shortly after, on may 12, 1924, at an assembly in the cadle tabernacle in indianapolis, he said:"god help the man who issues a proclamation of war against the klan in indiana now ... we are going to klux indiana as she has never been kluxed before ... i'll appeal to the ministers of indiana to do the praying for the ku klux klan and i'll do the scrapping for it ... and the fiery cross is going to burn at every crossroads in indiana, as long as there is a white man left in the state."