The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-23
l SESSION CALLED, BY SOLONS ROAD. TO CRAVE WALTON
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 The statement was in reply to the declaration made by the executive today that the house members from their open defiance of lawful author ity evidently intend to ride through blood up to tho bridle' and any who oppose them will be 'wading through slaughter house into an open grave
 No such expressions have ema- mated from any members of the house, McBee declared
 Won't Resort TO Violence.
 Tt is the unanimous sentiment Of the members of the house of repre- sentatives now in the city that they will not resort to physical force in any way whatsoever in sembi:ng next Wednesday," said McBee.
 Nor do they expect to resort to physical force to repel any effort to disperse them, should such be at
 'gThey do expect, however, peace ably to assemble and in case an eff fort is, made to prevent them from doing so, the house members will resort to the courts for the vindaca- tion of their rights.
 "The members of the house, while convinced of their right to convene and their duty to do so under exist ing conditions, would welcome an opportunity 10 secure an OplFioh oI the courts on the question and will cheerfully abide by its decision"
 Governor Walton earlier had threatened to clamp down more rigid martial law in Oklahoma City and to close the state fair, which opened this morning, unless members of the house call off the proposed session. Claims xIan Assembly
 II He reiterated that the meeting of the legislators would constitute an unlawful klan assembly,, declaring that 9 majority of the house mem bers are klansmen.
 'The warning has been issued by a member of the legislature that if the governor opposes the session he will do it at his peril and I take this mean that lawful force exerted to suppress riotous assemblies, will meet with lawless force, in which 1 event lives may be lost and property destroyed in an effort to supplant lawful organized government with the Ku Klux Klan government" the governor said.
 Walton said he was surprised that the members of the house had not | convened the legislature at night in a whipping pasture, where. in robes and masks" they could impeach him fin the sanctity of natures temple that has so often resounded with the
 
 The klan members of the iegisla- ture are thirsting for his overthrow the executive asserted, because he had uncovered the crimes of the klan in Oklahoma" He referred to the spurious effort" of the house members to convene themselves. r NO mob shall rule OlSlahoma," | Walton promised. so long as he holds office and is above ground
 Lawhorn, who was a leader in a movement in Jenks to have several teachers In the county schools in- l vestigated as to their fitness and training, was said by McLendon to have withdrawn his name from a public petition seeking that end after his experience in the darkness of the June Sabbath.
 M. T. Moore and W. W. Wilcox of Tulsa were named by McLendon as two men connected with the Lawhorn case.
 McLendon's statement was worn to before a notary public and later was made tine basis of military infor- nation filed against Moore.
 It mentioned by name MT. Meri- wether," who, when told of Law horns activities in the school affair, declared, according to the testimony | he had told "that-to stay away from that school meeting; this makes the second time that this information has come up here against MT. Law horn-and it is my orders that you get him."
 This statement was made by Merl- wether on June 3, McLendon testi- fled.
 Since martial law was proclaimed q 1 in Tulsa county Meriwether has not been within the reach of the military whose intelligence officers are now near Los Angeles. Cal, in quest of him.
 McLendon set forth in his state ment that he had been invited to l participate in the whipping party, but was prevented by an unex- 1 plained cause.
 T was asked to attend this party ! D. m, or to meet them at the gate directly west of the Union Consoli- dated school at Alsuma at o'clock in the evening" he said.
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 Asked To Attend Party. NThe nearest l remember one Fri day night before the whipping hap pened on Sunday, June 4, l was ask ed by M. T. Moore if I wished to go out on a party and the next time I was asked to attend this party was on | Sunday
 At o'clock in the evening they were to make their arrival with Mr I.awhorn from Jenks. If I was al this gate, was to flash lights and they would be answered by two lights. This was the signal Ma Moore asked me to give and he | would inform the others that I was one of the parties guarding the gate.
 :. T didn't 20 and knew nothing Of 1 the whipping that night. However the next morning l was at Hans ! Anderson's, 'l neiEhbor, and he was l talking of the whipping that some 1 fellow had gotten that lived at JenlSs On Monday night of the same week | and W. w. Wilcox had converse ton about the whipping of Lawhorn l from Jenks.
 Mi Wilcox had just come from Jenks ard was very much excited as | he thought there were two cars fol- 1 lowing him from Jenks and were thought to be, driven by MT. Law | horns friends. SC he stated. MT Moore asked Mr. Wilco,s if he had caused very much of 6 disturbance in .Tenks and r. he thought MT. Law horn would follow it up
 According to Mir. Wilcox, he be- leved MT, Lawhorn would be afraid to make an investigation ana that he would follow out the requirements Of the party. as he had already taken his name nffs the petition to hold up teachers salsries for investiga- tion They discussed the meeting at Jenks as the key to the proceedings of taking Mir Lawhora. MT. Wilcox said that ha located MT. Lawhorn and wife in church and showed the men of the party that lived out of -,-yxy uE~ nvY~xyr