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t ~TEO FLUNKS. Ignominious Failure of Roosevelt to Make Rood His BASELESS CHARGES Qiaanecting Haskell With Standard Oil Bribery Case and FrIIn Back ITpoi|. Local Affairs in Oklahoma a Described in a Political Article In a Republican Magaxine. President Roosevelt Wednesday Affht, following upon a prolonged conference with members of tho cabinet at tho Whlto House, prepared wnd gave out hia reply to William Bryan, tho Democratic caudidnte, redati ve to W. H. Hearst's chargesI tfcat Governor Haskell, treasurer of Democratic committee, had reprmonted Standard Oil interests bom tin Ohio and Oklahoma. Mr. Bryan bad demanded proof ot' the charges, promising that in tho event of their substantiation, Governor Haskell would be eliminated from the camjMdgn. Here Is the lame reply ox IWosevelt: "The White House, "WaHhlngton. D. C., Sept. ^3.1 90S. "Dear Sir: In your telegram you 4ipeak of so much of the charge against Governor Haskell as dealt with his relations, while in Ohio, with the Standard Oil Company. You omit the charge as to his relations with the Standard Oil interest its shown by his action while governor of Oklahoma, this very summer, thin action being in part taken while be was at Denver, where, as you Ktate, he was by your wish mado chairman of the committee which drafted the platform upon which you are standing. In my statement I purposely made no speciilc allusion bo the Ohio matter, and shall at this time make none, in spite of its sigatflcance, and in spite of the further fact that Governor Haskell's close relation with tho Standard Oil intorest while ho was in Ohio was a matter of common notoriety. In Qktahoma it is a matter of record. this court record it appeared that the attorney general of the State, elected by the people, obtained an injunction to prevent the a Prairie Oil and Gas Company from bailding a pipe line, and that Governor Haskell found this out while ho was at Denver, as appears by the representations for the dissolution of the injunction made in his name, oa behalf of the State, before a court of superior Jurisdiction to that which had issued the injunction. In this i the governor states thnt the acting governor, in his absence, had asked that the hearing bo postponed, that, he, the governor, might return and have an opportunity to investigate the controversy. The governor sets forth in his Detition that he is the solo authority to demand such matters, and that tho attorney general and the Judge of the lower court had no right in the matter, and that the action of the Judge of tho lower court represented 'an encroachment hf the judiciary.' The attorney general opposed the disolution of the injunction, stating that the Prairie Oil and Gas Company was a foreign corporation which had not accepted the provisions of the constitution applicable to such corporations, and that without authority of law it was employing a great force of men and teams to dig up, across and into various highways of the State for the puropse of laying its pipe lines. The governor prevailed, the injunction wu permitted to continue its work, to use the words of tho attorney general, 'without any color of law.' J call your attention to the fact that tho question is not whether or not tho judge erred, or whether the injunction was proper. The point is i n?il ifiH KU vtJiuui w an aiui i mi man j out of the hands of the attorney general what the attorney general felt was his sworn duty to prevent, an alleged Instance of tho breaking of the law by this particular great corporation. "Ah far as I have seen Governor Haskell has not even attempted anything which can he called a defense of this action of his. It thus appears that his action was as inexcusable as it was wanton except on the theory that in defiance of the attorney general of the State and at all hazards, he intended for some reason of his own to protect the interest of a great corporation against the law. It has been suggested on his behalf that after all he did not favor the Standard Oil Company but merely the Prairie Oil and Gas Company. This claim is disposed of by the testimony of the Standard Oil Company itself in the latter part of 1907 in the suit now ^pending in the United States court 'ugainst the Standard Oil Company, hi this testimony the Standard Oil Company, upon being required by the government to put in evidence a list of all the companies in which it held stock or in which Its subsidiary companies held stock, represented among the others the Prairl? Oil and Gas Company, total capital $ 10.000,000, of which the National Transit Company's proportion was $9,999.500; and furthermore it appears that the National Transit Company owned $25,451,050. In other wordn. this Prairie Oil and Oa? Company was owned, all except $500. by the National Transit Comapny, and thle National Transit Company was owned, all except about $3,550. by the Standard Oil Company. "Now, contrast your action In thld case to Governor Haskell with Mr. Taft'ti action as regards Senator Foraker, us set forth lu his letter of July 20, J907, which I quoted In my statement. It was a matter of common notoriety about Senator boraker, aw It has iong beeu a matter of common uotoriety about Governor Haskell, that he was the defender and supporter of certain corporate interests and therefore hostile to the policies for which this administration has stood. There was no such convincing proof against Senator Foraker at that time, however. as there is against Governor Haskell, when, as you say, he was, with your approval, made treasurer of your campaign committee. Hut Mr. Taft refused to be a. party to the renominatlon of Senator Foraker, even though it was reported that only thus could he advance his own interest, showiug by actual deeds that his words were true when he said, 'I do not care for the presirloiirv 4 f it liuu In !?