The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-11
Governor upholds Treaty and League
Covenant; Takes Rap at oppon-
ents OF President In Big
Fight.
SAYS PROFITEERING is
CHIEF TOPIC OF STATE
Profiteer Must Go; Is Un-American;
Explains Use of Pardonlng Pow
er; supt. Wilson Addresses
Audience.

That the ratification of the treaty
and League of Nations covenant il
the only proper solution for the
problem of unrest and dissatisfaction
now facing the world, was the belief
expressed yesterday afternoon by
Governor Robertson in his address al
the Grady County Free fair A large
crowd listened with intense interest
to the governors message
He criticised the attitude of the
opponents of the league in congress
saying they were opposing the rati
ficatlon of the covenant for no other
reason than to secure a means by
which they could spring into the
limelight before the American peo
pie The features of the league and
several of the fourteen points "why
the covenant should be ratified were
pointed out by the states chief ex-
ecutive.
"When the League of Nations is
ratified; when peace again prevails
and when the principles for which
the allied nations fought are preserv-
ed, normal conditions will soon pre-
vail throughout the world" declared
Governor Robertson.
To Exterminate Profteering.
Governor Robertson touched upon
the question of. profiteering in his
address at the Free Fair yesterday
afternoon He declared that every
state in the union is facing the com
plex problem, and up to date the
problem had not been solved.
1t was pointed out by the COVER
nor that the state council of defense
and it's branches in every county in
the commonwealth had been organ
lied to combat the wrong by making
Investigations and by using pitiless
publicity. This has rendered some
relief, he declared.
The governor said that he had re-
ceived numerous requests to call a
special session of the Legislature for
the purpose of enacting laws which
would bring relief in the matter of
profiteering Among the organiza-
tions submitting such requests he
asserted, was the state council of
defense.
81 refused" he says, "but assured
them if they would submit to me an
instrument which, if enacted into
law, would bring justice to the peo-
pie, / would call a special session
of the legislature for the purpose. ]
have studied the problem for hours,
and have yet been unable to formu-
late solution for the complicated
problem" he added. He expressed
his opinion, however, that the prof
iteering would be extermlnated in
the near future.
Profiteers Un-American.
Profiteers are un-American; they
are not good citizens, declared Gov
ernor Robertson, who emphasized
that the high cost of living was the
undeniable cause of the labor unrest
and the many strikes throughout the
country; that the condition would
exist as long as profiteering contin-
ued. and that at such time when the
crime is smothered out, the unrest
and dissatisfaction of the American
people would fast disappear.
Misuse of Pardoning Power.
Contradicting statement made
by opponents ofnthe administration
who, Governor Robertson said, were
working oyertimenin an attempt tc
embarass and harass the admins
tration and the states governmental
machine, he stated that at no time
had he misused the power to par
don and parole convicts from the
states penal institution vested in
him as governor of Oklahoma.
MANY of the reports relative to
my granting pardons and paroles
are false" said Governor Robertson
81 do not grant pardons and paroles
save in cases where l am convinced
that I am right and am justified in
doing so. An investigation is made
of every application for a pardon OF
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