Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-04
TROOPS REAPPEAR;
SURROUND CAPITOL
To PREVENT FILING
Governor Overwhelmingly
Beaten in Election Of Tues
day on Impeachment Call
Amendment

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Oct. >.
(By the Associated Press.)-A tenn
porarily restraining order preventing
the state election board from certi-
flying the returns from yesterdays
special election was published In
state district court here today on
application Of counsel for Governor
]. c. Walton.
The order was granted immediate
Nv after the executives petition was
filed before Judge Tom G. Cham
bers, Jr. 1t enjoins w. G. McAlis-
ter. secretary; John p. Logan, de-
posed" chairman; Ira Mitchell, new
lv appointed chairman, and Claude
Baker. member, from certifying the
returns of "the pretended election"
to the secretary of state. The ac-
ton was brought by Mr.. Walton
as governor.
The state capitol was again under
guard of state troops today. Frank
Carter chairman of the state cor
poration commission declared it was
his understanding that the guards
were under orders to prevent GER
tification to the state election boaru
of returns from yesterdays state
election.
New Accusations
At the same time, it was announc
ed by Campbell Russell, former cnalf-l
man of the state corporation ana q
leader in the opposition to Governor
fiIa iY0aY obi a fp-f
! ly a petition for grand jury in dis
| trict court to Investigate official acts
| of the executive. Mr.. Russell cir
culated the petition on the streets
early today
The petition Mr.. Russell said
would seek an Investigation of alles
ed misuse of public funds by Cover
nor Walton and also would direct an
inquiry into the governors actions
in commissioning thousands OF
special state police.
A former grand jury, called upon
petition circulated by Mr.. Russell
to investigate the executives use OF
public moneys. was stopped by the
military authorities who trained
machine gun on the grand jury
room.
The charge of misuse OF funds
! grew out of the allegation that the
governor used state employees con
! trary to law in checking signatures
on the initiated petition, approved
| yesterday at the polls, to provide
way for the legislature to meet with
out his call to review official acts
of state officers.
Hearing on an application to make
| permanent the restraining order
against the election board was set
for October 8.
Walton Loses Election
Opponents Of Governor J. c. Wal 4
ton scored a sweeping victoryJye
day in the most spectacular election
ever held in Oklahoma.
By a decisive majority, a constis
| tutional amendment was approved,
| empowering the state legislature To
meet on its own call to consider
| Impeachment charges against the
governor.
| Despite the executives proclana-
ton postponihg the election and his
threat to block it by armed force
| opposition was negligible and the +
| balloting proceeded peaceably, ex-
Cept for minor incidents throughoE.
the state.
Indications early today were that
election in the history Of the state
had been polled. 1t was estimated
that if the ratio is continued, more
than three hundred thousand votes
will have been cast.
One.Sided Returns
| Complete returns from 1898 out
| of 1887 precincts in the state, as
tabulated by four Oklahoma news.
! papers, showed the count on the
legislative proposal:
For: LAY 1863; against, 37404.
The overwhelming success of the
measure, however, is believed to
have been responsible in part for
the defeat of five other constitu-
tional amendments, including a SOL
| diers' bonus. These questions re-
quire majority of all votes cast
and it was pointed out that in adj
! dition to the fact that they were
/ failing to command even favorable
counts the silent" vote, which is
| great, due to the comparatively ex-
| cessive interest displayed ina the legs
islative proposal, forecast their de.
feat when the heavy vote on the
! legislative amendment became evi
| dent.
On the face of latest returns to-
| day. the vote on these measures
| stood:
Bonus, 1922 precincts, for, 3d..
6S7; against, 1858.
For refunding depositors in fail
ed state banks-9S2 precincts: For
38,798; against sc, 1872.
School Levy Vote
Additional school Ievy-1 ,024 pre-
| cincts: For 62,504; against 55,301.
Establishing eligibility of women
as elective office hoIders-970 pre-
cincts: For 1882; against 81, 431.
Compensation for death in indus
trial accidents-945 precincts: For
57,349; against $1,000.
In. only three counties, according
to reports, was the election wholly
prevented. These were Cimarron
and Harper. where the non arrival
of supplies made balloting impossi-
BILE, and Delaware, where the civil au-
thorities barred the election in COM
pliarce with Governor WaIton's or
ders.
The sheriff's seizure of supplies in
Bryan county did not interfere with
the voting there. Led by Federal
Judge D.. J.. Williams, former Cover.
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