San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-03
VOTE LOST, WALTON
WILL GO TO COURTS
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cincts. for 62,J04. against 5J.301.
Establishing eligibility of women as
elective office holders-970 -vcincts.
for 1852, against 37.431.
Compensation for death in industrial
Accidentally precincts, for 81 ,349,
against 59.0S0.
No Vote in Three Counties.
In only three counties. according to
reports, was the election wholly pre-
vented. These were Cimarron and
Harper. where the non-arrival of sup
plies made balloting impossible; and
Delaware, where tie civil authorities
barred the election in compliance with
Governor Walton's orders.
The sheriff's seizure Of supplies in
Bryan county did not Interfere 18th
the voting there. Led by Federal
Judge II. L. Williams, former Governor
Of Oklahoma. citizens set up impro-
vised election machinery by using
makeshift ballots and depositing them
in homemade" receptacles.
Many citizens of Johnston county
mailed their votes to state election
board headquarters when election Off
Gals there refused to open tie polls.
In all other counties the election pro-
ceeded smoothly under the watchful
eyes Of hundreds Of special deputies
commissioned to protect the voters.
Two Officials Arrested.
There was no instance of interfer-
ence by members of the governors
state police force. Two. however, we're
arrested at Tulsa charged with car
rying concealed weapons.
The military force did not appear.
Replying TO the stateme 1t of Eepre.
sentative W. d. McBee that his de
spotic administration" no longer can
be representative Of small part Of the
people because such an Overwhelming
majority repudiated il in the election,
Governor Walton declared last night
Il am still governor of the state,
The fight on the Invisible Empire has
just started in Oklahoma"
The executive has charged that mem.
bers of the Legislature who dr.. fled i'm.
parchment charges against him and at.
tempted to convene, only to be dis.
persed by national guardsmen under
orders from the governor. are Ku Klux
Klansmen seeking to halt his var on
the secret organization.
The legislative amendiL Mt to the
constitution, under the law, b,comes
effective as soon as returns from the
election are certified to the secretary
of state by the state ction board
This usually require ut least a week
Assumed Role Of Kaiser.
Governor Walton's despotic meth
DDS and high-handed system of hand
ling affairs during the few months he
has been governor have become so dis
gushing to the people that they hare
risen up at the first opportunity a.
the polls and a possible five to one ma
jority have given him such a rebukC
| that an ordinary man would not re
cover in years" Representative McBet
asserted.
HE has assumed the role OF a kaiser
and with swords. boots and spurs ha.
sought TO browbeat, intimidate and hg
initiate the people in manner never
before attempted by any elected Off
cial of free people. He has sough
to usurp all, the rights of the peopl,
and sought TO set aside ..ieir blood
bought principles and prerogatives. II,
has seen fit to establish such a despot
ism within the fair state OF Oklahom,
as would put to shame the reign o
King John Of England and Louis Four
| tenth of France.
HE has sought to convince the PEG
pie of the United States, and especial
ly the people of the East, that he wa,
a great Moses seeking to right and re
dress all the wrongs committed in thii
state: and set himself I'D rs a super
man in such effort. But his schem,
has been tbreadbare and his effort
unsuccessful. With all Of the military
courts. secret police and other armed
men at his command and civil cohorts
working over time for months past
not one man has be succeeded in land
ing in the pententiary. On the othei
hand, day after day be has pardonet
and paroled criminals Of the most vic
lent type and turned them loose on tn,
liberty-loying, law-abiding citizens o.
Oklahoma.
Assails Anti-klan Platform.
He has carried on his campaign
under the smoke screen of the Ku -'u1
Klan. which he knew would strike 4
responsive chord in other states. II,
has set at naught all. or nearly all
Of the privileges established by the bill
OF rights, the American declaration o
Independence and the constitution o
the United States, in order that b.
might play to the galleries Of the East
Under that smoke screen he i tryin;
TO convince the world that he is a self
appointed hero.
There is not at this time, and Their
never has been such an Issue b .fore thu
lpeople of Oklahoma as Ku Klux Khan
anti-Ku Klux Khan, or any other or
ganized institution. There is not nov
and there never has been any effort OF
the part OF an organization, sect, creed
or domination 10 wrest n fr
Jack Walton. He has defied the vi
courts, the petitions and "''' Of IN,
people individually and en- masse an
in every way defied and denied ID,