Show ROOSEVELT SCORES HASKELL IN REPLY TO NOMINEE BRYAN DRY AN Declares Action Acton of Governor of Oklahoma in Prairie Oil Oi and I V Gas Cases Was as Inexcusable asI asIt as asIt It I Was Wanton V CONTRASTS WORK OF TAFT AND THE COMMONER f Digs Democratic Leader for Policies He Has Advocated b but J j V V V V Now Wishes to Have Voters Forget V i Until After Election J 1 V 1 1 Washington Sent Sett 23 After After an I hour loul Ight-loul conference with his Iris Ie leading lead lead- i Ing ad here President Roosevelt Roose cl tonight Issued hi his public res to I Ithe the public tele telegram rm lent sent him b by Will Vill VI lam bani J J. J Bryan asking tho the President for or proof that Governor C C. X N Haskell of ot Haskel Oklahoma Is unfit to bo be treasurer of or i Ire Democratic pin HUt ty The advisers called cled In by the tho President President dent were lvere ere VI V I I Postmaster Gen General ral Meyer Secretary GarfIeld Secretary Wright and Secre Secre- tar Ian tary Straus They remained v with the resident President almost continuously from I I 11 o 0 clock In tire the m morning until dinner V lime Secretary Loeb Leb was wag directed to send telegrams to men mel In several orol ee states stales for reports rind not Colonel V. W. C. C Haskell sealer Bealer of weights and meC measures ures was ca called t b before roae tho tire conference wa i y nen imen it was wal st hi-st shown by m I R R. R H Hearst arlt that thai Governor Haskell I Bryans Bryan's campal campaign n treasurer was Haskel so- so I rlou I Involved I In with tho tire Standard Oil 01 corporation und and nd accused o of having hayIng of offered of- of a bribe la lo a former Cormel A Attorney Horney General General Gen Gems eral oral Monnett of or Ohio Ohto Governor Haskoll lIne Has koll kel replied that tho meant laskel las las- was waN Colonel W. W C C. U Haskell I The President ent today asked Colonel I bluntly I Were cre you ever er In nn any wa Way direct directly or Indirectly connected In any affair I In which th the Standard Oil 01 company I hal any any- Interest I Never pr replied the c lonel Ionel Was a there them any other Haskell prom prom- I In Inthe the tho state sUito of or Ohio at that time V C C. X N. Ink 1 WON n the Men Inu Only C. C N N. Haskell now governor of ot Oklahoma Do you recall any other person ortho ot or I tho thin name numo In Ohio then thon Only a minister vio certainly r vaa no not Ot tho K l man al There Thero O was some s li liIn In iii time y std of ot the tire sULt ho ln J hI z r l lm B t I I rm r hud 1011 luil nn any any 1 with wih the the Standard I OU und and ho Ira excused from the time conI con- con V VI V I I rho The President then thon began dictating J isis reply After ACIr le tho timo I rc about 7 1 o'clock the lie cabinet officers ox x themselves ns us tensed loused with wih tho the Prest- Prest reply to Mr Bryan Mr will get ct Ui till he asks for wil ul 1 Ilynn tor I sa said II thu tho postmaster I I In making public the Iho Pr Presidents President's ro ro- ro 10 pI ply Secretary Loob Loeb saul that although Mr 11 had hud Ills hits call cal for tor proof against Haskell Haskel that the thu reply Is hi being sent l ly y snail mall tonight It was also stated that lint tho the President ent will wil I pay no attention to tire the telegram sent by r Chairman Mack of the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic national committee calling tho the attention of ot the tho ho President to a re reported ro- ro ported porte remark said to havo been mart mans mal In public b by 13 Timothy Woodruff The quoted remark W was S a criticism upon tire the fund so EO carl early available o for or the tire Democratic party part workers Joe IJ Following l is time the text of tho Pre Presidents President's Presidents President's l- l dents dent's reply t to Mr 11 Bryan Unan In JI your our telegram gram you speak of or so much of or time the charge a against Governor GO as dealt with wih his bis i Hafk 1 deal while In iii Ohio with wih the tho Standard OH Oil 01 company You Yuu omit the time char charge o as us to his isis relations with tire the Standard Oil 01 Interests as shown b by hIs bis action acton while governor ot of Oklahoma this vcr very summer sum sum- mer o this hIs action being eln In art taken while ho lie was at Denver Den when as you state ho was WS b by your our wish made chairman of or th the committee which drafted the platform upon whiCh I yet YUh are aro standing In m my statement I 1 purposely purposely pur pur- poely made no specific allusion to thoI tho Ohio matter and shall at this time I make none mater In spite spie of or Its Is significance and arid In t spite of tire the further fact that Governor close chose relation with wih the tho Standard Standard- OH Oil Interests while wirtie he te was vas In Ohio was a matler mater of common I notoriety In Oklahoma It II Is 18 a tact mat matter lattEr lat lat- I ten ter tEr of court By this court rec rec- ord It appears appeals that lie tho te attorney general gen gen- I oral eral of the state elected by tho the people people peo pee pie obtained an injunction to prevent gen I tire the Prairie Oil on Gas Gos company compan from froni I building a pIpe line lino raid and that thal Governor found this out while bo Ito wasal wasat was at al D Denver n cr as