The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-16
s. S. MAYOR WON'T
RESIGN HIS OFFICE
Hinz Defies Committee of
Citizens Which Con-
demns Conditions
5SAYS POLITICAL MOVE
Packers Minority Who Have
No Special Interest in
Conditions, He Ayers

with the declaration that the
town must be bo made clean and
KENT clean. n hundred citizens OF
sand springs have organized a law
enforcement club. 1t is said TO be
similar 10 the club which was
formed I'm Tulsa several months ago
and which resulted in n campaign
against law violations in the county
being wages by the sheriff.
4 The club held its first meeting
tuesday night in the Community
church with about forty present. The
first resolution passed was n con-
demnauon OF tho city officials. THE
was followed by motion asking the
resignation Of all city officials, no
lice officers included. An amend
ment TO the motion asked only tho
resignation OF the mayor. This
amendment was adopted.
George T. Gilmore, chairman of
the club, appointed a committee OF
three. c. j.. Tingley, head of the
Power Light & Water company: f..
NJ. Monsell. president of the cham
ber Commerce and also superin-
fenItnt LOT lIlt use lrllpTt1tF, ana
j. b. Hohl, merchant, to wait on
tho mayor, T.. G. Him..
Mayor Won't Resign.
Tho committee visited the mayor
Wednesday afternoon and demanded
his resignation. lie refused to ac-
cede to the demand. The result or
tho short conference was soon known
all over town and at the commission
meeting held "wednesday evening
evening about a hundred citizens at
tended. Among them was the COM
mittee of three.
The mayor and the committee
went into conference behind closed
doors and after an hour of Discus
sion, which was said to be heated,
the committee and tho mayor came
10 an agreement. according to re-
ports The committee threatened
the mayor with q recall petition and
had the papers. already signed by
a few names, with them.
II was finally agreed. according
70 reports, that the mayor was TO
have until next Thursday TO clean
up the town. II by that time the
town was not clean enough to sat
isfy, Mayor Him. promised to
discharge every police officer. in
Guiding the chief. With that agree
ment the conference adjourned and
the matter IL hanging fire, unless,
as is predicted by a few. the en-
forcemeint club, when it meets Fri
cay night, refuses TO indorse the
committees action and goes ahead
with the recall petition.
says Move Political.
The whole movement" Hinz said
Wednesday night. "is political buna.
am democrat and they are trying
to get me out of office. As far as
the job itself is concerned. / don't
sye darn whether I keep it or
not But they can't make mo Quit
! nositivaly wont resign. now nor
any other time. I'll fight them to
The last ditch. I haven't done any
ihing that I'm ashamed of.
They cry that the town IS un-
clean Bosh! Sand Springs vi
cleaner today than II has been for
ihree years and anybody who denies
mis- don't know what he is talking
about. We are enforcing the law.
am satisfied with the present con-
dtion Of the town. 1t couldn't be
much cleaner.
Last week officers from Tulsa
came. out here and with our officers
searched the whole town. They
uldnt find drop of liquor in the
e'y--not even in tho negro section,
out IN a house outside the city linn
is they found some 'choc' beer.
This whole movement, which is
not movement OF the majority OF
tne people, was started for political
purposes. II is being furthered by
certain men here whose connections
are Wen known. / once more say
! mat | have nothing to fear and
1 ABSOLUTELY won't ra,sipr,