The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-03

OKLAHOMA CITY. April 2.--Ok-
lahoma city has been political
storm center for more than three
months, but the past week has
marked q peak point and the end
Ia not yet in sight. Very patiently
the report Of the house lnycstigat-
ing committee has caused the major
comment and that little story as TO
what the titular head Of the demo-
cratic party has been alleged TO have
done has caused some startling de-
velopments, but even hat has not
been the issue that our friend Wi
liam Jennings Bryan would desig-
nate as paramount.
Everybody understands that the
democratic state machine has cN-
pludcd. There IL so little left that IL
requires careful examination to
designate the various ana widely
scattered parts. But no one can
longer deny that the lieutrnant-go
eruor has dccrecd that the COVER
nor must paddle his own canoe, and
1t Is not untruthful 20 state that Mr..
| rrapp does not care any too much
whether the governor can paddle or
not.
When Trapp was suffering under
charges and a court OF Impeachment
.oomcd ahead, ne had to try and
| look pleasant, although IL can be
said that IL was the first time that
official ever forgot his poise-he
said some ugly things and could not
furegathcr with a group without
showing some little resent meut lie
understood that ho had TO mako his
| own fight and that the governor
was not interfering i'm his behalf.
shoe ON Other Foot.
We are listening TO different
music now. The governor was
charged with lots OF things by the
! house investigating committee and
not one OF them was what we could
/ call complimentary The commit
| tee sort OF submerged the govcr-
nor with counts and discounts and
! left him all smCared up with ale
cations that he drove too fast and
/ wanted too much FOR the signs of
| the times 20 warrant being be-
! slowed on him.
Naturally these matters have much
/ to do with politics. Tho democrats
| Of the state long ago sought 10 dis
associate themselves with the state
| house crowd ana 10 very large
| extent that has been accomplished,
| but there are still those who profess
| To believe that the state machine
! ought to he repaired and a driver Sc
cured from the state official family.
| In one respect the driver Will have
/ To- come from that force for no SEN
! slble man ON the outside would en-
/ trust his safety on the old vehicle,
/ sa sadly is Il wrecked and SO cer-
taiuly will il not be repaired for
/ useful service.
Neither Party Glorirlcd.
/ Tho legislature has not been "a
. towering success for either political
. party. The democratic senate is
I closing in row with itself ana IN,
/ republican house has not oyerdon,
itself from partisan standpoint
. There has been no legislation worth
mentioning ana very little of con-
struct.No nature was introduced,
/ such measures as promised To be of
service have been pigconhulcd or
. killed and only the wildcats and tho
appropriation measures Will clutter
the session laws Of 1874, with few
exceptions,
Speaker Schwahc of the house has
|outplayCd The senate, In the outset
the democrats had all of the best of
it. for the reason that they had tho
. most trained legislators and could
use them more eftoCWally because
tho republicans were all on the out
side ana even the beginning marked
some differences between house re-
publiCans.
In the closing days the speaker
has had more united support and
ne has driven the legislative gave
more swiftly, The senate resolution
TO adjourn Saturday caught the up
per house wrong, for the reason
that the house could handle the ap.
preparation bills of the senate and
adjourn, leaving the senator's to ac-
ccpt amendments or leave them
alone, as they deemed most eXde-
dent.
But tho republicans failed in
their election laws and they could