State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1922 Page: 2 of 8
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STATE SENTINEL, STIGLER. HASKELL COUNTT, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1921.
OUR WEEKLY NEWS LETER
Washington, April 18.—The two
features of President Harding's exe-
cutive order, summarily dismissing
the Director of the Bureau of En-
graving and Printing and thirty other
officials and experts, with which the
public is chiefly concerned are:
First: The manner in which the
removals were made without warning
and without charges, thus subjecting
them to suspicions which tended to
blacken their characters and bring
disgrace upon them and upon their
families.
Second: The plain violation of the
civil service law, which provides that
no one in clasisfied service may be
removed except upon a charge in
writing, and permitting the accused
ot reply thereto. It is an unprece-
dented assault upon the policy and
the principle of the civil service sys-
tem in which the Republican party
has always professed to believe.
It is contended that President Har-
ding was clearly within his rights
when he ordered these dismissals. To
this, Senator Caraway, Democrat of
Arkansas, who introduced resolutions
•one requesting the President to give
his reasons, and one for a committee
of investigation, replied:
The President is not above the law,
■■although for the argument sake "I
may concede that he may disgrace
and remove these men from the ser-
vice, and they have no legal redress;
Tie may exerciie the autlioi/ty vested
in him, and override the statute, but j
in doing so, if he acts without just
cause, he will more disgrace himself i
in the high office he holds than he |
will disgrace these humble citizens
whose rights to make an honest liv-
ing he has sought to destroy."
Democratic politicians are not dis- j
posed to criticize the President if he
s-imply removes Democratic office:
holders and re^M-ic them with j
pul icans, provioei. 11.« purpose is av-
owed and it is done openly and leg-[
ally. The criticism comes when it is ,
done in a m* iner that tends t de- I
«• >oy anaraciois aiM i'esussinate ffcp-j
utations. The failure to give reas- j
oils or file charges was followed by i
the publication of stories in the press j
which placed the discharged officials j
under suspicion of various fonhs of
fraud and dishonesty.
Believers in civil service however, j
and they still number millions of!
people throughout the country, can
find no justification for the arbitrary j
removal of these officials without I
charges, whatever may hive been the
motive. Their position is that the
departments of the government are
either to be run under the civil ser-
cise merit system or the offices are;
to be filled by political partisans un-
der the old spoils system which re-
sulted in the barter and sale of ap-
pointments and the worst form of po-
litical corruption until public senti-
ment was almost unanimous in get-
ting rid of it.
The announcement that other Bu-
reaus are to be "Hardingized" in a
similar manner has produced a pan-
icky feeling in all departments, and
the fear that thousands of efficient
employees of the merit system will he
forced to make way for "Harding
Republicans" under a general en-
thronement of the spoils system, re-
sulting in a general impairment of
the government service.
The morale of the service would
necessarily be destroyed if employees
felt that they were working for the
Republican party instead of the gov-
ernment.
Harding's Dismissal Order Is
Denounced as Heartless.
The strongest criticism of Presi-
dent Harding's executive order dis-
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missing the director of the bureau of
engraving and printing and thirty of-
ficials there were made by Senator
Caraway, democrat of Arkansas, in
the Senate and Representative Byrns
Democrat of Tennessee, in the House.
Among other things, Senator Cara-
way said:
"Men with services ranging all the
way from 20 4.o 39 years, services that
had been acceptable to both Repub-
lican and Democratic administra-
tions, men against whom no charge
has ever been made, either of ineffi-
ciency or of dishonor, were remoyed
from their positions and discharged
from the public service by an execu-
tive order. I venture the assertion
that no president in the history of the
country since civil service has be-
come the law of this nation ever dar-
ed so autocratically to disregard the
law and disregard the rights of hu-
man beings as did the president by
this executive order.
"The law Is plain. It required the
President—and he is not above the
law, to follow a certain procedure un-
a<;r vihich the&e men could at l^ast
have protected their reputation hy
denials. The President ignored that,
He ignored this 'av with the At tor
ney General in conference with him.
