New Britain herald., 1927-12-28
SECOND INJUNCTION
 bALKS OKLAHOHA
Sen.Conyend Legislature Works
 in Legal Daze

Oklahoma City. Dec. 2S tFl-An- other injunction confronted the seu- ate of the self-conyened legislature today as it maneuvered in a legal haze 10 rc-convene as d court of i'm peachment.
 The newest barrier erected by the administration 10 curb legislative when the district court granted Ii temporary injunction forbidding the senate 10 act on Impeachment charges against Governor Henry <. Johnston and two other officials Hearing on the injunction was set Tor January ..
 Service of the court order on Sena- tors revived the policy of non-recog- hilton adopted by both factions. Legislators immediately announced plans for test of the senate decla- ration that it not only has power to sit as court of impeachment, but it's rulings take precedence over de- urees Of any state tribunal.
 This focused attention on the na- tional guard, mobilized when the legislature convened December 6, last, to prevent all sessions. The soldiers have been inactive during the ten-day recess taken by the legislature to summon witnesses and prepare for the trials of the accused officials.
 Informed that the senate had mustered q quorum of % and plan- ned to meet in it's chamber today. Governor Johnston declined to say whether he would use the soldiers to prevent the session. When the recess was taken, the guard was un- fer orders to allow the senate to meet in the capitol, but the house vas barred from its chamber.
 Senator Mac Q, Williamson, speak- CT pro tenn. and named as presiding officer of the sclf-declared court Of impeachment, said he would attempt to call the session,
 The house. which voted six charges against the governor and named two others ill bills of irn- peachmcnt at a secret session, plan ned to mark time today. Speaker F. P. Hill said the house had some more investigating to do. but prob ably would wait the result of the senate proceedings.
 In addition to orders from the dis ;rict court directing the sheriff to en- force the injunction against the sen- ate, decrees favorable to the admin istration included. a supreme court decision that the legislature has no right to convene when the governor refuses to call a special session: a district court order instructing ths state auditor to refuse to pay tho legislators for their time or for mile age and district court injunction ordering the house to cease im- peachment proceedings.
 Out of this litigation also rose the specter of a legislative order for a dual government Under ordinary procedure officials named In bills of Impeachment are automatically sus- pended when their trials start. This would call for the suspension of the governor and Chief Justice Fred Eranson of the state supreme court and Harry B. Cordell. head of the state agricultural department. the other officials named by the house.
 If the officials accepted suspen- sion, the lieutenant governor would become chief executive and the next iI7 rank to Judge Branson and Mir Cordel would take over those de- partments. Should theiy decline, a. duel government would be created, insofar as the legislature is concern ed
 Governor Johnston apparently de olded 10 stand on his repeated de- nials of all the charges against him, His latest reply to the legislators came Monday when he accepted q challenge to public discussion with Mir. Hill. The speeches were broad cast.
 After two hours In which the gov ernor pointed to his record in de tense of allegations of incompetency state officials, the broadcasting sta lion cut him off and the mlcrophone was turned over to Mr. Hill. Tho speaker of the house then discussed growing out of the Investigation,