The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-13
MUSK0GEE WINS
DEBATE H0N0RS
Claims Honors by Margin
of One Vote in Tri-
angular Contest.
TULSA BREAKS EVEN
Takes One and Loses One on
Harbor Arbitration Battle;
Beats Oklahoma City.

MJSKoGEE, Okla. March 1:.---
Muskogee tonight won the triangu-
Ia debate between the high schools
Of Oklahoma City. Tulsa and Mus
kogee.
oklahoma city won over Muskogee
debating in oklahoma City by "a
Judges decision OF two to one. Mus
togce won over Tulsa az Tulsa by a
decision OF three 10 none and Tulsa
won over oklahoma city at Tulsa
by Two TO one.
Each city won a decision. but by
the terms of the agreement under
which the debate was held, high
school officials said. the final award,
in case OF n tie, was to be made on
the mdgcs' votes Muskog0 won the
votes Of four judges, Oklahoma City
of three and Tulsa OF two.
n was an even break for Tulsa In
the triangular high school debating
contest between Tulsa. Muskogee
and oklahoma City. With com
pulsory arbitration the question
Tulsa's team lost to Muskogeo at
Nuskogee and won from Oklahoma
CITY here. In every case the affirma-
tive team in the three contests car
ricd away the decision OF the Judges.
Oklahoma Cry highs debaters fell
before the arguments OF the Tulsa
orators when they crossed swords
in the high school auditorium yes
tcrdav morning. TulSa's team which
won hy "A. two to one decision was
composed of Mortimer Ransom.
Lindon knight and Max Goldstein
defended the affirmative of the ques
fton, Resolved, that the federal gov
,.Yrnent enact legislation providing
for compulsory arbitration of labor
disputes in ppblic service Industries, "
and the Oklahoma City team com
posed Of Loren Koble. Arnold FleiG
and William Garrett argued the
negative side.
William Garrett OF Oklahoma
city and L!ndon Knight OF Tulsa
proved the strongest speakers in the
contest The capital city boys used
as their main argument that com
pulsory arbitration was unfair in
rha. " II forced the laborer to work
V did him an injustice and IL II per-
mi;ted him not to work II wronged
the employer. They also argued
that as compulsory arbitration had
failed In Australia, Canada and New
Zealand. it could not work here.
one OF the visiting teams said that
The burden OF proof rested with
Tulsa and that the local debaters
would have to prove that a remedy
was needed for present conditions
that compulsory arbitration was
that remedy, that compulsory arbi-
lration was not unfair and. that a
better solution could not he found.
The principal points OF the affirm,
stive were showing tho present
conditions, and then giving compul-
sorry arbitration as a remedy. One
speaker quoted Samuel Gompers
PRESIDENT OF the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, as saying: Labor
can strike for any reason or nc
reason, and no man can keep them
from it." Another speaker said tina,
labor was unpatriotic during the
war while our soldiers were fight
Ing and dying In Europe. the three
bro,hcrhoods said, unless our de.
mands are met. your soldiers car
etarve."
About 1000 students heard the
debate and the auditorium was
crowded Judges for the debate
were: u. W. Wenner of Bartles
vile John Lofty OF Miami, and John
HeGley Of Henryetta.