The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
TUO Vie,uS of Mob LaW
From the Tulsa Tribune

Friday July S.
-Four automobiles were stulrn
here in one day thn week. -Four
owners viii proba bly, never SEQ
door or fender ~ tu'lr cars again.
Tho lazy apparently holds 40
greater fear lDr the tMtt rp-
Grating in ou- city than 10 dld
before tho attention OF the po
lice COmm.s. .iou"r Was &. Ii"d 10
The lncffoCtit uv8y OF his force.
Tho Tulsa police force stands CON
Nictcd ~ tho thcU record alone. OK
rank irciNcicucy Police Come
missioner Adklsuu. who wac going
60 do such wonder tu, tuiuEa iYt
Tulsa can't. even afi"r NO hM
wht,wa. .hcd his own department.
protect the peoples property.
We understand NJ. Addison
docs not approve OF thiS sort "J
comment But he should learn
pr,tiy soon that tho people OF
Tulsa are gcttiug tired u tho auto
stealing going un hero and tho
burglary operations generally
Would that IL we're puHN .iU Tor
Na,ur Evans. who was 'i''.'i N9
% reform candidate. 10 direct an
administration chat Is som" hInE
u,rrr than q pathetic sight ~
protector OF people property.
Tulsa wants law cufurc"ncnt
and II wants IL la n lawful ana
orderly way, The prupl" are
getting tired or this sort o' thing.
Nav IL not b' nc'"Se-iry Tor the
Iooplc tu take this law rnior"c-
iu,nt lnto their own hands
SICK ara tired or q lot OF loose
crime uuWuishod crime, HpWc
MHI.L4IIt
Gently took matters into their own
hands nud thcy did what the pn-
lice did not do, they drove some
OF tho undesirable out OF IN"
undesirable practice Of pliciinE
tho pcoplc. MusKogoc ig reported
to be reasonably clean OF CROOKS
as n result.
30 ono In their right mind can
condunc lawlcs5 means OF law en-
forccment, but whom the diticcrS
Of the law lail to function and III"
city administration hasn't th'
falntcst idea what is going on cN-
cent ns they read about II IN inc
newspapers. ns long ~ the city ad
miniBtration can do nothing better
than whitcWash Itself ana SIT
about the City hdmihlstl '"h
board as a musuhl hdhuh
llOn Nntlti " sDtHHtliE H'''s, ''
dcncc in each other. an Indignant
puhlic IN sure to arise. There VIII
bc law aud respect for law ana
administrators are just PLAINLY. no
good in developing an otganila-
lion TO protect the people, prop
ertv then something HAS to po
Aonc. The Musk ugec story SHOWS
what can be done when an out
RACED citizenship is driven TO u D.
nm whom such IA sclt-appOint-
cd and unresponsiblo band of citi-
Zpns scts out to protect the prop
erty of citizens. they should pc
mighty careful that they do not go
so far as to do more 10 evidence
disrespcct for law than the forces
whose failure prompts them 10
act. 49,. Ma
Tn in South Dakota the Non
Partisan League has had 10 appS
In the governor Of the state Tor
protoction against the operations
of n ,<u klux l<lan In that state.
Tho Non Partisan League Is not
n hand OF thieves or crooks. hnu
may agree or disagree with It's
nolicics but the Non-P Partisan
League liz n perfectly legitimate
political organization. II was or
panizcd In North DAKOTA 10 pro-
tect the grain growers from me
usurious practices or the f"lfoaus
and the grain elevator owners ana
operators in Minneapolis. The ac-
tiyities of the so-called ku klux
Khan against the Non -f"ttisnn
League in South Dakota TO-DAY
have no justification. There II mas
degencrated into form OF BLACK
mail against political party rue
Non Partisan League may nave
acted unwiscly and unpatr'ot-
cally in extending It's activities To
such an extent that 1t mas en-
couragcd class conflict But II IL
M way 70 correct such "a course or
convince them Of the folly OF thelr
action. to strike In the dar*
against an organization which mas
every right in the world to De sho
to live .,,
The law should operate IN th'
omen. Crime flouriS'ics under
cover. Rut when the law fM'S To-
function. outraged dc"ncS VIII
strike In the dark