASSET By a Great Titan of the Realm of Texas An actively functioning Klan is the greatest asset of which any American city, town or village can boast today. The Klan in its civic operations should prove itself a veri- table driving power"for _ the~good and should typify the ideals of the God-fearing, home-loving citizens who reside in every American community ._ There is not a Klan in the United States which should sit idle with the excuse that there is nothing for its membership to do. Klansmen in every American settlement, be it great man- ufacturing metropolis in the North or humble Southern hamlet need only look around them and they can see on every side tasks worthy of their self-sacrifice and devotion. This does not mean that it is the duty of the Klan to pry into other peoples business, to meddle with private affairs with which they have nothing to do. It means that the wor k of th e Klan in e ve ry com m unity should be for the public weal. The efforts of every Klan should be to make their city a better place in which to live and in which the coming generations of Ameri- cans shall be raised. FOSTERING EDUCATION The opportunities for a Klansman to serve his fellow citizens are countless. Keeping a watchful eye on the public school sys- tem for instance. I have before me a newspaper article concerning the work of the Klan in effecting the passage of a large bond issue for the public schools in a great city in the state of Alabama. The city was sadly in need of new schools yet a certain element boldly fought the bonds caring nothing for the welfare of the boys and girls who in a generation will control the destinies of the municipality. And then the Klan swung into the fight. They spoke for the bond issue showing how imperative it "was to make education 66 a paramount civic project. They urged their friends to support the bonds and every Klansman went to the polls and voted for them. As a result the bond issue carried by a good majority and city officials through the columns of reluctant newspapers praised the Klan for its splendid work. It is actions such as this which make the Klan a civic asset. Already the leaven of the Klan is making itself felt in many American cities. In municipalities whch in past years have been either honeycombed with administrative graft or whose treasuries have been depleted by political extravagance slowly but surely the campaign of the Klan for good government has made itself felt. Incompetents have been ousted from office through the force of public opinion generated by the Klan. Men of high ideals, loyal Americans, devoted citizens have been prevailed upon to accept governmental honors at a sacrifice to themselves. Better government has come to many towns and cities, and is coming to many more, thanks To" the~actfvity of the Klan. KLAN NOT IN POLITICS Mind yoiv-bv this it is- not to be understood that the Klan is_in_jiolitics. It is neither Democratic nor Republican? It favors the man not the party. The Klan teaches that the rights of American citizenship should be exercised to the fullest de- gree by all loyal Americans so that foreign and un-American influences shall not control the destinies and sap the loyalty of this nation. And one of the primary rights of citizenship is fulfilled at the ballot box. The Klan in every city stands ada- mantly for good government. The Klan teaches also that American citizens should not shirk other duties incumbent upon thern^and imbues -its membership with true civic pride. Since the Klan has come to America there is less jury dodging on the part of American citizens. The Klansman is taught that the call to jury service is as sacred as a call to arms in defense of his beloved America. For years the judiciary of the United States has lamented the evasion of jury service by loyal but thoughtless Americans. The ex- cuses and evasions of good men have permitted professional jurors to acquit criminals in many cases where powerful out- side influences were active in their behalf. Now with Klans- men refusing to make technical excuses to avoid service erim- 67 Anals are being sent to jail with astonishing regularity in cities I where the Klan membership is relatively strong. It is inter- resting to note that the country over the attorneys seeking to / secure the acquittal of crooks, bootleggers, dope sellers and this n class of cattle use every trick and exercise every challenge to n ; exclude a man suspected of membership in the Klan from a jury while conscientious states attorneys are glad to have them, knowing that Klansmen are level headed, honest Ameri- xcan citizens sworn to do their duty and enforce the law. AIDS LAW ENFORCEMENT The K larrifTalso a civic asset in the cause of law enforcement. Klansmen are sworn not only to obey the laws themselves but also to aid the constituted authoritiesjn enforcing them. Many a bootlegger and illicit narcotic dealer, many a trafficker in the shame of womanhood, many a vagrant loafer and thief has met his downfall directly owing to information lodged with the proper authorities by Klansmen. Klansmen by thus aiding the officers of the law are making their home cities happier, safer, brighter and cleaner places in which American women and chil dren may live. Should officers of the law be loath to do their duty, Klansmen, working on public sentiment, are able to make them take action. Another civic betterment directly attributable to the Klan is a general and nation wide revival of militant Protestantism. While a man may be a Klansman without attendinglmy church yet Klansmen are taught that they become much better Klans- men if they attend divine services regularly with their wives and families and support the Sunday Schools of their city. As a result church attendance has noticeably increased, especially amongst the male citizenship, in communities where the Klan is flourishing and is a growing power for the good. The-Klan is-composed of no one creed of the Protestant faith. Presbyterians, BaptistsT Episcopalians, ~ Methodists and many other branches of the Protestant church rub elbows at its meet- ings, form lasting friendship and gain a strong admiration for each other as they work in a common and holy cause. As the re- sult of this co-mingling in many cities the Protestant congre- gations have united on occasion in great Union Protestant serv- ices held alternately at various churches. This means that a forward stride has been made for a United Protestantism which will present a solid front to those who would engender ill feel- 68 ing among Protestants and weaken their church organizations for the benefit of the un-Christian and un-American forces who are constantly on the alert to rend and prey. There are scores, yes hundreds, of other ways in which the Klan is proving itself of value to the cities and towns where loyal Americans are banded together in America’s cause. PROTESTANT INSTITUTIONS All over the country the Klans_are_unselfishly_giving their fundi" to construct Protestant institutions. In Louisiana a girls home is being built, a childrens home is being constructed in Oregon, great Klan hospitals are being built in Texas, Arkan- sas and Kansas. In my own city a $75,000 home for orphan babies has been built by the Klan. Surely these great institu- tions are a benefit not only to the city boasting them but to the nation as well. Almost every Klan in the country performs countless deeds of helpful haturefn behalf of fellow citizens regardless of race, color or creed. Never has a request for aid from any "worthy person or enterprise fallen on deaf ears when presented to any Klan. The enemies of the Klan say that the news of donations to ministers, Protestant institutions and worthy enterprises and individuals which sometimes find their way into the public press are actions merely for advertisement. I tell you that not one hundredth of the charitable work of the Klan is ever adver- tised. The Klans of America give away a million dollars a year to better conditions in their various communities about which nothing is ever said and nothing is ever known outside of the Klavem walls. This is a conservative estimate. Summing up in brief the value of the Klan to the American community it may be brought to mind that t his order is_c pm- posed of only the Tried, JoyaLand_txue_Amenean_dfizenshln s worn" to upholdjthe-highestjdeals. With such a membership and with such aims the Klan cannot fail to be of vast benefit to the citizenship as a whole. THE REGULATION OF IMMIGRATION By the Grand Dragon of South Carolina I regard the regulation of immigration as one of the most perplexing and important questions confronting the American 69 people today. There are few questions that deserve the atten- tion of this great organization, which represent, more than the Immigration problem. Th e time ha s now c ome w hen the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan should take the leadership in this great fight, to prevent America from becoming the melting pot or dumping ground of the-wofld^fdf^tHe millions of heterogeneous elements who are seeking admission to our shores. In my opinion a law should be enacted restricting immigra- tion to the United States for a period of at least ten years, while we take an inventory of the human assets and liabilities within our borders, do a bit of house cleaning and set our domestic affairs in better order. We have already enough so- cial and economic problems to study in connection with the 14,000,000 foreign born now in the United States. America is just awakening to the fact that it is not a nation bu_t__a ^mixture of nationalities, and if this country is’ to~be populated and governed by a class of people who are so differ- ent in character, thought and ideals, the inevitable result will be a nation of nationalities chattering all the tongues of Babel r ~ The immigrants who come to this country form communi- ties by themselves and congregate in the great cities. Paupers, diseased and criminals predominate among those who land upon American soil. They have a very low standard of morals, they are unable to speak our language and a great majority of them are unable to read and write their own language. They come from countries where they have been accustomed to a lower standard of wages and living and therefore, compete with American labor which is already overcrowded. We must insist that a law T be enacted prohibiting the print- ing of any newspaper or magazine not printed in the English language, and to require all aliens within our borders to speak English within a limited period of time. ALL SHOULD SPEAK ENGLISH There are 14,000,000 foreign born in the United States, of whom more than 7,000,000 have never taken out naturalization papers, and w 7 ho can neither speak nor read our language. W T e have aliens living in America who have never been naturalized and who never expect to become citizens, editing newspapers 70 and magazines and endeavoring to dictate to the American citizen the policies of his Government. How do we expect to naturalize and make good citizens of those 14,000,000 foreign- ers who are already in this country unless we require them to speak our language and print their newspapers and maga- zines in English. We„can_never Jiave a homogeneous popula- tion unless we require every man, woman and child ill America to speak the English language. And it will be a most powerful means of stopping the spread of unsound doctrines, the spread of anarchy and Bolshevism. Unless we safeguard ourselves against the further influx of undesirables there will no longer be an America for'Americans. IPftrreigmJariguage newspape'S^^be takeh as reflecting the sentiments of the foreign bora within our gates our non-Anglo- Saxon citizens are far more interested in forcing their own customs and institutions upon us than in helping us build a superstructure to fit the foundation upon which America rests. An Italian journal published in New York City recently said editorially: “We not only need organization but also a rapid increase in births among Italians here.” A Jersey City Polish newspaper exclaims: “We pride ourselves on having a Polish judge here and there.” The son of a naturalized Jew at a recent congressional hearing on immigration made an appeal against the use of English as the official language of the United States, and urged that Yiddish should be placed on an equal footing. «*, Of the 805,000 admitted to the United States in 1921 more than half, 432,000, were Jews, Italians, Armenians, Greeks, Japanese, Chinese, and Finns, races which generation after generation maintain their own churches, customs, languages, schools, and social affiliations almost as intact as if they had remained in their native countries. I am afraid that we fail to realize how T stupendous, though noiseless, is the pressure of this immigration avalanche. We have heard the great noise made about the Zionist movement, and might be led to think that a large Jewish migration to Palestine was in progress. But the records show that last year 53,524 Hebrew aliens came to the United States, while 18 left this country for Palestine, where there are only 50,00© Jews all told. 71 Immigrants have been pouring into the United States at an enormous rate. Statistics show that the great influx of aliens that came to the United States for a period of twelve years, beginning with 1903 and ending with 1914, was something over 10,000,000. America is saturated with aliens, and some of our great States will soon be populated entirely by aliens, unless a law is enacted restricting immigration to the United States for a period of years. There are today thirteen States with a major- ity of the population of alien origin. Thirteen other States have more than 35 per cent of their population foreign born. Some of our great cities are in even a worse condition than those States. THE JAPANESE PROBLEM The Japanese question is another great menace that con- fronts the American people today. And the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan can do no greater service than to take up the fight w r ith those loyal citizens of California, in their effort to prevent their State from becoming a little Japan. There are more than 100,000 Japanese in California, who today own and control one-eighth of the entire acreage of irrigated lands in that State. Two-thirds of the entire Japanese population of continental United States is located in California ; that is to say, twice as many Japanese are found in California as in the other forty- seven states combined. They maintain a government of their own, subject to the dictates of a foreign power, and acting in the interests of that power and adverse to those of this coun- try. Something must be done to protect the great West. The remedy calls for an absolute exclusion act of all Japanese who may seek to come here in any capacity for permanent residence. This will prevent an element in our population, which, is not only undesirable, but dangerous to American interests. America has within her borders many of the so-called hy- phenated Americans. They call themselves Hungarian-Ameri- cans, French-Americans, Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, Russian-Americans, Polish-Americans and German-Americans. Such a class of people do not deserve the respect of any decent, loyal, patriotic, red-blooded, pure and unadulterated American citizen. There Js-btff'one klnd-nf^A_merican. One who would 72 not for one moment tolerate any prefix to-^America;” one wKose-every-thonglit-and'interest places America first above all other nations on earth; one who acknowledges allegiance to no country but America, and no flag but the Stars and Stripes. Any alien who is not willing to measure up to the standard of true Americanism should be deported. We ha ve no room in this country for any i n d i v i d u a I_o r e 1 e m e n t opposed to America, and who are unwilling t o giv e their u ndivided allegiance to our country, its institutions, its language and its flag. KLAN MUST LEAD FIGHT The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan should adopt a definite policy and program for combating the influence of individuals or organizations who are endeavoring to open the gates of our ports for the admission of aliens. Therefore, the Imperial Wizard should appoint an Imperial Immigration and Naturali- zation Commission to make a thorough study and outline a program. Such a Commission should make an analysis of the Immigration and Naturalization questions, and submit a report to the Imperial Wizard, for his approval, with a definite policy to handle this complex question. Our Government departments have acquired sufficient in- formation to guide this country aright, if it were assembled, analyzed and made available to the public. America is largely governed by public opinion and the sources of thaUopinion concerning' the problems of immigra- tion. are-o£_vital_importance. To deal with' so complex a na- tional situation and so profound an international situation requires the public to be intelligently informed before we can have a united public opinion. This can be acquired only by a great movement, such as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is willing to gather this information and to see that the public is properly and correctly informed of the true facts. This information distributed to the Klansmen and the public of this nation will multiply discussions throughout America and this commission should be in a position to keep our Imper- ial Officers advised concerning immigration affairs. The present 3 per cent admission law on the basis of the 1910 census is the first attempt of Congress to restrict Immi- gration. It was passed just at the time when a flood of desti- tute, restless wanderers and adventurers had an eye on the 78 United States. This law substantially checked the alien flood, but it has not given the relief needed. Under the existence of the 3 per cent law the northern races who alone amalgamate with us, do not send more than half as many as the law would admit, while all southern European nations exhaust their quotas and howl for more. The Secretary of Labor, in his annual report for 1922, states that even with existing restriction laws the United States is still the greatest immigrant-receiving nation on earth. With this in view, the time has now come for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to begin its work, because the 3 per cent law ex- pires June 30, 1924. When Congress meets again in Decem- ber, we will be in the midst of a national campaign, and the various hyphenated foreign organizations will be uppermost in the minds of certain politicians. It behooves us that Ameri- cans be on guard to guard our gates, for one may well say with Aldrich, the patriot poet: 0 Liberty, white goddess, is it well To leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast Fold Sorrow’s children, soothe the hurts of fate, Lift the downtrodden, but with hand of steel Stay those who to thy sacred portal come To waste the gifts of freedom. Have a care Lest from thy brow the clustered stars be tom And trampled in the dust. For so of old The thronging Goth and Vandal trampled Rome, And where the temples of the Caesars stood The lean wolf unmolested made her lair. THE HERITAGE OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS By the Grand Dragon of West Virginia. There is no tale so