The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-23

''NlhN AyEl9ldluI', one tEurS stood
out In bold relief as q fighting
champion for right and against COR
rupuun. That was George b.
Schwabe, speaker Of the house OF
representatives, and now republican
candidate for congress from the
First Oklahoma district,
HIS associates In those stormy
sessions and especially those which
pertaiued TO the impeachment pro-
cecdiugs against GOV. j. H. A Rob-
ertson. are unauimous-reg regardlcss
OF political afflatlon--iu pralsing
him for his unyuryinB courage and
leyol-headednoss
Several large newspapers from
nearby states sent reporters 20 tho
oklahoma state house 10 cover" the
Impeachment proceedings. Among
these papers was the 81. Louis Times.
II was an entirely disintercst"d
party TO the turbuleucy OF oklahoma
politics,
IN its issue of Tuesday. Apri, B..
1924, the Times contains a lengthy
story by It's representative at okla
hUm1 city. At that time SChwahc,
because OF his outstanding ability as
manifested as speaker OF tho house
OF representatives. was being urged
by many Ot his friends TO make tho
race for governor.
The 81. Louis Times story needs no
comment or explanation. II describes
Schwdbo's conduct fairly and Impair
TALLY. u follows In full. as Il APP
pearcd an oklahoma CITY date line
Of April 4, 1921:
"Forty-two aye, A. no, and eight
absent
Until the echo Of the clerks voice
p
house OF representatives, not another
sound broke the tense silence. then
overstrained nerves gave way and
hysterical feminine shrieks mingled
with rebel yclls and mems cheers
from a gallery crowded with state
house employees.
"By tie vote the Oklahoma house
Of representative had failed 20 adopt
the report OF It's investigating COM
mitt"e demanding tho Impeachment
Of Gov. J. b. A. Robertson, and the
most dramatic scene ever enacted
in the sensational Oklahoma
legislature had become history To
the onlookers the vote came ~ sur
prise. But 20 the pale and rather
storn-faCed young man who sat IN
the speakers chair and welded the
Favel with impartial Justice, there
had been no question as TO the an
swer.
Before the days session con-
vened, Speaker Schwabe knew that
the republican majority which h1i
followed him so faithfully through
90 days Of crowded work had at last
split asunder and that his fight to
clean the state house gang had for
the moment failed.
Two floors beneath the lcRisla- =
tive halls the governor sat alone
while his lleutenants crowded halls
and CloakroOms and even vCntured
on the floor Of the house In last
minute appeals TO wavering mem
bers.
The two men were each facing
the most critical moment in their
respective careers. j. r. \. ROBERT
son was "a years old. For many
years he had nurtured the AMBITION
TO become governor OF Oklahoma,
After having been twice defeated
in the democratic primaries, he had
at last succeeded in the securns
tho democratic nomination ana win
it control OF the democratic elcc'
ton machine. A comparatively
poor lawyer, he married Just before
his election the daughter OF prom
inent republican family,
Since his election rumors hau
been rife as TO the money he ap'
peared 10 be spending in his living
and the purchase Of beautIiu
home. At the height OF his career.
and in the middel OF his term oi
office, a republican house of repre-
scntatives had been elected, pledged
TO investigate his official conduct
and after 80 days OF Investigation
hod demanded his impeachme
Speaker George SChwabe Is not
yet 81 gears old, hut he had become
the dominant figure OF the Okla
homa legislature, and under his o.
rection the investigating committee
had recommended the Impeachment
Of the governor OF the state, had
recommended the removal ot the
head OF the state highway depart
ment and Of the state board OF ar
fairs, and the people Of the state
were coming 10 regard him as q
modern sir Galahad I'm his tsh'
against graft and corruption.
Through all os these investiga
tlons tho republican majority mao
stood like a rock against democranC
prcgsure, but at last she great and
final test had come and the speaker
was TO see his men faiter and fan
Rumors were about OF a last minu,'
meeting when the speaker had ad'
dressed the republican majority, ana
making no attempt 20 bind them .
a marty vote, had told them NJ
would leave the question betWee'
them and their Cod
Sensation had piled upon sensa'
ton during an afternoon tense w,tf
feeling, when political friendshlI'
we're sundercd and republican.
called other republicans 'renegades.
When the roll was called, great "a'
the democratic CONSERVATION TO per
coive a waverlng OF their cdrefulN
calculated republican votes. an da ~
was obvious 20 those who hod tol
lowed the call. Heartened ny lh,,'
access Of strength, republican lead
ers Immediately moved a call ~ ih'
house before the result could b'
announccd-in an effort 10 br,n'
in an absent member known 10 b'
in tho building.
"Puslross waA suspended for al
hour and the dereloct member wa'
found. But not caught mapping by
this unexpected development th'
democrats had sent for an nmb1
lance for n democratic membe. wh'
was sick In bed.
"The hour had elapsed. and th'
sneaker instructed the clerk agar
10 cali the roll Of absent membors
voted aye when through the dooi
came a tragic figure, supported :
two members. The ambulance in %.
mad rush through the streets witt
~ sgcly man had hppu WreC kCd