The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05

shall continue 10 fight for states
r.ghta IN the matter OF Interstate
freight charges.
boards and Commissions.
Tho governor fannot create any
new boards or commissions without
the sanction Of the legislature. nor
can they be created without the CO.
operation Of the Governor. AZ gov.
crnOr ! shall not co-opernte In the
creation ~ more. u is my op nion
! that We already have too many
hOnrda and commissions. aud that
he duties now performed by many
Of them should be Transferred back
20 the executive officers upon whom
these duties are placed by the con-
stitution. shall urge the leRisla-
ture to repeal al statutes creating
such 'buards aud commissions as
good business will warrant In abol-
ishing
LAW Enforcement.
The constitution OF the state places
upon the governor tho duty OF the
enforcement Of all laws. As COVER
nor shall stand for the enforce.
mcnt to tia letter OF every law upon
The statytes and shall endeavor to
bring about "a cooperation and utilv
OF purpose between the government
and every official. state and city who
IN charged with their enforce emsht.
In this connection II occura to me
mat in many instances there ls too
much delny In bringing to trial the
accused. As governor | shall urge
speedy trials for everyone accused
of violations OF our criminal statutes
and SHAH urge npon the legislature
any remedial legislation necrFsnry
among which shall be legislation
eliminating the practice of turning
criminals loose to prey further upon
the public by the acceptance OF what
are commonly known as straw"
bonds Az n remedy shall urge
that this legislation shall provide
that any person, firm or corporation
signing bonds for fee shall before
being accepted by any officer of the
state as surety upon any bond Sc
cure from the state "A license. and
that before such license is issued
every projections TO the state and
the public shall be provided for.
Pardons and Paroles.
|. The constitution and statutes Of
the sthte place upon our courts and
Iuries the duty OF weighing the evi-
dence and fixing the punishment Of
those found guilty OF violating the
laws OF the state. The pnr,ioning
power Is likewise placed in the hands
OF the governor. In 'only extreme
cases. however, shall the governor.
or II he expected to. use this pow
err and In no case shall he use II
until both sides OF any case has
been fully heard and investigated
Leniency on the part of the chief
executive OF the state should In prnc-
tlcally no case be extended to the
habitual crlmlnal--the one who
with impunity preys upon the pub
lie In criminal manner---and
assure the people OF Oklahoma that
so far as ! am concerned that ms
governor I shah have little. IL any,
timq TO waste In giving attention and
consideration to their appeals. but
during my administration criminals
OF this type viii be required TO pay
the full penalty assessed by the
courts and juries. do not see any
necessity for the creation OF par
don and parole board, as has been
suggested, but believing that suffi-
Client machinery is already In exist
ence for handling pardon and parole
matters, and knowing that the Gre
alton of such n board would be prac-
tically n useless added expense upon
the taxpayers. / shall oppose IL
have for years been an advocate
| of budget syetem In national. state