Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
OKLAHOMA FIGHT
|. IS WEARING CRISIS;
EXPOSE IS ISSUED

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept.
21.-By the Associated Press.)--
Legislators seeking the official heal
of Governor j. G. Walton marched
on today in their plans for i'm
parchment, while the executive
gathered strength for a final drive
on the Ku KluX Khan, which he
blames for the storm that has brok'
en- about him.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature will convene at noon
Wednesday to consider charges that
Walton has set at naught cOnst''
tutiOnal government and if the gov
ernor interferes with the meeting
he acts at his peril" This was
the announcement of legislators who
will seek the executives lmpeach
ment.
Walton s final attitude toward the
house session was expected to be
developed during the day, but his
legislative enemies were confident
that he would not carry ont hi:
threat to Jail the house members il
they attempted to assemble. Since
voicing his threat some Of the gov
errors legal advisers have urge
him to permit the session, as they
declare it would be illegal and with
out effect. However, the final word
remains to be spoken and the threat
has not been withdrawn.
Governor Asks Funds
Admitting the fight was weighing
heavily upon him, the governor
sent out an appeal for funds, ask
ing those who believe in a repre-
sentative form of government, &c
send contributions to Mrs. Aldric.
Blake" Oklahoma City. wife of TIE
executive counsellor. Blake now Is
absent from the state on a mission
for the governor.
N. C. Jewett, grand dragon of
the Oklahoma realm of the HI kiuX
Khan, and his associates, "haVE
turned the fight over to the klar
newspapers and the khan members
Of the legislature Walton as
serted
The governor last night releaS I'd
a portion of the testimony taken be-
fore a military court here intended
to show that County Attorney j.
X. Wright. Sheriff Tom Caviar
and District Judge G. Clark had
been obligated in the khan; and de
failing charges made by DR.. a. \.
Maupin, q dentist and former ment-
Der of the organization. as to toe
connection of the invisible empire
with mob VIOLENCE.
Judge Clark Active
It was Judge Clark who issued
the call for a special grand jury to
Investigate charges that Governor
Walton illegally had used state emf
ployers to check names on an mi
tiatiVe petition to which he was OF
posed.
Judge Clark testified that although
he had been initiated in the khan 8
year and a half ago he had paid no
dues and for nearly a year had MOI
considered himself a member Of thu
organization.
Sheriff Cavn;r admitted he is a
member of the khan and the portion
Of County Attorney Wright's testi-
m0ny made public revealed that he
had stated that he paid t,.e fee for
membership.
SAN ANTONIO TO ENFORCE
UNMASKING ON HIGHWAYS
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Sept. 21-
AS d precautiOn against masked
members Of the ku klux Khan APP
pearing on the streets of San Anto-
Mo, 500 special policemen were
sworn in by city authorities on the
eve of a big initiation ceremony by
the khan tonight at the San Antonio
speedway, just outside the city linn
it's.
Sheriff James Stevens, of Bexar
county, announced he had sworn in
several hundred special deputy sher-
ifs. The officers have given orders
that no one within the Enclosure is
to be mOlested. but that if any per-
son goes upon the highway he will
hea orJOYoH tn cly