Therefore there is no reason, if there
was any knowledge of the law In the
Attorney General's ofTice, why the
President should have run roughshod
over the rights of these men and
wholly disregard the law of the land.
"I think the gravest hurt is to the
public morale. When men and wo-
men lose confidence in the justice of
their Government and in the men
who are charged temporarily with
the administration of law, they have
been done a great injury. I do not
care how a man may apologize in his
heart for the administration; he may
assert that the President was with-
in his rights; but I say that there Is
no man with any human kindness in
his heart who can read that order and
not know that it was an inhuman or-
der, and no man with any knowledge
of the law of his land can read it and
not know that it was a violation of
the law by the President when he
issued it.
"There is a little word called
'honor'. It is as binding upon the
Presidont of these United States as
upon the humblest citizen of this
land:' and it is all the more regret-
table when the President shall forget
it and deny justice to men upon
whom he has the power to inflict an
irremedial injury.
"There were four women who went
down under this drastic and unjusti-
fiable order of the President, women
who had Kone into the bureau years
and years ago, who had toiled upward
against all the obstacles that have
been placed in the way of women's
advancement in public employment
thrcugh all the yeters, who had kept
their reputations pure, who had per-
' fected their efficiency and had finally
come to places of responsibility and
places that paid them well. Without
an opportunity to be heard, without
opportunity • to utter one word in
| their own defense, and now with the
: statement from the Secretary of the
! Treasury that there was not a charge
{ against them, they were all dismissed
i from the public service. They were
| turned out, their reputations destroy-
ed and the (Washington) Post says,
| and it speaks for the administration,
or always has, that the President
does not intend ever to tell why he
dismissed and disgraced these women.
1 "I imagine that the women will
j also notice that not only did the
| President dismiss these women but
! filled their places with men. This
: administration shuts the door of hope
1 in the face of women, who through
i long years 6f faithful service had toil-
ed upward to places of responsibility.
] They were summarily discharged and
! disgraced, and four good Republicans
! whose reputation will pass muster
| even with the junior senator from
! Oklahoma, are given their places, and
I these four good Republicans are
! men." ,
Representative Byrns said in part:
[ "1 have made inquiry, and I under-
I stand that there were a number of
I Republicans, possibly a majority,
J amog those who were dismissed. The
! very fact that these officials were re-
I tained by the last administration as
| chiefs of divisions is conclusive proof
that a Democratic administration did
not play politics in the civil service.
"What right did the Pesident have
to abolish by executive order posi-
tions created by an act of congres3
and create new positions which hi
can fill without regard to civil ser-
vice. What right has he to destroy
a civil service status of these offi-
cials by abolishing their offices? If
he can do this then no civil service
employee is safe.
"The Removal of these officials is
an outrage on decency. It is a blow,
to administrative discipline. It is a
strike ot governmental efficiency. It
\a an under-the-belt, knock-out blow
at economy and morale."
Ku Klux Hold an Open
Meeting at Boswell, Okla.
On last Friday evening the Newi'hind the bars where every criminal be-
. , . • longs. Sirs, that argument lacks log-
received a notice and copy for a hand- I )c K not rca80nable. go we pa88 lt
bill to be printed and distributed an- just now. I have been asked the ques-
nouncing that n lecture was to be,t,on> if we do be|leve in the Kian that •!
held in the High f-chool Auditorium ; now ,eav« the subJect /"tlrlelv l° 'f
A Al*v 1 you see the outcome of It in a little
on Saturday evening by one of th> whUe Howevel. , am KolnK t0 8tate
mysterious men from Atlanta, Geor-
gia, representing the Ku Klux Klan.
hile. However, I am going to state
to you Jiow, as a true Klansman in
, n «,. o — — heart, that if the investigation and by
Not caring to argue the question creditable testimony that we find any
as to whether we should do as in- j Klansmen who have condescended to
structed, especially when there was ' pull off any dirty stunts Involving the
no one to argue with, we proceeded \ honor of the Klan at Wilson or at Ard-
mnrA rn«at numncH Inriiou nnH irontlo-
to carry out the request.
