Evening star., 1923-09-25
TROOPS MOB|LIz|NG
T0ENFORCE BAN ON
OKLAHOMA SESSION
"Shoot-to-KiIl" Order Given
and All Male Citizens Com
manded to Be Ready.
ISSUE COMES TO HEAD
AT NOON TOMORROW
Legislators Firm in Intention to
Meet, While Governor Says Gath
ering Won't Be Held.
By the Associated Press.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Septem-
Der 25.-State troops, with orders
from Gov. j. C. Walton to use all
force of arms If necessary, are being
marshaled here to prevent the i'm
peachment session of the lower house
' of the Oklahoma legislature called
fer noon tomorrow
Determined Legislators are gather
ing meanwhile to lay final plans
for attempting to meet in defiance
of the executive
Irrevocably pledged to his course,
Gov. Walton last night issued in
stfuctions to Adult. Gen. B. H. Mark
ham, to draw upon all the military
forces of the state if necessary to
block the proposed assembly.
VIII shoot to Kill.
Expressing. the hope that no ex-
cessive. measures would be required.
Gov. Walton asserted, nevertheless,
'shoot-to-kill" orders would be
given the troops should such drastic
action be necessary to disperse Iegis-
lators.
With the crisis approaching. the
executive commanded all male citi-
zens of the state between the ages
ofStwenty-one and forty-five years to
hold themselves in readiness Ito come
to the assistance of the sovereign
state of Oklahoma when summoned
by the governor or the adiutant gen
eral. The citizen soldiers" were
ordered to prepare to bear such arms
as they possess or are able to procure.
The governors order declared that
the proposed house session would
be an unlawful assembly dominated
by the Ku Klux Khan, which organi-
cation under his martial law proc
lamation is declared to be an enemy
OF the state. Furthermore, he
charged the meeting would be in
defiance and violation of the statutes
of the state of Oklahoma now under
military law. and also contrary to
the constitution and laws of the
state 1t would be a direct attempt
TO break the peace. he asserted.
Determined TO Meet.
If the legislators attempt to hold
the session at any place in the state
other than the state capitol, Adjt.
Gen. Markham is Instructed to take
steps to prevent such a move.
House members here for the pur-
pose of assembling are expected to
decide upon a course of procedure
Representative w. D. McBee. who
drew the call for the session, and
other leaders refused early today to
reveal their plans.
Discrimination. however, to fight to
the last ditch for what they claim
to be their right to convene and
consider the executives official acts
was expressed by the house mem
bers. That they had no intention
TO resort to force. but would take
statement of all the Legislators in
terviewed.
GoyernOr's "NIiIitary Order"
Gov. Walton's order to the adju-
tant general, headed Military Or
der" follows:
Whereas certain pretended call
was issued by one w. D. McBee (rep-
resentative from Stephens county
and others addressed to certain mem
bers of the house of representatives
OF this state, which, in substance
calls upon certain members to meet
at the capitol building at Oklahoma
City at IL O'Clock noon on Wednes-
day. September 26, 1928, which said
proposed meeting would be an un-
lawful assembly dominated and con-
trolled by the so-called Invisible EN-
pire, commonly known as the Ku
Klux Klan, and.
Whereas said pretended call is
without authority of law and issued
for the purpose of aiding and abet-
ting the cause of the so-called In
visible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan,
and,
Whereas the state of Oklahoma
Is now under martial law for the
purpose of protecting the people of
the said state from the rule of the
said so-called Invisible Empire and
TO obtain evidence for its extermina-
ton, and,
Khan Declared ENEMY,
whereas, by proclamat ton of the
~
visible Empire or Ku KIux Klan was
declared to be an enemy of the SOW
eretgn state of Oklahoma and the
evidence adduced before the military
courts shows that. 1t has taken over
the political government in many
cities and counties, and as an organf-
cation has murdered. whipped, beaten,
f1ogged and outraged many citizens
of this state, and by said proclama-
tion all persons were forbidden to
aid orcabet In any manner the carry
ing -out of the purposes of said In
visible Empire. commonly known as
the Ku KluX Klan, and,
Whereas, the proposed meeting of
of representatives, unlawfully so, as
aforesaid. is in defiance and violation
of the statutes of the state of Okla
homa, now under military law, and
also contrary. to the constitution and
laws of Oklahoma and is an attempt
to break the peace Of the state.
Orders Assembly "Dispersed.o
Now. therefore, I, J. c. Walton,
governor of the state of Oklahoma
and commander in chief of the mill
tary forces of said state, hereby COM
mand, order and direct you as adju-
tant general of said state to disperse
said unlawful assembly and prevent
absolutely the proposed meeting at IL
o'clock noon, September 26, 1923, at
the capitol at Oklahoma City, or at
any other time or place In the state
of Oklahoma after the date OF this
order, and you will use all the mill
tary forces OF the state, IL necessary,
for such purposes. To carry out this
order you will use absolutely what
ever and all. force OF arms necessary
thereunto.s -
The citizen soldiers of this state
between the ages of twenty-one and
forty.five years are commanded and
ordered to hold themselves in readi-
ness. with such arms as. they may
possess or can obtain, to come to the
assistance of the sovereign state of
Oklahoma when directed so to do by
the governor of this state, as the
commander-in-ch chief of it's military
forces, or by the adtntant general.
You. as adjutant general, will is
sue all supplemental1o orders and direc-
tions for the carrying out of this