charming, no fiction so strange, no epic so sublime as the story of our country. Things are great or small, high or low, good or bad in com- parison with other things, and therefore in order to prove what I have just said it is necessary that I should call atten- tion to a few facts of American history. May 5th, 1496, is one of the most important dates in the human record for it was on this date that Henry VII, King 74 of England, signed a commission for John Cabot, the Bristol merchant to go on a voyage of discovery to the Western world. The next spring an expedition of five small vessels was fitted out at Bristol, which after braving the storms and perils of the unknown North Atlantic for sixty days, on St. John’s Day, June 24, 1498, at a point about the middle of the Eastern Coast of Labrador, the gloomy shore was seen. This was the real coming of the Nordic white man, the real discovery of the American Continent, for fourteen months were yet to elapse before Columbus reached South America near the mouth of the Orinoco. But after this the curtain of night was again stretched from sky to sea and two hundred and ten years elapsed before the first settlement at Jamestown. The eyes of John Cabot fell upon a continent unique in all history. For on this Continent from the Rio Grande to the Polar ocean there was not a city or town, a road nor a civilized human be ing. Not over two hundred and fifty thousand wretched sav- ages then peopled the vast domain now embraced in conti- nental United States and Canada. Since the dawn of recorded time no other region of equal area, not even the burning Sa- hara, was so nearly devoid of human life, so totally denuded of all civilization and human endeavor, so lonely and wild as was what is now continental United States. Fourteen hundred and ninety one years before Christ, Moses led the hosts of old Israel numbering six hundred thousand through the divided waters of the Red sea, and started on the long exodus to a land flowing with milk and honey. By a pillar of fire and of cloud this mighty host was guided by the Divine Hand of Jehovah. And yet in the zenith of their might and power and the heyday of their glory five hundred years there- after under their wisest King all Israel did not number five million souls. Compare this mighty beginning to the settlement of James- town, Virgina, by one hundred and five discontented colonists in 1607. It took two hundred and fifty years on this continent to establish the dominion of Great Britain from Labrador where John Cabot in 1498 planted the Flag of old England and the arms of Henry VII to the sunny waters where Ponce de Leon looking shoreward called upon his Spanish cavaliers to gaze upon the “Land of Flowers.” C$k t THE CENSUS OF 1760 And in 1760 a census of America showed a population in all the thirteen English Colonies of only 1,695,000 souls, three hundred and ten thousand of whom were black African slaves. At that time, Virginia, the most populous of the Colonies, had a population of 250,000, Pennsylvania of 200,000, Massachu- setts of 200,000, the great State of New York of only 85,000 and the great state of Georgia only about 5,000 including the slaves. Fourteen years later came the American Revolution. The Colonists were torn for seven years by War and havoc and dis- sention and strife. In that struggle eighty percent of our sol- diers were of the descent of “bonnie England,” seven percent of old Scotland, whilst Germany, Ireland and France supplied the rest, all being of the blood of the Nordic white man. For six years thereafter the Colonists struggled on through dis- cord and dissention until the adoption of our Federal Con- stitution by sixty-two delegates at Philadelphia in 1787 when our United States of America was born from the womb of time. ‘Tis the habit of the human mind to conjure up some terrestial paradise in the fading memory of the past; some grand Utopia where the strong did not oppress the weak, nor the rich the poor, a happy land where the wicked ceased from troubling and the weary were at rest, but the record fails to disclose that any such a place ever existed as Campbell has well said: “ ‘Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in her azure hue, Thus from afar each dim discovered scene, More pleasing than all the past has been, And every form that fancy can repair, From dark oblivion glows divinely there.” Our country, my Klansmen, did not begin as either Utopia or paradise. Only one hundred and thirty five years ago our government was born in sore travail and sorrow, and of war, dissention and strife. Were I to attempt to prove the philos- ophy of Socrates that every condition in all nature springs from its opposite, that joy springs from sorrow, and sorrow from joy, that peace springs from war, and war from peace, that evil brings good and that good brings evil, that life 76 comes from death, and death from life I would want no better witness than the true history of our country. The ancient Assyrian Empire lasted for seventeen hundred years, and our heritage from it is nothing but a heap of ruins ; the ancient Egyptian empire covered a period of over two thousand years and our heritage from it is pryramids and hieroglyphics ; the rich Lydian empire reckoned its age in cen- turies and our only heritage from it is the trousers we wear for men first wore trousers in Sardis, the Paris of the ancient world. Moses lived over one thousand years before the Babylonian captivity and Nehemiah four hundred and fifty years before Christ, and yet aside from the sacred writings, our heritage from the Jews is very little. Old China with its boasted life of thirty thousand years gave us gunpowder and the mariner’s compass. The Arab bequeaths our system of notation, the Phoenician the alphabet, but what will be the bequest of America? THE CIVIL WAR In the reign of King George III Thomas Parr died at the remarkable age of one hundred and forty two years. Think it of! The life of a single human being six years longer than the life of this mighty nation? Mark you, so bitter was the strife in the beginning here that a resolution was passed in our Constitutional Convention of 1787 to keep secret its pro- ceedings and debates for fifty years. Need I dwell upon the causes and the dissentions in America that terminated in the greatest Civil War of the ages and yet since that war, in fifty years, we will bequeath to posterity more than all other nations of history. Behold now the miracles of all miracles, the youngest and the mightiest Nation which might be likened to Pallas w T ho sprang full panoplied from the brain of Jupiter. We have pro- duced the greatest geologists that have ever delved the depths or learned the story of the rocks ; we have producted the great- est astronomers who have read the stars with the mightiest telescopes that ever swept the skies; we will give to posterity the cotton gin, the telegraph, the telephone, the electric light, the railroad, the steamboat, the automobile, the submarine, the aeroplane, and hundreds of other things that go to uplift humanity and prop the complex structure and glittering dome of modern civilization. Within the last fifty years the pulse of the world has quickened. We are advancing by leaps and bounds, making more real progress in a decade now than used to be made in a thousand years. Our country has produced the greatest statesmen and we will bequeath to posterity a higher and nobler conception of government freed from the tyrannies and superstitions of the past. In the realm of medicine we have produced the greatest phy- sicians and will bequeath to posterity the true conception of pathology. No more is disease looked upon as the work of demons; no longer do we conceive it to be the work of witch- craft. In the realm of religion we will bequeath to posterity a higher and truer conception of the teachings of Christ, of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. It is contended by some that men are not as religious as they used to be. This is a mistake. Atheism was more common in the eighteenth century than it is now and the mocker and the unbeliever has existed in all generations. In the realm of education we will bequeath that great dis- tinctive feature of American civilization, the free school. SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD I might go for hours to enumerate what our heritage is and what our bequest will be, but enough has been said to illustrate my contention that in all realms of human endeavor, we have advanced more and done more in the last fifty years than the whole world did in the preceding five thousand years. And what is the reason? Because we have learned well a great principle enunciated by the Emporer, Marcus Aurelius, that men were made for the sake of each other and should help each other, and work together. We need each other. No nation that ever existed had so many fraternities and brotherhoods as ours and these are banding all America to act together and work together for common ends. But we may expect reverses and misfortunes, for as Zoroas- ter has said Light and Darkness are the world’s eternal way. We live in the eternal being and becoming, the eternal round of change, the eternal rhythm of life and death. God and God alone is unchanging. 78 “How fixed is His Eternal Throne, Which shall no change nor period see, For Thou, Oh Lord, and Thou alone, Art God from all eternity.” With Tennyson, I doubt not that through the ages one eter- nal purpose runs though all things seen are transitory and temporal. ‘Tis the things not seen that are eternal. Our civilization, rebounding from the benighted bigotry of the Dark or Middle Ages must beware the pitfalls of atheism which proclaims that our Universe is but a chaos in which man is doomed to flounder forever, the sport of chance and con- flicting forces. A civilization lives and dies with its Gods. If Chaos be the god of a Nation then Chaos and Black Night will reign. But blessed is the people whose God is the Lord; that eternal unchanging power not seen, that is higher than heaven’s unmeasured height and deeper than hell’s black abyss; that binds the Universe with a common law and yet notes the fall of the sparrow and hears the young ravens when they cry. HAVE NOT SOLVED RIDDLE We have not solved the riddle of the universe. We are only just beginning to see how much more wonderful is the real universe with its three billion suns, with its systems and con- stellations and worlds, flying through space at the speed of from eighteen to a hundred miles per second than was the fanciful universe depicted in the childhood of our race. We know now of a verity that truth is stranger than fiction and that nature has caprices that art dares not imitate. We need not expect health always, nor wealth always nor peace always nor joy always for it is not life’s way. As a Southern poet has so aptly said: There never was a seashore without its drifting wreck, There never was an ocean without its moaning wave, The golden gleams of glory the summer skies that fleck Shine where dead stars are sleeping in their azure mantled grave. There never was a streamlet however crystal clear, Without some shadow resting in the ripples of its tide, Hope's brightest robes are broidered with the sable rings of fear, And she lures but dark abysses girt her path on every side. 79 The shadow of the mountain falls across the lowly plain, And the shadow of the cloudlet hangs above the mountain head, And the highest hearts and lowest wear the shadow of some pain For the smile has scarcely flitted ere the anguish tear is shed. For no eyes have there been ever without the weary tear, And those lips have not been human that have never heaved a sigh, For without the dreary winter there has never been a year, And the tempests hide their terrors in the calmest summer sky. Foi' the cradle means the crown and the crown means the grave, And the Mother’s songs scarce serves to hide the “De Pro- fundis” of the priest, You may cull the fairest roses any May day ever gave, And they wither while you wear them ere the ending of your feast. And this present life is passing, and we move amid its maze, And we grope along together half in darkness, half in light, And our hearts are often burdened with the mysteries of our ways, Which are never all in shadow and are never wholly bright. And our dim eyes seek a beacon, and our weary feet a guide, And our hearts of all life’s mysteries Seek the meaning and the key, And the “Cross” gleams o’er our pathway, On it hangs the “Crucified," And he answers all our yearnings with the whisper, “Follow me.” My Klansmen, the Past has taught us its lessons. We must do our duty in the present, that we may look to the future with hope. 80 RESPONSIBILITY OF KLANKRAFT TO THE AMERICAN BOY By the Grand Dragon of Oregon We are dealing here with ways and means of providing safe- guards and helps for the American Boy in particular, but for the boys of the world in general, for, if we succe ed in our purpo se of maki ngj:he^.a verage-.America,n -Boy -what- he ought to~"5e^ — godlike, in.,diaracter,— his influence forj-ighteousness injwprld affairs of the immediate future will sway the destiny of mankind. Our Boys' are^th^Tnasters~ol^posterit j^we must win them for this glorious course. In America we have many fraternal orders for the benefit of men and "women. These have wrought nobly in the develop- ment of the fabric of Americanism. Though the boy’s wel- fare is supremely important, since he is the leader of tomor- row, the ruler of posterity, he has been too much neglected and a lesser effort, instead of the greatest possible activity, has been made generally in his behalf. The Y. M. C. A., the Boy Scouts of America, the De Molay and various church organizations have done much, indeed, but have fallen far short of the wholesale achievement and permanent service which the growing needs of the boy require. This fact can- not be disputed, while we have in every State a so-called re- form school and houses of industry for the homeless and way- ward sons of deficient or delinquent parents. These institu- tions, in which each boy is a separate problem, are established to teach self-respect, self-reliance, and all the things which a son should leam at home, church and public school. Lacking these advantages, the State is trying, usually with crude and antiquated methods, to teach the erring young mind the practical advantage of living upon the plane of the law-abiding citizen, — to prevent boys who are the victims of a serious wrong start in life from becoming criminals. So, thousands of boys are herded in “reform” schools, where the worst teach the best all that they know of sin and crime. These places today, for the most part, are mere training-schools in vice, where the wayward boy learns bad habits and wrong ideas through constant association with vicious companions. This is a general complaint throughout the land. We should remedy the conditions which produce bad boys and bad men, 81 and we can do it. The abolition of the infamous liquor traffic was a long step toward the American ideal. We must stand by the President and the State authorities in the strict en- forcement of this beneficent law. CAUSES OF DELINQUENCY The principal causes of delinquency and degeneracy among the boys are, divorc^pbvertj-va’nd'^the-g^dless-home, Thousands of small boys are sent to the “reform" school because they have no home, often becoming lifelong depend- ents in character before they are old enough to think straight, or to make their own living. The lack of provision for these innocents is a crying shame and disgrace throughout the na- tion. The Klans of Oregon, I am happy to report, recently voted in the Klorero to donate approximately fifty thousand dollars for the building of a children’s farm home, thus help- ing substantially in a splendid cause. Many homeless small boys in Oregon have been sent to the reform school, not be- cause of any delinquency, but because there was no other place to send them. The lack of provision for these innocents is going to be corrected in Oregon, but this is a national problem and must be met as such. In the case of the average lad who goes wrong at an early age, the authorities should deal, in a disciplinary way, with the careless father and gadabout mother, rather than with the boy. The greatest conceivable achievement is to develop all that is goodTh'THFaverage boy; to promote by wholesale, upon a national scale, godlike character in the rising genera- tion of boys. Our public schools can give far greater help, with proper improvements, — help beyond calculation, in the reclamation of deficient boys, and in the mental and spiritual development of the normal ones. Scientific mental tests, now being estab- lished, show startling facts concerning the relation of intelli- gency to misdemeanor. The scientists declare that when the accuracy of such tests is demonstrated, and removed from the trial stage, the present methods of treating sin and crime will be revolutionized completely. PUNISHMENT USELESS Few boys who are committed to a reform school possess the ability to think straight. They require kindly, sympathetic 82 study of their derangement. To punish such children is both useless and unpardonable. Every such institution should estab- lish psychopathic treatment for mental disorder, and a psycho- pathic treatment should begin in the public school. In the solution of this great problem, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan can help, enormously. This is a co-operative, spiritual movement for the betterment of all Americans, and for the boys of our Nation in particular. We can make the Klan a mighty educational force, demonstrating that “Mind is the master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought and, shaping what he will, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills — He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass; Environment is but his looking-glass.” Le^ us, then, never blame environment, fo r con ditions, can be changed by the^wersT)f"tIiF'mihdln~earch individual case. The^_gxeat :need-is'for-men andrboy& : to'Think straight, and to harmonize their lives with the natural and spiritual laws. “As a man thinketh in his heartrso’ is heT” This aphorism embraces the whole of man’s being. It reaches every condi- tion and all circumstances of life. Every act springs from the hidden seed of thought. Every habit is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits. About twenty years ago the Imperial Valley of Southern California, now a veritable garden of Eden, was a bare waste of sand and silt, without vegetation of any kind. An engineer saw the possibilities of the rich sediment which had been deposited there through the ages and irrigation from the Colorado river was the result. The agricultural miracle was developed speedily, but with it came the weeds, the tares and the thistles. It required a major effort of science to overcome these pests and to conquer the insects and other destroyers which threatened the life and prosperity of the great Valley. Science was triumphant and today the Imperial Valley is the breadbasket of Southern California. As with plants, so it is with the human species, also afflicted with “weeds” and pests, winch poison and starve the springs of the mind and dwarf the godlike qualities before they get a chance to unfold. The mightiest efforts of science today should be exerted in behalf 83 V of the children, and if the Klan will throw all of its resources and influences into a nation-wide crusade for the betterment of boys and girls, it will earn thereby the admiration and esteem of mankind. “If one endure in purity of thought, joy follows him as his own shadow — sure.” Wrong thinking develops negative qualities and conditions — disease, sin, shame, failure and death. The crying needs of the American boy, the sacred duty of every Klansman to protect and help them, are self-apparent to all and require no argument. It remains now for us to undertake the constructive task of providing a practical safe- guard and dependable help for our boys, and through them, for all the boys in America and the world. If we provide this service for boys, the benefits and blessings will be shared by the girls, for obvious reasons. It will be a double blessing, developing into greater and manifold blessings throughout the future. BOY’S AUXILIARY SUGGESTED It is with, confidence in the sound common-sense of the Klan executives,,, in their humanity and -wisdom, that I seriously and solemnly propo se t he organization , wi thout delay, of a great Klan Auxiliary exclusively for the benefit of our Protes- tant boys. Many titles for such an order will be suggested. ToTegin with, let us consider the Junior Order of the Ku Klux Klan, Knights of the Invisible Empire. This auxiliary, which can be made the medium for vast and enduring good, should admit lads ranging in age from twelve to eighteen years. It can provide the training which all boys need through those critical and trying years of boyhood, — bridging the gap of five or six in their lives, until they are eligible to the adult Klan. Think of the noble things that can be done for the boys through such an auxiliary, for the ones who need most the constructive and kindly service which I have in mind. They will be constrained to learn for themselves the secrets of life, the laws of thought and being which are involved in the development of noble and godlike character. T he main, ob jectj)fJ:h&fioys!