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Mrs. Holland of Kearney, Nebraska spending a few days with her sis-o in and see us before placing o o your order elsewhere. oo JO.SLSLX3LJQL CL.H_CL.b_JEL.-0 jQl.O_^0^O .O X)-0didn’t return any of them either.-o—-Tribune Want Ads Bring ResultsFacts Regarding the Legal Status in the Knights of the Ifu Klux Klan*.* r*i - •b • « 4 *V.'* .The decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, in the case brought by the Attorney General, for the purpose of % ousting our .Organizatioh from doing business in the State of Kansas, has' ' A { •. ' . , t - ■ , - • • .been appealed to the Supreme Court in the United States. This appeal preserves the status of our Organization as it was before the decision of the Supreme Court of Kansas was rendered. In other• • lv,. * ( i . - 'words, the decision of the Supreme Court of this state is suspended until after the legal puestioiis involved have be^h ’determined by the Supreme Court of the United States. We ‘cah therefore con-, * « . ■ ‘ ' . ‘ ‘ . * . . . • ...tinue as heretofore.1 * ■ ■.‘ • -. ' •' - L t . !. 1 . ' ■■ ' V' ‘ ’ . * ■■ ^ .I wiph to call your attention to the fact that the decision in our case is equally applicable to* allr ' ; . * ' . **fraternal, charitable and benevolent societies that, are incorporated under the laws of any other state, The Odd Fellows are incorporated ubdqy the laws of Maryland; the Klksunde.r the laws of the Districtof Colupibia; the Lo^al Order of Moose under the laws of Illinois. As a matter of fact, most of the•. • ■ . * • • •fraternal, charitable and benevolent societies and organizations, active in this state, are incorporated. . . ' •+under the laws of some other state, and, equally ivith the Klan, subject to be ousted from carrying on• ^ A ' . ' 1 *their activities in this state provided the decision of our Supreme Court is sustained by the final decis-• ' • ■' “ . lt;■ *ion of the.Sunrenxe Court of the United States. None of these great organizations-haVe ever appliedto the Charter Board of this state for permission to parry on their activities here, and no one ever sup-• • .posed that such penxiissitm was necessary. Even since the decision of our . Supreme Court, none of1 . - ’** - v ^ 'Vthese organizations have made application to. the Charter Board. I presume they are awaiting the ,. ■result of the litigation In the Klan case. . 'k • _A /bill was passed'byTlm^eliafe~by''an' Qver\i?£elmihg inajoA the Hous® by? y°^es* eYJ9Reo^\y! ?al|ed the Klan bill., It was simply a bill clarifying our foreign: ” \ • • •' ' * •' • r I • • I * Icorporation law by a single provision to the effect that, fraternal, charitable, benovolent associations,incorporated under the laws of another state should not be .required to apply to the Charter. Board ofthis state before carrying bn their work here. If the decision of the Supreme Court stands, the Char-,‘ . ’ ' *. . . -ter Board will practically become a board of censors, with power to bar any organization that they■ . ■ ■. v ? i - •see fit to keep out of the state; it will be their po#er-to prevent the -Scottish Rite Masons, the Indep-— i » ' ■ * . , . . , * *Order of Odd Fellows, the Loyal QrdeY of Moose, the Benevolent Prot^tive Order of E• * • • .. • • ■ ■ • ■ . ■ • • •. ... ■. . * . . . .. . ■ ■ „ , - • ■, .i ■many other organizations from operating in this state. All of the above organizations have been oper----V-—ating in Kansas for many years, but unless they secure a permit from the Charter Board, if .this decision of the Supreihfe Court stands, they wiirbe operating in violation of law. Such a situation is, ofi .• * ... . 1 i* ; * . , ... - .» •course, intolerable, and nothing except the blind intolerence of the opponents of the Klan prevented- • ■ . *•* J ■ • * ' c * i •the bill above mentioned from becoming a law, and thus restoring the legal status of these organizat-: '. % - ' . . • . - . V 'ibns as existed before, the decision of our Supreme Court was rendered.