The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-11


Mexico Lewis XVI. fleeing from Parlsl And tho
bank commissioner. concerning whom the state
has fairly stunk with whispered scandal for
,hc past le months or more suddenly feels
Let M follow tho actions OF Assistant Attor-
ney- General short after he arrives Mt Okmul-
goe We are sure they viii be intcrestlng--
possibly tragic. We arc sure they win bo the
latter II he attempts 10 take charge Of the
situation for tho purpose Of saving his super
iors and denying those stricken bank deposit
tors the elements ot justice. We are sure the
prosecuting attorney who had the courage to
him likewise possesses the courage to toll tho
nVslHtant attorncy.genernl where to 80.
n there is an honest Judge In okmulgce
county lot him be called into action Let an
other grand jury be convened Immediately with
the duly authorized local prosecutor In charge
not tho governors man Friday from the at
torncy-gcncral's office. And let the probo bo
thorough and mcrclless
executive OF the state before It and take up
the Investigation Of his office where the lcglsla-
tive investigation left Off Let him be required
to show whore the $4,000 came from that he
deposited to his private account in a short
period, and to what dimensions It has grown by
this time. Let his connection with tho failed
okmulgeo institution be set out so clearly that
nothing ls loft to conjecture or mlslnterpreta-
this sort OF thing for he must know that in
public opinion he Is branded man this day in
oklahoma.
And Frod Dennis. the Sick" bank commls-
soner who has Just resigned-ict him be re-
qulred TO show the source Of the enormous
sums OF money he is reported to have accumu-
lated and invested since he went into the office
practically penniless. Oklahoma City has posi-
months And let the bankers board be put on
the grill and given the third degree ~ neces-
sary.
What the state now wants is tho facs--al OF
the facts down to the last sinister carefully con-
cealed fact. A great state banking system has
become a chaos OF Insolvency since these Off
GERS took charge of 1t.
why? who got the money! who is TO be
forced TO pay to the last blttor farthIng--yea
even to prison stripes and felon's ceng
An outraged public requires that tho light be
turned on. Tho whining charge, slaverng from
the lips OF the fleeing governor already palsied
with fear, that partlsanism controlled the grand
jury at okmugee. that partisanlsm controlled
the lower house of the legislature. that par
usanism is seeking to ruin public men, is rot
without vestige OF truth.
There In no partlsansm in the movement to
stop crime In high places. There is no par
tsanlsm behind the men who assemble to stop
q bank robbery, There is no partisanism In the
hearts OF the mob which seeks TO apprehend
and punish the despoiler of home, Nor In
there partlsanism in the mind OF a householder
who, gun in hand. seeks to discover the burglar
at his midnight Job. Under such conditions the
party affation Of the burglar Is not inquired
into. Likewise there is no partIsansm inter-
mingled with the righteous indignation which
sweeps Oklahoma today. save such as may
grow out of regret in the minds OF honest domo-
Gratis that such things as have happened should
have been ordered by members of their party
whom they had raised to distinction, to honor
and to authority.
In the meantime. In this crucial hour, Jim
Robertson. governor of the state, is in Mexico,
1t is not from him that the state need expect
relief who is governor? GOD only knows For
months the chief executive has been trairsng
about over the nation. first here and then
there whether the government OF the state
lives and is functIoning is in itself grave
question.
But 1t Is not from oklahoma City that the
people must needs look for relief, but from
okmulgee county and the outraged citizenship
there once before the statehouse interfered