appears b by the tho tio re to rt rosen reson- lallon tation for the time dissolution of or tho the In Injunction injunction In- In junction made In his iris name on behalf of the tIre state stale mate before a o court urt of superior jurisdiction to lo that thal which hud haul hul Issued the Iho Injunction In tins thin tho the governor so states stales that the acting governor o In itt hi his 01 is isi bo hA oh 1 i Ar n. n n l L-l L that the hearing I l W. W until un he the governor go might return i and have an opportunity to Investigate ont the tire controversy The Tire governor go sets sols forth hi In his petition petton that he lie Is the tho sole ol authority to determine ct such buch matters an anti and that the attorney general mater arid rl Iho tho Judge of or time the lower honer court represented an encroachment by bythe bytho the tho Judiciary Line Flue h milian the The Time attorney general ol opposed dissolution of the tIre Injunction stating that the Prairie OH on and amid ant Gas company compan was a foreign corporation which had hadnot not riot accepted tho tire provision of tho tim constitution con con- applicable to such nuch corporations corpora corpora- corpor- corpor ions and that without authority of law tons It was employing a great reat force o of men mon and teams tennIS to dig up across and Into various highways of tho tire state sUte for tho the purpose of or la laying Us Its Is pipe Time The governor prevailed tho tim Injunction and tho the Pipe line was was suspended an lne wat wal permitted to continue Us its Is work tc tt tt use the words of or the tue attorney general Jeneral without orts any color of or 1 law Ian I call cal your attention to tho the fact act that the tho question question queston ques ques- tion Is not whether or not the tire judge ton erre erred or whether the Ire Injunction was proper Tho Tire point Is It that the tire governor gov gov- ov was alert to lo take out of the he hands hantle ernol o of the general what the Iho attorney general felt was ras hIs bis sworn dut duty to lO prevent an alc alleged e 1 In Instance Instance instance In- In stance of tho ho breaking of or the laws b by this Iris particular groat corporation I has Ht Inn fil Given cu Nil u Defence As is far as uS I have seen been Governor has haR riot not even oven attempted anything any airy Cn- Cn thing which ran cuss be called canel a u defense defenso of or this action acton of or Iris hla hil It I th thus Ul appears ap aim- pears that his action acton wax was wat as Inexcusable inexcusable able a SUi it I was wanton except on 01 the thc theory that In defiance of ot the te attorney ator ne nay ney general general of the te state an and at nil all al hazards ho he Intended for some sonic reasons of his bis own to lo protect the tire Interests of I it ft great reat corporation against tho tile IlI law han Il I It has been Leen suggested on our his behalf behal I that after all aU be lie did lid not favor tavor tire the Standard Oil company but merely tire the Prairie OH Oil 01 and nt Gas OaH company This 1111 claim chaim Is disposed of or b by tho the testimony of the tire Standard Oil 01 company Is itself 1 taken In ut Uio the latter part of or 1907 in the tho J suit now pending before beCore tho the United i I Stales court at nt St. St t Louis against Unie l the Uia I i Standard OH Oil 01 company compan In this tills V mony the tire Standard OH Oil 01 company upon I being required b by tho UIO government to put In a list let of or all ni the thc GO companies In which h It held stock stock or 01 In which its Is subsidiary companies held stock to- to re ported among others th tire the Prairie Oil and ant Gas company compan total capital Capil re-I re 01 ouO of ot which the time National Transit 1 corn com cm- cm 1 panics panics' proportion was WIS and fUrU furthermore It It appears that lint the te National Na- Na Na Na- tonal Transit Transi company lied had a capital Int stock of ot 00 of or which th the te Stand Stand- and ard OH Oil 01 company compan owned 5 In other words this OH Oil Oi and amid Ga Gai company compan was waa owned al all ahl except by tho the National Trun Transit lt company n and i this National Transit wa was waa I ard owned Oh OH 01 all al company except 50 by tho tire Stand Stand- J Contract to Now contrast your our action acton In thill a o 1 of ut Governor Husk ell with lh Mr lr Tafts Taft's action acton as regards Senator For Fob J leer ker ret ret- retas as aN set net lt forth In Viii his letter of or July 20 20 1907 1007 leter 0 which I quoted In m my state- state 1 meat II it I was a a matter mailer of ot common no- no about Senator Foraker as It it has hus long been beon a n matter of or common no-i no about Governor Haskell that no ho he was the lie an a supporter ut oIl c certain great Interests awl therefore hostile hostle to tire tho policies and for which thin this administration has stood haJ There Wi was no such convincing proof against Senator Foraker at that time however as ats there was 08 against Governor Gover 1 tt nor Haskel when iu tiis a you OU say Hay lie lio wal want wasi with your approval made treasurer oft oIl oCl your Taft t r refused campaign r to committee bo ho nm a party t to Cut But Ut a the tho Mr re- re x J V s. s J nomination of ot Senator Foraker ovon oon