^uxiliary^.hpuld J^jt.he^erip.us work of character building through right thinking, by jways a n d ~m ea n s~of ' kl a n ni sh n es s which'' vfi]Tappeal--mastI.s"trQnglx. 84 tn j- he_- hnjd&h T heart. The best brains of the Klan should be applied immediately to the pleasurable task of devising the ritual and lodge-work for the youngsters, and in doing this we must put ourselves in the average boy’s place, mentally and spiritually, just as Booth Tarkington does in his wonder- ful stories of American boyhood. This idea of a boys’ auxiliary is yet in the realm of thought, but it long has appealed to me so strongly, after contempla- tion of the growing needs of our youth and of the manifold blessings that surely would accrue to all concerned in the movement, that I cannot conceive of a negative decision on this proposal APPEALS TO THE AMERICAN BOY The Klan idea will appeal with resistless force to the ima- gination and the heart of the average Protestant boy, to whom the Klansman, let us hope, is a true hero — the incarnation of all manly virtues,_a. knight “without feajr_and_. without re- proach.”- The Klan boys’ auxiliary, therefore, speedily would become the greatest order for boys, numerically and other- wise, in all America or the world. The first million members would be easy to enroll, and the millions to follow could be selected as rapidly as facilities would allow. They are by every reason entitled to have an auxiliary to the Klan. We seriously neglect and wrong them by failure to provide it. It would not matter whether the boy’s father or mother is connected with the Klan movement. If not, the boy in his Klan could soon interest them and win for his benefactor their highest esteem. The membership should be composed of boys bom of Protestant parents, and at the graduating age of eighteen, the lad would come into the senior Klan. The auxil- iary should be easy of ingress for the poor boy, and every Klansman in prosperous circumstances should wdn for himself the blessing of donating memberships for as many poor boys as his means would allow. The glory of a Klansman is to serve, and this would provide an unexampled opportunity. Think of the service which a million enthusiastic boys could give in all kinds of civic betterment work ! They would be at all times the eyes and ears of the great Klan, its shield and buckler on many occasions, and they could co-operate in many ways with the Women of the Ku Klux Klan and with other constructive Protestant orders. 85 LESSONS FOR BOYS / Through this auxiliary our boys can be taught that man is made or unmade by himself; that in the armory of thought he forges the weapons with which he develops or destroys himself. He will learn that usefulness is the only true test of manhood; that wealth without honor is dross and disgrace; that all honest toil is honorable; that mental or physical idle- ness is a crime; that the universe is governed by a supreme being of infinite love, and that success in life is impossible without obedience to the natural and spiritual laws, without harmony with God. Through this auxiliary he will learn how to build for himself the “heavenly mansions” of joy and strength and peace. He will learn how to make right choice and a true application of thought in his everyday affairs. He will learn that he himself is the master of thought — the greatest force in the world, — the moulder of character, the maker and shaper of conditions, environment and destiny. Through the inspiring influence of such an auxiliary, every boy can become Lord of his own thoughts, holding the golden key to every situation that may develop in his life. Every boy, once aroused by the right motives, can be devel- oped into a being of power, intelligence and love; and, if neg- lected, or abused, he can be debased to the level of the beasts and become an outcast before he attains his majority. Every boy’s heart or soul is a treasure-house beyond price, holding gifts far more precious than the greatest mines of gold or diamonds. The Klan auxiliary which we consider today would mine and develop the soul of the boy, acquainting him with every truth connected with his being. He would learn that he is the maker of his own character, the moulder of his owm life, the builder of his own destiny, and that if he would control and alter his thoughts, tracing their effect upon him- self, and upon others, and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation, and utiliizing his experience in everyday life, he would obtain that knowledge of himself which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power. The auxiliary through which we could assure the boy such manifold benefits would become at once a veritable tem- ple of knowledge and a radiant center of constructive good. Incidentally, as part of the educational benefits of the Klan auxiliary, it could establish and maintain, co-operatively, a 86 first-class correspondence school for working boys, reducing the cost to almost nothing, and making every lodge a dissemi- nating class center. In the same manner a great circulating library could be established, with far-reaching results. The diffusion of knowledge, under intelligent direction, would bring showers of blessing. It would develop incipient genius and arouse juvenile ambition for progress. Prosperous lodges of the boys’ auxiliary could award free scholarships annually in college or special schools for a number of the most deserv- ing members. The discovery and development of one great genius, — and there are many among our boys, now sadly neg- lected — would repay richly all the effort and all the cost of the whole movement. HARMONY WITH PROTESTANTISM Surely this is a cause that will awaken the right spirit in every man of worth and in every boy who understands the primary facts of life! It is a movement in absolute harmony with the true spirit of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and with evangelical Protestantism. It will arouse the noblest motives in the consciousness of the Klansmen, and it will win for us the cohesion and public support now T so greatly lacking. Everybody is ready to help make better boys, if shown the way to do it, and the Klan auxiliary is the right way. It will be easy to arouse the Klannish spirit among the boys, for they are natural-born Klansmen, all of them. We can say to them, as to ourselves : “You will be what you will be, Let failure find its false content, In that poor word, Environment — But Spirit scorns it, and is free. “It masters Time, it conquers Space; It cows that boastful trickster, Chance; And bids the tyrant, Circumstances, Uncrown, And fill a Servant’s place. “The Human Will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless Soul, Can hew a way to any goal, Though walls of granite intervene, “Be not impatient in delay, But w T ait as one who understands ; When spirit rises and commands, The gods are ready to obey.” 87 The Boys’ auxiliary will practice ways and means of con- straining every boy to think straight and right, and to under- stand himself and others. Consider the immediate effect of such thought upon the boy’s health and body. Clean thoughts make clean habits. The average boy’s mind is like a plate of putty, in which impressions easily are made. It is easy to direct and persuade him to think right, once he has assumed the right mental attitude. The next step is to link his thought and his wish with purpose, not allowing him to drift upon the ocean of life. Most boys are victims to the vice of aimlessness throughout the years of adolescence, continuing without set purpose, like a rudderless ship, far into the period of early manhood. By linking clean and constructive thought with noble purpose, early in life, they will be able to steer clear of catastrophe and destruction, and this should be the suggestive work of the great auxiliary to the Klan. By this means the reform schools ultimately can be emptied and closed and the crop of criminals can be reduced to an unheard-of minimum. Every boy can be inspired to have a definite central purpose in life, so that he will not fall a prey to temptation and weak- ness. The Klan can provide a centralizing point for the boy’s thoughts, and in many ways invoke his best mental efforts. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Thus we can help our boys to conquer doubt and fear, — the great enemies of knowledge and success, and he who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. Thought, allied fearlessly to purpose, becomes creative force; he who knows this is ready to become something higher and stronger than a mere bundle of wavering thoughts and fluctua- ting sensations; he who does this because the conscious and intelligent wielder of his mental powers, which are a part of the Infinite Mind. In numberless ways, the boys’ auxiliary can be made a tower of strength to the Klan and the Protestant Cause. It remains only for us to authorize, visualize and establish the movement, providing intelligently the machinery of organization . My idea is that the provisional work should be done without delay, under the direct supervision of the Grand Dragon in each Realm, and that a national convention, with boys as delegates, should be called to meet at Denver, Colo., at the end of the first six-months after the start of the organization. By that 88 time we should have at least 100,000 boys enrolled, well-learned in the Ritual and the ways of their Klavem. National of- ficers, all boys, should be elected at that time by the electoral college system of proportional representation, and also a Cabi- net of national and Realm advisers. I insist that it is the highest duty of Klansmen, and the fin- est phase of Klankraft, to do everything that is right and practicable for the betterment of the boys, and through them, ennoble and bless the entire manhood and boyhood of our Nation and of all the world. A TRIBUTE AND CHALLENGE TO AMERICAN WOMEN By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Arkansas The very mentioning of the word “Woman” always arrests the attention of every true man at once. Whatever else the human heart may forget in the rough experiences of life, it cannot forget it’s mother. “That sacred word is ne’er forgot, No matter where we roam; The deepest feelings of the heart Still cluster ’round our home.” Of all human appellations, the tenderest, the most endear- ing, inspiring, and enobling are mother, sister, sweetheart, wife and daughter. Some of the noblest lines in all the best literature are trib- utes which great men of the world have paid to their mothers and wives. It is said that ancient Greece and Rome boasted of fond mothers, who nobly trained their sons to the service of their country. Napoleon Bonaparte, as he looked into the secret of his impending Waterloo said, “The great need of France is not men, but mothers.” The strange wnerd Mohammed said, “An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.” Is it too common-place to quote the familiar tribute of the immortal Lincoln to his mother, “All that I am, all that I hope to be, I owe to my sainted mother.” Was it not John 89 Randolph of Virginia, who said that when he tried to become an infidel he was always intercepted by the memory of his mother’s hand upon his head, and her loving, trustful voice, as she taught him to pray “Our Father who art in Heaven.” When the eloquent S. S. Prentiss was elected to Congress, Mrs. Judge Prebble said to him, “I have been very anxious to meet your mother since your election to Congress in order to congratulate her on having such a son.” But he bowed very low and said, “Madam, you should congratulate the son on having such a mother.” Can we ever forget the tribute President Garfield paid to his mother at his inauguration ? When he had taken the oath of office, and was proclaimed President of the United States, he turned to his grand old mother, who was sitting near him, planted a kiss upon her lips, and said that all the honor was due her? Throughout the old Testament, and all history, great women now and then have forced themselves into prominence, despite the ignorance, prejudice, and superstition which relegated them to the realm of the unnoticed. But it remained for Him, who turned the world upside down, to discover woman, and start her on the upward road, which has culminated in her present day emancipation in America. WORK FOR CHRISTIANITY Much has been said about what Christianity has done for women, many books have been written, on this enchanting theme, but it remains for some great pen to fully tell the story of what women have done for Christianity. Through the ele- vation and inspiration which Christianity has given women, they have functioned for the benefits of society in all the realms of life. Because of the Mariolatry of the Roman Catholic Church, the name of Mary, the mother of Jesus, has almost been a for- bidden theme in Protestant pulpits. But under the present pro- cess of ridding America of Catholic ideas, the true evaluation of the mother of our Lord will take place. The women of the new Testament form a circle of repre- sentative women, and are prophetic of the evolution of senti- ment and judgment which we witness today. The process of working of the leaven has been slow but sure. 90 Glance at the group: the Marys, Elizabeths, Anne, the daughters of Philip, who prophesied, that group which form- ed the first ladies aid association, and ministered to Jesus, Priscilla, who w T as a part of the faculty of the first theological seminary, Phoebe, Dorcas, and all the rest. Jesus called these out, even in the day in which He lived, and they stood out, and it was impossible to keep them down. These, indeed, as I have said, were representative women in the highest sense. What Jesus said to Dorcas, Christianity has been saying to women ever since — “What hast thou in thy hand?” This quiet modest well-to-do widow said, “I have a needle in my hand,” and He said, “What will you do with it?” She said, “I will consecrate it to Jesus.” And from the shining example of this modest widow of Joppa has come forth all the women’s societies, guilds and clubs, down through history. Jesus is saying today “Woman, what hast thou in thy hand?” No longer will man say that in the hand of woman rests the necessity of rocking a cradle only. She has within her hand the power to rule the world. But I must leave this inviting field, and fix your minds on American women. In the cabin of the Mayflower, the compact of self-govern- ment set forth was as much an interpretation of those noble women as it was the forty-one men who signed it. SHAPE AMERICA’S DESTINY The American woman has had as much to do with the shap- ing of the destiny of America, as the American man. The same desires, which burned in the hearts of the Pilgrim fathers for a place to worship God without interference, burned in the hearts of the Pilgrim mothers. The burden of rearing children and bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord in a free and independent country was upon the heart of the mother, more than it was upon the heart of the father. They were not only help-meets, but help-mates to their hus- bands. Their holy hands helped to build out of these forrests, homes, churches and schools. In times of peace, she has shared the glow and glory of the fire-side. In times of war she “stayed by the stuff.” A noble woman is the embodiment of loyalty and love. She will stand 91 by her husband right and wrong. She shares both sorrows and joys. In sunshine she is vine and flower. In storm she is rock and oak. As go the women, so goes the world. They are the Goddesses of Liberty, enlightening the world. In the pioneer days of American history, the Pilgrim moth- ers not only endured the hardships of the Pilgrim fathers, but what was a greater burden, they had to endure the Pilgrim fathers. American women are the uncrowned partners of American men. In modern times they have taken their places in the thick of the fight, and ministered to the bodies and spirits of the soldiers in the trenches. The time has come when women can no more be limited to home activities. They must, and will, take their places in the broad activities of national life. In literature, in art, in music, and in the varied professions, women who have elected to excel in any of these lines have demonstrated their ability to stand shoulder to shoulder with men. WOMEN AND THE STATE The exercise of women’s rights in the affairs of State is inevitable. The women’s day is here. The right to vote carries with it the obligation to vote. The power of the ballot now granted to women is a challenge to our real one hundred per cent. American women to join the men of the nation in laying the axe of the ballot at the root of every American tree, which does not bring forth American fruit. Ponder these statistics; in 1920 there were 54,421,823 men and women in this country entitled to vote in the Presidental election. Only 26,705,246 voted. When you reflect that we punish crime by disfranchising people, somebody is guilty of the crime of disfranchising themselves. Who is asleep at the post? There are many great organizations among women; local, state, and national in their scope; but it remained for the Women of the Ku Klux Klan to set up and set forth the only