Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-07
County Officials to Spend
Their Time in Mad
Chase for Office.
POLITICS IS RULING
Attorney Evers and Assist
ant Have Adopted the
"Reeves System"

DRISoNERs charged with crimes
l. are sweltering in the county Jail
these summer days on account of poll
tics. Some Of them are guilty, some
are innocent They are denied their
day in court" because certain Off
cisl Is constituting the wheels of JUS
tice" have no time to give to the
county for the reason they are cam
didates for some office or other
Tulsa county taxpayers are footing
the campaign bills for a majority of
the present office holders. And in
addition to The wanton waste of pub
lie funds great injustice is being
done to dozens Of poor devils who are
behind the bars
The Tulsa county courthouse is
Democratic campaign headquarters
Stationery. sta mps. clerical help and
everything is being thrown into the
campaign Golfers. Nearly every man
in the building is a candidate for
something or ether.
But One Viewpoint.
The ordinary citizen who goes there
seeking service gets instead the cold
and icy stare-unless he is a Demo-
cratic voter, in which event he is bonn
barred with candidates cards, cheap
cigers and lots Of conversation.
The county attorneys office IS ab-
solutely nil SO far as actual work is
concerned. It is as difficult to locate
the county attorney and his assist
ants as it is To- find a needle in a hay
stack. For months efforts have been
made to take up the criminal docket
in the district court. Judge George
G. Crump of Holdenville has been as
signed to the local court twice, but on
each occa sion the term has been post
poned because the county attorney
office let it be known that they "wcre
100 busy to take up the docket at this
time"
The other day jury vas empan-
elled. The jurymen, mostly business
men, reported at the courthouse Then
it was found that Judge Conn Linn
could not be located. The Jurors were
dismissed. The county must pay theiI
fees. Extravarance is no name for it
The county must pay for the keeI
of the men in Jail who have beer
waiting for months to get trial.
The "Recvcs System"
Assistant County Attorney George
Reeves was the first to announce him
self as a candidate to succeed County
Attorney Evers. For many weeks
Reeves has been conducting a spirited
campaign throughout the county. In
some quarters his plan of campaign
ing at the county's expense has beer
dubbed the Reeves system" James
=. Fvers. not to be outdone by his
| assistant got into the race and eveI
since then it has been a fight between
| the two to see which would get credit
for anything that took place in the
| courthouse. They are as jealous OF
each other as two chorus girls. They
arc doing everything but attending rt
the business they were employed tC
| look after.
The third assistant. Ed Warren. got
the bug. He is modestly running fol
justice of the peace and be it said
| to his credit that he is more faithful
| in handling the affairs of the offic,
than either Of his "coworkers.
Everyone Is Busy.
Clerks, stenographers and other.
are spending much of their time cam
| paigning. Most of those in the offices
at present got their jobs because OF
Service rendered" during the las
county campaign. Naturally they ar'
keen to get into action again thii
time and thereby ,cinch their places
| in the event of another Democrat,
victory.
The recent foolish letter sent ou
| by the finance committee of th'
Democratic organization was mailed
| out of the courthouse, IL is said VIII
pays the bills?
Politics reisns at the courthouse.
And nearly every one of the candi
dates for reelection has a motto lik'
this: Service in Office" or "Officia
Integrity"
| Ye Gods
| Excusa M uhila wa laiigh