Word: kluxing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...World is "first in public service." And one of the services it has just performed is to introduce into the New York state legislature (through Senator Walker) an Anti-Ku Klux Klan Bill...
While the storm of prohibition, Ku Klux, and Europe has been raging, a quiet corner of the Valley of Kings has suddenly risen to prominence as the burial place of Tutankhamen, the only Pharaoh whose tomb has until recently remained undiscovered. The first reports two weeks ago promised a treasure surpassing all other archaeological discoveries in Egypt; and the wonders still continue although the inner chamber is still sealed and must remain so until the financier of the expedition, Lord Carnavon, reaches the scene of explorations, probably some time in February...
What have we to send by this wireless to Norway? A report of the Ku Klux Klan, or perhaps an account of the censorship of Jurgen? We get in return an even exchange of news of the party machinations in England or the intrigues at Lauzanne, or perhaps Lenine's promise of a capitalistic socialism. It will be recalled what narrow-mindedness was found "45 minutes from Broadway." What was sent to Norway on this trial message was. "How is the weather...
Sensationalism, no doubt, has magnified the facts, but the visit of Louisiana's governor to the Federal authorities at Washington shows at least that officialdom is taking a serious attitude toward the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The government of Louisiana is probably not in immediate danger; but the future holds cause for concern...
...entirely and unalterably opposed to the Ku Klux Klan", declared Mr. A. A. Murfree, President of the University of Florida in an interview Saturday with a CRIMSON reporter, "since it is a very great menace to our society". He explained that the Klan had as yet cut no very great figure in politics, although it influenced considerably the recent elections in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Texas. "It is one of the after effects of the great war," he continued, "one of the symptoms of the times. It is growing all the time, but is sure to run its course...