through though It was ro represented ro that that only 11 I thus thua I could lio ho advance hl his o Inter inter- t eats cj showing h nl by r actual deeds his S wort words nerds vero ivere ve o truo timo 1 item i ot r i r it nO i t y U Ut n eji t i U- U th ith it u a clearer dance e you ou ns lo to time tho connection ot of GotI Got Got- l V li with reith r tutu ge Standard on 1 Oil i I their air Mr ff Taft Taa ToC then therm thol hud had no mis to tl the connection con con- I of oC Senator with wih un tiny tiny- corporations you 01 no havo have BeI so- so cured Governor nor Haskell Haskel as chairman of ot I the tire committee to lo write the tho platform on which you ou stand anti put him In Sri aj as a. a treasurer of ot your our campaign commit I teeS tee Utter Let Lt mo ama add that Governor Go Haskel's utter public position of ot tru trust t or for tor or association with on any man anxious to mako muke un nn appeal on al aJ almoral moral to lo the time American people has been abundantly shown wholly Ir Irrespective hi J respective of this thus action of ot lila his In connection connection con con- with wih tho the Standard Oil Of Interests tB As s an American citizen who prizes prizes' his Ills Americanism and his citizenship far tar above un any question queston of ot party hart I rend It It as S a scandal and disgrace that l Governor Got Gov Haskell Haskel should bo Lo connected with the of an any national campaign cam cam- I hn have not the time In fn this his letter ietter leter to discuss Governor Haskel I conduct for tot Instance In itt voting th child labor bill bi or ot the fact that hi hi name appears an as ono one of or tho ho defendant In various suits brought by the gov- gov ov- ov to prevent the tho Creek Indian Indiana of or from n rom having havinG certain their V fraudulently taken or 01 his conne connection with wih various other oter matters mateis matei's of the kind but let mo c call H your OUI attention to hi his conduct in prostituting to base purposes purposes pur pur- poses poes tho the state university as set tort hi In an air crude article of or Outlook for Sept j em bor bel last under the Iho heading of Shall Shail I the Iho People Rule Rule-in Rule In Oklahoma 7 In Inthis I In this article artcle you will wi see that Governor Haskoll laska was given till full tul opportunity t toj I mako make every explanation lon and tho that t hi h has ma mado o none noIre After Aler setting selling forth Corth the Iho facts as to Governor Go con con j I duct tho the Outlook article concludes a as follows fellows I I On In this elate of ot affairs wo we have c tw two jj to make urako and two que question I to lo ask asle i I Comment of f lie the taxed I Ito Tho Tire people of or Oklahoma aro to support their educational j tons ions rom trout from the Iho primary school to lo th I their l I university They pa pay pa mone mooney money havo o their children educated tj the politicians use this iris money to l pro iro promote O mote the interests of a 1 political machine machine machine ma ma- chine or 01 a church society they ar ard guilty of a breach o of trust What hat doj i the thc taxpayers of Oklahoma Ol-lahoma think dJ o 0 othe of the tho ut use o which their public servants ser ar ara making of or the public funds runds What hat d dJ the they think about this policy t the tIre taking o of the tire money duo tue their 80 ton soni and daughters and diverting It tt I for th tiit benefit of ot politicians s. s ecclesiastical an of oC Governor Haskel was 08 one Mt Bryans Bryan's right hand men in iii tIre Democratic Demo cratic convention eon enlon and at Dryan's Bryans In Instance instance In stance has made treasurer of tim Democratic national committee It I thi I 14 appalling to think what would bo be tl th-t th results to the time educational system o 0 othe oj th the Philippines and amid Porto Rico in th V I digging ln of or the tire Panama Pt canal canal In the th t work wurl of or irrigation and reforestation I In the te administration of the tire the tho Interior and ant agricultural depart I ment In the appointments of foreign t I minis ministers leIs and consuls consuls' consul if It tire the spirit which has actuated ed the Democratic au authorities nu nu- In the state of Oklahoma should be permUted permitted to get gel control o othe of 01 I Ithe the federal government itt cit tt Washing i In 14 V ton Governor Haskell b by Ly actions which show short lou louder or than titan words wards has bait declared V his bis disbelief In ili Gro Grover r Cleveland's s 's mot mot I to A pu public lc Is a a public trust Anti And Mr Haskell lashell Is a 0 representative leader header in the Bryan Democracy hn t i I think of Clove j does oes Mr Ir Bryan 11 Mr CIC c I lands land's moto motto What hal do ho the lie American I i people think of or Mr Ir rc reversal rc ersul V of If t It i l' l Nu ut t In c of You close your tele telegram rom b by ss SR In big Ing that you ou expect nHI will wi l hornan fair and honorable treatment t from those who are aio In iii clint charge of or tire the Re Re- publican campaign 1 I am ammi not II lii 11 char charge c of or tho thu campaign but hut am nun great grent Interested 1 In I It I have shown n yo J honorably awl and aul fairly that hunt Govern f Haskell Is unworthy of any airy |