Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-26

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palms of his hands are becoming so
callouscd they look like the solcs Of
"a "nggcrs" heels In the summertime,
are now turning a deaf ear to his APP
pcals for help, lie is getting even
with them Just as fast as he can. lie
has been sued for criminal libel and
while hc boasts Of being proud of this.
he has neglected no opportunity to
appeal to his political associates TO
get this new embargo on his personal
liberty removed. II is violating no
confidence now to say that his recent
disappointment even with the coop
Grafton Of The World, in getting a
higher rate for the city printing than
/ he had been accustomed to pull down,
has soured his disposition.
Being unaccustomed to keeping
| either his written or spoken word, no
could not stand by a rate agreement
long enough for him to get a chance
to break II. His natural inclination
Is to malign people II Is always a
proud moment with him when he has
some mortals soul and squirting some
of the poison that IN IN his own sys-
tenn into theirs His standard Of
morals is measured solely by the
amount there is In II for him. Judas
betrayed Christ for thirty pieces. If
Stryker had been one Of the apostles
he would have done the job for thirty
cents. Having lost out at the pie
counter he Is sore clean, through.
There isn't much sporting blood IN his
veins anyway. and so he Is going to
and anyone else he can pun into his
meshes. lie is not particular who
Just so long as II isn't someone who
might he a possible victim when Il
comes to meeting his next overdraft
A little rough work with hootleggers
and gamblers viii make them realize
the stinger the colonel carries around
as he pussyfoots about I'm his moments
Of distress, begging for assistance
lie knows that the bootleggers can't
come back at him, because all they
desire is to be let alone He knows
also that nearly $4,000 annually is
derived from the unlawful business Of
bootlcgg,ng and rambling by the city
of Tulsa and that If the authorities
did not secure this revenue that the
city could not run without doubling
the tax rate He knew this when he
helped to put this administration into
power. lie knew 1t when he wlnked
at the fraud, crookedness and corrup-
tion by which the election was won
So long as he could get this he had
nothing to say The bootleggers were
all to the good then, likewise and also
the gamblers. Archeologists claim that
the Sphinx has been frowning down on
Egypt for over seven thousand years.
but we would back Stryker to beat II
out IN contest for silence so long
as his own flesh pots are not permit
ted to become empty. He thinks that
because the administration is opposite
politically to The World, and actually
unfriendly TO this paper TO the decree
that II would not allow Il TO do a
dollars worth Of city printing at any
, rate that could 10y hook or crook be
kept from it. that we should make
war on them over the trumped up
issue OF morals and law enforcement
lie may be able to fool few preach
ers and narrower minded partisAns into
that mistaken notion of fair and hon
est Journalism, but he cannot befuddle
or worry The World. We shall not
consult Colonel striker about the
editorial policy Of The World. We
propose to attend TO our own business
IN our own way and politely suggest
that he do the same thing. and II the
editor Of the Democrat ever does have
an honest impulse TO permanently put
the lid on In tulsa and public senti-
.ment in this community responds to
his desires Ia that direction. The
World will be glad to lend him any
assistance he may desire. But he can't
fool MS any more. We are dead next
to him. His word TO us is not worth
amy more to us than his check 10 the
paper houses he does business with.
In other words II Is no good. Neither
is he. He is a perculated old dyed
in-the- wool double-crosser OF the first
water. The bootleggers have unload