The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-20
By e. W. y. KINDS.

tworlds staff capital yxrcspondenU
OKLAHOMA cry. a'cb. i9.--
oklahoma ri mocrats went TO the
last outlying trench during the cur
rent week and what fighting Is done
In the future must be very largely
confined to open field operations
whore the sharpshootcrs will have
an opportunity to exercise their
skill
with very little attempt at con-
cealmcut, Governor Robertson dis
closed his hand during the week.
flo is openly advocating the i'm
peachment of Auditor Frank Carter
and state Examiner and Inspector
Fred Parkinson.
To make the case more definite
and certain the governor is not lend
ing aid and comfort 20 Lieutenant
Governor NJ. T.. Trapp. In truth,
his remarks and his actions indi-
cate that he considers II n good op-
portuuity 10 unload Trapp. a move
that would have been attempted by
the governors crowd long ago had
y not been for the fact that the
lieutenant governor was commander
of the senate and that was about the
only fighting body left for the demo
cratic state machine to Conjure with.
Auditor Garter ~ equally as pug
nac.u4s as tn, governor. When tho
governors budget clerk c. l..
Butler, sworr that he did not re-
ccivc Cartora annual report as
auditor until November 2S, when
It should have been received No
vcmhcr I. the auditor sought to have
| the attorney uf oklahoma county
! hc AN information for perjury
against the governors agent.
such plcasantries occur between
. the governor and auditor about
every time any business occurs, to
make it more accurate, IL should
be said about every time any bust
ness should occur.
There has never been any open
vavfaru hctwccG state Examiner and
d Inspector Fred Parkinson n n d
/ Governor Robertson. Parkinson is
a careful official and not given TO
making umrh fuss over matters OF
importance and never getting eN-
cited about little details
lie did make the state highway
department turn back Sl3S,00O in
. warrants which had been procured
Ton acfldavits that road and bridge
projects had been completed when
some Of them had not even been
commenced
, That occurred many months ago
. In "a conference held in the office
/ of Governor Robertson, state High
| way Commissioner Henry Wood OK
planned that The money had been
drawn to prevent the appropriations
/ lansing before The work could be
completed which npsiug would
make it necessary for the money
TO he rcapproprlatcd before II could
he used,
At thai time .t was known In in
side circles that Parkinson had been
q tunc blunt in expressing himself
I regarding this method OF conducting
! the government Tie was, perhaps
no, overly careful In expressing
I hims,lt and may have knocked ott
som, tender skin on somebody as
NJ was passing IONS.
Bu, 10 was PdrS.usuu.s p cNaWiua-
don and exploitation of the road
truck matters which won for him
slight place IN the minds of the
big mon now conducting state ar
fairs His efforts in that direction
won HIM NOT a little work and much
trial. Since that time the House Of
I Parkinson aud the House OF Robert
son Rave been cstrangcd; sadly 50,
The only difference is that Robert
son talks whi,c Parkinson wears a
grin. hut grirs do not always iudi-
cate the one wearing IL Is 50 happy
that no would not kick back ~ folks
trying 90 disturb him
The Trap War.
But the war against Irapp by
the governor IS among oklahoma =
strangrst freaks OF political history
Every one understands that Trapp
has been the big warrior of them
all since the November defeat OF
the democratic state ticket. The
others have sought TO reorsanize,
TO apologize and "a set TO cover.
Trapp stood alone among those
ready To oppose the common foe.
lie organized the senatc--Robertson
may have had as many democratic
senators hut they We're OF the lesser
slzc and they could not reach first
base without the Trapp following.
Robertson knew this and stayed
away from the fray ever going 50
Gar as to state that he did not care
who was M the head of the SEN