This was without a doubt the lar-
gest crowd that ever gathered in a
building in Boswell. The audito-
rium seats about 600 people and 30
minutes before the speaking started
there was not a seat left and people
were standing up all around the
room. We understand that folks
came from miles around Boswell to
attend. Some returned home on ac-
count of not being able to get into
the room.
The crowd was one of the most
orderly the writer has ever had occa-
sion to be in and the best attention
was given the speaker by them.
Mr. R. L. Lowdermilk, one of Bos-
well's most esteemed citizens, intro-
duced the mysterious man from Geor-
gia, as Mr. Davis, national Ku Klux
Klan organizer. Mr. Lowdermilk
also explained that Mr. Davis was to
have been accompanied by several
robed Klansmen, but owing to the
fact of the heavy rains and bad roads
more, rest assured, ladies and gentle-
men, that he will be successfully pro-
secuted as any other man. I would be
<he last man in all the world to come
before you and say that there Is abso-
lutely purity of individual life or of or-
ganic life in the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, as I understand from the
great science of human life, we never
attain to that stage qf perfection.
Therefore, it may be as was in olden
time, and as Is now in many of our
Other great organizations, pother than
Klan. men get in who are unworthy
of wearing the name of a Klansman.
You may ask, if we believe In law
enforcement, why is it that a policeman
in Dallas, Texas, was arrested and was
on trial the other day because that he
was a supposed member of the Ku
Klux Klan and with other alleged
Klansmen went out and took a Jew and
unmercifully put the fear of the Lord
in his heart. Well, you have seen the
headlines presumbably and you see
that Mr. Crawford, who is one of the
leading citizens of Dallas, Texas, a man
who is foursquare, a man who believes
law enforcement, was exonerated
iaci OI ine ueavj isms aiiu uau ... —
the crowd was disappointed in this. ln thirty minutes by Jurors v^o had an
nnnnrtnn tv nnH ava pd themselves OI
There is no question or doubt as
tt> the standing of Boswell folks on
this organization by one applause af-
ter another throughout the lecture.
Following the introduction the au-
dience sang "America" as the open-
ing hymn, after which Mr. Davis led
in prayer, followed by his lecture, to-
wlt:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I feel complimented indeed that I
have this opportunity that I have long
sought for of coming before you to
opportunity and availed themselves of
an opportunity of comparing activities
along with the activities of Mr. Roth-
blum, the Jew, which is eloquent testi-
mony in affirmation of the fact that the
Ku Klux Klux Klan Were not directly
or indirectly responsible for that af-
fair. However,, I am in possession of
facts and there are several other peo-
ple in this great audience who are in
possession of the same facts that war-
rants !.T> in making tue statement that
the Jew in question was one of the.
