TUESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 192:. .
Creator .of
of L... Natl-Ian» can...
ORIIFITII IIITs
AT REVIVAL 0F
HOODED ORDER
__ ....__._—_.——
Regrets That His Pic-
ture May Have Re-
suited in “Revival”
of the Order
I-IIILTII'SH AFFAIR
Regrets That His Pica
tlll'c May Have Influ-
cured Present
Spread of Klan
been few people more
. , ..« more dismayed than
.I ,-,; Griffith. producer of
of a Nation." when it
out to him that the
I. Km); Klan apparently
.I'.I of 1’s inspiration. and no
—: of Its spectacular fea-
Ihaz. famous motion-pic-
45‘
d
u
‘0
. meIn.
~ people have pointed out to
,. or less jokingly. some
I... present. Klan was doing
mud to be imitated from
.l-l ' 531d lill‘. Gl’l—ffith to a
«~;I:-I scnlative. "but. I. new
rm. thing seriously. \Vhy
. , i .
- .In artist. My sole idea in
'.; "l'IIo Birth of a. Nation'
mam a. striking and drib-
X'i'cll. perhaps, as a
. r myself, 1 may have wish-
, :- I~It III-,2 original Ku Klux
I light in which I was
up to rvgard it. rather than
.~ ’. rulfll‘s in which it ap-
Ihc. North.
:25: nothing was further
lI‘li'ld than to advocate or
-. Imputus to a revival of the
~I;’. or of the Klan spirit. or
"p .I'rosh the unhappiness
Il:; of titty years ago.
lI0\‘. the books I read and
, i heard from my elders.
I - "l“i'."l me in the idea that the
I wf rho Reconstruction period.
. ‘ the, Klan as the most striking
' - In that period. had been
- nusundcrstood in the North,
.Ir this was perpetuating the
' IIIisIInI‘lerstandings between
., sections.
I r since I can remember it has
1 .‘t. dream of mine to present. to
«hols country. a story of those
‘ ill dramatic form, which would
Ilr to both sides. but which
.i Show the Southern point of
“The Birth of a Nation' was
“suit or that dream."
(‘iriftlth admitted that he
ll‘llI‘, nr nothin: of thc present
: r/mimtion. costumes. ctc..
m] Innny questions III to
II ohm. Ho conceded that the
I van striking.
planning "l‘lIc Birth of a. Na-
' T‘Tllll be. "We made no attempt
. historical accuracy. or to
:iIr- Klan ritual. organiza-
'I'U"'l'l‘.l‘ as they‘ had been
I'IIIloIIIItchy some of the
'I IIn used was suggested by
;III'Ir~IIs in the hook upon
lIlI‘Vlll‘R was founded. but
no :Itlrmpt to confirm the
.I :In. IIrriI‘v of the book.
lrivrl For Elli-rte
.III It, i simply passed
am" of plunmng costumes
.. Itir-Zs to tho Art Depart-
! :mII-Illv do. and made my
thr- :iu-Ichca and
.ili'l. It. submitted. Our
I' lll.ll\t' striking pictures.
l‘l fluttering in find that
III Klan lms copied the pic-
WI}. but it is not a ‘wel-
'--:I-I:lIt to me. that I have
“35' lI‘SponSiblO for the
order.
-: rt mrdrd tho present Klan.
:‘ as I lilid given if any thought
_. .I IaItIIer childish affair. and
I-«a, laii“n seriously by intelli-
‘ :II-Ipz-u But. it. is plain that it
t'IIr-n more seriously than
'Jl'lr'.
‘Inm
“I ’l'l
.1
T.l‘ ‘:.\' as emphatically as
'- ll‘IlY I am in no way in
' - \I'I‘h the present Ku Klux
'Itlns or its methods; that
r-mvtrnry, I regard it as a
.\Ill"'l'lC'.’il'l institutions. and
' )IIqure. through the ro—
I-slII III which it presented
'5'il‘.il Klan, has been in any
. ~pI~II-Isible for its inception or
I rngrrt it moat profound-
. I‘vumlpd out to Mr. Griffith
1'!" .mnt. Klan costumes, and
“Irv: of the ritual as the. use
‘I II’II‘I' L'.‘ross.” are almost (’3'
:‘I‘Inr to the scenes in his
-I‘IICI=IrII drama.
":93 produced several years
" ‘ prvscnt Klan was organ-
I l'illll the present. Klan cos-
.II I s. Hings, and those of his
“.I‘n not particularly like the
l -;I.c of the original Klan in
.. 'le literature of the subject.
‘ I an} have any hand in start-
"II'=- orznnizntion,” he said. “I
I med 0: such a result. and
t“ :l't‘?s it. more than I do."
