"The Ku Klux Klan victories in Texas and Oregon, where the influence of the hooded organization is said to have elected a United States Senator in one instance and a Governor in the other, indicates to "The Nation" that
"the Ku Klux Klan has now passed out of the amusing stage and has entered the domain of practical politics to challenge our existing parties."
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