most unworthy characters in the :;ity
of Dallas, Texas, so vile was his tifo,
FOUgni lor OI CUIIIIUB or 1)ana>s lexas, MU VlIC w&f ma 111.'-,
night to discuss a question that is now ^ corrupt was his life, so low was his
agitating the minds of the great ma- | standard of mcoals and ideals of citi/-
jfirlty of the peoples of this great com-!■ zenBhip that eVen some of the papers
monwealth. I am under a new debt of | in the grreat state which happens to be
gratitude to the splendid gentleman lhe ,and of my nativity, have abso-
for his beautiful remarks concerning j luteiy refused to print the black things
me in his introductory speech. I trust j that the rep0rters found out were
that each and everyone present this ev- agalnst h|m in that ?ity.' So much for
oning may be able to realize solemnity j that
of this occasion and that we may hare j Now then, we pome face to face at
as good order as it is possible to have this particular moment with the real
in such a vast audience and I am now i (iaestion Gf t"he Knights of the Ku Klu-t
looking into the faces of. I am glad j Klan what is the Knights of the Ku
to sec these hundreds or even perhaps j£lux Klan? When were we organize 1
thousands faces who have greeted mc and what do we propose to do? I will
at this particular time to hear discuss- nQW answor the latter question and say
ed the principles of the Knights of the | <hat thp public monument that we ar^
Ku Klux Klan. . building will prove what we intend to
I am very sorry indeed that by Di- do j believe that God Almighty has
vine intervention, presumably, many a divine purpose in human life. I be-
of the Klansmen out of town were de- Ueven that He WOrks through human
nied the privilege of meeting with us | a(renciP8 jn the accomplishemnt of His
this evening in their regalia. How- dlvine purpose In the world. Th"
ever, we will endavor to make this i principles of the Knights of the Ku
subject as interesting as we know how. Rlux Klan we(.e not discovered yester'
I wish to thank the school board for . (jay they wer not disco* ered day be-
the use of their auditorium, while 1 , fore that not even a tlHiisand or ")0'j0
think of it now, for we stand for the j or g0()0 daysa g0 jsp,. piinclples of the
same Identical principles that are being Ku K)uy Klan havc u.( tl in existen ;i;
taught in this public schtiol which is ag lQng the grt.at gd(j who holds and
the bulwark of our Christian civiliza-^ ru]eg the destines of :r.Vn and nations
tion;
■ in his hands has been In existence.
Before I would enter into a discus- , great sacrificial piinclples of
sion of the principles of this organi- j Kni&hts of the Ku Klux -Klan was
zation, I feel that by the force of cir- ] beautifully exemplified in the supreme
cumstances that I should first answer j gacrJflce of the flrst Klansman who
clearly in my mind and I trust to yours, spaled hjs fait), by tsetimony of his
of the arguments introduced righteousable in thai
Victims of the Spoils System.
Here are the records of some of
the officials of the Bureau of En-
graving and'Printing, who were sum-
marily dismissed without warning,
without charges and without a hear-
ing by President Harding's executive
order, and replaced by "Harding Re-
publicans:"
James R. Wilmeth, director of bii-
(Continued on Page Six. )
many of the arguments introduced , own b]ood righteousable in that he
.gainst the Knights of the Ku Klux j liv,.d to sacrifice and he sacrificed for
Klan. In the flrst place they tell us ; (hp rjghl he submited and paid the
that they are opposed to the K. K. K. pena]ty at the instance of his brothe."
for the simple reason that we show i Cain ^.hen he slew him.' We wen::
ourselves to be cowards ln that we | peaj.eful]y on {ol. many years! I be-
never appear before the public unless , when God wants to accom-
our faces are covered. Now, if you wi , p great purpose in the world that
behold your humble servant, you will ^ raiBC3 men up to carry out his
see that my face is not covered, unless jn eyery detail. I would illus-
it be by.the mud slung from the wheels tia(e. When God's chosen people weie
of a "Tin Lizzy" on my way over here. ^ Keypt in bondage under the Iron
It is no matter of deep concern to me ^ ^ oj. one of the pharoah's, he look-
what our enemies may say about wear- ^ hc saw lhose people under the
ing Of this regalia. Whenever I hear ta9kmaste,,8 lash in hl8 great boson,,
a man fling complaint against the Ku ^ wjth 8ympathy, and one day while
Klux Klan, simply and solely bpca". ® Mo8eSi 1hat great lawyer, that great
we do not parade-and come before tn lgt (hat sreat'Klansman was on his
Public in our regalia many times I do ^ acl0S8 the country with his father-
not wish to unjustly condemn him. He ^_ Jethro's flock, he looked to hi*
is an object or pity more than a suDject ^ h ^ r flaming, „ ;v1l
of condemnation. I d that ^ush *a- not consumed by the
The regalia of this organization ^ ^ ^ then he heard a mighty voice
in this organization what the regalia ^ „Moscs (akt. off the sho.s of your
is to the Masonic fraternity, to the O this is HoU. K,,., and immt-
Fellows, to the Knights Templars and • pictured to Moses the g/eat
in fact to each and every one of the, aiat y y ^ ha(, . , im to accJ'f.-
noble organizations now in the'acrj • - , Aa . went on their
work of uplifting humanity. However having fi«lr authority dl ' ct
I wish to state just here that one tea, ... .jon, having ^ ^ (hey w,nt
on that we do wear our regalia in ou o determination for they were
parades is that we may be able to pa | b, t see that the children
rade uP and down the streets peace- would
come back to their
fully as all real Klansmen will and ^ place by having the yoke of
have, and do now. that when w p bnndage thrown from around their
rade, if we have our faces S neck and liberated forever to remain in
every crook in the city will sa>, j j d f peace and plenty.
