The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-25
BRADY LEAGUE
AFTER NEW JURY
,|ITINUED IRON PAGE ONEl

..s tbHt the taxpayers OF ulsa
.r. thousand dollars Mr.
l,.upsan said mat the county at
.ry ana his assistants WORKED
and uirht trying to clear up
Inherited criminal cases ana
doing an they could TO give
..,r lu the people
al, Brady replied mat no thoush.
.., ~ the midnight oil mIsh'
,,, been used to stop thn roop'I
~. ,,,pty,rH on fraudulent sewer
Oh .. lie questioned Mr..
l'" ,p ,hoN hts proposal to
.nt Tho romplninants IN ciN!l
I't 4. recover the money they
'. and the discussion took u
h'. .,r Iurn in which Mr. Brady
49, M,. ne would ask the new
- .,r. among the first things
to Investigate Mr.. Ihomp-
" ,,,. during the heat ot this DIS
l.,,r,u Mr Brady and Mr.
,..r that County Attorney
,..,. came into the room ana en .
,r... the discussion. lie aald
assistant county attorney -
I.' .,,.I ly law to practice IN ciNH
Ale his salary Is only &loO a
lie didn't think II was good
...YI would not have ADVISED
rr...psOn TO have entered the
...y inInk you can get better
,.rpugh the grand jury lhan
..n my office, get one ana
"I '.,'... ...ii " saidMr. Munroe. But
,b.rucc Of the grand Jury
M. Judge OF evidence, ana the
..,.. ut prosecutions 30
~ the taxpayers league mas
d. ms attention any or the
-. of which you complain.
W., ,r,y do am ready TO go TO
,...,. Of the thing with them.
..u have evidence IT rs my
rr,srrutc when | fail TO
''' '''....f' 10 "a your duty to remove
rr from pinre. ., ,,,
r,tr Brady interrupted l uon !
-. ,.u are IN sympathy WIN
.vs hnl, and the things Tor "hi'h
vr Munroc said that he resented
wa, rr,l, IT your office had
'.,...frrrcd the governor would
.. son, special counsel mere 70
anlra the last grand jury lhNeS'i'
''.,,,,,r,.. gcrgcr explained MS con
9TH the investigation OF Nhe
-, contracts. and said that no
,.T ,,ufldcucc In the county AT
'oI"'... n A Breckenridge AT TINS
,,.rr Dourei some oil OF reaS"n -"
,,.ul.rd oraturicdl waters ~
..l mn. he had served Iour yea
49, ,ounfy attorney and eBht
~, ,nr bench and that u mas 49,
a t.. .,Der.rnue that convictions WIZ
.',aipea only on about 20 per cen,
,t,t, indictments returned ny ~ ""u
Yr.rs while about 80 per cen,
'arycuuns were obtained on .ntol
nations fled ~ the county A''o'
uey ,,,,o .,nartc
statements before the grand Ju'y
man can sneak into k'ahu W.
rnor, with vice and venom IN MS
hcaN and say a whole lot or lh'nsS
r,t ao,t stand up when they are
, ,,, courtroom before fearless
men Who nrc ready 10 combat thehl
The grand jury hears only one sue
uf ,ter. ,-,.,
,es rouny attorney ne hears both
r,ygh hA duty TO see that innocent
man are not perse secuted as 1t In to
zee tina, guilty men are proSeCu'eu'
sad Judge breckenridge.
4 tell you that the grand Jhry sys-
lem is a failure. II belongs To the
days OF the inquisition. Under the
enlightened law when man mas
saryth.nY against another man he
goes before hts face and makes his
charges | opposed Tom Munroe In
the primaries. but | believe he In
faithfully trying to perform his duty.
We ought To be fair. and any organ
Iauon. taxpayer or anybody else
nat is not fair to It's public officials
viii not succeed
Tate BRADY followed Judge Breck
snrdge As he had followed all the
o,hcr speakers and with "A few terse
remarks he slapped the lid down on
the meeting and the crowd walked
oli NE most OF them laughing at
ihe sudden termination OF the en-
'tr'alnmeUl
Following are tho resolutions
adopted by the league
Resolved hy the 1AKpayors' Pro
tc,lNe league OF Tulsa county, OK
.ahoma. that
Whereas. the recent grand jury
.ANesugauOn for this county
developed the fact that graft and
!avl dId exist In connection with
certain sewer contracts and In
''nHoruon with the water works
contract awarded last fall. and
whereas. said grand jury rec
oHmenlcd thorough probe as to
me graf, and fraud In the said
sewer contracts and the prosecu-
Hon Of the party or parties guilty |
w participation IN said fraud and
graf,. and
Whereas. the officials OF the /
W Of Tulh have permitted said
"Sl1 and graft TO eItFt In refer
,N'r TO aIl Contracts and have
"'ed ana neglected To point out
w prosecute the party or parties
tuiiy Of said fraud and graft upon |
voc taxpayers of this city, and
,hhefets, the people OF the city |
Iu'Na are purdened with a high
az rate and
whereas, economy and hon
Wy should prevail IN reference to
' tt'". WORK ana improvements
=" O'H'f H save money to the peo-
We "ao pay the bills.
40 ], Therefore Resolved
Y 'hc TaXpayerS' Protective
,saF"e " Tulsa county. Oklahoma.
'"H. 'he president uf thia leasua