Evening star., 1923-10-24

, NContlnueu from FIRST PaSe.)
he walked slowly down the stairway
To the main floor.
I'VE still consider you our gov
ernor." one of the group said, quietly.
The governor made no answer.
Only few lights cast isolated rays
through the long hall as the party
moved toward the door. The governor
halted briefly to read a copy of the
senate resolution suspendinG him
from office, which press representa-
tive handed to him.
The vote was 36 to l for the reso-
luton" the governor was told.
Who voted for me?" he inquired
in a low voice,
Senator Barker"
The executive inquired about three
other votes, all of which had been
cast against him.
viii you have any statement to-
night, governor" he was asked.
Not u word" the executive replied.
A heavy cloud hid the moon, and J.
c. Walton was swallowed in the dark
ness as he waited silently for his
automobile.
The vote on the impeachment
charges in the house came uneNpect-
edly. After most of the session had
been devoted to reading testimony
taken by the investigation commit
tee. and one effort to suspend the
oral presentation had been voted
down, the house suddenly changed it's
course, cut off the reading and plunged
into consideration of the second arti-
Gle in the impeachment bill. Consid-
Grafton of article 8 followed at once.
Article 2. the second of the twenty
two specific charges against the gov
ernor made in the committee report,
was approved without discussion by
the house. 1t alleged that Gov. Wal
ton had diverted state funds TO his
own use by placing his private chauf-
feur on the state health department
pay rolls.
Brief Debate Ensues.
A brief debate preceded adoption of
article 3, whica charged the governor
with an Offense against the eonStltu-
zion by 1'S"erSing an assembly of the
lower house, September 26, by the
state militia.
Each of the charges constituting
sufficient grounds upon which to arr
raign the governor before an im=
peachment court, they were submit
ted separately to the senate as bills
of impeachment as soon as the house
had acted.
Testimony that had been presented
was that of DR.. Z. t. Bynum, who
was, at different times, executive
counselor and state bank commits
sioner; Aldrich Blake, counselor who
succeeded Bynum and who, like him,
was deposed; Buck Garrett, former
bodyguard to the executive, and
COLI Zack Mufhall. wealthy cattie-
man and personal friend Of the gov
.rnor.
Bynum told the committee he be-
Iieved his removal as bank commits
sioner resulted from his refusal to
appoint an incompetent man as his
assistant at the order OF the gov
ernor.
The witness detailed his activity in
the go ernUrs ,afious financial cam
paignS, declaring that he raised cam
paign funds from wealthy oil oper-
ators.
He made it plain that he had neysr
promised contributors favors from
the governor.
DIR. Bynum declared, according TO
the testimony, that he had warned
the governor that his financial opera
tions might be made the subject of
grand jury or legislative investiga-
tion and that the executive had told
him 'other men can forget" and never
again asked him to solicit funds.
Blake's testimony at his second ap-
with the governors alleged use of
state department pay rolls to accom-
modate his friends.
First Comedy i'm Session.
Members of the house had their
FIRST act of comedy when Mulhalls 8
testimony was read, The witness tes-
titled that he was placed on the pay
roll of the state health department as
an inspector at 5000 a month during
last March.
II was an Inspector" Mulhall tes-
titled, "and was doing as little as 1
could. Ny expenses in Oklahoma
City in doing good and enjoying my
self was from $500 to $1,000 a month.
so the $500 health department ex-
pense money did me little good"
Asked what duties he had perform
ed, Mulhall replied:
IT examined quite a few restau-
rants In Henryetta, but I did not pay
much attention to them"
Everybody in the health depart
ment was green" Mulhall added. mo-
body knew anything about anything.
Neither did I. I inspected a fruit
stand once, ate all the fruit / could
and told the man he ought to- do bet
ter. I did not make a report be-
cause the man was a foreigner and I
couldn't spell his name
Mulhall declared Certainly think
I earned my money. The state Is in a
sanitary condition compared to what
1t was"