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PAGE FOUREDITORIALllnhln, 1 {lo,S** la Published every Friday by The Fiery Cross Pub-a ^ *f «“«*■to V'l1 People's mlnila, but 10 stmke up peoples minds:to live n public opinion which will make America a proper place■ 11 m?!w »nJ lrlU' km* morfl fattc new nml shrivels up mom bunk than aril »« n, Jit rpllmwUs 111 the world. Truth helps to clarify opinions on •erioua guiMli.ii* by a«*rrbus pet.pie.Hrhed'TrfiMi1.* »nanlt;2f« 10 plv* th* American viewpoint on pub-If the day. »ep»reic tbs dross from the para gold In the current newsAdvrrtl'lnc R«te« Will He lurnl.hcl Upon Hcquc.i. Subscription Itntr. by Melt. *2.00 1’cr Year.Sruil ell Am* Item* and_ Address all Inquiries to TOT Century Uulldlnjr.KLAN’S I’BOfJUA.M FOB 111211. llililnr.t, old-lushlimed Cltriilluulti mid operative putrid tism.2. ItiirV to (Ur turn, til u lion,!i. i aitirvement ui the K itch jcent it Amendment.i. hi,force mcut of prevent im mi Ignition la its and enactment of morestringent Ians lu prevent tin- smuggling of foreigners Into America.Walton and PaganismSpan Mug on a street corner In u.iinliomo City. J. C. Walton, formarly g-vcrnor of Oklahoma, declared, according to newspaper dispatches, that i t*r cent of the Protestant ministers of Oklahoma are lvlansnica, and that tlmlc (trmoas sire nothing short of paganism.One might smile and si t the assertion aside as coming from a fanatic, Trim, Walton may bo a fanatic, hut he should he held responsible for his utterances. Not that lie might fn any way be held legally responsible for making such assertions, and he should not be, because tills is a country in which free speech Is guaranteed, but what are the state of affairs in a country, supposed to he u Protestant nation, when a candidate for public oltl. • grows so bold au to say in a public speech that Da per cent of our Protestant ministers in Lhc state in which he is running for office are prcttoiilnt, paganism?The Protestant church is being assailed from every corner by those ©Pi'orml ta Protestant ism, but when a man makes such an assertion aa that mad* by Walton, is it nut lime for Protestants to begin to ponder dei ;■ and lone. Not only should they ponder about the future of Protestantism. but the assertion gives ratn-h food for thought to Lhoso who, while b* Hi ving themselves to be Protestants, arc opposing the Klan.Mtitij-flrc per cent of the Protestant ministers in Oklahoma are Klans-me*: This name ratio holds good in a number of other states. In eachio win re the Klan organization Is well under way, the overwhelming Ttiaj ■ .'ity of Protestant ministers an? members. What are Protestants to bid;. * lt;,f their ministers if they belk vo the slanderous lies told about the Klan by aliens who would make another Europe of our country and rob us or everything distinctively American'Wiser li- a la than Walton's would not have been so foolish as to give tin. i.ict id ih- public that so per cent of Oklahoma's ministers arc* Klana-ineit. fooler loads would net have said that practically every Protestant minister in Oklahoma was preaching paganism. Walton was repudiated by the citizens of Oklahoma and was impeached and removed from olBea. Litter In his defeat, he is now tolling his audien«ta_U«tt Protestant min-Ister;- teach pa.mnlscu Had imch a statement bern uttered a few years ago, people would have been astounded at the audacity of the speaker. Today, after a subtle fight has been carried on In this country against Protestantism, the Americans are bec-mlng numbed to the attacks both by bullets and speeches. Ti: • light against Protestantism has been carried cm so skillfully under cover I hat American Protest ants have not yet awakened to the fact that every effort is now being made to tear down their ehUTch. Hiding behind ih cniuoijftage of fighting the Klan,*' the alien influences have successfully hilled unthinking Protestants to sleep.The words of Walton, however, should do much to arouse the sleepers. Hi. raving - amount to nothing in themselves, but they do show bow daring have become the enemies of Protestantism that they boldly assert in a public speech Ibat Protestant ministers arc teaching paganism.That Amusing DailyTin* New York Times has now reached the stage where Its attacks on the Ku Klux Klan are amusing In the extreme. That worthy paper has at la t found Just why th« Klan always w)ns. A brilliant writer, employed in iih editorial department, has evidently won a set of spurs in dishing out an editorial captioned The Claim-All Klon.’* Just why he didn't spell thlt;* word claim with a Idler K he left up to the reader. That would have added much humor (New York Times humor) to his editorial.The reason that Klan*men always win at the polls, according to the Solomon of the New York Times, ia lhat they always pick a winner. Could anything be more simple We do not mean more simple than the Times editorial, but more simple than the plan the Klansmen have to win. That of always picking a winner.The recent primaries in two western states, in which candidates sponsored by Klansmen Won easily, was the cause of the editorial. Also, the fact that candidates sponsored in Alnine and in Indiana, by the Klansmen of those states, won so easily worries the editor.The heightened arrogance is provoking a number of public men, says tin* editor. What he really meant to say was, that the '‘continued growth of tin. Klan is infuriating such men aa A1 Smith. It is unite evident that the Times has not fully recovered from tha shock or seeing Al Smith shelve;!.The Times wants more public men to repudiate the Klan. Isn't the Times satisfied with Jack Walton, Boss Brennan. Oscar Underwood and a number of others who have repudiated until they grew blue in the face? There is their own dear Governor Al Smith; he repudiated the Klan.What the Times should really do Is to organize a repudiation society. The Klansmen of America wouldn't care one whiL In fact, the Klan has thrived an repudiation. The Times could make Al Smith president of the soc iety and In I hat way Smith could realize his ambition—he could be president. The by-tawa should be so written that President Smith could Issue a proclamation each day repudiating tha Klan.It would also give a number of has-beens a chance to com* out in the lira-light and reiterate their repudiations.Century After CenturyJleconlly, Dr. A. E, Wlnshlp, editor of the Journal of Education, said:Any book on physics, electricity or astronomy written eight years ago la out of date, and geography or history written eight years ago la spineless. Any philosophy or podagogy of eight years Is nerveless; any book on physiology or psychology that la eight years old la a joke. Any book on chemistry, biology or sociology written eight years ago la a comedy Any book on economics, industry or commerce written eight years ago ta tragedy. - ,n wltlng the foregoing paragraph. Dr. Wlnshlp was emphasizing thenecessity of up-to-date text books in our schools, Without giving the matter thought, probably, the doctor did more than emphasize the neces-alty or up-to-date teat hooks—be emphasized the lasting quality of the book of books, the Holy Bible. Only these things worth while last. Only those things which are right can endure forever.The Bible, coming down generation after generation, century after century, is from year to year printed in an sver-lncreaslng number of languages. Year after year Use demand is greater. As Dr. Wlnshlp stated, this book becomes a Joko, that one a tragedy and another a comedy. The word of our Maker and our Savior, however, goes on and on, the same great and everlasting volume of Truth and Wisdom and Guidance. Eight years, eight decade* or eight centuries mean nothing. The Word of God
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