The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-15
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lion commission, s sending oui numerous I''-
.ara To- democratic committeeman sounding pun
lic sentiment concerning bis .nndlng bei'I' 'n'
pcoplc Mr. Russell tells his friends that h'
aoc. not want 20 run FOR recollection unl''"
there a n demand Tor him, unless his WORK ~
epproyeJ by the people. IN his lengthy appeal
which is tytIcaly Russcllcsduc. no describes
thoeo whose support hc docs not want
Nmoog this latter class he names four typos
all OF them having 10 do with the fubcrnntorlal
office ana tho issues no himself has raised In
his factionnl flght with the governor ana none
OF which applies to tho public reaction with ref
crcnce TO Mr.. Russclls own record on the cor
poratlon commission
one is lcft to speculate whether tho chair
man of the corporation commission is in fact
testing the water FOR tho purpose OF determln-
Ing whcthcr hc shall be a candidate to succeed
himself or f., odroltly bringing himself to tho
fore rs a gubcrnltorial candidate
Let that bee as It may be- there are some facts
that Mr. Russell should know and that he is
Rot at all likely TO secure In the manner he Is
going about It. The first s thsi Campbell Rus
sell who once stood wcll before tho people OF
tho state known 10 be erratic aud considerable
of n dcmagoguc, but believed To be honest, In
nov and has been for somo time tho defon-
fslye The Campbell Russell who has been emit
fling decisions uniformly against tho average
people OF tho state and quito as uniformly In
favor OF the large corporate interests does not
seem TO eduaro with tho Campbell Russell OF
old: and tho gentlemen will be required to do
n great deal OF explaining and be under the
necessity oc again selling himself to the voters
should ba become a candidate for anything.
THAT Is the truth whether 'thc wasp" reshos
q or not.
There stands tho 62.cent gas rate today.
gburdcn--an indefcnsible burden laid upon the
gas consumers and believed to he absolutely
unJustifcd by any fair consideration OF all the
afacts-which Russell and his fellow Walker
must carry as a severe handicap in any cam
fpalgn they may mako In the future.
Under the law of averages ana without con-
sderng facts at all, II Is considered cortain that
some OF tho numerous tho corporation
Commission has decided during the last two
years should have operated IN favor of tho
masses OF the people instead OF In favor OF tho
corporate interests. Yot there IS the record to
prove The contrary fact.
II is true that all the while Mr.. Russell has
been making gestures OF opposition to the gov
.ernor At times he has been rather more per-
sonal than prudent or convincing, hut the fact
~cannot escape notice that all the while he has
been fighting tho governor and thus attracting
attention to himself no has boom NO far MS one
fcan discover, absolutely tho plant tool OF the
various utility concerns
Thu World IS no corporation batter, Very far
from H. II bellevcs In absolute Justice Tor every
indiyidual and every interest regardless Of the
Influence Of ono or tho financial strength OF the
tothcr. but it does submit that the action OF the
commission under The direction ct Chairman
Russell, In the various gas eases, the telephone
Tor an explanation that will explain. The World
most cmphatcally does not believe the raise
granted the gas company was necessary, aud It
does believe that It is crass injustice TO the
patrons OF that gigantic concern.
II further believes that the records OF the
corporation commission will show that protest
ing citizcns cities aud interests have received
scant attention in most OF the cases which
have been considered by that body; that tho fig
urcs skifully prepared by the various utility
concerns have been so readily accepted without
protest that ample ground for widespread
nieion concerning tho good faith or ability OF
the commission is amply Justified.
purlnE tho last camprign Tho world found
u agreeable to it's Judgment to say that either
tho corporation commission must he changed
conplctcly In It's personnel or abolished n the
people would experience any rclcr, II now
ulluS II INleNhnle 70 lts Judgment TO repeat that
aatement with tho further observation that tho
dino which has elapsed and tho decisions which
have since been emitted by tho commission but
adds 10 the gravity Of the situation
Mr. Russell may become a candidate 20 ,uc-
coed himself or succeed Robertson as chief ex.
eeutivo; ho may bo able to explain all that re-
oulres explanation. But no can accept the
faithful promise OF this paper that he viii be
required TO explain. There was a tn,e when
Tho World put Campbell Russcn in the same
class as Fred Parkinson and Frank Carter His
own actions forced us To erase his name there
from,