The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-11
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qualified in ordor to save tho precious skins OF
high stationed rogues who have robbed tho cit
izenL and outraged tho state, the Judge who
dismissed It oxcorated to his face by the
prosecuting attorney while the packed court
room chccred the fearless prosecutor and
jeered the Judge nv hc skunk TO his chamber:
the governor Of the state hastily dspatching his
attorney. general 20 the scat Of trouble issuing
n statement rcdolcnt with fear, then hastily
boarding a train for Mexico waiting only long
enough to accept the resignation OF his bnnk
commissioner who suddenly feels called upon TO
resign on account OF the state OF his health,
while at okmulgee where the dsgrnceful court
proceeding occurred and where hundreds OF de-
frauded bank depositors were seeing red some
OF them boldly Haunting checks In the face Of
authority which carried on their face, evidence
OF official inorlmnaton, the Invisible empire
takes charge OF the situation and parades the
streets in great numbera
We ask again. what is this we see il 1t gov
ornment or is It something hideousiy criminal
and desperately trying TO save itself masquor-
aiding under the name OF government
The governor of the state, his way TO
Mexico. says the demonstration in the court
room at okmulgee Thursday morning whom the
crowd. following the judges act In quashng tho
work of the grand Jury and thus saving the
rogues II had indicted, all but mobbed that
Judge, was dsgraceful. The Judge had pre-
viousiy been In conference with tho governor
at Oklahoma City
Let us quote this fellow who blush to say.
holds the office Of chief executive OF oklahoma;
'"The partisan feeling engendered as
result of the activities OF that body Ohe
grand jury) which manifested itself In the
disgraeeful scenes of today only serves to
confirm beyond question the impression
that has prevailed for some time that the
jury was concerned In an attempt to
ruin certain public men . than 1t was
in strengthening out the tangled affairs OF
the failed bank. 80 Since its organization
that jury has been detriment TO the In
terests OF Okmulgeo county. and positive
bar against the efforts have been putting
forth towards reorganlzing the failed
bank
Serves to confirm the impression that has
prevailed for some timel" prevailed" where?
As matter OF fact the grand jury was called
when official intrigue made It clear that every
vestlge of authority was being used to cover
up and condone crimlnay of the most Vicious
kind; after the lower house of the Legislature
months previous had called attention to the
crimlnalty In connection with the institution
and failed by narrow margin OF mpeaching
the very man who had the effrontery to give
out the quoted statement---the grand jury.
say, called for the express purpose OF fer
retng out guilt placing It and presenting the
criminals at the bar Of justice. It was not con-
cerned at ali In "stralghtenlng out the tangled
affairs OF the bank" and had no authority to
do such thing, How came It that the gov
ernor was so intimately posted on what that
grand Jury was doing? why and where the
Ieakr
OF course it was "a bar against the efforts
have been putting forth" aud the entire state
today understands that II was because OF this
fact that tho presiding Judge was called TO
Oklahoma City and orders given him to quash
the work OF the grand Jury In some manner.
iHe prosecuting attorney IN VhaiSe OF tne
grand jury ls quoted as saying that last week
the governor called him on the telephone and
urged him to come 10 Oklahoma City, that later
the attorney general did the same thing, fin
ally asking II the grand jury was making any
charges against the governor,
And with the realization that the prosecuting
attorney nor the grand Jury itself could be
bought or bluffod desperation took hold OF the
statehouse gang and the Judge yielded Observe
the sequel
The sttorney-general resigned under condi-