The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-31
Barometer of Public Opinion
j. j. Moroncy Writes.

Editor world: week ago today the writer
Of the lead editorial the Eklahoman in an
effort TO express some daapprova OF the at
tempt upon the NE Of Lord French the present
Won Bissug OF Ireland made his frame OF mind
the occasion to mai an assault upon all Irish In
America, In somcw hat disconnected course OF
his sRpstick sentences he pulled this; The
effort to assaSsInatr Lord French shows tho
type OF methods To which these anti British rest
dents Of the United States would commit this
country. Whcr"upon,, linking new hitch at
his hrceches he launches out into n new limo
Of unreusou to connect all sympathy with Ire
land In the present war which Is raging there
with the few holhcnds who are making the
most natural response In the world to the out
RACES which are being committed by an inhumnn
government For about the length OF halt
column the follow indulges his bent in rnisrep-
resentation Of the people he very probably hates.
namely tho Irish. | wrote the managing editor
OF the Oklahoman letter offering the enclosed
for publication. or course publication was re
fused. 1t II raw indeed and was Intended 10
be 80, Intended to be as raw II possible as the
editorial In question. lts rawness aid not ex
cudc the first, and the offer OF the second was
"A bet AS To tho fairness OF the paper in allow
ing answers 10 be as raw as itself | won tho
bet | am making no bet ns to your use OF It
because its appearance In your columns would
Ire purely favor ana by no manner OF right
Nevertheless. in view Of the senerale onesided-
ness Of the Official organ class OF press In this
country on the greatest world question now in
volvcd namely the Irish question. am justified
In secklng some open way for expression or
protest against II thing 40 mean and uncalled
FOR as the Oklahomans ignorant scrced For
verify see things sometimes that all but drive
me to ink. This is what was sent to the OKLA
homnn and "trun' in the wastebaskct
Editor Oklahoman. The following is for
publication, II you have the daring and the
fairness to run It. First "A line of candor which
you may cross out II you wish. hut should for
your own rood take note of 1t is to this effect:
that since Bart Howard quit the oklohoman It's
editorial columns have been the weakest and
poorest stuff passing for comment In all the
state OF Oklahoma. They have lowered the
standing OF the paper. They are unscholarly,
often untimely. generally prejudiccd, never In
formative and awys Iabored. They are the
worst deadweght your paper is carrying
The wise old owl who offers them excites ridi-
cue OF the states most pretcntious paper In
every hotel lobby whore such things are dis
oussed every morning In the year. Go out any
day In any town and rubber" and get the proof
OF this lilo has produced no better effort In
exposing his lack OF wit and Information than
the assault carried R your lead editorial OF
Monday, 2ad, belaboring the Irish. From be-
ginning to end OF his scrcch there IL not an In
formative and always labored. They are the
passion and hints at facts which he would have
unquestioned to support his frame Of mind The
facts which he hints at are distorted In his hints
and are answered at least as well as they are
presented by the simple assertion that they are
un,ru,htully and dishonesty used Strong
language But II is submitted that Ignorance,
which Is the only possible plea in behalf OF one
who makes such essay ns the editorial In ques-
tion, cannot be allowed as clearing one OF dis
honesty whose office ~ commentator puts on
him the duty to learn the facts as they are be-
fore he offers his comment TO a public entitled
nothing In the whole article which calls for
reply more serious than to say that II 10 filled
with talsohood. II It touched any phase OF
the question II processes to deal with con
cluslvely in manner woNIhy OF attention on It's
merits be assured that Il deal with 1t seriously
would be much more pleasure than TO have TO
call It COB OF falsehoud and let 1t go at that
But It does not. Its only honesty Is it's avuwel
OF hatefuness which 1t carries In true tOdy
British fashion the same being true To the
Carlyle TO Kipling adulation OF everything Ger
man. cousin German to The Icutou.' The edi-
tusial exposes well but expresses poorly the
narrow bigotry and mental warp OF a dwindlinE
cult For dispite the silence OF some of the
press and the vaporings Of such writers your
editor. the truth Is coming In aValanches upon
the American public that Lord French is the
nominal head and the imprrHpnaton OF the
worst mi4EOvernment on the face Of the earth.
a mlsEuvtrnmeut which II IL we're for day
In Oklahoma would hegt more bomb-throwing
thnn there has been in Ireland In this genera
ton II In the growth OF knowledge Of this that
puts the row-eyed disciples OF prejudice TO
tuning your mistlt editor fumcd Monday
J. J. MORONEY.
Okmugce Okla. Dec. 22 1919.