The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-11

The proclamation returns full
authority to all civil officerS. 1t
was drawn last night but was
: not made public until today
when Adjutant- General Markham
made the announcement.
Oklahoma City, Oct. 1.-THE Okla
homa legislators called into extra
ordinary session by Gov. J. c. Wal
ton convened today. The house was
called to order at 9:11 by Rep.
Stovall who was chosen majority
floor leader at caucus last night.
A few minutes later the senate con-
vened and then both had a recess
for joint meeting to receive the
governors message.
A committee informed Governor
Walton that they were ready to hear
him. The governor did not appear
personally but Aldrich Blake brought
the message and delivered it to the
senate with the brief statement:
Gentlemen, herewith is presented
the governors message to the legis-
lature."
The clerk then began reading the
!, Asks Anti Klan Law
= Oklahoma City. Ost. 1l.-Gov. J.
c. Walton called upon the Oklah oma
Legislature today to enact an anti
Ku Klux Klan law to save the state
from the disaster which he says
exists through the secret organiza-
tion. In his address opening an ex-
traordinary session of the assembly
the executive charged the Kan with
responsibility for hundreds of out
RACES and punctuated his remarks by
laying before the lawmakers trans
cripts of all testimony produced by
military courts of inquiry which un-
der his proclamations of military law
Investigated mob violence in var
ious parts of the state. He request
ed the solons to examine the re-
cords and then publish it.
"This all powerful and most de-
moralizing super government is un-
dermining the very cornerstone and
foundation of our government and
sapping the life blood of our citi-
zenship," Gov. Walton declared. 1T
must either be killed or the govern
ment itself must give way to an
archy and revolution. There is no
alternative or middle ground"
The governor reviewed at length
the train of events which have kept
the state in turmoil for a month and
concluded his message with "a plea
that the legislature pass a bill which
he himself had prepared that "the
people may be protected forever in
their personal property and funda-
mental liberties.
"The conflict between the visible
and invisible government must be
brought to close with a complete
victory for the visible government
or Oklahoma will face strife the
end Of which is destruction.
Hundreds Were Beaten
Hundreds of Oklahoma citizens
have, been beaten and tortured while
others were threatened. Tens of
thousands protested that the law en-
forcing branches of our government
and in many cases the court were
under the influence of the invisible
empire"
my investigation discloses> from
the sworn testimony in one case
where ak reputable citizens testi-
fled they heard the Grand Titan of
the Tulsa Klan make the statement
to the effect that there have been six
different 'Mer Rouge's' similar to
the Louisiana affair committed in his
Jurisdiction. -
"Some of these cases present out
RACES and cruelty in the .extreme
and mutilation, some are too awful
to disclose in print, and all of which
lead straight to the door Step 'Invis-
able Empire
"That these conditions may be I'm
mediately terminated and that peo-
pie may be protected in their pers
sonal property, and fundamental Ii
bsrty, I recommend that you immed-
lately. enact into law the bill sub
mitted here which seems to be
adequate to meet every exigency and
contingency, This law provided fol
unmasking all citizens : and compels
secret organization to publish lis,
Of their membership as we'll. Thl
law which you may pass must not b.
e make shift merely as an exped
+iency measure but must be in truth
II fact, and in law one that ha.
teeth and will meet the alarming sit
nation. Nothing less will ,destro.
this super invisible and ASSERTED
!. ;inyissable' ,y government. and nothin!