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...Governor Walton declared that by its open defiance the Legislature evidently meant to "ride through blood up to the bridle. . . . But by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of this state no mob shall rule Oklahoma as long as I am above ground. . . . Don't you think I would have a fair trial in that aggregation of dragons...
...State of Oklahoma between its Governor, its Legislature, its Ku Klux Klan, its Supreme Court and its National Guard is very much at odds with itself. The Legislature desired to impeach Governor Jack Walton for attempting to be " dictator " by putting the state under martial law to suppress outrages attributed to the K. K. K. The Governor had not called a special session, but the Legislators decided that they had the right to meet under the bill of rights in the State Constitution...
...make a name for himself. For anyone who can straighten out the muddle of injunctions and appeals and cross-restraining orders in that state deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. The tangle is far too intricate for the lay reader, but one thing is clear. Governor Walton's appeal to force has not been successful, due entirely to the temper of the people of Oklahoma...
...posses in its behalf, the rest of the country may well have begun to wonder who was and who was not in power in Oklahoma. The question has had a pretty clear answer in the special election on Tuesday. By a large majority the people of Oklahoma delivered Governor Walton the rebuke which he deserved. Since it is hardly conceivable that such a great proportion of the people should be Klansmen, one can assume that sympathy with the Ku Klux had little influence in the voting. Nor is it too much for one to assume that the question...
...Governor Walton may prove in the courts that the election was invalid because not sufficiently advertised. That is beside the point at present. The fact, however, that he did not surround the polls with his regiments shows that he has had one thing proven to him: the people of Oklahoma infinitely prefer legal proceedings to martial violence...