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Show TROOPS DISPERSE soorasoiis MIMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPRE-SENTATIVES FAIL IN EFFORT TO ASSEMBLE IN CAPITAL. Oov.rnor Walton ! Vl.ltor In Now Sklrml.h Col. Key readi Leyli. latora Ordoi-. Forbidding Thm to Hold Seaalon "Unli.mui City, Tho Okliiliomn 1iiih f miirvHontutlves fullr.l Wed-".l.iy Wed-".l.iy inxin In tliulr alti.mi.t to iih. "iiil.U In d.'riiineo of CJov.Tiinr J. ('. (lion Jink) Waid.. Wlii-n tluy li-U..I to meet "umlLr the i-.mnlltii-Iloil" us tl.y bhI.i, they wmv tllH-Ji.thi'iI tllH-Ji.thi'iI ,y tho inllUary. Spi'iiker l'ro-ti.m CliurU-s S ltil.o of McAU.stiT county, Bt oxu.lly o'l'loc k culled tho house of ropivBen-tutlves ropivBen-tutlves to UHm.nil.lo la tliu rotunda of the enpltul on the fourth floor Jiiiit adjaivut to tho lelsliive ihiiml.er of the home of reureHeiitnth ch (letiirinlnliitf wliothor a iu..nnii was present. Col. W. S. Key military commander com-mander of Okluhomo City imiue.lluli). ly Interrupted and rennextlni; the le. Islnto to maintain ipOet read the military order, directing thnt tho It'KlMlator b dlnpoi-Hed. He stat.Hl that It waa IiIh duty to dNperse them r.nd earnently plead-with plead-with th. nioiiilicrn that they do Mm the courtoKy of dlH.erslni; ipilet-ly ipilet-ly and In an orderly manner. "I have my or.l. iH from thy udju. tant cenernl who ha reii-lved hla In-tnictlons In-tnictlons from the p.vernor." said Colonel Keys. "I hope there will he o tronhle. that you will do an I nsk," He rad a Rpe.-lal military order lened hy Ail.lutant C.eneral Halr.l II. Harkham. whl.-h "forlddB the gather. Inu .r nanemhly of any or all of these memhers of the le(.ixl-iture at th tate houae at n.Kin Wednesday or at any other time or phc-e within the atate rttirla? the prexent period of unreal cm tlie ground that such a rther1nif or meeting l an unlawful aaaemhly In viola' Ion of the provl-taa provl-taa of the ronatltutlon and laus an1 calculated to hrlnn ahont a breach of the pe.ce, pr..vr.ke riot anrl !nt!tnte a mlkn of anarchy and Mvd ahM." "T want all of you to move on." commanded Colonel Key, aharply. The troop" stood at attention. One of the iriiar.Unien was hack of a rtrownlni machine iron. Immediately there waa a ahufflo of feet and the "lawless moh," as the rovernor has lermed them, made for the lone elevator ele-vator that waa running. At 12 :M 0'clo.k, el.-ht nVnntes after af-ter th. legislators had nttemoted to meet, the lnM'7 was rlear. d and hortly after Uiey were out of the building. Oov.rnor Walton had lnsl-ted ever 'nee he declared martial law on eptemher IS. that the legislators, whom he termed a "ku klux klan body would not meet for the avnw. d purpose of Impeaching him. While the leci-dators were Clin; cut of the tiulMlnz. some or thm plainly Indignant for they hnd come miles for Just this several groups of plrls and state employees atood around, plainly enjoying the leplsla-tors' leplsla-tors' dlaoomfortnre. |