The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-09-21

annOCaClOn TO Lne eHecC IHaC he coulu
"'not be active" were sent to the Kan
of which he wished to be member,
recognition was not granted to him.
The Klansmen in that community
knew his record as public official as
they also knew his political affilia-
tions, and they did not deem him a
desirable man for membership in the
order. That Walton should not think
altogether kindly towards the organ
ization which rejected him in this
manner is not entirely contrary to hu-
man nature.
Is Camouflagng Failure
But there is an increasing num-
ber of citizens in Oklahoma who sus-
pect that Governor Walton's anti
Klan activity is but a smoke screen
behind which he hopes to obscure his
grotesque failure as the chief execu-
tive of that state. Rather than de-
ceiving the people, however, it is
serving to refresh their memory.
They have more or less forgotten his
jazz band election campaign and his
swashbuckling barbecued inauguara-
tion, but they are thinking more SER
iously than ever Of more important
matters. For example, they recall
the manner in which he threw the
state institutions of higher educa-
tion into politics, and how, in the
chaos that followed, the state lost it's
outstanding educators and a "pink"
radical was appointed president of
the A. and M. College at Saltwater,
Oklahoma. It is true that when pub
lie opinion was aroused and political
pressure became somewhat acute, so
that Jack Walton found it necessary
to "get from UNDER" the radical ap-
pointee was recalled. More recently
it has been discovered that he is
plunging the state into debt at such a
rate that it has been rumored the
legislature will refuse to o. K. his
illegal expenditures.
Pardons Criminals
By his wholesale policy Of issuing
pardons and paroles to criminals Gov
ernor Walton has not only broken all
records, but he has also deeply Of
Tended the peoples sense of justice
and decency. But few week ago he
paroled one Ira Williams, who had
been convicted of rape, a crime which
put his victim in her grave. On the
list of others pardoned or paroled
are a number of murderers, so that
when Mr.. Walton recommends the
shooting of Kansmen he is simply
true to form. He has appeared to
believe in murder for some time.
Tulsa Situation
Mr.. Walton will deceive nobody by
declaring martial law in Tulsa. The
press and the public unite in condemn
ing the action as unnecessary. There
was no rioting in Tulsa. No dis
order existed which led the civil au-
thorities to ask assistance. There
was nothing to justify the method en-
ployed. Mr.. Walton was cunning for
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, an
order which he knows will give no
political support to him or to any
man of his kind. To say that is to
say about all there is to be said.
1t is interesting to note that Mr..
Walton went cunning for the Klan
ju"t as the order was sponsoring a
drastic anti-fiogging bill, which bill
it, hopes to introduce at a special ses-
sion of the Oklahoma Legislature.
Attitude of the Klan
In the meantime, the position of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
remains unchanged, as will be seem
from the text Of the following tele-
gram, sent by Imperial Wizard DR..
H. W. Evans to. an Oklahoma City
newspaper on Monday, September 10:
Answering your telegram of even
date, the Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan are not going to unmask nor re-