Hinds (,Iompany Members
" "as stated on Mr. Griffith's be.
’ .' that it. is a strict rule in his
rev". that. no employee may be-
I-I my sucret organization what-
: I ll or the sort. commonly re—
entirely harmless and
‘ II as
ritual.
comm pointed. as his Justifi-
"~ " ’or the view of Reconstruc-
‘ I'iII-ry set. forth in "The Birth
.\‘ mum," to several quotations
".\ llletory of the: American
' I-y \Voodrow' Wilson. These
on'urcrs swarmed out of the
as much the enemies of the
:r. as the other. to cozen. be-
alld use the nemes. where
officeholders, men who know
.0 of the uses of author”! Q30."
Insolenccs." '
"TM policy of the concussion“
~ Ifiadors
mm:
on: elm. h
Stamford
Klan Card
The reproduction of an original membership card of at Stamford Klaus-
man who is employed at the Yale and Towne room. The name has been
deleted.
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'WWT
cum THAT KLAN CONTINUES
FIERY CROSS UNKNOWN IN SOUTH
OLD ORDER’S TRADITION FRAUD,
Even Members of Old Order Would Denounce
It_ As An “Impostor” —— Griffith’s Film Fur-
nished Inspiration for “Revival” of South-
ern Society of Reconstruction flays
CHAPTER VI.
The present. Ku Klux Klan never loses an
proclaim itself the legitimate successor and heir of the famous
society of reconstruction days in the South.
is there for believing that the present Klan has any connection
Whatever with the original?
Briefly. there is none. It is doubtful if the founders of the
original Klan, or General Nathan B. Forrest, its “Imperial
Wizard,” were they to return to earth today, would find any-
thing iamiliar in the present Klan costume, ritual or purposes.
It is as certain as anything can
and its leaders as impostors.
The original Ku Klux Klan was
the creation of a group of young
men who found time hanging heavy
‘on their hands. and conceived the
idea. of organizing a secret society.
for their own amusement, and with
no more serious purpose in view than
inspires the usual secret society.
or any other organizations which
minister to the inborn human crav—
ing to dress up in fancy costumes
and arouse the envy of the less
fortunate outsiders who are exclud-
cd from the mysteries.
it unfortunately happened that
this society was created at. a time
when the South was still seething
with race ratrod and the bitterness
of the war. and had among its citi-
zens a. mass of veterans of four
years' conflict. whose respect. for
life and property had been until-r-
mined, as that. of soldiers too of-
ten is. who were out of work. of-
ten destitute. discontented and with
but. too much reason to hate both
Yanlico "carpet-buggers" and form-
or slaves. and who were ready to
seize any opportunity for excitement
and niischiof. ranging all the way
from mere hoodlumism to murder.
'l‘hero is indeed an exact and sug-
gestive parallel between the his-
tory of the original. authentic, Ku
Klux Klan, and that of certain lodg-
es of another secret society. No one
seriously accuses that order as a
whole of lawlessness; but the fact
remains that in the bad days of the
seventies in the Pennsylvania coal
mines. the local lodges of that so-
ciety were practically captured out-
right by one (If the worst bands of
organized criminals in history—the
terrible "Molly Maguires"-——and that.
these 1119‘!) found the lodges. ritual
and passwords of great assistance to
them in planning and executing the
murders that terrorized a. Whole re—
gion. - ,
it was, in fact, the discovery by
its leaders that the innocent secret.
society, which they had created for
amusement. and carried on with no
more serious purpose perhaps than
playing upon the superstitutions of
tho ncgroes, was being widely used
as :. cloak, and was being forced to
to accept the blame, for crime. vio-
Iem-c and widespread terrorism. that
led to its voluntary dissolution.
Wont. Out 0! Existence
The original Klan, in fact. went
out of existence by its own act, be-
ing finally and forever abolished by
decree of General Forrest as Imper-
ial Wizard. It was, however. the sub-
jcct of a. Congressional investigation,
and practically complete informs..-
tlon as to its history. constitution.
purposes. and all details of its or-
ganization and ritual. for forty years
have been public property—printed
in the Congressional Record, open
to the inspection of any curious or
interested citizen. .
It. may be noted, therefore, that
the task of creating an ostensible
successor to the Klan has not at any
man shrewd enough to see the sim-
may.shrewd enough to see the sim-
ilarity between the present post-war
discontent. with its thousand of
young ex-soidiers hungry for excite-
ment and spoiled by Army life for
the humdrum of peaceful existence.
and the days of the Klan. had only
to consult the Congressional Record
to secure all the information he
needed to proclaim himself the legi-
timate heir of General‘ Forrest. He
had. of course. carefully to ignore
General Forrest's own solemn do-
crce. dissolving the Klan. and this
South . . . in their determination to
'put the white South under the heel
of the black South! ”
"The white men Were roused by a
mere instinct of self-presentation
. . . until at. last there had sprung
into existence a great Ku Ian: Klan,
a veritable empire of the South. to
protect the Southern country."
