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^ PublMied Weekly at Cuba, Kansas.un.. . ThursdaysMi.ft .*PriceYeai-In Advance.EnteredNovemberas second-class. . matter 2:2,'1923,attiiepost“Of-tice at Cuba, Kansas, under the Act1879.in position to guarantee tins K.nq orlaw enforcement dpes not deserve the * • ■ ‘slightest recognition of support. |-.:Afethe Republican candidatefor j• * • m • »governor, I aan not presuming/.hat . any individual or organization of in-• ** •*' • ' Adividuals is going to violate the law,of March 3PATILEN AND THE KEANbut should They‘“do so ' whilel am• A fgovernor I shall use every power of■ * .my office to enforce the law and to*. . i * •punish the guilty , party. j 'Tf elected ^'oveimor .'of- the--state |of Kansas I shall conduct the office* t * i--Beir-Sr^Paulenr-lieutAntiTt -gover-/^pon_niy^copscientimisLjMsnieM_^inor and Republican gubernatorial! vint is to the best interests of- thennominee last week issued a statement.yhole people of the state withoutdeclaring the Demoo ats are. endca- regard to class, creed or color, uind _ voring to drag the Rian issue into i without regard to,political, business Kansas polities this fali in an effort or other* affiliations*. j ’ ito divert attention from the mistakes \ “J.t is perfectly obvious that an ef-of- the present Democratic adminis- I fort is being made by the Democratstration and the political issues of the j to use tlm Klan—which everybodycampaign.i ^ stpcs. should not be an issue—forAt a. barbecue ak the Buchanan the purpose,-of diverting attention, .school' in Topeka, July 12, .Pauleiv; from the reel issues of the campaign made plain 'his position \vith regard in this., state. . As the..:Repub 1 ican to .-the Klan and all other organize.-1 candidate for governor. I do mot pur-1 ' v *-JtionsuAt that meeting he said:nose that the attention of the voters%shall be diverted from the maladmin-/There have been certain . state-1 istration of state , affairs by the♦ ‘ 1 ;__Democratic party. The real issues in this state are whether criminals,convicted by juries in our courts and♦sentenced* to the penitentiary shallr . « *be paroled even before thy reach * the prison doors or 'released before ‘ the ends of justice have been satis-fed* whether the state ‘institutions*,ishall continue to be prostituted to serve pnTisen purposes: whether tlipi.ients to the effect that I am a member of the Ku Klux Klan.. I want to■say those statements are untrue. IfI am elected I shall be under no obli-* ■i *gat ion to any clique or. grofip of peo-( pie and fis governor of all the people of Kansas I shall see that the laws• • iand rights of our citizens are fully enforced and protected, without r.e-•i *gard to race or religion.”In hik statement of last week Paul- Iwrks of the state, shall continue to« •/ i i •en amplified thus declaration. The• Astatement 'follows:•' *“The .national Republican platform* to which I subscribe and. which the state platform specifically indorses; governor.1 ‘ imakes no mention cf the Klan by,; name, altho the advisability of .doing so was thoroly considered by the resolutions committee at the Republican , convention, 1 :“The national Democratic platform makes no. reference to—U^e Klan byname altho-the- matter -was lhllwTis^.j Tet..ev.ery time Blie:mys an.....cussed in the resolutions committee* fho cackles forth the fact.be the football of politics: and whe- j1thei* the real interests of the state, shall continue to be subordinated to.9\ • • • the political 'ambition of 'the presentftoHEY ALL ADVERTISEA(By Ellis Hayes)»hen is not supposed to balt;ve ATiich icomnion sense oiTact,—ecrcr f?.4and on the floor of that convention.' is“In my judgment and in the judg-f9A rooster hasn’t got a lot Of intellect to show,ment of a majority of the resolution ( But nonetheless most roo:ters havecommittee, of the party council ofj Enough”-good sense—to-scr-o w.the Republican party held in Topeka, j The mule, the most despised of beasts August 26, 1924, the 'Klan was not) Has a persistent wayregarded as a political issue.:i“Theodore Roosevelt has said in substance, “That any political move-fc 9nient^ directed ’against- any - body- of our fellow citizens because of theirA • » •xfiligio.U£„jmeM...J.s^iOf letting folks knovr he’f around♦i A t rBy his insistent brayiThe busy little bees they buzz /* ** Bulls...bellQwlandcowsinoOiThe watchdogs bark, the gandersquack, .against American principles andAmerican institutions; that it is*^wrong to either support or. oppose a ....... a,i.............1 man because he is of the creed he». ■ ■ ■ 1professes. This applies to Jew and Gentile, to Catholic and Protestant,i , ‘..I.*’ ' .and to the man who. would beacon- ,sidered a's unorthodox by all of them.* i ■ *alike.” This is my position and I . will exercise the full power of the«*%• . .#4 ■ 4 * 44• *41 •«tAnd doves and pigeons coo.4The peacock spreads his tail'and• • lt;.squaeks,Pigs squeal, and robins sing, .........• 1And even serpents know enough To hiss before they sting.But man. the greatest masterpiecec . .Th-t nature could deyise,• * r •Will;„often stop and hesitatem • •Before he’ll advertise.i”
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Cuba Tribune
Cuba, Kansas, US
Thu, Sep 18, 1924
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Ed G.
NA, NA 10 Nov 2021
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