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meeting. CHIEF among tnOaS wiz
declared the session would be legal
a Judge Summers Hardy, former
chief Justice Of the supreme court.
Legislative bodies have an inner
ent right to assemble to invesugatc
charges involving impeachable OF
lenses when such provision Is NOT
specifically provided for in the con-
gtitutfon Is the opinion, or leaders
among the majority members WEo
viii assemble.
The governor. in statement 10
sued late last night, however oe
clared he was still opposed TO the
gathering OF the legislators without
his call.
Orders Crosses Removed.
'.I carry to those who are agi-
tating such meeting that II they
have any respect for the law and
safety Of their State they win desist
therefrom," he declared.
He launched into q vicious assault
on the Ku Klux Khan, declaring that
the paramount issue il whether the
'.invisible empire shall dominate
Oklahoma. Other issues are subsi-
diary, he said.
st deem Il my duty to publish as
soon Is 1t can be prepared, excerpts
and q summary OF the testimony
taken at Tulsa, Oklahoma City and
elsewhere before the military court,
that the people may know that the
khan 10 an organisation responsible
for the whipping, beating and mutt
latinR In q most inhun1an manner
hundreds Of our citizens, scne
women, and to show that the civil
government il under It's control at
Tulsa and elsewhere" the governor
continued.
s'I shall be forced TO disclose the
names OF the klansmen perpetrating
and witnessing these outrages, and
in only rare cases names Of the VIC
tins out of consideration for them.
The governor ordered that the
fiery cross be removed from public
buildings, declaring IL to be the ''pa-
gan emblem OF fear. hatred and re.
bellion."
Charges BY Members.
Members OF the Oklahoma House
OF Representatives, seeking q spe-
cial session Of the legislature,
charge:
i. That Governor Walton of Okla
homa has refused to allow the laws
OF the State to be executed which
are mcet wholesome and necessary
for the public good.
z. That he has stated publicly
and officially that he will not per-
NIT execution of the law which
provides capital punishment, dur
ing the term OF his office as gov
ernor. thus encouraging the assem-
bling in this State OF hordes Of the
worst class IN the commission Of
crime; all in direct violation Of the
constitution and laws Of the State.
3. That he has abused the power
vested in him by the constitution
and laws OF the g state of Okla
homa by indiscriminate pardon and
parole OF convicted persons and has
turned loose upon the honest citi-
gems of the State q horde of MUIR
derers and criminals OF all char
ecter.
4. That he has appointed and
caused to be appointed to office
in the State some persons whose
teachings have been of an unpatri-
otic nature. and whose regulations
are such that the decent standing
OF the State among sister States
Of the Union has been lowered by
placing OF such persons in public
office.
s. That he. has attempted by APP
pointments to certain educational
institutions to place same under
the teachings Of socialism, soviet
Ism ind communism, thereby at
tempting to teach to the rising gen.
Grafton Of our State ideas foreign
to American institutions and ideals.
contrary TO the teachings Of the
Constitution Of the Government Of
the United States unpatriotic In
their nature.
Sec Rule by Faction.
s. That he has without authority
OF law or without authority under
the C0nstitution, appointed and au-
thorinod numbers of persons To
carry arms in direct violation Of
his cath Of office.
q. That he has appointed to be
peace officers of the State of Ok.
Violatore Of the law and who have
no respect for the Constitution or
laws and abuse the positions which
they hold.
8. That he has publicly an
nounced and officially recognized
the right Of q fraction Of the peo-
pie to rule and to dictate the poll
cies of the Government OF al the
peoples of this State in violation
Of both the letter and the spirit Of
the Constitution of the United
States and of the State.
3. That he has given approval to
q doctrine foreign to our Consti-
tuition and laws which would sub
stttute for our representative gov
eminent system Of group dictation
such as exist In Russia under its
present regime.
10. That he has combined with
others to subject the people IT the
State to q Jurisdiction foreign to
the constitution and unacknoWledR.
ed by our laws, giving his assent
and affirmation to utterances and
acts Of certain classes in total dis.
regard Of law and well. regulated
usage.
AIlege Class Discrimination.
IL. That he has excited class an
tagonism and domestic lnsurrection
among us and has endeaVored tc
array within the borders Il oul
State class against class and re
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