organization known to women, in which only one hundred per- cent. American Protestant white women can function. Gentlemen, out of a heart filled and thrilled with tenderest recollections of a mother’s solicitude, and love, and out of the constant inspiration of a wife’s undying affections, I have 92 offered these remarks as a simple tribute of my own heart, and a challenge to the women of America to arise and claim their rights and take their places alongside of the one hundred percent American men in their stride across history to restate, and reinstate, great American principles in this, our God- given Country. THE KLAN AND THE PRESS By the Editor Imperial Night Hawk. The press of the country has, more than any one agency, increased the membership of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to what it is today. From the press the Klan has received gratis, and is still receiving daily, advertisement that is worth millions in cold cash. Never have the newspapers seeking to do men or a move- ment an evil turn so completely, and to their own astonish- ment, done a good one. Never in history have shrewd new s- paper writers and editors so materially misjudged the e ff ect of sc i entific publ idtvw*ver shot their mark, and where j;h ey •"s ought to destroy merely build-up and where, they tr ied to annihilate cr eate a firmer foundation. In the whole history of newspaper campaigns never was the effect of one so badly misjudged, by men who ought to know better, than was the attack upon the Klan launched by the New York World and the Hearst newspapers. The great presses in a hundred daily newspaper offices thundered viciously as they ground out their tirades and dis- charged their verbal broadsides against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In every city and in every hamlet of America men, women and children read of this great fraternal order about which under normal circumstances they would have heard but little and to whose principles they would have other- wise given scant consideration or attention. Traitors to the Klan became penny a liners. Klan copy was hard to get. When facts gave out then fiction had to serve. The Klan oath was published broadcast by the million copies and carried its patri- otic appeal to the average red blooded American. Oceans of ink, car loads of news print, hours of time were devoted to an excoriation of an order about which the writers knew little but which had, thanks to the newspapers themselves, become the biggest story since the war. 93 THE “MAKING” OF NEWS Now every newspaper man knows that various newspapers “make” their own stories. In every newspaper office are bright and alert young men looking for anything unusual which they think may spur the cloyed and jaded news palate of the public. A millionaire oil man was killed by his mistress in a little Oklahoma town. A sordid enough crime, dirty in its details, but news was slack just then and the great Chicago Tribune jumped on this and “made” the story. They hired special trains, employed expert detectives and turned loose star re- porters to trace the murderess. Not because they had any wish to see justice done but merely because it was “hot stuff” and their own exclusive story. Other newspapers followed suit. They had to, in order to hold their readers and keep pace with the strenuous competition. So unhappy little Clara Hammond for weeks took up the front pages of every news- paper in the country merely because the Chicago Tribune had decreed that her wretched story was human interest stuff and a good exclusive reading. Similarly the New York World looking around for a sensa- tion determined to squelch the Klan, pin a feather in its journalistic bonnet and incidentally crow over the rest of the newspaper world “We did it. We killed a bear.” There were two ways open to attack the Klan from a news- paper stand point, really three of them. The first was open and vehement attack, the second ridicule and the third utter disregard. The first was the best way to get subscribers from among Klansmen and anti-Klansmen alike, because you know that many a Klansman reads the anti-Klan sheets just to see what they are going to say next about their order and the leaders of it. The second course, ridicule, would perhaps have proved the more deadly. The third course would have been more harmful still but dignified silence gets a newspaper nowhere. Newspapers are not altruistic institutions. The voracious maw of a sensation seeking public must be filled with choice thrillers else the counting house downstairs will suffer. And the busi- ness office is the solar plexus of the modem day sheet, the most vulnerable spot for a knock out. 94 THE WORLD’S ATTACK So the World determined to eliminate the Klan by the direct action route. Into the journalistic sewers they dived. Printed stolen letters. Bribed traitors. Yelled treason to high heaven. Turned loose a flood of abuse which in its very volume was terrifying not alone to Klansmen but to Protestant Americans as well. In order to do a good job the World syndicated their Klan expose. Sold it where they could to papers in all parts of the country. Practically gave the stuff aw r ay when they could not get their own price. The yellow hounds of Hearst joined their yapping to the chorus and from coast to coast the favorite indoor pastime for hack writers and special assignment men was “kussing” the Klan. THEY OVERDID IT When the smoke cleared away and the poison gas had risen sufficiently for the World and Hearst to judge the effect of their tremendous broadside they got the surprise of their lives. They had overdone the thing. They had made the Klan appear in the light of a martyr in the eyes of an American public which in every battle or contest demands fair play. Protestant Gentile Americans had smelt a rat. They won- dered what was back of all this opposition led by newspapers notoriously controlled by Jewish and Catholic influences. They I started to investigate and concluded when all was said and done that the Klan was an American institution after all and that it had come out of the fire unscathed. On the very blanks for application printed as horrible examples of Klan activities in the newspaper exposes and tom from their printed columns came requests for membership to Atlanta. ^Thousands of loyal men eager for their countries good and set )irm against un-American influences joined this great order of ours. To their utter astonishment the newspapers found that they had made us instead of breaking us. That their vicious advertise- ment had given us an impetus which cannot be gainsaid. That they were hoist with their own petard. And the sad part about it to them was that what was written stayed writ and could not be erased. What they had done could not be undone^ Too late many of them essayed the second course, that of ridicule. They tried to kid us about bed sheets and pillow cases. They jollied us about queer sounding titles. They 95 cartooned us and lampooned us. But too many people had seriously studied the Klan by that time and the fledgling order which weathered the first astounding storm of printers ink had by this time become a moving vital force in American life public and private. SOME TIRE OF FIGHT Just at present the press of the nation seems to have no fixed plan of campaign against the Klan. Individual Jews or Catholics owning and controlling newspapers of course con- tinue their rancorous attacks more locally than nationally. Many newspapers however have got sick and tired of beating their wings against an invisible force and fighting a phantom foe. Some editors honestly admit that they were wrong in their first adverse impression of the Klan. Down in the Southwest a great newspaper which printed the World Klan expose, and later lost half a dozen elections fighting the Klan, has gracefully retired from the arena weakened by the loss of 50,000 subscribers which it is attempting to win back by means of every circulation getting dodge known to experts in this line. This newspaper which a year ago would not knowingly give a Klansman a job is now eager to get them believing that their presence on their pay roll will help counter- act the faux pas of their editors. In other states, too, the daily press in spots evidences an attitude of “laying off” the Klan. Circulation has been im- paired where Klansmen are numerous and in particular have the dailies with great circulations in the rural districts felt the pinch in this respect. The Klan has of course never boy- cotted any newspapers whatever they may have said or how- ever vicious they may have been. It has just been that the individual Klansmen has got tired of reading at his breakfast or supper table, newspapers which consistently brand him either as a knave or a fool. At first it w 7 as interesting, but “too much is enough.” CO-OPERATION NEEDED It is my belief that the time is ripe for a closer co-operation between newspapers the country over and the Klan. Even on out and out anti Klan newspapers men will be found, many in responsible positions, who believe in the things that the Klan stands for. These men I believe should be given an opportunity 96 to join with us. They should prove the leaven which should liven the whole. I believe that where possible members of the local Klans should go to their newspaper editors, where they are Protestants and Gentile, and have personal heart to heart talks with them and explain the principles of the Klan. Tell what we stand for and what we are trying to do. These editors should be seen, I believe, even though they have in their columns opposed us. Editors pride themselves of giving every person a square deal. They can be approached on this basis and asked if they will in a spirit of fair play publish something about the Klan’s side of the argument. Many of them went off “half cocked” at the time of the general news- paper assault on the Klan and have since been branded as irreconcilable enemies to us but no attempt has been made to turn them into friends. A true newspaperman will not betray your confidence. If Klansmen go to him and frankly discuss the Klan with him, asking that their identity be kept secret, in ninety-nine cases out of one hundred their request will be scrupulously regarded. It is very true that in other walks of life men who a year or so ago were our bitter enemies are today our strongest friends and supporters. Like Saul of Tarsus they persecuted because they had not yet seen the light. If these friends can be won, why not some of our news- paper editors, who are by a big majority men of high ideals and patriotism. SHOULD AID KLAN WEEKLIES I cannot close without referring to Klan weeklies of this country. Lacking articulate expression through the columns of the daily press loyal Klansmen in all parts of the country have started weekly papers or magazines devoted to the prin- ciples of the Klan. Mostly these papers were started on a shoe string by some man who is devoting his time and energy and in many instances risking his worldly possessions in an effort to make a Klan paper go and give the Klan a medium of expressing itself to the public. There are about forty such publications now existent. A few of them, I am afraid, fail to accomplish much good. They fall into the error of being vicious and place the Klan in the same attitude as its enemies since they are regarded as the mouthpiece of the order. One or two of these papers in some instances have filled their col- umns with vulgar personal abuse of Jews and Catholics gen- 97 erally and individually for no special cause. A few of their editors waste no time in preparing constructive articles since it is much easier to stick their pens in the vitriol bottle and anathemize everyone who does not think precisely as they do. It is my belief that the Klans should co-operate more with these ■"Klan weeklies. The Exalted Gyclops and other leaders in the local Klan should take a more active hand in aiding to effec- tually_shape their policies. And besides this advice the laborer is worthy of his hire. Klansmen should aid these weeklies, Heaven knows they need it badly enough. Their editors are in the open. Hardly a week passes but what one of them is sued, threatened or physically attacked. They have a rough time of it for the most part and they should be rewarded by being given advertising by the local Klans and by local Klansmen and by having Klansmen subscribe for them. They are entitled to help of a material nature. A newspaper cannot be run on hot air. HOW TO OPERATE A MODEL REALM By the Grand Dragon of Alabama I am submitting a brief outline of how to operate a model realm, touching on the various subjects but not going into full detail as to their mode of operation. In the beginning I want to impress the idea that the Grand Dragon of a Realm is, in reality, a Wizard of his Realm, be- cause it is to him th at all Klansmen in h is realm must look to for guidance. And this naturally leads to the one sequence, namely; the pulse of the Realm beats in the office of the Grand Dragon, and as moves the Grand Dragon it so follows, like the night the day, so move the Klansmen jofjiis. Realm. THE GREAT TITANS I am not going to discuss the duty of the Great Titan, but want to impress a very important factor in appointing or nam- ing Great Titans. He is the represent ative— of— the- Grand Dragon for his_ respective. Pro vince_and s hould be a Klansman imwhom you can place explicit confidence and, who will~at a ll times keep within the due bounds jofjiis office but always ready and .willing ..to. either counsel with the Grand Dragon or to carry out his orders. He should not be a Klansman who, after a period of service, will believe that he is more important than 98 the Grand Dragon, or will try to assume any of his authority. He must absolutely be a Klansman that will not run contrary to the wishes or orders of the Grand Dragon because he is all- powered in his Province and naturally can cause the Grand Dragon a great deal of trouble and embarrassment, therefore, be sure you are naming the right man for a Great Titan. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A complete accounting system should be carried on in the office of the Grand Dragon in order that he may not only be in position to account for all funds at any time, but that he will have a permanent record of the financial transactions of his Realm. A few accounting classifications, follow: 1. Cash account covering Imperial Taxes. This should be balanced with the ledger account carried with each Klan showing the Klectokon and Imperial Tax as cov- ered under the quarterly reports. 2. There should be a cash account on robe orders. But it is not necessary to carry a detailed ledger account of this item. 3. Cash account for supplies. This should be balanced with an itemized ledger account with each Klan. 4. If the Grand Dragon is handling propagation work he should carry a King Kleagle’s cash account to be bal- anced with itemized ledger accounts for each of his organizers. 5. Cash account for each Province covering provincial taxes to be balanced by an itemized ledger account with each Klan as show T n by their quarterly reports. The Province fund should be carried in a separate account. I recommend that the checks' be signed by the Grand Dragon and countersigned by the Great Titan. This lets the Klansmen of the Province know that they control the funds of their province. 6. Cash account covering funds received from the Impe- rial Palace due the office of the Grand Dragon covering Imperial Taxes. Against this account should be carried salary of the Grand Dragon and all operating expenses of his office. 99 7. Cash account covering Grand Dragon consignment account on supplies. This account covers supplies received by the office of the Grand Dragon from the Imperial Palace and is credited with remittances for supplies sold. BULLETINS FOR REALMS There should be issued semi-monthly bulletins from the office of the Grand Dragon, preferably on the first and fif- teenth day of each month. These bulletins should carry mat- ters of information and instructions for the Klansmen through- out the Realm. Likewise these bulletins should have included with them, Imperial proclamations, decrees, edicts, and other matters coming from the Imperial Palace. These bulletins should be neatly gotten up and thoroughly impressed upon the minds of all Kligrapps that they should be read at the meeting following receipt of the same. General constructive programs can be earned out in these bulletins, because in real- ity they are the official mouthpiece of the Grand Dragon where- by he can speak to all the Klansmen of his Realm. It is through these bulletins that you mold the minds and fix the sentiment of the Klansmen throughout your Realm, because there are so many important matters arising that your klansmen are eagerly awaiting to learn the facts and it is here that you give them all the same explanation and create the one and same thought. OFFICIAL ORGAN NEEDED Every realm should have an official organ or publication which should be published either weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly. This publication, although not necessarily owned or published by the Grand Dragon, should be under his entire control and complete censorship. He should edit every article that is placed in this publication. Therefore, before he allows this publication to become the official State organ, he should take such legal steps as to place it under his domination and control, consequently he should be very careful in selecting such a publication. The official publication is a means whereby the Grand Dragon can speak to all the Klansmen of his Realm, but in addition thereto, it helps to mould the minds and senti- ment of the public at large, as you will find there are thousands who are not Klansmen but are eagerly waiting for the paper to come off the press. Likewise it is another means whereby your klansmen who are engaged in business may advertise and let their fellow-klansmen know wljo they are and where they may be found. It is one of the greatest aids in building up and teaching the practice of vocational Klannishness which is, in my opinion, one of the foremost principles of Klankraft. COMMUNICATIONS IMPORTANT This is a very important matter and one that should ever be borne in mind. You should establish a rule that all letters or communications shall be answered on the day on which they are received. This creates in the minds of your Klansmen a strong point of co-operation, because they are continually writing for information or assistance and to get an immediate reply lets them know that you have them at heart and that you are answering the call of a Klansmen. It is one way that you let Klansmen in your Realm know that you are on the job and looking after their affairs. SERVICE MEN VALUABLE These are the Klansmen to whom you owe a world of credit. They are your personal representatives; their duties are to visit Klans, instruct them in Kloranic work and to aid and advise them generally in all matters on which they need assis- tance. It is through these representatives that you carry your own spirit to the very heart of the Klan itself and they learn to know and love you even though they never have seen you. PUBLIC EVENTS Klansmen throughout your realm should be encouraged in holding public events as often as possible. Although staged by a particular Klan you should see that all surrounding Klans come and join in on this occasion as it allows neighboring Klansmen to become acquainted and moulds a warmer fellow- ship among your Klansmen. It is advisable to have your ser- vice men present and aid in making the arrangements for these public events. The Grand Dragon himself should make it a point to be present on these public occasions unless pro- vidence prevents. In conclusion let me say that because you are Grand Dragon of a realm and although your honorable title places you on high, do not feel that you are sitting on a throne too high to 101 come down and shake hands with the humblest Klansmen in your Realm. Therefore, as you are building up a machine of assistance and co-operation, you should not lose sight of the fact that you should likewise create a good fellowship of love and devotion and this can only be attained by your personally meeting with your fellow Klansmen and let them know that there is no event that can be held in your realm in which you will not don your robe and personally participate. You should be ever ready to go and at their call you should answer, ever bearing in mind the true sacrifice of every Klansman, — Non Silba Sed Anthar. HOW TO OPERATE A MODEL PROVINCE By Great Titan of the Realm of Oklahoma How to operate a model Province, being the subject assigned to me, my first effort is to endeavor to interpret a correct defi- nition of the subject, which is, to my mind: How to best ac- complish the ideal, most effective results in accord with reason. There being no model Province, the first thing confronting us is the task of creating one. This will require: First : A comprehensive knowledge of the provincial terri- tory; the preliminary work should include an exhaustive, ac- curate survey, to determine: (a) Population, (b) Races, (c) Occupation, (d) Religions, (e) Political Party Allegiance. Second: A careful study of the number and location of Klans, to see if: (a) Some should be consolidated, (b) Some should be divid- ed, (c) If convenience and efficiency are being best served. Third: Institute a campaign of education, in the ideals and purposes of the order: (a) Primary emphasis should be laid upon the importance of being true to the Christian ideals which w r e profess — clean speech, clean living, fair dealing, etc. (b) The place of sacrifice and service in practical Klankraft, which of course, originates in the Klavem, and which w T e must promulgate to the alien world in our daily contact with it, making vital in the community the slogan, we serve and sacri- fice for the right, — Non Silba Sed Anthar. 