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Show lo:;eo mi p visitor t 0.lahoma L'!a;or Cr v Only C Convcr- 1 I v .i Call of Coverrrr, I . , P. Haugherty 1.' '"OoTtrnor J. C. 'Walln nf f ) . homa aald that tho low.r hm,.. ..f tha Oklahoma l.i'.'.iur. wn.i i n i moot on U'odnasdar. anl li t moan that thr won't." d. r1 Huth P. Haurnartr, iim ....; orTlro at.nt for Okl.homa. oho toppod off at Hlt t...1n. I', la a cuoot at tho N..hc !M h --i. "Tho l(talalur or (k i.'..,m rn only ho eonvanrd In an in.nr.v-nary in.nr.v-nary aoaaion at tho call of th. iv. rnor and rannnt taka tho lv v upon Ita own ahouid.ra to r I a poclal aoaalon to Imp... n t' governor, no contlnul. -i ' and tha remainder of his r In tha house cn h-v-1 t'r i -i- cal meetlnga arid du-t. in.-,, i -ment If thv wnt. but m-v . .-f, t ; call a iMimn tit will (- i i rt tha lgiimre ctktmtifn of t n a-homa." a-homa." I Mr. Kanghertr. - . taohed to the m iste ! u ft i -t ! aeeelon In I k la m.-.i. an:,1 iiIMf i lower hoaiee C""lttiin ri l i dplnrahie con'l"un. 'Timi - some fnir mtnld m-n In t midst, but th-v wr n--t s enough to roti nterr" 1 P'-e t Of W. B. M H-e. wnrt la I- i anti-Walton fBolUm." r "There was a plot ty s - March to gt tits ni'iii' -n i )llnture drunk sd a m. . ' Cansdian bond-d nn , . i i In the IKi"ls'ive r hH r.. ... a i Hauicherty. "It wm h - - i got the mfmlirri ntin" i " I disband the houe tn i JUSTIFIES THE GOVIkn. 1 Justifying ths action i"n Governor Walton, he li '-i" i t ,i the governor would nt i thing that was not nvnt mnA n 1 that tha only wv fMn f -r li k i" stamp out the Ku Kiu k,.. to piece the atata umUr m: ..1 law "Tha cotirta, the cnuntr n. tha leir.atte b''! v.- w rated lv the Kin. n -. ! -fering with the IswMl ..n 1 aupervlsior. of laws in niinma. W hen that condh ion e. -' m u -ernor la forced to rra-.it to trni' to rid the slate of i k n in I many cesea kian miniii s In iuN; it ftcea have treat-.! Ifti rur v te klan metnthcrs r. c h ' li'n r VlCtSd Of fk'HSlt'eT I ar. . i . ,r Kluxers In tne '1" L I ' i' --ent, --ent, hut they m t e. i'-..t.re they pleaded guilty to t KA I "It's a he that .-! ft m-v i. 'agents are lnt.nillin c mm-ii of tho legislature or nut j.nr.-il i convicts am being used iy -"vr. ! nor Walton to aupi-rfes the U ' wia-ture." wia-ture." Haugherty said to.Uv. ''innn la not ono paroled convict In ihe eecret service department of the atata and before I left, two dss ago. I knew of no caae hre a member of the legislature hid been. Intimidated.' ADVANCE WAS STRONG.. Describing the edvanre of '"a Klux Klan In Oklt-iiia. Ilausfi-erty Ilausfi-erty aald that In ihe leado e men of Oklahoma became conriet-tr.l With Iha Organir-RM-m. W'-rkii.- upon a patriotic pira that It 10 per cent Amerlt-an. ihey ran o y Increased tha membership until !t spread Ilka wildfire ever the atste. Governor Walton, when he whs mayor of Oklahoma City, bean gathering evidence to pre-fnt against the klan and continued his efforts when he became governor Of ths state. "At ftret." he aald. "the Vlan In Oklahoma did rot capltaiiie upon religious prejudice. That was a, later development of tha klan activity, ac-tivity, which capitalised upon the i ignorance of aom of Us denomlna- , tlonal members." The aama acathlng criticism that Faughsrty heaps upon the lower house of the legislature In Okia- i homa la not soplied to the senate j or to Murrey F. Glbbone, speaner of the lower house. He aaid that the wiser councilors of the senate j had .refrained from mixing up in the trouble and tberttao speaker of the house was publicly Insulted by W. B. McBee, the antl-Waiton agU |