Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-05-20 | Page 8 | People Connected With Klan Steal, Solons Told

I I People Connected I With Klan Steal Solons Told WASHINGTON May 20 Re Re Reported Reported Reported ported activities of ot the Ku Iu Ilu Kiu Klan Klan in securing the election ot of Senator of ot Te Texas a serC ere further e explored toda today by the Hie ape ape- special cia cial I senate committee investigating ing tag the election contest brought against the senator by George E EB EB EB B Peddy J A Jett Jelt of ot White Path Go Ga called by for tor Peddy tes- tes testified regarding his former em- em plo ment by the klan and as questioned about the attitude ot of Its officials Referring to a conversation conver-atlon be between be- be between between tween 11 1 Mrs Elizabeth TIer and andE andE andE E Y Clarke Jett said that Clarke told her that tho the klan could af- af afford af afford ford tord to give gise tor for ganda ganda tol ad the election of ot a senator and that Te Teas os seemed see to be bo the only place where here they could at the time elect one ono There 1 0 was tas a meeting of ot klan officials at ot the office of ot H S Sa Savage an officer ot of o the tho klan In October 1922 the witness l said at which thich the tho Mayfield campaign 1 as discussed Parenthetically he remarked that he was on a salary of ot 40 0 a week and expenses e but made from to 1000 a 1 week neck eek S Neely Democrat West est Virginia said he must mut have been grafting and Jett Jelt replied re that all the way down donn do 1 people con con- connected connected con connected 1 with nith Ith the klan welo steal ing oo 00