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Show I FIRST OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR ) Charles N. HnBkell, who has been nominated BH tor tho governorship of Oklahoma by tho Demo- L -j -n s. crats, is un Ohio man. As tho Democrats aro B C . largely In tho majority in Oklahoma, tho roinlna- If V tlon Is considered equivalent to election. Eight Bl (I f years ngo ho was a candldato for governor of r-jjjjrj T2r- j Ohio lu tho Democratic convention that nominated Bfl V7 V'S John R. McLean. As McLean won the nomination BI . Aw by n mnjorlly of ono on the first ballot, tho show Bl I Av a Ing of Haskell was considered exceptionally good. BI gjjV After the convention Mc. Haskell did not vlow BI j i tho Ohio fluid as an Inviting one for a man who Bl aCIIv wanted to ho govurnor of n stnto and ho went .Bl Tl X west. B A man of tremendous enorgy ho set at onco Tr . O to become powerful In tho new state and IiIb vie Bl tory In tho recent primary was a surprise to many of tho older suttlors who Bl did not think that Haskell could win. ftB Haskell Is about 46 years old, n lawyer and a railroad builder. He grew BJ up In the northwestern part of Ohio near thu homo of Former Senator Brlco, BJ and belonged to tho Brlco political family during Its dominance lu stuto BJ politics. flj For a tlmu Mr. Haskell had an office lu Wull street, New York, and taught BJ the'eitstern financiers u few tricks of thu trade. Ills Wall street stay 'us QJ short, however, as was a period of railroad building In his nntlvu state. Ho Bl liked politics, but since going to Oklahoma he hos also prospered outsldo of -.B!I politics and has been helped by a clever wife. Mrs. Haskell wus noted lit lsP Ohio for her shrewd business ublllty and In her new field has achieved llttlo ,fV less fame than hor husbund us nit organizer und money getter. i . m |