is Bill. Tom, Jack, Harry and others, .h^ & ^
see-Caleb and Jos-
80 we will not try to pull oft any stunts assume leadership of that
in their presence because we know^hey ^ ^ Time would fall me to.
are members of the K. K.. ak of Isiah and soloman, and of
you can see the iupre eJ'mPortan«er' Dayid and aMlichi. who were standard
our regalia. For 'nsta""' 1 . bearers of God's chosen, not standard
to have a parade here tonight and religious sense altogether
bad on our regalia, we could parade, 8ense, in a political sense
this town, retire to the ^". derob6 ^ ^ 80cla, Ben8e. an educational
C„me back into civilian life,' "a i sense and they carried the work on to
crook would neverknow he was U'k, completion. barl,nff th dangers of the
ing to a Klansman. so we would g t tormg ^ ^ ^ neyer D„e
the dope on the gentleman, take it P| faltering or falling, but all he
in our meetings, have all the men go time Joai'nt^fr°om oon<llf'Bt to victory.
out in civilian clothes, keep an ey | wg gee thp last great man of the
him. collect the evidence, P™ en ^ the. hn he Baptist, whom God
evidence to the properly constituted propne^ ^ fQr & speciflc rea.
authorities, and thus successfu y P Hfi come to make ready a people
seeute the criminal at the bar of j - prepared for the Lord He preached the
tice. . „ ia area doctrine of the Gospel, or re-
It is said that ^ organization s , n(;e toward God and faith in the
not an organization having a right ^o Jesua chrjst and they became thus
operate within the law. That leadi me | flp<J fQr member8hlp #in the .lrst
t„ remark that if that be a. tact; th Lrotestant church known to the wo.-d
am interested in the ^uest'on' jesus comes-along th,-, takes the ma-
Lnvo f^he foval | ler.al that John ha, ,ared. cstV.
Try'ul ^' (Continued on Page Three)
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TO THK DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF OKLAHOMA:
After mature dellberaton and the earnest solicita-
tion of many personal friends In different parts of the
state, I have decided to make the race .for re-election to
the office which I now hold, that o? Siate Commissioner of
Charities and Corrections.
Owing to the fact that there is so much to look after
In the office I will not have time, neither am I financially
situated to make a statewide campaign, I will be com-
pelled to rely upon my friends throughout the state to
give me their support ahd use every ounce of their influ-
ence with others to win the nomination in the coming
primary election.
I have given my entire time to the duties of this of-
fice as I promised the people I would. I have turned
back to the State Treasury $6,747.70 of moneys appro-
priated by the Legislature for my use; this money has
reverted'unspent and goes into the general revenue fund
of the state. I promised the people an economical ad-
ministration of the affairs of this office and I have kept
' that promise. I make the race for renomlnation and
, re-election upon my record since I have been In office.
, Any assistance given me will be heartily appreciated.
Very truly yours,
W. D. MATTHEWS.
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