102 MUST MAINTAIN HIGH IDEALS Fourth : Inculcate the right ideals of Klan activities : (a) Expel from the order any individual who persists in advocating or participates in any form of lawlessness. (b) Discourage or forbid all forms of cheap publicity. It lowers our order in the eyes of the alien world and gives our enemies ample material for holding us up to public ridicule. (c) Give instructions in regard to the most practical forms of political activity by appointing a political committee, of members who are well qualified to advise, not from a party standpoint, but rather who will advocate honest political poli- cies, these policies being promulgated, of course, through the Titan’s office. We may talk of ours as being a non-political organization but there is no use dodging the issue — Klansmen must of necessity go into politics sensibly. This to be done by carrying on an intensive education in patriotism, love of coun- try, and its free institutions, creating a sincere desire and un- tiring effort on the part of every member to perpetuate all of our free institutions. (d) Give instructions in ways and means of co-operation in law enforcement. This of course, can only be accomplished where the Klansmen do their duty as law-abiding citizens in serving as jurors and witnesses. (e) Give instructions in methods of moulding public opinion. (f) Have strict regulations to prevent the selfish use of the Klan by individuals. (g) Develop a plan for inter-Klan activity by forming coun- ty or district committees to promulgate Klan ideals in and out of the Klavern, and to devise methods to care for local, civic, religious, political and educational needs. ELECT HIGH TYPE OFFICERS Fifth: Administration. Impress the members with the necessity of giving careful consideration to the election of men who can best serve as officers in local Klans. (a) Do not permit the affairs of any Klan to lag — in such cases a personal visitation by the ranking province officer, or a courteous follow up system of correspondence, will in every instance revive the lagging spirits of the Klan. (b) Consider carefully plans for closer relations between local Klans, the State and National Offices. Nothing will se- 103 cure quicker response and ready, whole hearted co-operation from local Klans than to convince them of the sincere interest of the Province Officers in their local affairs. (c) Develop a three hundred and sixty five day in the year compaign for increasing membership, with petitions of honor- able, true, native born, American citizens — to which should be added special efforts from time to time in the holding of semi- public naturalizations — and the giving of worth while prizes to members securing the greatest number of petitions in a given time. Members should be impressed however, with the fact that a membership contest does not contemplate merely the number of petitions, but the quality of the applicants. (d) Do not permit organizers in the province whose con- ception of our movement is “God give us men at ten dollars per,” or men who will post date a check for the amount. (e) Do not permit any speaker to go before a Klan who is not qualified intellectually and morally to speak upon the ideals of the order. This means local Klans should be discouraged insofar as possible from engaging speakers at random. MUST ESTABLISH GOAL Fifth : Have a goal, and know where you are trying to go. (a) Seek to unify all antagonistic forces within the Klan, and in the Province — that is, labor and capital, Democrats and Republicans, by a continued insistence on the practice of so- cial and vocational klannishness. Our estimate of each other as Klansmen is not formed by the texture of garment worn, nor by the position held in the social, educational, political or financial spheres of the world’s society, but in the qualities of the heart and mind and soul. The practice of vocational Klan- nishness is a welder of community interests, and the practice of this fundamental of our order cannot be too strongly stressed. (b) Stimulate by all means the spirit of co-operation by exemplifying your sincere desire to co-operate. (c) Develop by all means that larger Klan consciousness, so that every Klansman in the most remote corner of your Pro- vince will think in terms of our nation wide task, — by giving direct information in bulletins of the worth while things being accomplished by Klansmen throughout the Realm of the Invisible Empire. 104 THE GRAND DRAGON AND HIS OPERATIONS By the Grand Dragon of Texas. A brief summary of the powers and perogatives of the Grand Dragon, to properly understand his peculiar relation to the order, is necessary to an intelligent appraisement of them. The Grand Dragon is named, or removed by the Imperial Wizard, but his duties are prescribed by the Constitution and Laws of the Order. He nominates the Grand Officers of his Realm and other officers elected by the Klorero and ratifies its acts. He outlines the boundaries of the Provinces of his Realm. He is the presiding officer of the Realm Klorero. He should convene the Great Titans of the Realm at regular periods to discuss the condition of the Order within the Realm. He desig- nates the location of the new Klans organized within its juris- diction. He may grant dispensation to ballot a candidate under certain conditions. The by-laws of all Klans within his realm must be approved by him before they become effective. He may re-open, for cause, a suspended or revoked charter and he may extend, on proper showing, the time of forfeiture or sus- pension of the charter of a Klan. He shall receive and pass upon all appeals from decisions of lower jurisdictions. He nominates the Grand Tribunal to review charges and must notify Klans in his jurisdiction of all banishments from the Invisible Empire. Finally, he is responsible for the well-being of the Invisible Empire, and all Klansmen within his realm. OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE ONE From this it can be seen that his duties are extremely re- sponsible and arduous if properly performed, and his opportuni- ties for good or evil manifold. Granting ability and honesty of purpose in a Grand Dragon there are duties far above the mere executive routine by which a Grand Dragon may prove himself worthy of the high honor and confidence reposed in him. The purposes of our great order require the manifestations of patriotism, humanity, justice and charity combined with an unswerving loyalty to the Constitution of the United States and to American ideals in their true sense, together with an effort looking to the upholding of all Constitutional law and authority derived therefrom. Protection and happiness in the homes of our people through the maintenance of white suprem- 105 acy, manhood and brotherhood among its membership, and liberty, justice and fraternity among mankind together with a continued effort to relieve all oppressed and unfortunate, come within the reasonable bounds of a Grand Dragon’s logical effort. The Grand Dragon to be worthy of his office must ceaselessly strive to inculcate these undying principles, not only among the subordinate officers of his Realm, but in the Klonklaves of the Klans themselves, both by precept and exam- ple. He should never neglect an opportunity to impress and demonstrate these ideals to the hearts of men, both within the Invisible Empire and among the aliens of the outside world. A NOBLE MISSION What nobler vision or mission would any man have? What golden opportunities will unfold themselves to the man of purpose and earnest seriousness? What a rich treasure store to be found in the trials, hopes and achievements of our fore- fathers in building the structure of our government to uplift mankind spiritually, morally and mentally, and in teaching our people to revere, cherish, uphold and perpetuate these ideals? When duty beckons he must stand firmly opposed to the lowering of the Caucasian American standards through the taint of blood by racial amalgation with inferior races and the limitations of our liberty of speech, thought, and creed through the machinations of the age old enemy of human rights and freedom. With courage he must resolve to ever lead the combat against those who ceaselessly strive through treachery and guile to destroy the heritage of America for their own greedy purposes, calmly and unafraid. He must bear the brunt of vicious attacks from hidden foes striking at the purposes and ideals of the organization. He should with infinite patience smooth out any fancied wrongs and slights among Klansmen and speedily stamp out disloyalty whenever and wherever it raises its traitorous head. He should keep the scales balanced between man and measures without yielding to one or the other. He should be the guide and friend to all within the order in as far as it is humanly possible to do so. He should never clothe himself with that pomp or power which arrogates to itself superiority, yet he should ever keep in mind the dig- nity of his high office and protect its responsibilities. His ears should ever be open to the needs of worthy Klansmen, but 106 he should firmly oppose all slander and back-biting. He should ever keep in mind the principles of the order, they must be the guiding star by which he directs the course of his organization ever onward and upward. TYPE OF MEN NEEDED The duties, powers and perogatives of a Grand Dragon are so closely inter-woven with the fiber and well-being of the organization that it is exceptionally necessary that only effi- cient and trust- worthy men be selected for this responsibility ; men whose loyalty is unquestionable, men with vision, who will labor and not grow weary; men of courage, yet of caution, men of patience, yet of quick decision, based on clarity of view and justness, who having examined all angles of a matter and determined its rights shall pursue the right with an inflexibil- ity of purpose ever holding the good of the order as his first objective. His powers and responsibilities are both great, let him therefore, so live and act that when he has run his course he may say before all men in truthfulness, “I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith.” The writer realizing fully his personal limitations in accord- ance with the conditions outlined above has sought to outline briefly an ideal condition from his viewpoint which would re- flect the greatest credit, through men selected as Grand Dragons, to the Organization. CO-ORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND REALM OFFICERS By the Grand Dragon of Louisiana “United we stand; divided we fall.” The success of every organization is determined by its members; a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. The successful army attributes success to the confidence, harmony and co-operation in its organization. Every officer in the army is a soldier but every soldier in the army is not an officer. To be a good general is a great compliment to officer but to be a great soldier is the highest tribute to a general. Intelligence, always intelligence is necessary to successful organization. Lawg, leadership, discipline, work are essential factors. Christ the Klansman’s Kriterion is the perfect exam- 107 pie of co-ordinated effort. He volunteered to be the servant of man and thereby became the leader and Saviour of the Uni- verse. God had a plan to organize humanity for good and liberate them from evil. Finite man could not rise to the vis- ion in the Infinite God, for this reason God in Christ became man and communicated to mankind the God vision through his example in service, suffering and personal sacrifice. The cross, once the symbol of darkness and ignomy, is changed on Calvary to the symbol of light and honor. Fire, the symbol of purification, through sacrifice attracts good and loyal men; the Fiery Cross our sacred emblem is the lifting up of a Personality who said, “And I if I be lifted up will draw men unto me.” Klansmen acknowledge this drawing power and dedicating themselves to our Cause are consecrated in the light of the Holy Fire, ever devoted and bound by indissoluble bonds, “Not for self but for others.” A THREE FOLD FAITH Co-ordinated effort is only possible where there is co-ordina- tion of aims and purpose; equality of purpose will develop a three fold faith essential to co-ordinated effort: — (1) . FAITH IN _GOD. We must have an absolute faith in God, believing “God is” and He is for us, if God is for us, who can prevail against us? “The little foxes spoil the vines” and little things by irritation and worry tend to detract, cloud- ing our vision, robbing us of our best effort and depriving God of an opportunity to prove Himself to us by rewarding our faith. WE MUST HAVE FAITH IN GOD. (2) . FAIIH-JN-OUIISEL^ES^ We again have the perfect exampleUn Christ. “He was despised and rejected of men.” He suffered the extreme through the ingratitude of men. He was betrayed but not once did Christ lose faith in Himself. All the world could not deter Him or cause Him to swerve in His purpose; Christ had faith in Himself and inspired the world’s faith in Christ. “Like begets like.” If we are uncertain about ourselves we can expect others to be uncerta m about _u s. God and I are a majbntWUIi^ItfTnglT^ ego impossible, self reliance, confidence in ourselves with faith to accomplish God’s will and realize His purpose will enable us to prove God while God is proving and using us ; we have everything to gain and nothing to lose by having FAITH IN OURSELVES. 10S (3). FAITH IN EACH QTHE p r- In certain places “Christ failed to do many mighty works because of their unbelief.” Co-ordinated effort between Imperial and Realm officials is certain and sure when we believe in each other. We live in a period when it is so easy to distrust and doubt. Nations dis- trust each other, the best people in the world are losing faith in one another, homes are divided and broken up, church lead- ers are apologizing for the Truth and losing faith in Christian fundamentals ; where graciousness, appreciation and encourage- ment existed we are met with sarcasm, ridicule and condemna- tion, the phrase of the street we hear it on every side “W r hat does he get out of it?” Why should we doubt or distrust each other as we do? “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” can we trust each other? Will we trust each other? God help us to have FAITH IN EACH OTHER. MUST SERVE AND SACRIFICE Co-ordinated effort between Imperial and Realm officials, the natural sequence of a sincere consecration and devotion to the sacred principles of Klancraft, inspiring Faith in God, Faith in Ourselves, Faith in Each Other will accomplish more than legislation or edicts. It will make us better 'Klansmen, stronger in our Principles, enabling us to serve ourselves bet- ter by serving each other best. Equality of service in a united leadership will make an harmonious, united and successful membership. The Cause calls for sacrificial service on our part, “Were the wiiole realms of nature mine, That w r ere an offering far too small; A cause so amazing, so Divine Demands my soul, my life, my all.” OPERATION OF KLANKRAFT IN THE WEST By the Grand Dragon of the Realm of Wyoming Out v 7 here the west begins and men are real men from dire necessity for existence, Klankraft has a meaning as a rule far above that in congested centers. It frequently requires a day or hours for a Klansman to reach his Klavern, yet these noble men are there, absorbing all the knowiedge and experience possible for application in their daily lives. 