*. ‘ .The people of the state know the amount of money that was spent, and the influence .that was. ■ • • . *• * . • / ; ' ■ * . ■ • ' .. ' vbought to bear by the illiberal and intolerant organizations of this and other states, to defeat theii | ( * k*-bill, it would cause a sensation, the like of which has never been known in.this state before. No unpre-• ■ • ’ ‘ ’ -. . - ' • - . * . ' ■ ' ■judiced citizen of this, state would for a moment tolerate the existance of a censor'with power to bar• ^ • •. • :• *. • • \ ' \ ■- •••■'•thq great organizations above mentioned if they /believed that this board would exercise that power as • ’ ■ . » ' *1 ■ . ...., • • . ■ • • *. - • • ■ • •• ~ 1 ‘ *. * • ■ •*, • • ■ ■ ■ , • •against any organization hut the Klan, but some of our people are willing to submit to such an intol-i. • . * ■erant situation, believing that iii its application it will only effect the Klan, hut all fair-mitfded cit-• * ■ . » - _ ■ 1 ■izena should be just as much interested in seeing that justice is m6ted out to the Klan as well as to the Kniglits of Columbus, or Jewish organizations. If the Klan is to be barred under the decision ofthe Supreme Court, isn’t it.fair to expect that all organizations are to be refused a permit tb operate in Kansas? If ail officer sworn to inforce the law can find any excuse for denying the Klan organizat-ion the right to exist and grant that same right to other like organizations, in the face of tM factthat the Klan organization has been tried and. found not guilty of any violation of the law, Lcaiihot• . * .i» ^ i *understand how such an officer can justify his action before the bar of public opinion. , / , ;* * • . ; • • . • • • ■ * J 1 • '. * .•*. . , . . • t • ■ . _ ^ ^ lt;We have appealed from the decision of the Supreme Court of Kansas to the Supreme Court:pf the*I..1..1,11.. . J . i - .1 -i- . ...- 1 . • 1United States and until the decision is rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Klans- in this state' should have just as much riyiht to‘operate an!d exist as-any o^her o.rgtanizaliton. that is.organr;. * ( i 'i .‘j . . ' * , .. . ‘ .*ized for fraternal, charitable and jenevolen purposes, and you'are therefore* advised by this office, that ,‘^f %’lt;•■ .*v'' 1 ^ r v ‘ • ^.r.' • •''' ; • •’ i ' v . r-‘; • **'-/ ‘ j ^ . ; • • y • ■ ’ ’..your status:in this state, as an organization is just as secure'as the Mgsonic Consistory, the Odcl Pel-' lows and other like organizations. ‘ * * .Do ndt let the Kansas City Star, the Wichita Beacon or any other anti newspaper influence you• *' - ‘ -*■' -X-- •- j ■ .4’*^ I.. ■ ■ * . , I . . . . Y- ' ♦•••- -* •- ■■•...Il.w.i I— . - ..II.. . *. II ..-.I. J 1 x *.—4.1. i ..»k. •....i^i.u.M.'•'n..*.***. -in any way into believing that you are here without rights. , Our organization is composed of members of practically all fraternal organizations in Kansas, and practically all, if not all“the Protestant churches in this state, and if we are not entitled-, as native born Protestant, Gentile American citizensto operate in Kansas,'-then it is.about time to tear down the monument at Bunker Hill and destroy• • * • ♦ , ' .the statues of out heroes, burn the Constitution of the United States and he Declaration of Independ-ence a,nd transfer our allegiance to the man that sits on the banks of the Tiber^• * J X. ‘ ’ ’ * - r ^ i ’ ‘ • . ! • *Men, ''Americans all, that is our hour of trial. If you stand firm in your determination that the America’ shall continue to be American, then stand for and fight for the heritage which your fore-• • ’ . 4 ■ ’ : '' , • ’ : # .* . * • * . . T *a **fc ■ §J i / ... • • . 9' •••••• ^\ r % *. ■' *fathers beaueathed you, and if you do not stand fast and uphold the acts of those vrho 'are directing the affairs of this organization, We will secure the rights that our .fore^fa'thers fought to secure for us The right of peaceable assembly that is guaranteed under the Constitution has beer denied us by the unlawful methods of intolerant ppoeition. If you are made of the metal that Americans should be made of, you will flight to the last breath and the. last drop of blood to re-establish Our rights as guar-!j■*? 1ii.*« • •7■ .- —-* *-» ■ ■ .? 'I-gntend under the Constitution. •* «• . .\ Some may, be impatient because of the delay, biit our victory will be greater if we ar required tomake grea sacrifices to re-establish the rights of native-born Amerie n« I appeal to you to continue. ' «•. , V * t * ' - * '*• \ . ’ • • * ' • 'a *■'as you have in the past; loyal, determined America men and I shall give to yOu and this organization every assistance that is in my power and with .your continued faith and co-operati6n,,,sye can„apd will'_ , . • '. ■ '%'•* ' ' * 'v • » • 1 • i . 1 ' ' * i ' •* . ,• surmount all difficulties and^^ reghin the right thatlntolerance has denied us.’. s..*
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Cuba Tribune
Cuba, Kansas, US
Thu, Apr 23, 1925
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Ed G.
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