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Show .the dr.egatea on this grav laeu. and added: I'lle (relieves that unlMi th iMiio la mat wllh candor f and dignity in this eampaian you will ot only Invtta tha d)elntegrtla i of thla party but will take a bak- ward atep ao wholly Inconelsient with tha haaie of a modern libaral I government e to ba too unthlnk-labla unthlnk-labla for tha Democratic party to accept or condone." Tha apeaker deecrlbad Kenator I f'nrierwod aa ona whoa a 'only am-1 am-1 ployar for mora than a ouarter of la century pa at has ben tha people of tha I'nlted fttataa." Trn f p i.L..I,..iltUliG i;Li';npis O. W. Underwood First Candidate for Presidential Presiden-tial Nomination Placed Cc fore Democrat at N.Y, NEW YORK. Juno tS.Tha do mand of Penaior Oacar W, I'ndar-Vood I'ndar-Vood uf AUtama thal-thO Iemo-cratie Iemo-cratie national convanllnn condemn t-y mmi th political aetlvltlrg of tiio Ku Klu Kl waa Tnlced to in eonventlon tody br Komty Jnhnaton of Alabama aa tho kay-nete kay-nete of hia aneech placlnc Mr. n dr wood a name before tha convention con-vention fur lha preaidntlal Domination. Domi-nation. -No bar referenr to th eon- Hut ton of the bill of rlghia, e-tualy mentioned In th klan enth. la adequat In Ihla connec-twtn." connec-twtn." Mr. Juhntwsa darutred. "Tha bi.l of righta are Ittnitatlona only unon th atata and federal govern- in and not upon private con-aniracy. con-aniracy. That la why tha candldata ttt my peopi haa Inflated upon p;ntn word. The miration befor thla party In whether aevi et organliat loni hall d-legata noaara Immune from t ie Mil of righta and u parlor to thuwe ' delegated to th elected fpreeentativea of tha peopl. Atova alt doea tha candldata e represent condemn th maaaed further. me ft any ohjetU which i piiu.ly contrary to th eplrit of thw i unatltullun. READS MfSOLUTION! "In order to vipreaa aquaraly bin oitnion on thla gr.v qnUn I hAve. et hia requali lntn1ur-d a resolution reciting; tha Niblihed pfaiiitn of our party on thai precia taaoe referlug to lha reav-lution reav-lution of lift and concluding- wlUi thla ree living clauaa:4 ' " 'Heaolved. That wa do reaffirm tha principle aet forth In th aald resolution of the iJemntratlo platform plat-form of and condemn na un-American un-American and un-lemocratlo political po-litical anion by aerret or quaal aerret organlaat lona In furtherance j of any poiairal h)ectlv whatao-ver; whatao-ver; and tn particular do wa condemn auch action for tha ptir-poae ptir-poae of preacrlbing tha political righta and privilege of eltiaena of tha Coiled Ktataa aa la now pro-poaed. pro-poaed. practiced and publicly acknowledged bv tha or;anlaaiJon known aa th Ku Klua K Ian and aa mny now or hereafiar ba proponed pro-poned or practiced by any organisation organisa-tion whataoever.' Hen! or I'nderwood. Mr. uhn-aton uhn-aton an Id. had no word to aay ' agalnal Ihoa who joined any nr-! nr-! cW. eecret r otherwlaei organlaed for lawful purpoae ortn advocate openly . any prlnclpl within the acupe of legitimate public dka-cuaainn. dka-cuaainn. ' RAPS POLITICAL PURPOSE. "What h doe condemn la th participation in politic by any ecrret organ Isa t Ion who ' toevar," tha epeaker continued. "ho ba- Have that auch action Intlmtdatea j pnhllc offlciata and encourage political or oathbound pledgca con-' con-' trary lo public policy." I At another point Mr. Johnston 'aald the outstanding chara'ternitlc i'of tha Democratta party waa thai Jit atool for lha protection of hu-! hu-! man righta by protecilna; public I'afflclnla "againat organised op-1 op-1 preealon and Intimidation. " Hen-ijator Hen-ijator I'nderwood had rquetd, h I aald, that hia poaitirtn.be mad plMnbevrtrrn'"ir0'llr |