109 Where towns are scarce and cities miles and miles apart, we find the real Klansman, studying to improve himself and how to help Klankraft as he works to maintain his family and him- self. Through our western country there is a Klansman’s con- stant effort to see that members of the Kraft are kept em- ployed and when the call for assistance comes, they are always ready with their mite and give freely and cheerfully. We are so far away from headquarters with only the meager opportunity to obtain definite knowledge of what is going on aside from the often improper statements that are made in the alien press, that the majority of our western Klansmen upon coming in contact with those supposed to know, apologize for their lack of knowledge of the situation but always wind up with expressing their confidence in their leaders and their earnest hope for the ultimate success of the cause so dear to their hearts. To their Imperial Officers they give an unbiased and un- reserved support being truly militant in thought and action. The thought is often expressed that if our Imperial Officers would move the Imperial Palace “out where the west begins” that the natural tendency of the country would iron out many of the difficulties and save them many anxious hours. We feel that every Klansman should obey the law and by thus doing our duties, lessen the burden upon others and fur- ther we feel that as this organization is one for all and all for one, that any Klansman who does not live up to the law, should be banished from the Invisible Empire without fear or favor. KLANS ARE BUILDING At the present time in the Realm of Wyoming we are or- ganizing a Finance Corporation whose primary purpose will be to assist Klansmen in the hour of need and further to assist them in building their homes and business. We are also working toward building a Klan Temple, so that the Klans of the Realm will have a permanent home. I understand that the construction of Klan Temples is being worked out over the majority of the most densely populated western territory. Most of our territory has been hard hit with the reduction in prices of both produce and labor and the re-adjustment of the nation, yet these Klansmen only ask for a little extension of time and an opportunity to pay their debts, struggling along with forces against them, within and without. no We are doing our best to direct civic activities along the right channel and have succeeded beyond our fondest hope in placing loyal American citizens in many of the public offices and they are cleaning out the dens of iniquity and lessening the manufacture of the moonshine liquor which destroys the integrity of the human race. Hundreds of men on account of their environment, who have thought little of religion heretofore, are turning strongly to Christianity, living cleaner lives and becoming better citizens. A concerted action is being put forth to have the children at- tend Sunday School and to organize clean sports and entertain- ments. Many young Klansmen who before they joined that were in the habit- of spending all their income, many times before it was earned, have changed their tactics and today are the proud possessors of a bank account and have their debts all paid. One beautiful example of the effect of Klankraft is the ac- tion of boys in their effort to assist their fathers, not only in their every day duties but their constant effort to keep the play-grounds clean, observing the rules and also the general neighborhood welfare. The respect shown their mothers and the girls by assisting them in their daily work. It is not an uncommon thing to hear a woman say “wonder what has come over John lately; he has given up moonshine and gambling and goes about looking for better things that never interested him before.” On more than one occasion requests have been made by wives to get their husbands into the Klan. WOMEN INTERESTED Our women are interested in Americanism and clean living yet there are no patriotic women’s societies of any consequence in the west except on the Pacific coast. The example set in general by our Klansmen has a far reaching effect and men who are not always in accord with our ideals, especially those in public office are taking notice of the change coming over the neighborhood in general. There is a constant effort being put forth to assist our east- ern Klansmen when they see fit to move out with us, that they may find the best employment and a constant desire to see them build better homes and receive more of life’s benefits. About the only excuse that the so called “big man” can ill offer at the present time for not becoming a member is that he is not quite ready or the fear that it will hurt his business. In addition to the Roman Catholicism, in the Realm of Utah and scattered over the west in general, we have another enemy, which is more subtile and far more cunning in carrying out his efforts against this organization. They have excellent schools, well conducted but build their church in the same yard with the school and where this is not possible use the schoolhouse itself for religious purpose, teach- ing the Latter Day Saints religion constantly in the class room, ever keeping in mind the power that is exerted on American youths, yet avoiding all external appearance of be- ing un-American. MORMONS SEEK INTER-MARRIAGE The Mormons are unlike the Catholics in marriage, seeking rather than avoiding, the inter-marriage of their women with Protestant men, thereby hoping for conversions and the concen- tration of capital into their strongholds. Let us study this sit- uation and make a decision just what is the best method to pursue. The history of Mormon political activity has always been along the line of showing favors where something was to be obtained for their personal benefit. The first marked recorded instance of this action occurred at Navoo, 111., back in 1841 when the Prophet Joseph Smith and Dr. Bennett a smooth politician, secured the Charter for the city of Navoo and the Navoo Legion, giving them military control greater than in any part of the state as though they were a separate part of the state of Illinois. They set at naught the laws of the land when the same conflict with their teachings even going so far as to practice polygamy and other things that are equally distastful to the majority of American citizens. Claiming they have a right to do so because the head of their church, according to their belief, is in direct communication with God. A case is now on trial in the state of Utah to test the law with regard to whether a candidate who has been elected to office through ecclesiastical influence can hold the office to which he 112 has been elected. Through intrigue it now looks as though the law has a good chance to be set aside in order to carry out the wishes of the heads of the Mormon church. THE ATTITUDE OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN TOWARD THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY By DR. H. W. EVANS , Imperial Wizard Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Upon no one subject is the public less informed or more in error concerning our position than that of religious tolerance. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have for their position the absolutely AmUrlcmr'bhe^of ^entire Uorerafice._o£ alL religious f ^ffhs" and“t"Ee~ completeUndepende'nce of religion from State control? ““ The right to worship God according to the dictates of one’s own conscience is necessarily one of the fundamental principles of human liberty. In the protection of this right in all its purity to the people of any country it is absolutely necessary that the state be permitted no interference in matters of religion. Troubles which past civilizations have encountered have been almost without exception of a religious nature, and the divid- ing line between religious authority and governmental author- ity has been the rock upon which these civilizations have been wrecked and relegated to history. In protecting to all the people of this country their right to absolute freedom of worship we find ourselves in the anomal- ous position of requiring religious devotees to abstain from religious meddling in matters of state for their own protection. It is an axiomatic fact that if _the_ state Jias-aio-xighUtoiriter- fere in m atters, o f. xeligio n, an d is separate and distinct there- fromT religions and religious differences*ana~cairses~must'Tiot be injeetedTnto matters of state. from -men who endeavor to use their _ church -infl uences -in- mat- ters of state^FpdliticsTUniU great Protestant Churches stamp witK“sfg tt r dis approval all efforts to embroil them in political 113 matters. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, as a Protestant men’s organization, regards the stand of the Protestant Churches as essential to the safety and perpetuity of Ameri- can freedom. Our organization has been viciously attacked by the Roman Catholic hierarchy because of its stand for the separation of Church and State. The individual Klansman recognizes the right of the individual Catholic to worship God, pope, or idol, as he sees fit, but the claim of the pope that he is God’s di- vinely appointed, supreme representative on earth, complicates the Roman Catholic situation throughout this country. CATHOLIC POLITICAL UNITY. The age old chimera of the supremacy and the dominance of the pope over states no longer has force, not even in Cath- olic Italy, but the continued adherence to this doctrine indi- cates that the Roman Catholic hierarchy is ever struggling for political domina nce through religious activity. Jesus Christ answered Tffis~questi on -of Church and State when he enunciated his well-known doctrine of “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.” It is a significant fact that in matters of politics the Roman Catholic Church stands peculiarly united. There is no fair-minded person in all America who will not acknowledge this fact, and this makes necessary our at- titude supporting Christ’s principle of rendering to the State allegiance first in matters of state and unto God allegiance always in matters of religion. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan hold that if the doctrine pf the Catholic Church is that the pope is God’s divinely ap- pointed representative-on -earth, -and has the right of control over states, that doctrine, is dangerous to this or any other free country. WeTFelieve this to be the real doctrine of the Roman Cath- olic hierarchy. Their actions down through the ages, their written pronouncements and spoken words, ever have been in line with this belief of ours. We hold that the Roman Cath- olic, if he honestly believes the pope to be God’s divinely ap- pointed agent over all the earth, over all governments and ! peoples on earth, would hold first allegiance to the pope and then allegiance to America. If we believed as they do, that 114 would be the line of our allegiance. We do not believe it, and are not willing that persons participating in governmental affairs in this country should hold official positions without first acknowledging an unfaltering allegiance to the govern- ment under which they hold office. Adherence to this falla- cious Roman Catholic doctrine produces an intolerable situa- tion and much trouble seems in store for America until the complete separation of Church and State forever has been es- tablished. We would advance this doctrine for the believer in the superi- ority of the pope over the State that he take no part in the affairs of a Government which he is not prepared to support to the uttermost. ^ The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan do not believe that persons of Roman Catholic faith necessarily are unpatriotic, or in any way inferior to people of other beliefs, but we do hold that a system of Church government which claims dominance over state governments is dangerous to the state. It is a significant fact, borne out by the pages of history, that the effort of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the past to dominate state affairs has led to more wars and more unhappi- ness throughout Christendom than any and all other causes for seven hundred years. In this country it is ideas and votes, rather than sword, battle-axe or gun, with which we fight. WILL OPPOSE CATHOLIC INTERFERENCE. The Knights of t he Ku Klux Klan make this solemn pro- nouncement that until such time as the Roman Catholic hier- archy announces Christ’s doctrine of supremacy of State over Church in governmental affairs, we Rhall_st.p.a d fa fi tly, oppose the political interference of Roman Catholic or ganiz at ions in political matters, in America. -If this~i's to bring upon us the heavy weight of Catholic persecution it is a cross which we will bear. We must enunciate and steadfastly strive to inculcate the wonderful principles, simple and sublime, which are contained in our American Constitution, and from which all the liberty- loving people of the world have found their inspiration. America was changed from a wilderness without people to the greatest country on earth with more than a hundred mil- lion inhabitants, by men of dependable character and sterling 115 worth who wanted the right to worship God without inter- ference from their government. In a country founded by men like this, upon principles which forever ought to secure for them the blessings of pure liberty, we are called upon to battle for the perpetuity of our sacred institutions. Why is America the greatest nation on earth? It is because every loyal citizen holds himself accountable to Almighty God for his actions, and holds himself amenable in every particular for service to the United States of America. We~cannoi-allaffi_any_ world- wide system of religious teach- i ng, highly org anizetL.and entirely secret, to gain "coHlroTof the free channels of government in America. The free public school system of America is the - singular God-g7verfinstrument" with which ffhe 'forces of superstition, ignorance and fanati- cism have been beaten to their knees; and any man of any sect, anywhere, who lends his voice, his money, or his influence to the suppression or hindrance of this great educational system is an enemy to this country and ought not to be permitted to preach a doctrine subversive of its principles. We have had too much tolerance in America for things that are destructive and ideas that are pernicious. For citizens of this country we should hold no hatred, malice or ill-will, but for ideas that are destructive of. our-sacred liberties we should hold-abhorrence,' and should sternly take our stand against their promulgation^and .should ..take-such-steps as will protect the people .from., these _ hurt ful theories._.and ...false principles. If this be religious intolerance, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan bids the thinking public of America make the most of it. I have this to say, I do not know the religious affiliation of the President of this great nation today, but if he were a Rom- an Catholic we would have to regret the intrusion of the Roman Catholic organizations into matters of state in every corner of our land. A block vote in America is a dangerous thing, and that is the trend of the times today. ALIEN IMMIGRATION. A large number among the vast horde of immigrants who have reached our shores in the last thirty years have been Catholics. Another large percentage of this horde have been Jews. In Protestant America we must have time to teach 116 t hese alien peoples the fundamental principles of huma nliberty b efore we permit further ma_sses.,of ..ignorant, superstitious, religious devotees to_ come within our borders. When America ceases to be a country inhabited by Ameri- cans and becomes the polyglot center of the universe, our co- mingled populations will have no fixed ideas as to what human liberty means, nor the responsibility which freedom entails upon the people who enjoy it, and our free institutions will collapse. From every angle our country and its institutions are in danger, and no danger is greater or more destructive than the infiltration of peoples and ideas which are not American. Too long, from a place of fancied security, we have watched the growth of a liberalism which bids fair within a decade to become license, and when a population, feeling no responsi- bility for fundamental principles, gets a wrong perspective, countries lose their liberty, civilization pass, and the sea of time again has upon its shores the wreck of human endeavors. TO UPHOLD AMERICANISM For the Roman Catholic as a man we are sorry, for the Roman Catholic - hierarchy as - a '-semi-political religious or- ganization. .weHiav.e-,an~antipathyJored.-mtQ.jisJ:rQm^ of our forefathers, the men wh o conque red jt-he-wllderness and built a nation, an d set aFlaze the be acon fires o f liberty that altThslvbHd’mTght see by that light the true road to happiness. The Knights^oUthe" Ku Klux KlarT pledge them selves' now" and forever to stand between our country and any agency, anywhere, which seeks to lay its hands upon our Holy Ameri- can institutions. THE ATTITUDE OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN TOWARD THE JEW By DR. H. W. EVANS, Imperial Wizard Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Numerous requests have come to the Imperial Officers of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan for a definition of the attitude of that organization toward the Jewish race in America.(5rhere seems to be a prevalent impression in some sections that the Klan is hostile to the Jew. This impression was not generated 117 and has not been fostered by the organization) In order that misunderstandings may not obtain, and that misrepresenta- tions shall not continue, I shall undertake to discuss candidly and without prejudice the composition and the aims of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and how the organization, in the maintenance of its principles and purposes, has been fostered by alien, foreign and un-American elements into an attitude of defense, which has been distorted into an attitude of bigotry and intolerance towards certain elements of race, creed and color on the American continent. The Order of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been compelled to contend, on its own soil, for the right to live, and for the right to occupy its inheritance from the day of its birth to the present hour. Composed of native-born, white, Protestant, Christian Americans, the Order has been chal- lenged to show cause why it should be permitted to organize and exist for patriotic, fraternal and benevolent purposes. Every class of American citizens, without regard to racial or religious distinctions, has been permitted to assemble for peaceable purposes, and to organize into societies with worthy motives, and for laudable objects. All such societies have been safeguarded by the principles embodied in the constitution of the United States, but when the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan — claiming nativity under the flag, speaking the English lan- guage; with one hand on the Bible and the other on the Con- stitution, under the cross and the flag — consecrated themselves to the white man’s civilization, to his country and to his creed, the Jew, the Roman Catholic and the negro combined and made war upon the Organization. It is passing strange that the Jew in America should be mobilized with the hostile forces against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He should find in the genius of this organiza- tion a guarantee of his own security. There are .no rights or privileges_ass erted h .v_the Knights of the K u Klux Klan for themselves as native-bo£n J ^yhitft-P.nQti?.stant_Christians that areUiot~vouch'sMed'lSj^Mt assertion to the j”evTin~ Kis~racial , socnR ~ ¥nT~ Teli gio u s jifje . Ideali stic A mericanism is the pur- posTTrT which members of the„Knights /of JtKUHu Klu5TKlan are Uedicated.U’Any man — whether native or alien -by. birth] Gentile or Jew by faith; white or black by race— who jso com- mi tsTiifn sel fin allegiance to his country that nothing is re- 118 served, and in devotio n to his flag that n ot hin g remains uncom- mitted, is, and ought J;o_be not the enemy, but is the friend of ”the^Klansman,-and -the-Kfimsman-is-his in end; ~ ~ From these patriots, such as compose the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Jew has been tendered the hospitality in America that has not been accorded him elsewhere upon the face of the earth. He should keep in mind the freedom and