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Show MAILED FIST TO ENFORCE LAW IN OKLAHOMA Gorernor J. C Walton As-j lumei All Power of Military Mili-tary Dictator in Combat-1 ting Reign of Flogging' troops to invade ' hostile counties; No Effort Made to Meet1 Ultimatum Calling for Resignations of Fire Tulta County Officials OKLAHOMA CITT. Okie., Sept. It (Br A. P.) Tha mailed flat will descend upon whosoever op-poeee op-poeee Qorernor J. C. Walton 'In hia war on ftocflca. Aaaumlns all tha powera of a military dictator, dicta-tor, tha executive made It mora plain today that martial law and etate troopa will be tha ana-war to any op poet t Ion to hia wilL Mem be re of tha atate leaialature. If they attempt to oonrene them, eelree In extraordinary aeaalon to eonaldar tha governor' act. wfll fo to jalL State nawapapara that ralaa their volcea aralnat tha ezee-utlv ezee-utlv will ba musaled by a eenaor-ahlp. eenaor-ahlp. Countlea considered by th governor ta ba hoatlle 16 hia eourae of action will ba occupied by troopa. Thla la tha plan of campaign outlined by Oorernor Walton, and ha promlaed todav that ho apoke no Idle thre(a. On tha other hand. ' even bitter political enemlea Beam to euetaln Walton'a poaltlon. With tha time limit drawing near for tha execution of the governer'e threat to clamp down an Iron, handed military rule '.In Tulaa, county, ao affort waa being made ta aaeet tha demanda of th ultimatum ulti-matum calling for th- resignation of flva Tulaa county officiate, alleged al-leged by Walton t6 ba under domination domi-nation of th Ku Klui Klan. . Publlabera of th Tulaa Tribune were preparing today to go Into federal court to teet tha mint of tha governor to eatabllah a cenaor-ehlp cenaor-ehlp of that newapaper, and K. K. Blxby, managing editor of the Muekoge Phoenix, announced that attorneys for hia publication would join with the Tribune In asking a federal Injunction, Governor Walton would not dls-ruae dls-ruae -what atepa ba planned at Muskogee, where W. R. Sampson refused to obey tha ezecutlve'a ultimatum ul-timatum to resign aa exalted Cyclops Cy-clops of tha Muakoge klan. In well-informed circles. It la predicted that martial law will soon ba declared In both Muakoge and Oklahoma City. |