“70081". no. 0er .rwmg; M“
W. nu. by m Shula-d
Pres. lac. . :4 d 33'-
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opportunity to
What foundation
be that. they would denounce it
the leaders of the present Klan
have. of course, done.
It is doubtful, of course. whether
formerly possessed by the men citi-
zens of the national commonwealth.
but the national government. by the
shameful deviltry of its unscrupu~
loos manipulator“ referring to the
Grant administration) repudiated
that solemn promise and inaugurat-
ed the most disgraceful epoch in
the annals of the nation against
that unarmed. defeated. defenseless
and submissive people.
"This great people. defenseless
and friendleu. with a. pestilence up-
on them more terrifying than the
seven plagues of Egypt. called to
the nations of the earth, but. none
heard their cry. That call was a
horrible medley ~full of intense an-
S’uish —- melancholy groans and
manly men struck dumb. mingling
with the sickening penetrating sob:
of distressed women and the plain-
tivqgcry of the hungry. rladloss (sic)
Child: on this melancholy orchestra
Grief touched the chords of univer-
cal sadness and played the direful
(“1’88 0! death over the slaughtered
corpse of civilization.
“Constitutlo'nal law was stripped
by profane hands of its virtuous
vestmenta of civilized: sovereignty
ot_ four thousand years in the mak-
ing (sic) and was mocked by poi-
TALKS ALL TON’HIES
BUT NOO-YOIKESI
Simmons, Evans. Clarke or any oili-
er present Klan leader has even
troubled himself to consult the Con-
gressional Record. There are strong
indications that they have depend-
ed upon Southern tradition to some
extent. but much more upon the
novels of Thomas Dixon. and the
moving picture. "The Birth of a Na-
tion." which was founded upon one
of these novels.
Dixon's novels have scarcely as
close connection with actual history,
as those of Dumas. It is obvious to
any reader who is familiar with the
record of the. Congressional investi-
gation, that the Klan he describes
nevcr existed except in his,imagina-
tion. But it is that Klan. rather
than the historical one, which forms
the model for the present organiza-
tion. The actual historical content
name and a few of its lillcs. Even
its costume is copied, not from the
costumes described to the Congres-
sional committee by the men who
had seen and in some cases
his actors. solely from
point of theatrical effectiveness.
Of Course Not:
Here and there. in the rituals and
literaturc of
that title or custom is tam-II from
the "original Klan" appears to con.
tradlct the claims of tho.
that. this is the
which of course it is not.
it in intnrosting to read the Klan
it. is proi‘i’crcd in "Lecture No. 1-—
K-I'NO" to Klan candidates.
"The noble achievements of the.
and other Klan lecturers to their
audiences, "shine with undiminshed
offulgence through. gathering mists
of accumulating years. an eloquent
tribute to the patriotism of the
past. and a holy heroism (sic) of
our fathers in preserving to us the
sacred heritage of a. superlOr race
--polltical supremacy, racial integ-
rity. social peace and security, and
to humanity tho boon of cultured
civilization. it abides the malicious
alanders of the age and is an in-
exhaustible source of inspiration to
those of this generation who aspire
to all things noble and good for
themselves. our country and our
race."
Then follow: a historical sketch
which bears ample internal eVidonce
of its derivation from Dixon's novels
rather than from the unemotional
pages of the Congressional Record.
Klan Vorhlage.
“When the shuddering pools of
the thunder of the impending storm
of the American Reconstruction."
the lecturer goes on. "were heard
above the fading echoes of the bat
ties of the great. Civil War. the
chosen victims stood aghast and
pale. wondering at the meaning and
purpose of the gathering gloom.
"Darkness gathered space. and
the demons were loosed from Bell‘s
most dismal depths; the blighting
hand of devastation complete was
laid upon the Southern people—e
people pauperized. bleeding, pron.
trated and defenseless. These peo-
ple turned to the power of the na-
tional government for protection.
but were spurned away with con-
tempt and scorn. (The process of re-
conciliation by which this version
of the history of the Republican
party. is combined with instructions
to Klan-men. in the State of Maine
for instance. to vote the straight
Republican ticket. and in Texas to
vote for the Republican candidate
for Governor against "Ma." Fergu-
son, is one of the minor puzzles of
the Klan omnilntlol)
“They had been promised protoc-
uonln the W of mom. in
in the present Klan is limited to its
xvorn
them. but from the costumes which
David “'ark Griffith designed for
the view-
tho proscnt. organize:
lion. a. naive statement that this or
loaders
"original Klan"—
version of Reconstruction history. as
Ku Klux Klan." say the clergymcn
M. Csrmarlyn‘ck, Frenchman,
interpreter in League of Nations
conferences, is a language wizard.
