The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-26
MILITARY AT
CAPITOL SENDS
S0L0NS AWAY
Guards Placed In Corridors
and Other Places Prevent
Impeachment Session
NO VIOLENCE REPORTED
Legislators Disperse without
Word Upon Orders of
Military Officers

Military OtncorS
Oklahoma City. ,Oklahoma, Sept.
26.-(By the Associated Prsss)-Ok-
lahoma's ''rebelr' legislators were
dispersed by the military q noon
today when they attempted to con-
vene . special session Of the lower
house to seek the impeachment Of
Governor J. c. Walton.
There was no violence or blood.
shed.
The house members gathered be-
fore the entrance to the house chaA,-
Der were given q firm and court or.
der by Col. w. s. Key. military COM
mander Of the city, not to attempt
to assemble.
Col. Key read to members Of the
lower house the order Of Governor
J. C. Walton forbidding the assembly
Of "any or al members Of the leg
islature during the present period
Of unrest" at 11:5S .. N. He order
ed tho legislators to disperse I'm
mcdiately and refused to amplify
his order in any manner when ap-
preached by leaders Of the lower
house.
There was . momentary pause,
armed officers moving through the
crowd barked out orders to "leave
the buildirr" and without . word
the house members beysn to depart.
Within five minutes the. scene Of
the clash between the solons and
the military was cleared.
ATMOSPHERE TENSE
With, the atmosphere charged to a
fever pitch Charles E. Brice,
speaker pro tenn Of the house at
tempted to call the house members
to order. s
Brice had hardly raised his hand
and said, Gentlemen of the House
-" when Coa. Key stepping up broke
in and in loud voice called on
every one in the crowd to remain
motionless. He then read the order
prohibiting the session.
When Col. Key had completed the
reading D. A.. Stovall of Hugo, rep
resentative from Choctaw county.
asked the military commander if "he
had the full support of the state ma
tional guard behind the order"
Col. Key made no reply.
W. E. Disney, representative from
Muskogee. then asked if the gather
ing was being dispersed "as- . legis-
lature or as individuals"
"You are being dispersed as a leg
islature," Col. Key responded.
Doors Never Opened
The doors of the house chambers
we're never opened and none save the
militia approached nearer the cham
Der than the military guard stationed
about 20 feet in front of the entrance.
The house members left almost in
body to their caucus headquarters
In . hotel.
House members and Newspaper
men were grouped as close as possi-
BILE to the entrance Of the chamber
from the back of the crowd and
across the open court that pierces
the open rotunda when Brice sudden
ly made an attempt to call the ses :
sion.
There were a couple of members
who sought to gain places of advan-
tage.
The sharp command of the guard
leader to remain where you are"
halted the movement.
Women and girls were caught in
the midst Of the floor as the mem
bers faced about and all stood SILENT
ly while the order was read.
Then in groups of twos and threes
the crowd disbanded.
Will Keep Up Effort
1--WE have met the enemy and we
are temporarily theirs, but the meet
ing Of the legislature has just start
ed" w. D.. McBee, leader in the
special session cali, declared after
the attempt to meet at the capitol
failed. ~
MILITARY READY
Oklahoma City, Sept. 26.-Military
occupation Of the state capitol build
ing intended to prevent the schedul-
ed converting Of an extra session Of
the lower house Of the state legisla-
ture At noon had been completed at
$3.50 o'clock, II was estimated that
approximately 100 guardsmen. were
| in the building. Every corridor,
every outside entrance and al drive
ways in the immediate vicinity were
patrolled.
CARRY NO WEAPONS
| Oklahoma City, Sept. 26.-A. state
ment Warming house members not to
carry to the capitol building "lny
weapons even 30 small % pen
knife was issued this morning BY
W. D. McBss. lsader in the special
session program, to legislators gath
srinv to 60 to the capitol Of noeu.-
MeBee declared ~thsrs must bs not
the least thing provocative il our
attituds." S
l31RY CROo9 BURNS
| Musksges, Okla. Sept. - The
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