Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-09
IS RECALL TO
BE DEMANDED?
CITIZEN WOULD USE IT 10 CURE
DEFECTIVE ADMlNISTRNIION.
TREATMENT IS TOO MILD


0tltUrtN tl llt MtlllN dhllllllN'lNNlNl'
that have appeared In the Democrat
until irritation has turned to sickrh'
inp disgust To any fair-minded man
who remembers the constant cam
puipn Of lies, vltuperation ana abuse
that was carried on against the non
part an administration, the present
spnlm of sclf-styled fair play ON the
parl of the organ of the now drluncl
Democratic gang, H. really pllllul.
The Democrat dag uitcr daN, uc-
nbcratcly misrcprcscnlcd the work oi
John . Mitchell and the nonpartIsan
commission, until many of the voters
who finally believe what they see
printed every day. really believed that
the city was In the hands ol pollll-
cpI highbinders and immoral crooks
and until, with many people the
word "nunpartisan' became a Joke
The merits or faults Of any man or
any system inevitably appear when
thai man or system has ceased, even
temlorarily To- push on the work Tor
which they are blamed or praised.
Viewed now, dispassionately In the
light Of prior and Of the present ad-
mlnistratiOn, II must be admitted that
whatever his faults, John O, Mitchell
was the best mayor W. have ever had,
and whatever IL mistakes the non
partisan Commission was the best
governed body the city ever had
The commission took charge of the
Government of the city when the
charter went into effect Cand with an
Tvs defects the charter is immeasurably
better than the cid council partisan
syst,mD And the Nonpartsan ad-
ninistlation performed the herculean
task OF safely guiding the city
through the most mOmcntouS year IN
its history. and conducted It's atialrs
on "a strictly cash, business basis.
The persons who are responsible Tor
the present condition of affair may
now retire and consider themselves
as saViors of the party, whether Dem
ocratic or Republican, for assuredlN'
had the nonpartisan commission
been continued both the national
parties would by now have ceased to
exist
So. now the esteemed Democrat,
having killed the nonpartisan idea or
city government In Tflsa, and having
brought the city TO the very brink
Of ruin. attempts. through its old tao
ties. to cover the misfortune that has
come upon the city by mass of lies
The World has, in my opinion, been
far too temperate in its treatment OF
the present situation Although call
ed the Daily Knocker by the patriotic
Stryker it has hcsitated to charge
openlv before the world what we an
know-that the credit Of the city IS
hanging by thread-and that the
moral conditions in Tulsa are "A dis
grace to civilization. And ~ has
done this through fear Of hurting
the town. But | believe that when
cancerous growth Is sapping the
very life Of the body polite, 1t Is no
dime for honeyed wordd 'dr fdse
promises: the time has come to use
the knife and cut the disease away
We have sowed the wind, ana we
have reaped the whirlwind, ana we
may as well acknowledge II and save
the town the permanent calamity or
perpetual political bondage The
present condition might have arise|
under a Republican as well as DEM
Ocrluc administration. 1t has been
the unfailing history Of every citN
that political rule has debauched It's
citizenship and depleted its treasury
has piled up unnecessary expenses
and eXtortionate taxes, and has given
the city nothing in return.
We have tried both kinds Of gov
eminent, political and non-politlcal.
Is il good business, or good sense, 10
hold to that which has proved Itself
Incapable of measuring up to the
great work that lies before It? The
city of Tulsa Is the marvel of the ma
ticn, and its greatest progress has
been had during non-political pc
riod Of government. Its credit was
firmly established in the money CEN
ters of the world and without any
trouble It could borrow what 1t need
ed with its bonds, for its public work
Now II presents the spectacle of a
drunken sailor trying to raise money
for nights lodging. A dspassion-
ate recollection of the events of the
past few months Is sufficient. A
reign of vice. depleted treasury un-
paid current expenses, and now a
stopping Of all public work. II II
possible that civic pride Is dead? VIII
we shake our heads and pass by?
This has ceased to be a party ques-
ton; the future of the city is at stake;
II Is time to drop politics and think
of Tulsa alone
Prove all things, and hold fast
TO that which Is good" said st, Paul
We have proven that the non-political
administration of public nffairs is
good. and that the political admins
tration of affairs is rotten. Stryker
and his cohorts so succeeded In
heaping rdicule on the uame mon
partisan" until many laughed va
cantly at the movement, who at heart
were with ii. But the fear of being
In a movement which was ridiculed
daily in print is too much for some
of the weaker brethren. Were YOU
one Of those responsible for the pres
ent condition? Are you proud OF
IT, Are YOU for a return to decent
government? II so. stand up and be
counted. Get out the RECALL, the
weapon of popular rights, provided
by the charter.
A NONPARTISAN.
Robert McBlrney. undertaken, two