San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-20

by indiscriminate pardon and parol,
Of convicted persons, and has turne,
loose upon the honest citizens Of III,
state a horde of murderers and Grim
inals of all character
Many Carry Arms.
THAT he has without authority o.
law, or without authority under tn,
constitution, appointed and authoriz
ed numbers of persons to carry arms
| all in direct violation of his oath oil
office
THAT he has appointed to be peace
officers of the state of Oklahoma per.
sons who are convicted viOlators OF
the law and who have no respect fol
the constitution or laws and abuse
the position which they hold;
THAT he has publicly announced
and officially recognized the right OF
a fraction of the people to rule and
TO dictate the policies of the govern.
ment of all the people of this state,
in violation of both the letter and
spirit of the constitution Of the United
States and of the state;
"That he has given approval to a
doctrine foreign to our constitution
and laws, which would substitute for
our representative government sys-
TEN of group dictation such as ex-
lists in Russia under its present
regime:
That lie has combined with others
TO subject the people of the state TO
jurisdiction foreign TO the consti-
tuition and unacknowledged by our
laws. giving his assent and affirma-
ton TO utterances and acts of certain
classes in total disregard of law and
well regulated usage;
Antagonist Stirred.
"That he has excited class antag-
onism and democratic insurrection
among us and has arrayed within the
borders of our state, class against
class and religion against religion. in
order that he mag gain his political
aims and desires thereby;
That in public utterances he has
directed certain classes of people to
shoot down and kill other classes, de-
claring that, if they do so, he will
Immediately issue to them pardon ;
THAT he has assumed unto him
self legislative authority in OPPOSE
ton to the constitution and laws of
the state;
That he has appointed multitudes
of new officers without authority of
law. and sent swarms of them
throughout the state of Oklahoma to
harass the people and make them
bow TO his acts of despotism:
THAT he has called out the. ma
tional guard of the state of Okla
homa without just cause. has placed
the entire state of Oklahoma under
martial law without just cause and
has stationed national guardsmen in
certain communities in the state with
out sufficient reason therefor. and in
open violation and contravention of
all established usages and presidents,
all TO the humiliation and shame of
the people of the state. at great
expense to the tax payers and a
blot upon the fair name OF the COM
monwealth within which we reside;
Habeas Corpus Set Aside.
THAT he has wantonly. in utter
disregard of all well regulated forms
Of American institutions and ideals,
arbitrarily set aside the writ of habeas
corpus, that bulwark and fundament-
al principle of the liberties of civiliz-
ed nations. and that by So doing he
has sought TO perpetrate high handed
methods of injustice and despotism,
thwarting the just constitutional and
funda. entail rights of civilized people,
in direct violation Of the constitution
of the United States and the state
Of Oklahoma:
THAT he has, through threats, and
otherwise. affected 10 render the
independent Of and superior
10 the civil powers of the state. and
has superseded the civil authorities
without any just cause and in open
violation of law;
That he is establishing in effect |
a dictatorship TO supplant constitu- |
tlonal government. and using the |
military forces of the state to enforce |
his DEGREES;
Machine Gun Threat.
That because of his opposition TO |
an initiated legislative petition pro-
viding for the converting of the leg
islature. which petition had, been
signed by more than fifty thousand
legal voters of this state. he caused
many departmental clerks at state
expense. and n open violation of
our statutes, TO spend much time in
an endeavor to find discrepancies in
said petition that after special
grand jury had been called BY the
district judge TO investigate into these