He speaks English, German,
Italian, Spanish, Danish, Nor-
wegian, Swedish, Polish, Russian,
Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Ar-
menian, Turkish, Roumanian, and.
{If course, French, and he is
:eudying Hindu, Persian and
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- beacon. the Ku Klux rode through
luted political pirates in legislative
assemblies: and by the diabolical e ‘-
actmcnts of these assemblies tie
hands on the dial of the clock of
civilization in the tower of human
progress were turned back thou-
sands ot years. , ‘ .
“In'the name of law and natiOna
authority the property of the hus-
band and father was ruthlessly
snatched from him without provoca-
tion by the vcnal hand-oi! unholy
confiscation: paupers by the. multi-
tude were made in a day. Carpet-
bagger-s. the vultures of gluttonous
greed, swooped down from their aer-
Ie on the lofty peaks of the moun-
tains of national authority o‘er the
dismal plain of human helplessness.
fastened their tortuous talons in the
fleece of defenseless innocence and
consumed with avoracious, (sic) av-
idity the vital flesh of the . pic's
sustenance, and the scalla‘wagv—tho
t h e conscienceless, carlaveroua
wolves of treasonwgnawod the bones‘
remaining to a. baleful state of
ghastly bleaching".
After several paragraphs of similar
gems of eloquence, featuring “ii-
centious longings of lust-crazed
boasts." “the iron heel of pernicious
passion who wielded a potent scep-
ter of inquisitorial oppression." the
lecturer introduces his heroes.
“That. anguish-laden cry of that
defenseless people or the Southland
was heard and answered by the gal-
lant Knights of the Invisible Empire
and not one tattered or failed as
duty pointed the way in the cause of
humanity and civilization; with a
grim smile a sacred duty reling up-
ox. their manly countenancea. impel-
led by an instinct of the race, they
14 llpl into the saddle. bornc upon
the back of their faithful steeds.
baptized with a. suffuslon of tears."
One of the most curious and sig.
nificant phenomena. of the present
Klan is the use of the Fiery Cross.
The lecturer says that. "with a
Tiny Cross.’ symbol of the purest
and most loyal patriotism as their
Reconstruction's
the darkness of
night."
Unfortunately there is no authenv
tic record that the original Klan or-
or used the “Fiery Cross" symbol.
II this was ever done at all. it was
purely as a local demonstration.
and never as an official badge of
th: Klan as a whole.
The "Fiery Cross" appears for the
first time in connection with the
Rim. some. forty years after its dis-
.\>iI.Itlon, in Thomas
“The Clansman." In this book the
lure. a Klan leader, is pictured as
employing "the fiery cross of old
This episode naturally had an in-
director who based “The Birth of a
“movie" origin of the present Klan
could scarcely be more clearly
shown.
_ Copyright 1024 by The Stamford
Dixon‘s novel.
Scottand's bills",as a rallying signal;
slant appeal for the motion-picture
Nation" upon this same novel. The
Armistice Day II...
World Wide Peace
\VASHINGTOS’. 'OcL7.—-Respons-
es received from church pastors and
communities to the call of the fed-
eral council of churches for observ-
ance of Armistio. day. November.
November 11, as “Mobilization day
for world justice and world peace"
indicate wide cooperation in the
movement. it. was announced today
by Dr. Sidney L. Gulick. secretary
of tho council’s'commiulon on in-
ternational Justice and good will.
Entire communities will take part
in the observance. he said. and city
church federation are making ex-
tensive plans to give it the signifi-
cance and meaning'sought.
RED OAK A FAVORITE.
The red oak cornea nearest of any
to being the best. shade tree of the
eastern half of the United states
says the American ’11:» Association
of Washington. D. C. The red oak.
grows more rapidly than other oaks
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did his brother, the Emir Faisal
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generous allowance on a piece of
bread, or' make up a sandwich and
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Governor Smiles at
Fenton’s Challenge
WATERBURY. Oct. 7.——Governor
Charles A. Templeton smiled your-
day when asked what he had to lay
remain the challenge of Captain
*an i a Menace
Frank P. Fenton. Demetri-ant conic!
reunions! nominee tram the and}?!
district. that the governor my pio-
licly what be said privately ”h. 0
months ago about the state mull“
Governor Templeton said he III!
nothing to say regarding the 0H!-
icnge. Fenton claimed the t
nor made certain remarks to
some time ago concerning the ”0-"
cut slate administration. . N
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