Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-27

for any business other than govern
mental.
McBee assured him that the legis-
lators had never thought of using
the federal building for the pro-
posed session.
No session of the military court
was held today and no explanation
was forthcoming although it was in
timated that the tribunal had been
disDanded for the day to permit its
officers to be detailed for service at
the capitol. Colonel w. S. Key, COM
mander of the Oklahoma City and
county martial law zone, was in per-
sonal command of the detachments
at the state house, it was stated.
Legislators Enter
The first of the legislators who ar.
rived at the capitol building were met
at the outer end of the driveways by
military men carrying policemen'2
clubs and s;dearms. They were al
lowed to enter the building singly.
Only members of the Legislature
and those bearing military passes
signed by Governor Walton were per-
mitted to enter the building.
The principal arteries leading to
the capitol were crowded with traffic
from 10 o'clock with mullitudes of
| toWnspeople bound to see the at
tempted assembling of the lawmak-
ers.
Representatives Frank NJ. Boyer,
| Of
Hominy, were the first house mem
bers to enter the capitol.
By II o'clock a dozen members
| had arrived
Few in Corridors
The wide corridors of the capita
were virtually deserted save for the
i lone members of the legislature, the
| military and newspapermen. The
functiOnaries. of the scores of admin.
lsratlVe offices were excused from
the days work N order that the num-
| Der within the building might be
kept at a minimum and also because
of holiday declared in observance Of
"Oklahoma City day" at the state
! fair.
Inside the capitol the military
wore sidearms. Two sentineIs post
ed at the door of the hall of the
mousse of representatives carried
service rifles. Across the corridor.
similar guard was posted at the
entry to the senate chamber.
NeWsboys appeared in the build
ing with early editions of the local
papers. They were not disturbed.
Other house members arrived in
rapid succession. Representative Me
Bee announced as he left for the
caGtol that the proclamation, calling
the extraordinary session, and bear
ing the names of 81 members of the
lower house would be filed with the
secretary of state.
The governors office. which was
open early in the. morning, had been
closed before the arrival of the
house members. Governor Walton re-
NAMED at his residence throughout
the morning.
Several other offices closed as the
noon hour approached.
More than score of girl ON
ployes gathered along a ballustrade
on the fifth floor rotunda and pre-
pared to watch from this vantage
place.
A dozen officers with service Dis
tolls on their belts moved through
the crowd gathered before the house
chamber.
Adjutant Arrives
Adjutant General B. H. Markham
arrived at the capitol at 1870 o'clock
to take personal command of the
troops on duty.
There was little except the pres,
ence of the guardsmen to indicate
that the gathering was unlike any
other meeting such as occur FIRE.
quently at the capitol. Legislators
awaiting the hour of moon laughed
and chatted with state officials and
neWspapermen.
Everyone. once admitted to the
building, was giVeo FIJI freedom of
all the structure except the legisla-
tive chambers.
Many legislators Iokoed up friends
in capitol offices and spent the
minutes visiting with them.
SlXty'three signatures had been at
tached to the call for the session Il
quarter of an hour before the time
set for converting. Fifty-four con-
stitutes majority of the house.
AT 11:49 a. mo the legislators
grouped themselves within % feet
of the door of the house chambers.
Legislators Gather
AT 1l:49 a. m, the legislators
grouped themselves within twenty
five feet of the door to the house
chamber. New sentinels were post
ed by the military and Adjutant
General Markham took his position
at the entrance to the chamber.
The call for the session was for.
mally filed with the secretary of
state five minutes before noon. 1t
bore siXty-fiVe signatures.
Colonel r. A. Sneed, secretary of
state, declared he would file the doc
| ument in the archives of the state
where it will be a part of the state
history-"the most glorious public
document in the history of Okla
hOma, new magma charts of Ameri.
can liberties, and a rededication of
the state to the principles of consti-
IHutional government"
With the atmosphere charged to
a fever pitch, Charles s. Brice.
speaker pro tenn. of the house, at
tempted to call the house members
to order.
Brice had barely raised his hand
and said: Gentlemen of the house
- when Colonel L-ov- v+oy1i,,r,