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Show TJiMt Interview A 2a In, j Washington, 15. The Xaliomil l.'epublicuu, lo-day, virtually confesses that itj rojantly published interview with ilin tii-ncifln,,! , ...... ...v uui euuiui;. It says the ad miuiatration is in no way responsible for any publication that may be made regarding its future policy, for tbe president, with a circumspection which is satisfactory to binisrlr, invariably refuses to b"e inlemcv-.u in a formal way by anv representative of the presa. Tu'e preiiidii.t hua been making au investigation inves-tigation regarding the practical work ing ot ku klux law ,in the south, several yea;a ago, under which a , large cumber ot ptrouawere tried, convicted and wninip, H in n.c I penitentiary at Auburn. N. Y. Ol eevcr-J kculhern republicans who called i u him during the present week he inquired whether or not a rigid enforcement of that law did not have the efiVct to break up the ku klux fcocielie. and compel members to respect the United Slates laws. The answer w.ia in the alhrmalive, to which the president t,aid ho thought the tune had come to punieb, with aa eqjal eeverily, those persona iu the southern at. ilea wlin, at lit recent elecliuua, openly dtk-d Ihe federal oflici-rs appjinted uudtr the proviaiuu ot tne federal e;eclion Imv, and the i-erCiSiiy uttp-' w u d be taken to secure ihn con vi.'i iuu m.d puuiahmeni of ail eucu utleuders. |
