San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-06

|SSUESECOND
ASSEMBLY GALL
Vanguard Gathers in Ok
lahoma City for Session
on October II.
WOMEN JOIN WALTON
'incensed Because Pet
Amendment Ignored in
=. Recent Election.
WOMEN JOIN WALTON
BY the Associated Press.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct. O.
Oklahoma's tangled skein of political
chaos assumed further complications
today as members of the state Legs
lature prepared for their second at
tempt to convene in extraordinary
session to consider impeachment
charges against Governor j. c. Wal
ton.
with legislators reported already
gathering in Oklahoma City for the
assembly on October II in response
10 A call issued last night by w. ID.
McBee. of Stephens county. heading
more than a majority OF the lower
house membership, attention was
focused on the executive mansion
with the expectation that Governor
Walton would define his attitude to-
ward The meeting.
In the absence of an official state
ment. doubt was expressed IN some
quarters that the governor would
adopt the military measures by when
he prevented the lawmakers from
meeting at thir own call on Septem-
Der &c.
Blake Opposes Troop Action.
From we'll informed sources came
the report that Aldrich Blake, she
executive counsellor. would not con,
sent 10 such stringent tactics ana
some went so far as 10 say that as
n last resort he would recommend that
the governor himself call the Legisla-
turc in a final coup d'etat. What the
executive could hope to gain by such
stroke, however, remained PROB
lematical.
Meanwhile, a new element entered
the situation with the announcement
by a group of women that they will
join forces with Governor Walton IN
his effort to prevent the Legislature
from meeting under a constitutional
amendment passed in last Tuesday s
election.
Incensed at the sacrifice" made OF
n constitutional amendment establish
ing the eligibility of women as elective
state officers, in favor of the Legs
lative amendment, the women declar-
ed last night, through Mrs. X. l.:
Fite, of Muskogee. vice chairman, OF
the state Democratic committee, that
they had employed counsel to press
the governors application for an
Injunction to refrain the state etec-
ton board from certifying the cleo
ton returns.
Legislators Are Determined.
They claim that the amendment
which they sponsored failed because
of the excessive interest displayed IN
the amendment which empowers the
Legislature TO meet at its own call.
since it required a majority OF the
total vote east to pass. Four other
amendments were defeated by the
enormous vote polled on the legisla-
tive question.
ave feel that the women have
been sacrificed to the political con-
troversies of the men," Mrs. Fife de-
clared. sour action is not political,
but women standing together for what
we believe to be fair play for our
SEX"
Hearing for n permanent injunc-
ton on the governors contention that
the election was Illegal, inasmuch as
it had. been postponed by executive
decree. lis set for next Tuesday.
The legislators declared last night
that neither "whim nor force" will
stop them. since they have| been
called TO meet "by command of the
people" Its passage in the election
by such an Overwhelming majority
the lawmakers said in the call, makes
the legislative amendment n Law. with
out the formality of certifying the
olaotio,, raturnS