"Far from being disconcerted by the airing of this delectable document in Congress, those profiting by its circulation seized upon its inclusion in the Congressional Record to give it an air of authority by printing on future copies the annotation 'Copied from the Congressional Record, &c.,' not pausing, however, to explain the circumstances under which it was allowed to appear in that official journal." EDITORS ARE CONVICTED A.M. Morrison and Garfield E. Morrison, editors of the _Morning Journal_ of Mankato, Minn., charged E.M. Lawless, editor of the Waterville, Minn., _Sentinel_ with having taken the bogus oath. Lawless took the case to court and the two Morrisons were convicted. The foreman of the jury was a Methodist minister. In 1914 the bogus oath came to light in California. The Knights of Columbus asked a committee of two, 32nd and 33rd degree, Masons, Past or Past Grand Masters of Masonry of that state, to make an investigation of all the rituals, pledges and oaths used by the Knights of Columbus. The Masonic committee gave out a report saying that they had made such an investigation. They found that the ceremonies of the Knights of Columbus were embodied in four degrees "intended to teach and inculcate principles that lie at the foundations of every great religion and every great state." WHAT MASONS REPORTED Their report continued: "Our examination was made primarily to ascertain whether or not a certain alleged oath * * * which has been printed and widely circulated was in fact used by the Order and whether * * * any oath, obligation or pledge was used which was or would be offensive to Protestants or Masons. * * * We find that neither the alleged oath nor any such oath or pledge bearing the remotest resemblance thereto in matter, manner, spirit or purpose is used or forms a part of the ceremonies of any degree of the Knights of Columbus. The alleged oath is scurrilous, wicked and libelous and must be the invention of an impious and venomous mind. * * * There is no propaganda proposed or taught against Protestants or Masons or persons not of Catholic faith. * * * We can find nothing in the entire ceremonials of the Order that to our minds could be objected to by any person." _The Searchlight_, official organ of the Ku Klux, contains many articles that misrepresent the Catholics. For instance, of Feb. 26, 1921, _The Searchlight_ had an article which was captioned: "Facts Gathered by the Knights of Luther from the Washington Bureau of Statistics": CHARGES OF "KNIGHTS OF LUTHER" Without one word to support them, the following were printed as "facts": "The National Democratic Committee is by majority a Roman Catholic body. It usually has a Roman Catholic President and secretary. "Catholics influenced the national campaign which elected Wilson. "The President's private secretary is a Roman Catholic.