Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-19
TILE MAN ABOUT
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Hands or the Mayor.
| Already suggestions are beginning
I 10 flow toward the mayors Once
T Ike gutter frcshets 10y Well-meahlhs
people who do not realize the deic7cv
and difficulty OF ms task. The re
formers want the city reformed, Hlth
emphasis upon the first syllable.
Wait patiently. brethren. until the
police department has had chance
10 find itself Too much should not
bc expected OF IL before the new pa
trolmen have been appointed. Ho" =
ever. anyone who read yesterday :
World will see that our success mas
been already achieved. which com
parcs fayorably with one OF the as
saults IN an early American war,
when almost impossible heights were
taken. We do not sretend 10 be
spokesman for the administration, but
we believe that We have sense enough
20 give the new officials sufficient
time 10 get their bearings before at
tempting 10 criticise or congratulate.
We hold no brief for Mayor sim
mons We do not know him person
ally. and never saw INN perform put
once. He did not impress Us favor
auly az that time for he had stltf
arm delivery. and revealed in the
first and only ball he threw before
Manager Price yanked him from the
box. when ne started the baseball
season by pitching the first ball, that
he never could hold his own in fast
company As for his baseball ability,
our judgment is that he would make
q good spectator
one OF His Critics.
Day before yesterday a communlea-
I tiou was published IN tins paper
which criticised the action in regard
/ to removing the panhandlers from
, the streets The logic Of that note
Was that TWO goods should be ac-
I cuiuphshed Toy undoing the one and
trying the other. The write evident
ly did not know that the regulation
ul the city traffic had already re-
CtiVed serious consideration. and tnat
the something worth while which
/ he adj ocated was already on the way.
As for his desire 10 see the streets
T left open TO the moochers, We can
+ hardly take him seriously. II II were
/ the mere honest effort Of some OF
P our unfortunate citizens to make a
living by selling pencils 1t would be
q different matter. But the begg tr
business Is profession regularly
orsanized, and there are tear and SOD
artists on our streets who own prop
erty and simply prefer TO work easy
marks rather than make an honest
/ living
The Cure.
/ Perhaps there Will ne less objection
/ 10 the proposition II the proper per
sons are ready for the next step. All
| visiting charity FOUNDERS should be
| promptly told 10 move on. on the
other hand II there are unfortunate
I citizens IN Tulsa who have been
driven 10 the humiliation of the
streets. peddAng pencils and begging
to keep from starving. It - to our
Z shame, not our credit. that the th!ng
has been allowed. There are chari-
table agents in Tulsa whose business
II is TO see that such persons are
for Their immediate needs must be
/ supplied. and the societies who re-
J ceIVe your money and assume respon-
ability for benevolent affairs in
TULSA are under obligations 10 find
OF invent employment which will re-
li-Se every man from the awful spec
tacle Of being compelled 10 craw
around on the streets like worm
and comrnercialize the infirmity thai
broke MS mothers heart before him
and gnsWs at his own. Mr.. Welch
where are you? Can We count or
you? We are willing to wager our
weeks salary that you will not be
found wanting.
What l. Needed Now
The thing needed now is not a ser
mon nor criticisms but a realization
of the size Of the job Remember. il
can never be perfectly done. Th'
best that can be expected il that con
ditions shall be improved. unless {
dozen electrocution chairs shall b'
shipped n and folks who choose tC
live the haser life are promptly pu
out OF the way. Isn't it deuce OF
Job trying TO force people who don
want to 10 be good?