KU KLUX KLAN: A Keynote Speech

The City of Dallas was the scene of the Texas State Fair. One day of Fair was devoted to the Ku Klux Klan. From 75,000 to 200,000 (according to the persuasion of the estimator) assembled wearing little red "100% American" buttons. Dragons, Klabees and Cyclopses were present in robes of gold, purple, scarlet. And Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans made a keynote speech. Said he:

"The streams of population that have been and are pouring in upon us are age old in racial character and capacity. We are the...

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