The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-28
OKLA. CzAR DEPOSED
XXX
Ousted As Governor, He Will Garry
Fight to U. s. Supreme Court
Self Appointed Dictator Declared
Incompetent Among Many
Other Charges
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(By Staff Correspondent)) }

Oklahoma City, .Okla.-A Glutton
for punishment, former Governor
Jack Walton, self-appofnted car of
Oklahoma, has now signifed his in
tention of taking his fight to retain
the governorship of Oklahoma to the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Ousted by a unanimous vote of the
Legislature, the arrogant former en-
gineer still persists in continuing his
fight which was lost before it was
started.
= Not for one minute forgetting the
dramatic, he, on last Friday engag-
ed in more theatricals by leaving the
senate during the trial after engaging
in a lurid speech in which he denounc-
ed the "unfairness" of the trial.
This merely marked another 'high
spot" in his sensational career both as
mayor of Oklahoma City and COVER
nor of this state. It is expected that
his case, if he insists on continuing
his hopeless fight, will go before the
U. S. court some time next month.
Machine Guns Recalled
Walton's worst enemies admit his
fine sense of the dramatic. Now that
his race is run they recall its high
spots-how he won the farmers by his
overall campaign, the mammoth bar
becue, still unpaid for, the machine
guns trained on the court house and
the statement credited to the COVER
nor that che would tell the people
when to go to bed" and that the legis-
lators "would ride through blood to
their bride bits" if they tried to con-
vene against his orders.
Walton's career has been merely a
series of sensations which died a dis
NAL death when absolutely no de-
tense was presented for on the many
charges preferred against him. He
was found guilty on eleven charges
of the sixteen presented by the leg
islature. The removal vote stood
forty-one to nothing, and upon his re-
moval as governor of the state, Lieu
enant-Governor Trapp became the
states chief executive.
,, How the Voting Stood
The other votes taken by the legis-
lature were as follows:
That he exceeded his pardon and
parole powers. Vote, Al to O.
That he placed his personal chauf-
feur on the state health department
pay roll-35 to 6.
That he padded the state pay roll
-3S to 8.
That he prevented the assembling
of grand jury-39 to 1.
That he suspended the right of the
writ of habeas corpus-40 to 1.
That he issued $4,000 deficiency
certificate for the state health de-
partment when no deficiency existed
81 to 4.
That he issued a deficiency certifi-
cate for $4,000. for a state negro or
phans' home in order to provide sal
aries for two negro BARRIERS whom
he ordered placed on the pay roll of
the institution-40 to 1.
That he attempted to prevent a
special state election to be held Oct.
2-37 to 8. -.
That he excelled the legal limit
of election expenses-28 to Is.
That he solicited gifts and con-
tributions for expenses of his Office
after he was elected-Unanimous.
Is Voted Incompetent
That he is generally incompetent
SO to 4. ....s ..ss. --.
The charges on which he was ac-
quilted were: .. .. .s ~ .-- Sd.
That he used his official position to
obtain personal property and credit
-23 to Is. (Lacking the necessary
two-thirds majority to convict.)
That he received $4,000 bribe
to approve an appropriation for a
state business academy-26 to Ia.
That he, refused to permit the ex-
ecution of the law providing capital
punishment-A u to 80.
That he illegally named large
number of known criminals and ir-
responsible persons as state police
"a to IL.
That he illegally named Charles
I. Baskin, member of the state
legislature, as district judge-12 ts
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