Show m l TON CAlL LEGISLATORS Session Dated for Week Ahead of Defiant Meeting IL Ur nO ROBERT J n ll International i International on ees Ice OKLAHOMA CITY Okia Okla Oct I 0 Checking the Ku 11 Klux Klan Issue lue of at Oklahoma up to tor legia- legia legis legislature lature Itse Itself Governor J C Iron Iron Tack Jack Walton l lt t tonight Issued II a proclamation calling an extraordInary extraordinary session of o that body for tor da Octo October bel 11 This Is la six days cal cai I ler than th thail lite set b by the legislature Informally I I a u call to con con- convene convene con convene vene Itself tor for the purpose of at o im- im impeaching the tb lr governor VE and other oilmen state officials Legislators have e gone on record as saying the first tint thiNg they will do It If they convened In special recta ses- ses I aba lon would be to enact klan anti and nd then proceed to in- in rn the the- alleged Illegal practices tices tires of ot the governor nl HIS TIO The Tho text of ot Governor Valton s proclamation toll follows follow 0 II Whereas a condition of ot law law- le lawlessness lawle nC ls has s hereto heretofore foro f toi i some time sometime prevailed In several ee eral ot of the state of Oklahoma under whIch which numerous masked mob aie 8 e d l beaten mutilated l and In some instances 1 ra and murdered citizens of Okla OLIn Oklahoma homa and Whereas h virtue of ot the the- theau aim au- authority au authority vested seated In ma me m as go ot of the tho state of at Oklahoma and for forthe forthe the protection of the people people- ot of Oklahoma and enforcement of the law and the restoration of at order and the detection of perpetrators tors of these crimes I have hereto heretofore tore declared martial law In the e state of Oklahoma and through that agency have base protected th peo people restored order and ond hundreds of ot the thes mob whipping and murders and anti EVIDENCE L DESCE AVAILABLE n Whereas the sworn evidence as to the existence of at this sy system tem ot of la lawlessness nes and Identity of at the th organization responsible for tor this system of at o operation the member member- membership membership membership ship of which Is secret has been secured by dul dull duh authorized 1 mill mili military tar tary commissions and Is now no avail avail- available available able authorities for tor the use of at proper ties both legislative le and judIcial and Wh Whereas reas It tt Is 15 Imperative e that to bo Immediately lu enact enact- enacted enacted ed that will vill unmask the tho organization tion le for for- perpetration of these crimes crIme of violence and prevent their recurrence Now therefore I t j C Walton governor of ot the state of Oklahoma pursuant to the power vested In my by section seven 7 article six 6 G of ot the constitution ot of o the state of Oklahoma d do do- hereby con con- con convoke I voh yoke voke th th of ox the said tate state In tn c dinar session UP UD- UD ler der UDler de said section and sald article ot of the atthe constitution ot of o oId said Id sta state te 0 at t the state capitol at Oklahoma City at 9 9 o'clock oe Thur Thursday October ii 11 1 1923 3 tor for the purpose of the th the en- en enactment enactment en enactment of o a a 11 law to protect the tin people from masked and li marauder s and mobs and secret organizations Signed J C WALTON Governor Go of Oklahoma T EST Go J D B A Robertson ip 11 1921 set a precedent In calling an extraordinary session seaon of the of to eon con con consider sider aider only on the questions contaIned in the governors governor's message For this n l ea say Governor Waltons Governor Governor- Waltons Walton's call can will con fine tine the legislature proposition to action first of all alt on the Klan Is 15 Issue sue then Impeachment charges barges wilt III come afterward |