protection which have 'been vouchsafed his race by the white, Gentile Christians who founded the republic and fashioned its framework in the equality of human rights. Just now the Jew is setting up extraordinary claims to hav- ing discovered America, and of having been among the early settlers, of Castilian extraction, upon these shores. If this claim should be conceded as fact, the Jew should remember that his expedition across an uncharted ocean was not in the spirit of exploration or of adventure, but that he was fleeing from the inquisition of the Roman Hierarchy. Granting that the Jew, under the proud banner of Aragon and Castile, came among the first to America, his contribution to the world’s great democracy ended w’ith the discovery of the new conti- nent. He explored none of its forests ; he navigated none of its streams; he cultivated none of its soil; he developed none of its mines ; he grew none of its products ; he penetrated none of its unknown spaces; he cleared none of its jungles, and he colonized his race nowhere. It was only after the white, Gentile Christian had won the American continent by conflict and sacrifice that the Jew began to view America as his Mecca, or more properly speaking, as his latterday land “flowing with milk and honey.” The Declaration of Independence by Jeffer- son; the Bill of Rights, by Madison, and the Constitution, by Madison and Jay, had been long organized into “agreements of the people, by the people and for the people” before the Jew began to flow to this country in great tides of immigration. He fled to America from the inquisition of Spain, from the massacres of Germany and of Poland, and from the Pogroms of Russia. ^He claims to have discovered and settled America in the Fifteenth Century, but it was not until the latter part of the Nineteenth Century that he began to migrate in large numbers to this country, and to congest its centres of population — al- ready overcrowded?) In 1880 there were probably two hundred 119 thousand Jews in America. In 1922 there were said to be three million Jews in America — one and one half millions of them being in New York City. This fact should be noted, however, that in census reports many Jews in America do not designate themselves as of the Jewish race or religion, but they rather ■ identify their nationality with the country from which they came, but nearly all the Jews in this country live in the large cities. They are generally distributed over the vast area of our common country. This violates a fundamental law of our social life. “The city is a cancer on the body on the body poli- tic,” and “an illustration of the failure of American democ- racy.” The point, however, is just this: The Jew came to America in considerable numbers only after the great Ameri- can Republic was established, then for the purpose of taking asylum under the towers of Democratic Government. He did nothing to wrest human rights from despotic power, or to found the institutions of human liberty. The Cavalier, the Puritan, the Quaker and the English Catholic, all Anglo-Saxon, and all white, and all of Christian faith, had conquered a con- tinent, and had overthrown tyranny, and had established the American democracy before the Jewish nomad found a guide book or the means of transportation to America. (Since then three millions and more have come — quite enough for today, and for fifty years beyond. Until these millions are distributed, Poland, Roumania and Russia must find other ports of entry for their Semitic subjects!) The native-born, white, Protestant Christian American has all the foreign pop- ulation of Europe and of Asia that he can digest or assimilate, or even entertain. For nearly two centuries our doors have been wide open. We have invited the world to come in; but our restricted immigration law is a proclamation to the world that we are not receiving for at least a decade or two. Consider for a moment the cordiality wdiich has been ac- corded the Jew by the American nation. He brought his racial, his religious and his social distinctiveness to America, and he maintains all of these characteristics and peculiarities without restriction or even question as to his rights. The Jew has es- tablished his Temple and his Synagogue, and has worshipped God according to the dictates of his own conscience, and with none to molest him, or to make him afraid. He has maintained his racial integrity, with none to gainsay his right to keep 120 unbroken his lineage from Abraham. He has established his social life and has shut his society and his family into his own race and into his own creed, without protest from others. The Jews are the proudest and most exclusive people upon the American continent. He admits none but a Jew to his church, to his fraternity or to his home, or his club. The Jew r has engaged in the small trades in America. His economic value to society is that of the middle-man. (S'here is no enterprise or industry of the inventive, creative or initiative sort that the Jew T can claim as his distinctive contribution to the public welfare in America.} He has not, by skill of artisan, afforded anything to American idealism, or by vision of artist added anything to American construction. He has given the American people no impulsion to simpler and nobler life. The Jew has not increased the sum of American wealth. In the handicrafts, he has not been a builder of houses, or bridges, and of highways, but a maker of wearing apparel from wool and cotton and silk — and he produced and refined none of the raw materials. As a distributor, he has been a peddler — a small dealer — a profit-gatherer between the man w r ho produced , and the man who consumed. In finance, he has been the ' money-lender, the pawm broker, who, from the emergencies ( and tragedies of the poor, derived his gains. I The Jew has maintained his social order without invasion by the white American Christian. He has married among his own, and only in rare and exceptional instances has the Jew inter-married ■with the Gentile, and then the Orthodox Jew has suffered the terrible penalty of banishment from the Jew- ish circle, creed and society. Even w 7 here Jewish children have been taught in American Schools with Christian children, the descendants of Abraham have denied their children the right of inter-marriage ■with the Gentile. The Jew has been careful of his own. He has protected the sanctity of his home with a fidelity that all men respect and admire. He has known for generations v 7 hat our Western civilization has been slow 7 to learn, and that is : The amalgamation of two dissimilar races produces the inferior qualities of both, i No man can become a real American citizen, according""to J the standards of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, until he regards the chastity of woman as a sacred trust, and sanctity of the home as an inviolable obligation. 121 In his business relations, the Jew has co-operated almost entirely with his race, and it is unusual when a partnership is formed between the Jew and the Gentile. The Jew is largely restricted to his race in business affairs. He associates him- self in joint or combined enterprises with his kith and kin, and he keeps his enterprises not only within racial bounds, but 'also closed by ties of blood. In other words, a business that is established by the Jew, as a rule, is kept by the Jew and trans- mitted to his progeny. This is especially true as recently indicated by an article in one of the current periodicals discussing the Jew’s relation to American finance. The writer of the article says that the Jew of wealth has usually no influential or directorate position in the great financial institutions of the nation. He is a private banker. His money is combined with that of other Jews, and then the members of the Jewish firm marry and intermarry so as to keep the institution and its wealth not only within Jewish hands, but also within the Jewish family. If one may be permitted to apply to the Jew a term of the Order of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, he is “Klannish” and has maintained and demonstrated practical “Klannish- ness” to all other peoples. There is an old, old story of the recovery of the Jew from one of the tragedies of his history. He was emerging from the oppression of his conquerors ; was seeking to rebuild his nation upon ashes and ruins ; was striv- ing to reclaim his civilization from the wreckage of the des- poilers, and one of his great seers wrote : “They helped every- one his neighbor, and everyone said to his Brother, “Be of good courage.” There is no finer statement of fraternalism or patriotism in human history. It is a declaration by the Jew himself of an ideal plan of co-operation in a great service that the Klan is undertaking to exemplify in American life. Those words might very well be carved upon the portals of the Imperial Palace. They might be used as a motto, and hung upon the walls of every Klavem. The arduous task of saving the white man’s civilization, of maintaining democratic insti- tutions, of repairing the broken ideals of American life, why should not every Klansman help his neighbor, and say to his brother, “be of good courage?” Only this is true: The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, believ- ing that the white man’s civilization is cemented wfith the 122 morale of Protestant Christianity, the organization holds tena- ciously to the tenets of Christ. The Order goes to the great scholar and leader in the early church, the Apostle Paul, the evangel to the Gentile, to find its creed and its code of conduct. In his epistle to the Romans, he carries the ideal of Klannish- ness to its highest levels, and in the twelfth chapter of that great exposition which he makes of the teachings of Christ, he sets up a standard of character and of conduct by which every true Klansman must measure his life. The chapter opens with a dedication of life to a service of sacrifice, and from that consecration the Klansman is so “transformed with a new mind” that egotism dies, and esteem and considerateness of others become dominant. He speaks of the unity of the human body, and the diversity of members, and of gifts — but all unified in service to others. There is love without pretense, an abhorrence of evil, a cling- ing to good, all of which may be summed up in the statement that Klansmen are to be kindly in affection, one toward anoth- er, and means that the fine virtue of courtesy shall mark all the conduct of this order in its associations with men. It is a heart force, bubbling and welling up from a fountain of love and flowing out in the good old-fashioned ministry of kindness. From such service, the Klansman becomes diligent and fervent, hopeful and patient and prayerful. He goes out into a minis- try to the poor; he opens his doors and receives the stranger and the wayfarer in hospitality. He blesses the men who stand upon the circumference of life, hating and cursing him, and returns good for evil. He “walks with kings, nor loses the common touch,” neither does he seek the men of high estate nor makes effort to consort with them, but reaches down to the humble, the obscure and the forgotten and proclaims that Klansmen “the world o’er shall brothers be and a’ that.” PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN Are Outlined By An Exalted Cyclops of the Order A detailed exposition of the objects, aims and purposes of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been compiled by the Exalted Cyclops of Monroe Klan Number 4, Realm of Loufs- 123 iana, and is herewith published for the benefit of Klansmen in all parts of the nation : /"The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, as now organized, is a 'patriotic, benevolent, fraternal order, the chief aims of which are to bring the different branches of the Protestant church into a closer relationship, one with another; to inculcate a pur- er patriotism in its members; to uphold the constitution and I laws of the United States and the separate states thereof; to y maintain, perfect and perpetuate the free public schools and to preserve the United States as a Protestant Christian nation. To” be eligible to membership in this all-American order, one must have been born in_the United States, of white parentage, be over 18 years of age and of the Protestant Christian faith. The principles upon which the order is founded are taken from the Twe lfth chapter of Romans. It is not claimed or intended that the Klan be a church, or that it take the place of the church, but it is intended that the Klan be a powerful adjunct to the Protestant Church. No man can be a good Klansman and not be a better citizen and a more consistent Christian by the experience. Patriotism and Christianity are preeminently the moving principles of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Flag, the Constitution and the Holy Bible are the key- stone of Klan principles. The Klan stands for law and order, freedom of speech, free- do m of the press and freedom of conscience, for the free public school, separation^ church and state, white supremacy and Protestant Christianity. It is the sworn duty of a Klansman to uphold the law and assist the regularly constituted authori- ties, at all .times, in the discharge of their legal duties, “To protect the home, the chastity of womanhood, and to exempli- fy a pure patriotism to\ ;rd our glorious country.” Klansmen are opposed to all manner of mobs, and to mob violence in every form, to violent labor agitations and the destruction of public and private property without due process \ of law. Klansmen contend that all disputes between citizens, which cannot be adjusted by the parties directly interested, should be and must be settled through the regular established Courts of the country. Klansmen are opposed to Bolshevism, Sovietism, Anarchism, Communism and every other “ism” or cult that has for its 124 object the overthrow of the government of the United States. Klansmea_dcLiiot-beiie^'e~thatrany man or woman who opposes the government has any right to protection under the govern- >->- ment, and should Jbe.-depor±ed^nr. placed -behind prison bars. ■* I NOT AN “ANTI” ORDER Klansmen contend, and defy any man to disprove their con- tentions, that the Protestant Christian citizens of this country have as much right to organize an all-Protestant society as the Roman Catholics and Jews have to organize their all-Cath- olic and all-Jewish societies. Klansme n are n ot-llagainst-the CatholicS_Or “a gainst” Tow fii b n t Ch^Xstianity^/bsI^g^f anci'alV'tlie time. I The Roman Catholic excTudes-himself from membership in the Klan by owi ng allegiance to a foreigner or 'foreign instit u- tion. Klansmen contend that no person owing allegiance to any 'foreigner, foreign government, person, prince or potentate, ecclesiastical or otherwise, can be a one hundred percent Amer- ican and are therefore not eligible for membership in the or- ganization. The J^w^xcludes himself from membership in the Klan by refusing to accept the Christian religion. He is essentially an alien, non-assimilative and clanish to a degree. From the earliest history of the race, the Jew has considered material success an unmistakable mark of Divine approval, consequently l his code of business ethics does not always harmonize with U Christian ideas or Christian principles. Klansmen commend the clannishness of the Jew, knowing that it is one of the main reasons for his universal success. God bless him, he takes care of his own and sees that no Jew goes without assistance in time of need. Klansmen are sworn to practice Klanishness toward Klans- men, not only in their commercial, material and social rela- tions, but in their moral and spiritual relations as well. f ^sThe Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has no fight to make upon ( the Negro. He is recognized as an in ferior race and Klans- \ men are sworn to prote ct him, his rights and property and ) assist him in the elevation of his moral and spiritual being / and in the preservation of the purity of his race. The Klan has no fight to make upon any man because of his race, place of birth, religion or political affiliations. 125 The constitution of the United States guarantees to every man the right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience of not to worship Him at -all, and the Rian stands eternally upon the constitution. The Klan does not attempt to regulate the private morals, family affairs, political or religious beliefs of any man. This being a true statement of the principles and purposes of the Ku Klux Klan, the question naturally arises : Why this relentless war now being waged upon the Order? It does not require the wisdom of a sage, or the reasoning power of a philosopher to answer the question. LAW BREAKERS OPPOSED. The activity and determination of the Klan to see the laws of this country respected and enforced has arrayed every crook and every law T breaker, down to the least and lowest, against the Klan. Every bootlegger, moonshiner, jake-seller, libertine, prostitute and black-leg gambler feels that the life of their vicious business depends upon the putting of the Klan out of business. Closely allied with this motley crew and going hand in hand with them, in their efforts to suppress the Klan, we have Roman Catholics, Jews, a certain class of Negro preachers, some politicians and a few honest, but mis- guided Gentiles. I am loath to believe that every American-born Catholic is content to affiliate with the vicious bunch now opposing the Klan, and it is well known that there are many Jews, down in their hearts, not opposed to the order. But the great body of Roman Catholics and Jews have sworn, to never cease their nefarious propaganda until the Ku Klux Klan are put out of business. It is useless to say that they are losing much needed sleep and spending many thousands of dollars to accomplish their purpose. The Klan is here, and here it will remain until the last son of a Protestant surrenders his manhood, and is content to see America Catholicized, mongrelized and cir- cumcised. One great “bug-a-boo” put forth by the enemies of the Klan is the mask. They vehemently tell us “there is no objection to the Klan if you discard the mask.” This is the biggest sub- terfuge ever put forth by a hypocrite to mislead an honest man. It is not the mask that worries the enemies of the Klan, but the fa ct that the identity of the Klansmen is con- cealed. The crook cannot locate^ t'hern.