The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-15
IN DEFENSE Of
OKLAHOMA CITY
GiddingS Says All the Crimes
Are Not Dul 10 Present
Conditions Here.
CITY Is BEING MALIGNEb

ln ma Interview Saturday Momu
lrHIptl eluI u substance that OkWhu |
mn city hn- numerous guumrn ana that
f"r SEQ one of them ruu be- hired 9.
murder the most prominent citizen with
lu forty eight hours. lie attributed thi.
condition TO the neglect uf officials N
not enforcing the law n.u'ust bootleg
gers md gamblers.
The statements " Momnn Pueu
II true, are worthy or the most sc
nous consideration and { untrue
for the sake " the city should be
rctutrd said Attorney b. j Cid
dings iu am interview today
'lhe making OF startling state
mcnts always causes more comment
and cScites more interest than their
denial Too many people are prone
10 believe IN of their commm ties
ANA trllowmcu and unfortunately. the
lIl receives broadcast advertisement
whore the good is like light hidden
under a bushel
1T will not do simply TO say that
such statements as those that ap-
peared hurt the community CONNER
plul,y and otherwise and give that asl
AN answer because II those things
are true they must be rcmedied
BAD coud tlous are the result OF
bad morals and ignorance Is that
true of oklahoma Ciry- She has more
churches and a less percentage oil
.Iutcrury and crime than almost unvI
similar city in the union. Her rcllE-
Iuus and educational advuutages
and Institutions are second to none.
These things are admitted II So.
then those bad cond. tons do not sol
largely exist unless religious and ed
ucnuunal advantages and Institutions
are uf small value
Statement Is Unique.
The statement oklahoma Ciys
most respectable citizen may be-
dead In the next torN eight hours
's not 30 startling as 1t is unique II
he dies II viii be ill-hcalth and not
murder that causes No. under ordinary
circumstances
"Ir This rity is full VI gnmcn. 10
does look Uh, the gentleman would
point out Go the authorities. II ne
knows, the places where they may
be- found I'm so serious am assertion
geucn.l'cs are OF mo- value
Why should We have Cunpu
here and who want TO muir
der people and who, DO they
want lo murder them ror' Gunmcr
uN their vocation against officials
who are seeking tu better condition.
under the law n M" Joint produces
/ the guumou and officials perm the
/ 'otnr. thru $50 far as officials are cou-
/ cerncd the gunmcn have no object
| iu slayinE them Therefore one Of two
| conclusions is irresistible and that
| Is that guumcn do not exist az am in
/ do that officials orc MOT doing their
/ duty. y M fnlrrr and trucr 90 assert
T that officials arc doing their duty
/ than merely to state they are not for
thc former is both the legal and NOR
presumption
MurdCrCrs Not Residents
"r'lmr hus existed since Cain
. and Abel. CrimlnuIurr teaches that
often crime comes iu waves 10 does
NOT seem % matInr much what M,
conditions are I'M given commuultIrs
for crime TO exist /, seems 10 affliDt
both Wet and dry localities
An analysis or thc Mcdonald muir
der would show that the ullNrd mur
dcrrrs were not residents u' this
! city, but fly-by-nlgNrs Hunger poy
rrt, or natural criminal iusunr'
might prompt such acts. and not 90
, cal conditions How could locl
condition create such am act where
the perpetrator thereof was not d
resident but merely one who hn,
T iuHl come to the community
f They yclp about Joints and theI
. crime breeding tendencies They
yelp at the Joint and the Joint is I'm
defensiblr. hut how about the palror
wihou, whose patronage the Join
/ could not survive iIo is % real ~
fender. because he furnishes M,
, provendcr. and he comes from al
walks NJ life
+ What About Patrons
Z And what produces the Joint an
ITS average patron Does tho ioln
produce the average patron Is
the real evil7 You must look hlghc
, up FOR H. Largely, misery produce
the patron. and misery is the produc
NJ oppression and misfortune. Preac
from the pulpit and In the press I
! Your oppressive landlords throughor
lhe nation, your money-shnrks an