Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-03
Tulsa Capitulates to Vets;
Open-T0wn Victory at Polls
What VIII 1t Mean?

In America the majority aur sup
posed to rule and 900 view of 'hr
fac, that the O. s. comprises
threc-ffrhs OF Tulsa that ru.a an.I
apply here nut doesn't
II is unbelievable that a w,putg
Of the people who have madr raHa
their homo and have Invested ,I,it
money. depending upon the ntIr"
to bring them returns, wanted tu r"-
vert 70 old conditions However
a majority of the people who voted
yesterday felt that way about IT,
and we are headed In that direction.
Those who remained away from the
polls. and there were about 5000 "i
them. will be obliged TO take wh1t
they get In the next administration
and they should not murmur Tho
time is past now for that sort OF
p.ople 10 make complaint " thoir
money is dissipaicd In the admins
tration OF city affairs during .hc
next two years. H. as is also likely,
the tax rate Is boosted, they viii
again be obliged to submit hut per-
hops the price they pay will teach
them the important lesson that vnt-
ing and working In elections is as
much part OF their patriotic futy
an to stand when the national air Is
played nt matinee. II men VI o
know the dangers OF an inefficient
are not enough inter
ested In tho welfare Of the city or
their own. to make fight for thcir
convictions, then there Is little rel-
son to worry about the future.
satisfaction is certainly great scd-
alive.
In the meantime the Republicans
have been considerate enough TO
practically complete new city han,
which Is credit 10 the city az
well as to solve the water problem.
II the incoming city officers VIII
maintain the crcditable standing iu
city affairs they will not be critl-
clsed for having inauguratcd no new
improvements during their tenure
OF office.
Tho World has made It's fight
openly. believing that to turn the
affairs OF the city over to an ad-
ministration dominated, as IL must
and will be by Charles gage. who
has repeatedly sought Tor prestige
enough to accomplish his own sell
fish purposes, was the height OF
folly, and Il will continue TO believe
so until experience has proven o'ncr-
wise. IL The World had been alone
in that belief there would be o,-
casion now 10 think we had been
mistaken. but when that was the
idea OF very great majority Of the
substantial men in Tulsa, who a,e
no less outspoken following the clcc
tion. there is reason TO regret c"-
ccedingly that citizens who really
want clean city are 20 listleqs as
not TO take the precautions they
thought was necessary to keep the
name of Tulsa from becoming again
despoiled.
This newspaper feels that Il is
better to have fought for a clean
administration and lost than It wolid
be to be in the position Of the Page
publications. which have appealed 30
class pdejudice and have arrayed
the employer and employe against
each other. There are no employers
of labor except the men with money
men who are building. manufactur-
ing and producing. and TO these men
and their interests the man who In
bors owes his livelihood Their in
terests are identicaI and the propa %
cation OF the ideas which have been
used by the Democratic organ 10 win
this election are dangerous IN tho
extreme. Results from this sort of
teaching are not only difficult to
foresec' but are almost impossible
to forestall. Indictment OF this sort
of feeling between any two classes
of men Is hazardous enterprise anri
there are hut few people so con-
scicncelcss as to undertake them.