Senator Varser's Proposed Legislation to Regulate Secret Societies, Jan. 29, 1923

The Robesonian does not know Senator Varser’s views about the Ku Klux Klan, but it gets encouragement from the fact that he has been appointed chairman of the special Senate committee that is charged with the duty of framing suitable legislation to regulate secret societies. It is also encouraging to note that the Senate recognizes popular demand for something to be done to clip the claws of hoodlums who use the masks of the Ku Klux Klan for their devilment. It is safe to say that the Masons, Pythians, Odd Fellows and members of other societies who are proud of their membership and make no secret of it will not object to any legislation that will reach the class whose activities must be check in the interest of law and order.

From the editorial page of The Robesonian, Monday, Jan. 29, 1923