Show I Haskells Haskell's Strenuous Career Carer V G Governor v Haskell the tho tt first t chief e ex- ex of or tho the new state tate of or Oklahoma was vas elected to that position In 1907 Ho Howa wa was born In Putnam count county Ohio 1860 and was raised on a n farm At t various times ho taught school and re read red d lA law lb Ho was WIB admitted to tho the bar bir In 1881 1581 and be began began besan be- be gan san practice at Ottawa Ohio that same samo year car Later on ho lie entered d railroad construction construction con con- work as UJ a n contractor V Vand and en engaged engaged engaged en- en In railway l building during tho the latter lat t ter tel part of the eighties Ho went vent to Muskogee then In tho In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian territory In 1901 1001 as a railroad con contractor contractor con v tractor and built many many man lines of or railway lIt In that territory and In iii Oklahoma before bo- bo foro fore the two commonwealths were Joined as a state Governor Haskell was a n member of at the Oklahoma constitutional convention havIng having hav hay ing lag previously taken an active Interest In Democratic politics without being consIdered considered con con- In the office seeking class clas Ho had much to do with the drawing up atthe of at the new constitution under which the state of ot Oklahoma Is operated and ho and President Roosevelt cal h clashed d over that document through Mr Taft Tatt acting as spokesman for the administration The constitution wa was adopted by a popular popular popular pop pop- ular vote oto receiving a majority of or moro more than Haskell rode to toV victory on that same rae constitution wave of or popularity popo- popo larity but because of ot the fight made mado upon up-on him by the Republican forces at Washington he rec received l ed a plurality of t only vote votes Yote Ho lie has haa been twice married his first wife being baing Miss Lucy Pomeroy They were wore married d October 11 11 1884 1684 V and ehe she died In March iSIS His second wife was v-ns formerly a n. Miss 1 C. C Gallup She be became became became be- be came Mrs Haskell September 2 1559 and andIs andIs andis Is living now V The governor of Oklahoma and his at nt- nt torney general are not on speaking terms torms and have not been since the day ay about a n year ear ago when th the thu governor ordered tho the attorney to drop the tho actions ho he had started against a a. subsidiary Standard Oil on company tho the officers of or which were openly violating the laws of ot the tho new state A feature of tho the n fight ht that Is now be beV be- be V ing irig waged on Governor GO Haskell of or his put past associations with tho the Standard OU Oil company go SO goes s 5 back to the tho Democratic convention In Denver Denvor On the tho night of ot July S 8 S. S during kells kell's at attack attack attack at- at tack on Jame James Guffey of ot Pennsylvania the tho Oklahoma Democrats Democrat shouted at nt theman tho the thoman thomm man mm from the oil state Go back to your Standard Oil whereupon a hissing noise came carao from the tho Guffey Gufrey delegates Gentlemen I hl hare havo c heard that hl hissing sound coming comins out of or pipe lines man many times Governor Haskell said ald 3 before I proceeding with Ith speech ech It la iS cl claimed l lIn V In many stories now being printed that Governor Haskell exclaimed that he had V V heard that hissing noise many times be before before he- he fore foro coming out of ot pipe lines of or the V V S Standard Oil company compan- which Is a 3 mis V V quotation T V |