The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-27
To TULSA COUNTY VOTERS.


This II not written to advise tho voters OF
this county AZ to how they shall vote on local
officers You know the conditions that exist
You know whether or not the administration OF
local offices has bcon satisfactory You know
whether or not you want a change.
But you arc urged 10 think seriously OF your
focal government Both good and bad govern
mont begins at home. You cannot reach an
abstract, more or less hidden machine Of bvd
government at oklahoma City n you vote TO
elect mon to strengthen that machine. Good
men simply become bad Representatives II thcy
are Of the same political party tho bad ma
chine. For they are either compelled to join
the machine and become a part OF It; to do its
bidding In lovying Injustice on other sections OF
the state In order to get any consideration for
their own county or they are left entirely out
side the machine and accomplish nothing.
II conditions at the county courthouse are
all that you would have them; II you are satis-
fled that the public service In Tulsa county Is
actually worth It's cost. then YOU are justified
In voting to re-oect the county officials who
are soliciting your vote.
The world does not think that conditions are
tory at tho courthouse. 1t does not think
they are even good Tho World docs not believe
IN a county Courthouse IOdEc. Tne world, with
the greatest authority on government ever
known, believes that in democracy or republic
the safety Of the public lies In frequent changes
In tho personnel OF those administering govern
ment No man should be retained In office
term after term. Rotation I'm office ls nothing
moro nor less than competition In politics. The
man who gets hold of the public teat and hangs
on term after term is comparable to the public
utility corporation that has an exclusive fran
ohise. He begins to think he owes nothing to
those who gave 1t to him
But these are the opinions of The World.
You. Mr.. and Mrs Voters, must render the de-
cison according to your very best judgment.
But don't let mere partisanism blind you to your
own best interests tho sound laws OF logic
and reason.
Tulsa county voters should be able TO recall
with some satisfaction the last city campaign,
II was Independent voting that smashed n cog
OF the office holding machine IN Oklahoma. The
city machine of this city had become an i'm
portant cog In tho greater state machine. There
were those who thought It would amount to
political suicide to vote against the machine.
But hundreds OF good citizens who believed In
popular government did 1t. They lived and dis
covered that II paid.
The result Is the beat city government Tulsa
has known. We challenge any one to dis
pute that statement. And instantly we dscaim
any intention to attribute the result to the re-
publican party. Independent voting did It; the
ability of men and women to see and under
stand that mere party has nothing whatever to
do with local good governmnL
At that time the conviction was general that
In cleaning up the city only n beginning had
been made. That the county courthouse re-
uuired renovation just as complete. If that
vas true then It is true today. And II the dis
position to vote the machine out OF the county
| courthouse and bring about political compeu-
! tion stiil obtains then next Tuesday IL the time
| to do It.
| Sunday is too soon, and Wednesday viii be
! too late, whatever the voters decide to do about
| their local county government, about their rep
resentation In the legislature. they must do be-
| tween sunup and sundown Tuesday, November 2
And remember, you cannot Justly crlticisc tho
state machine or administer u rebuke TO 1t, II
YOU elect TO state offices those men who are
absolutely necessary to the continued success OF
! that state machine. 1t is the easiest thing i'm
aginable TO get rid OF an Objectionable political
machne--once the voters are sure they wan;
60 get rid Of It, It's like quitting tobacco. you
must first really want to quit; or making a
rabbit pie, you must first get your rabbit.
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