Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-02
GOVERNOR NAMES
NEW BOARD. WHICH
FORB|DS ELECTION
States OfficiaIdom Divided
as Zero Hour for Voting
Draws Near-Guardsmen
Enjoined

TULSA, Okla, Oct. 1.-(By the AS
soc:ated Press. ARMED forces faced
each other at noon today at the
Tulsa county courthouse as the hou,
for the distribution OF
election supplies to precinct polling
places for tomorrow's special cleo.
ton.
An Injunction directed against
the entire national guard of the
state and all officers operating
under the authority of specia
state police commission restraining
them from interfering with the
election tomorrow was issued here
today by Judge A. G.. Hunt, in
state district court. Several hun
dred men have been sworn in
by Sheriff Bob Sanford, who has
declared the courts order will
be enforced, and every mag thrown
in Jail who attempts to hinder the
opening of the polls.
Sheriff Sanford declared there
will be at least twenty armed depu'
ties sworn in to permit the election
to every one of Governor Walton's
gunner ordered to break it up"
Thirty-five thousand ballots, print
ed last night, were under guard OF
more than a hundred special depu-
ties at the courthouse today. They
will be taken to precinct polling
places tonight and will be guarded
every minute until the election j
over, according to county election
officials.
Just before l o'clock it was an,
nounced by the sheriff's forces tina
preparation to open the supply vaul
p. m.
When the vault door was opened
at 1915 by a precinct officer. in
quest OF a new registry book, mors
than 200 armed deputy sheriffs
blocked the stairway leading to the
election headquarters, until the door
was closed again.
At ITO p. m. Sheriff Sanford.
backed by body Of 200 armed spe-
cial deputies, surrounded the twelve
'citizen volunteers" and ordered
them from the building. They left
in a body.
NEW ELECTION
BOARD ORDERS VOTING OFF
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct /.
(By the Associated Press.)-Playing
his trump card, Governor J. e.
Walton today reconstructed the
state election board, and orders, is
sued by the new board, went out
at once by telegraph to all county
boards to halt the special state cleo
ton for tomorrow.
The governor filed an executive
order with the secretary of state re-
moving John 7. Logan, chairman
of the board and c. w. Kelly, Re-
publican member Logan is a Dem
ocrat. He named in their places Ira
Deomcrat, and Claude
Baker, Republican.
w. c. McAlister, secretary Of the
board, is the only Elective member.
The other two are appointive, and \
give the governor control over its
actions.
Secretary Rejects Order
The re noval order was dated
April 25, 1923, and for this reason
fused t. accept it, until he had OBJ
tanned an official opinion as to it's
validity from George F. Short, state
attorney general.
The new board members, how
ever, did not wait for the opinion
before calling, off the election.
An hour after the governors or
der revising the personnel Of the
board had been delivered to the Sec
rotary of state, and the orders from
the new members instructing county
election boards to postpone the cleo
ton had been placed on the wire,
old members of the board declared
1t the boards headquarters that they
knew nothing Of the executives ac-
ton.
Continue Instruct.4=s
They said they were continuing To
county boards to hold the
election.
Simultaneous with the action of
he reconstructed board in ordering
the election eff, Attorney General
Short sent this telegram to all coun-
y attorneys:
"The election on October 2 is a
egal election. Observe section Z.
article 3, constitution of Oklahoma.
Advise your sheriff that it is his dutv
IS we'll as yours to obey the constitu-
ion Of the state"
J. K. Wright, county attorney Of
Oklahoma county, holding in his
1and a telegram from the governG-
nstructing him to prevent the cleo
ion, said;
81 cam not obey this under my
oath"
The county attorney declared that
re would prosecute any one interfer-
ng with the election. Blank infer
nations were being prepared in his
,ffice to be held in readiness for fling
if election officials or
voters are hampered in any way, he
:aid.
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