Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-24
ISSUE is D0GED
Declares STARR
CLAIMS PURPORTED REPLY Is
MISLEADING IN MANY or IT'S
STATEMENTS.
PUBLIC entitled TO KNOW.
Explanations and Not Dcninls Made
lie Challenges Truthfulncss of
Advantage Given the County.

Maintaining his former position and
declaring that the county cOmmls-
siOners, architects and contractors who
dealt with the building Of the county
courthouse, John v Starr says that
their purported answer to his state
ments was not to the point, in the
following statement:
Wednesdays issue Of the Demo-
crat contained "A screed purporting Ia
reply to letter of mine appearing
in last Sundays Tulsa World, a copy
OF which letter was delivered to II
simultaneously with The World The
editor returned IT without publication
or comment, and now descends from
honorable journalism and good faith
with the public, who are his most
valuable asset and supporters, by join
ing his efforts with others to prevent
a true knowledge Of the things in ques-
tlon and doubt connected with the
erection Of a public building paid for
out Of the public treasury, dispensed
by public officials. who are the ser.
wants Of the people, and whose acts
the people have a right to invesu.
gate. and know all Of their every trans.
action.
Fullest Truth Due.
Public office does not imply that
the occupant Is the master OF the
people, but rather the servant of the
people II is not only duty but it Is
law that the fullest ACCOUNT and pub
lication Of the acts Of the peoples
servants shall he made, and, MIR. Stry.
ker will not attempt to deny that It
Is the right pt any citizen on proper
showing to ask and demand.tne inves-
tigation Of public records and the acts
of public servants, none know bet
ter than he that il is not only mat
ter Of common knowledge, but il Is "a
matter OF court record that wherever
the people have not been watchful
over their public servants and en-
ploycs and have defaulted In. or have
been made afraid to exercise their
constitutional right TO cruaise, that
disgrace. corruption and official
shame. criminal prosecutions and i'm
at the expense of the pub
lie has been the universe result, and
this condition could have been largely
forstalled If the people had been
watchful and he public press had not
ktpl quiet 100 bIltu III luD lfOSCUtG
Of guilt, and had aided and abetted
this very result by making the private
citizen afraid by abusing him for even
daring 20 suspicion, or exercise Ms
right to crtcise or complain.
"Mr Suyker, 1 do not believe you
can Obscure The real issue by mislead-
Ing aud unfair captions and the use
of er'thets IKE the political archi-
tect, e.c or fool the people by such
attempts. These are always the meth
DDS employed by those who would de.
tract from or crush the truth ana
right, whore argument and fact arc
not at their command, with the hope
Of fooling the people.
You follow with interviews accrcd
red to Contractor Van Horn. Commits
sioner North and letter from the ar
,hitects Winkler & Mcdonald.
Mr. Van Horn voluntarily brands
.he interviews accredited to him as
distorted ana Incorrect which We will
let rest where II IS for the present
The statement accredited to Mr.
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