The Klan found a champion, however, in state-senator Owen Brewster, who sponsored legislation outlawing state aid to parochial schools, and refused to denounce Klan support in his own run for the governorship in 1924.
The Klan found champions, however, in state senators Mark Alton Barwise and Owen Brewster, who sponsored legislation seeking to outlaw state aid to parochial schools. Brewster refused to denounce Klan support in his own run for the governorship in 1924.