~'The vicious cannot keep their eye upon them. Therefore, when the wish to sally forth upon an errand of questionable enjoyment, their pleasure is marred by the thought of a Klansman on their trial. The in- visible presence of a Klansman is their nightmare — not the mask. The use of the mask, except within the lodge-room, at pub- lic initiations or in public parades by special permission, is strictly forbidden by the rules of the order. “MAKE AMERICA CATHOLIC.” There is another feature of the Klan organization which is disturbing the cherished dreams of Roman Catholics every- where, and to the Protestant mind this is the most appealing feature of the Ku Klux Klan. The Catholics see in the Klan the possibility of bringing together the different branches of the Protestant Church, of co-operating and co-ordinating the Protestant effort to forestall Rome in her drive to make Amer- ica Catholic. As long as Protestantism is divided and pulling against itself the~^omrnr^hurch-i& r happy That- church is umtbcf'ahd 'Headed “straight for the goal. Their watch-word is “ Make America Catholic” and unless Protestantism is aroused and united the Catholics will succeed. The enemies of the Klan are forcing a tremendous fight. The lines are drawn, and are being drawn tighter and tighter, day by day. The time is at hand when no self-respecting Amer- ican Protestant can hold himself aloof. You must either join the Klan and throw your influence on the side of decency, Christianity and law enforcement, or join the law breakers, negro preachers, Roman Catholics and Jews. No self-respecting-man' cam any- longer, be., jieutral. If you believe in the preservation of American ideals, the enforce- ment of law, the ascendancy of the white race, the separation of church and state, the perpetuation of the free public schools, and the Christian religion, join the Klan. Otherwise, line up with crooks, law breakers, moral reprobates, non-Christians and those who do not owe their first allegiance to the United States. To reiterate, the Klan has no fight to make upon the individ- ual Catholic or upon the Catholic church, as a church, but most 127 strenuously objects to any church being used as a political ma- chine and its members voted to warp, annul or set aside a highly cherished American institution. The public school sys- tem of this country is justly considered the very bulwark of the nation. In these schools the ideals of our future citizens are moulded. Consequently, the safety and solidity of this nation depends upon the preservation, perfection and perpe- tuation of the free public school and upon every child attend- ing it. / The Roman Catholic church is opposed to the free public /school and is bending its every energy to circumvent its in- fluence, if not abolish the system altogether. That church con- 1; tends that the education of the children of this nation should \be directed by the church and when a Catholic says Church, he means the Roman Catholic Church, and will recognize no other. The preservation of American ideals and the Christian religion depends upon the early creation in the children of this nation of a reverence for and an undying faith in God’s holy word. That this reverence and faith may be indelibly stamped upon the minds of the children, the Bible must be read and ex- plained to them daily during their early school years. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan believe that the free pub- lic schools should be the vehicle for this Bible reading and in- struction and that no atheist, infidel, skeptic, or non-believer should be allowed to teach in the public schools. The Klan does not contend for sectarian instruction in the Bible, but asks that it be read and explained from the broad viewpoint of its divine origin and inspiration. Some weak-kneed Protestants and “jelly-bean” Americans are willing to forego this Bible reading in the public school, surrender their religious convictions and, if necessary, deny Jesus Christ, to avoid offending the Roman Catholics and Jews and maintain harmony in the community. If such harmony, obtained at such a sacrifice, is more de- sirable than a real living Christianity, then Jesus Christ is a myth and the Bible a fable. TO CURB IMMIGRATION. A large percentage of the foreign immigrants pouring into this country, during the past few years, have been Roman Catholics and a big percent of these immigrants are from the 128 lowest strata of Italy, Poland and other Roman Catholic coun- tries. As fast as these immigrants land upon our shores they / are “corraled" by the Catholic church, herded into congested > > . sections of big cities, naturalized as soon as possible and voted l-'/ ; in order to elect men to office who will do the bidding of Rome, j 1 The policy of the Klan is to stop this stream of undesirables and thus prevent the glutting of the American labor market, and the Romanizing and mongrelizing of the citizenship of the " United States. There are two great influences in this country opposed to checking this stream of European “riff-raff" and in favor of letting down the bars and flooding this country with the very scum of the earth. These influences are the Roman Catholic church and the big employers of pauper labor. Our first and most important duty is to correct the impres- sion made common by a subsidized press — that the Klan is a mob organization. We can do this only by living in our daily lives the principles as set forth in the Twelfth chapter of Romans. We must show, by word and deed, that a Klansman is not only a one hundred percenUAmerTcanrbut~am honest, law abiding Christiamgentlemanand a r eal “he-man." We must show to the world that Protestant Christianity has a better formula for building honest God-fearing men than has the Roman Catholics and Jews, or else we have no right, moral or civil, to direct or dominate the affairs of this great Democratic nation. Neither fuss nor force will get you any- where with the serious, right thinking citizenship of America. The Protestants must be able to “deliver the goods” or go d ovmwa^HJrey^houid-g 0 _ dovvn7"in~iguomm i o u s defeat] The affairs of this nation cannot be successfully directed by Ignor- ance and - bluff-and-every- good Protestant-and Klansman is opposed to capitalizing prejudice for politicaPsuccess, or play- ing upon ignorance .for. personal gain. We must realize that the safety, peace and dignity of this country depends upon you and I. We cannot shirk our individ- ual duties, either as Klansmen, citizens or members of the Christian church. We must wake up to the fact that under this republican form ot government~Ov eiT~right and p rivilege carries with i t a d uty and that no one hundred percent Amer- ican can shirk that duty and be a good KlansmarT^a good citi- zen-or a'coTisistent Christian. 129 KEEP AMERICA PROTESTANT. We often boast that this is a Protestant nation. If this boast is to mean anything, the Protestant Christians of the United States must assert themselves. They must unite in one concerted effort to save America or the time is rapidly ap- proaching when we can no longer claim the United States as a Protestant Christian Nation. The Protestants must co- operate and co-ordinate their efforts, not only along social and religious lines, but in politics and business as well. There is no time left to “haggle” over methods or unimportant details, we must get together now or forfeit the precious heritage transmitted to us by our forefathers. We cannot preserve this nation as a Protestant Christian democracy by placing the enemies of Protestantism and those who deny Jesus Christ in control. This Protestant nation must be preserved and it can be done only by seeing that none but Protestant Americans are placed on guard. -"'The object of the Ku Klux Klan is not to violate the law but to uphold the law — not to oppress or persecute mankind but to uplift mankind; not to create strife or racial prejudice among men but to cultivate brotherly kindness among men, not to crush the down-trodden but to protect the weak, assist the needy and preserve the ideals and government of the United States. “God give us men, sun-crowned and strong, with their heads above the fog.” Give us men whose hearts beat true to the principles of personal decency and whose souls are filled with the love of Jesus Christ. Remove from our makeup the bane of human selfishness and broaden our usefulness to God and man. Jesus Christ is the Klansman’s criterion of character and to him w r e look for light, love and life. THE NEED OF THE MOVEMENT The Ku Klux Klan has been variously defined. Some persons regard the organization as only another ritualistic Order, whose chief mission is to stage wierd ceremonials in order to mystify the uninitiated public. There are others who think of it as made up of a peculiar class of individuals w T ho delight to conduct sheeted parades and to play ghostly pranks, designed to terrify the superstitious, to frighten the ignorant, and to awe 130 the criminally inclined. T here are many who profess to be- lieve in the principles ofjhe Ku Klux Klan, but these same per- s ons are contending that there is n o need of the organization. The antagonism of these last mentioned individuals is perhaps due to their failure to seek an appreciative knowledge of the nature and purposes of the Ku Klux Klan. Th e Klan is m orejhan^ajraternal Order. It has something more to justify its existence than a ritual and ceremonies that are no more fantastic than are to be found in other organi- zations. In all fraternal order rituals are found something of the wierd, and all fraternal order ceremonies are marked by the fantastic. In Jhe_genius„of .theJKlan is. to be found some- thing more than , ritual, and ceremonial and symbolism. In theJ&lan is to be found a movement in which is crystalized devqtion to principle and eagerness to make those principles effective in American life. The men who have come into the Klan with pure purpose are men who have consecrated them- selves to the task to which the Klan is dedicated, — that of making fundamental American principles real and operative in America. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a movement seeking to save America for Americans and to make Ameri- cans for America. The Order offer s n o apology for its exis- tence, but it does argue its need because as a movement it is devoting itself to definite and necessary American tasks. WORKS FOR PATRIOTISM It is working.tixelesshLj:.o_arouse-a -spirit-of -real patriotism in America. The American people have shown their ability to meet great crises. In times of war they have shown them- selves fearless and invincible. In seasons of distress they have shown themselves open hearted and open handed. They have demonstrated their ability to overcome reverses and to cope with panics. But they have not yet begun to make real the ideals bequeathed them by the founders of this Republic. They have not yet begun to cherish their institutions and to prize their country above every other country in all the earth. The Englishman’s boast is England; the Frenchman’s glory is France; but Americans have not yet learned to say exult- ingly, “I am an American.” The Klan is aunovement-devoting itself to the needed task of developing a genuine spirit of exultant American patriotism. 131 The Klan is seeking by precept and example to develop a high order of American citizenship. It is great to be an American citizen. It would be disgraceful for an American to become a subject of any power, or prince or potentate. Klankraft teaches that true American citizenship not only confers privileges and guarantees liberties, but that it also involves responsibilities that the intelligent citizenship will endeavor to meet. There must be the honest exercise of suffrage for the country’s best interest, without regard to the partisan clamorings of professional politicians. There must be the vigorous demand of upright citizens for the en- forcement of law. There must be absolute repudiation of officials who fail to perform their sworn duty as officers of the law. There must be created respect for and obedience to the law. Right-minded citizens must learn their responsi- bility in the matter of jury duty. Wrong elements have too long been in control of the ballot-box, filled the various offices, and packed the juries. It is now time for the high- class citizenship of the country to assert itself and take charge of all the affairs of our country. .Ihejvlanjs the voice in the wilderness calling upon all right-thinking, right-living Ameri- cans to repent andtyoshow their repentance by meeting their responsibilities as good American citizens. 'The Klan is fulfilling a needed mission in urging upon Americans the duty of preserving America’s precious race heritage. This country was founded by the finest elements of the white race.- This Government was established by the same superior types of the white race. They passed it on to posterity to be maintained by white men as a white man’s country for white men. They bequeathed to their descendents the responsibility of preserving the integrity of the race by keeping pure the blood of the white man’s race. The Klan’s contention that the white race in America must and shall be preserved pure from all blood-taint and kept supreme in all affairs of this white man’s country, has invoked indignant denunciation from puling politicians and infectious, cancerous elements that are seeking to destroy America by malignant amalgamation. But _there_ean b e no co ntroverti ng the fac t that by amalgamation of bloods the people of America will be mongreliz ed ;^ffdtyhaTT)y~poIiticaI amalgamation the Govern- ment of the United^ States will be mongre lized. _The-Klan - — - — " 132 movement will be needed until the real whites of America are aroused to the^ecessity of presen’ing the people and the government of this country free from all mongrelizing taints. MILITANT PROTESTANTISM The Klan movement is needed as a militant Protestant or- ganization. The Klan is not engaged in warfare upon any religious sect, unless that sect is disposed to interpret the Klan’s positive Protestant program as a declaration of war. Even then, the Klan will continue persistently to maintain without fear and without cessation the principles of genuine Protestantism. Theologians may continue to split tenuous hairs; pulpit dilettantes may go on pronouncing their pretty little essays; sweet-scented sentimentalists may list their puling denunciations of the Klan; mongrelizing minions may mouth their vapid vaporings about the bigotry of men who dare stand for principles in which they believe; shrinking, timorous, paling souls may deprecate the temerity of men who are bold to proclaim their Protestant Knighthood ; BUT — the Klansmen of the nation, unafraid and undeterred, strong in their faith in God, cherishing an open Bible, loyal to the Klansman’s Christ, firmly believing in the principles taught by Him, rejecting all traditions and opinions of men contrary to His teachings, will continue to contend to establish these principles in Protestant America. In the midst of so much uncertainty, the Klan is needed to sound continuously its cer- tain Protestant note in this Protestant country. And no ecclesiastic can silence us. Selah ! THE KU KLUX KREED We, THE ORDER of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, reverentially acknowledge the majesty and supremacy of the Divine Being, and recognize the goodness and providence of the same. W T E RECOGNIZE our relation to the Government of the United States of America, the Supremacy of its Constitution, the Union of States thereunder, and the Constitutional Laws thereof, and "we shall be ever devoted to the sublime principles of a pure Americanism and valiant in the defense of its ideals and institutions. 133 WE 4V0W THE distinction between the races of man- kind as same has been decreed by the Creator, and shall ever be true in the faithful maintenance of White Supremacy and will strenuously oppose any compromise thereof in any and all things. WE APPRECIATE the intrinsic value of a real practical fraternal relationship among men of kindred thought, pur- pose and ideals and the infinite benefits accruable therefrom, and shall faithfully devote ourselves to the practice of an honorable Klanishness that the life and living of each may be a constant blessing to others. GOD GIVE US MEN! “God give us men! The Invisible Empire demands strong Minds, great hearts, time faith and ready hands, Men whom lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men\who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue and damn his treacK erous flattering without winking! Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and private thinking; For while the rabble, with their. thumb -worn creeds, Their large professions and little deeds, Mingle in selfish strife, Lo, freedom iveeps, Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps, God give us men! Men who serve not for selfish booty, But real men, courageous, who flinch not at duty; Men of dependable character; men of sterling worth; Then wrongs will be redressed, and right will rule the earth God give us men! 134 THE SOUL OF AMERICA By Daisy Douglas Barr I am clothed with wisdom’s mantle; Age and experience are mine, Yet 1 am still in the sivaddling clothes Of my existence. 1 am strong beyond my years; My hand typifies strength, And although untrained in cunning Its movements mark the quaking Of the enemies of my country. My eye, though covered, is all-seeing; It penetrates the dark recesses of law violation, Treason, political corruption and injustice, Causing these cowardly culprits to bare their unholy faces In the light of my all-seeing revelations. My vision is so broad That my daily meditations force upon me new problems, New situatioyis and new obligations. My feet are swift to carry the strength of my hand And the penetrations of my all-seeing eye. My nature is serious, righteous and just, And tempered with the love of Christ. My purpose is noble, far-reaching and age-lasting. My heart is heavy, but not relenting; Sorrowful but not hopeless; Pure but ever able to master the unclean; Humble but not cowardly; Strong but not arrogant; Simple but not foolish; Ready, without fear. 1 am the Spirit of Righteousness. They call me the Ku Klux Klan. I am more than the uncouth robe and hood With which I am clothed. YEA, I AM THE SOUL OF AMERICA. 135 THE KLAN I am a Searchlight on a high tower. I run my relentless eye to and fro throughout the land; my piercing glance penetrates the brooding places of Iniquity. I plant my eyes and ears in the whispering corridors of Crime. Wherever men gather furtively together, there am I, an austere and invisible Presence. I am the Recording Angel’s proxy. _ When 1 invade the fetid dens of Infamy there is a sudden scampering and squeaking as of rats forsaking a doomed ship. I am the haunting dread of the depraved and the hated Nemesis of the vicious. When the Law is weak, then I am strong. When Justice stands impotent and dumb, then do I speak with majesty and power. I am an outstretched arm to Society’s unrequited vic- \ tim — the swift avenger of Innocence despoiled. My V oice is as the sound of many waters. Sometimes it rises in mighty wrath until it muffles the thunders of Niagara. Sometimes it sinks to the still, sad music of consolation and sympathy. Always and ever I speak for the sanctity of the home, for a stainless Flag, and for the preservation of these benign institutions of the free. Corrupt politicians, plotters, despoilers of the State, seek to quench my light and still my voice. I am a bulwark and bell-tower to Democracy. Within my realm Dives relinqinshes his millions and Lazarus his rags. The poor man here is as rich as the richest, and the rich man ■'as poor as the pauper. I know but one distinction, and that is unsullied manhood. I am the burning beacon in the uplifted hand of Liberty. I am the Sivord and Buckler of that mighty, invisible Emperor of a free people — Justice. My symbols are the Fiery cross and the scintillating , stain- less Flag. The foe of Vice, the friend of Innocence, the rod and staff of Law , I am — THE KU KLUX KLAN! 136 Z- 3 & ^ S ;i O 5 DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27706