The Mankato free press., 1923-10-12
WALTON CHARGES
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,ture." The clerk then began reading
the message. Governor Walton cal
led upon the Oklahoma, legislature
to enact an anti Ku Klux Klan law
to save the state from the disaster
he says it faces through existence
Of the secret organization. In his
address the executive charged the
khan with responsibility for hu1,
dreds of outragB and punctuated
his remarks by laying before the
law makers transcripts Of all testl.
mony adduced by military courts or
inquiry, which, under his proclama
uon OF = martial law, investigates
mob violence and masked depreda-
tions in various parts OF the state.
He requested the solons to examine
the record and then publish 1t.
No Middle Ground
"This all powerful and most de-
|moralizing super government is
undermining the very cornerstone
and foundation OF our government
citizenship" Governor Walton de-
clared. "It must either be killed or
the government itself must finally
give away to anarchy and revolu-
tion. There is no middle ground.
The governor reviewed at length
the chain OF events which have kept
the state in turmoil for a month ana
concluded his message with O plea
that the legislature Immediately
pass a bill, which he himself pre-
pared, that the people may be
protected forever in their person,
property and fundamental liber-
ties"
Must Close Conflict
"The conflict between the visible
and invisible government must be
brought to a close with a. complete
victory for the visible government
or Oklahoma will face indefinite
turmoil and strife, the results or
which are bound to be disastrous"
he said
Hundreds of Oklahomas citizens
have been beaten and tortured while
hundreds have been threatened.
Tens of thousands of our citizens
felt and protested that the law en-
forcing branches of the government
and in many cases the courts were
under the domination OF an invisible
empire whose silent appeal touch
ed every aspect of human endeavor.
my investigation discloses from
the sworn testimony in one case
where six reputable citizens testi-
fed they heard the grand titan OF
the Tulsa khan make the staternt
to the effect that there had been six
different 'Mer Rouges' similar to
the Louisiana affair, committed In
bis jurisdiction.
| Refers To outrages
"SOme of these cases present
outrages and heart rendering cru
city in extreme in the form of niu-
tilations, some of which are too
awful TO disclose In print, and all OF
which lead straight to the doorstep
| of the invisible empire
"That these conditions may be
Immediately terminated and that
the people may be protected forever
in their person. property and funda-
mental liberties, recommend and
urge that you Immediately enact
into a law the bill drawn and sub
mitted herewith which seems 10
be complete anu adequate to meet
every exigency and contingency.
This law provides for unmasking
all citizens and compels secret or
carnations to publish list of their
memberships as well. The lay
which you may pass must not be 4
make shift merely as an expediency
measure but it must be in truth. in
fact, and in law one that has teeth
and will meet the alarming situa-
tion. Nothing less will destroy this
super invisible and asserted in
vincible government and nothing
less will satisfy the peoples de-
mand. Their will is my will"