* ? *v ? uti vw vwitiv* WJ VWiU l'i U* misc.* With a hundredfold clearer evidence before you as to the connection of Governor Haskell witn the Standard Oil than Mr. Tat't then had ns to the connection of Senator Foraker with any corporation, you nevertheless, having secured Governor Haskell as chairmen of the committee to write the platform on which you stand, put him in as treasurer of your campaign committee. "Let me add that Governor Haskell's utter unfitness for any public position of trust or for association with any man anxious to make an appeal on a moral issue to the Amer lean people has been abundantly shown, wholly Irrespective of this [action of his in connection with Standard Oil interests. As an American citizen who prizes his Americanism and his citizenship far above any question of partiznnshlp, I regard as a scandal and a disgrace that Governor Haskell should be connected with the management of any national campaign. I have not the space In this letter to discuss Governor Haskell's conduct, for instance, in vetoing the child-labor bill; or the fact that his name appears uh one of tho defendants in various suits brought by the government to prevent the Crook Indiank from having certain of their lands fraudulently taken; or his connection with various matters of the kind, but let me enll vour attention to hisi eon duct in prostituting to base purpose th<> State University, ns set forth in an article in The Outlook of September 5, last, under the heading of "Shall the People Rule?in Oklahoma?" In this nrltcfce yon will see that Governor Haskell was giwn full opportunity to make every explanation, and that he made none After setting forth the facts as to Governor Haskell's conduct, The Outlook article concludes as follows: " 'On this state of affairs we have two comments to make and two quesl tions to ask. " 'The people of Oklahoma are taxed to support their educational institutions, from the primary school to the university. They pay their money to have their cnildren educated. When the politicfans use this money to promote the interests of a political machine or a church sect, 'hey are guilty of a breach of trust. What do the taxpayers of Oklahoma think of the use to which their public servants are making of the public funds What do they think about this financial policy?the taking of the money due their sons and daughters and diverting it for the benefit of politicians, eecleastical and civil? " 'Governor Haskell was one of Mr. Bryan's right hand men in the Democratic convention and at Mr. Bryan's instance has been made iiir*iMui?-i \) i tut* i/t;inut;i til it: 11<111<MI<11 committee. It is appalling to think what would he the resulth of the educational systems of the I*hi 1 ii>pincs and Puerto Rico, in the digging the Panama canal, in the work of irrigation and reforestation, In the administration of tho postofTleo, the interior and agricultural departments, in the appointments of foreign ministers and consuls, if the spirit which has actuated the Democratic authorities in the otato of Oklahoma should he permitted to take control of the Federal government at Washington. Governor Haskoll, actions which speak louder than words, has declared his disbelief in drover Cleveland's motto, "A public oflice is a public trust," and Mr. Haskell is a representative leader tn the Itrviin nenwicrncv. What does Mr. Bryan think of Mr. Cleveland's principle What do the American people think of Mr. Haskell's contemptuous reversal of it ' "You close your telegram by saying that you expect and will demand fair and honorable treatment from those who are in charge of the Republican campaign. I am not tn charge of the campaign, but am greatly interested in it. I have shown you above fairly and honorably that Governor Haskell is a man who, on every account I have named, is unworthy of any position in our public life. No further investigation of tnese facts is required. They are spread on the record before you and they were available before Mr, ' " hosen for his i# -ition as treasurer." WAS IN THE RING Ssnator McLaurln on Good Term* With Standard Oil. COULD BEAT TILLMAN "If Properly and (ifnerounly Supported, " Wrote He to John Archbold, One of the (Jreat Mogul* of tho Standard Oil Company, Rut He Failed to Do It, A special dispatch from New York to The State says Hearst sot the State convention of hlB Independence party into a tumult tonight by unpacking a few more interesting letters having to do with Cnitcd Stnto3 senators and Standard Oil. A former United States senator was named in the letter which Mr. Hearst pulled out from his grip tonight. ex-Senator J. L. McLaurln, of South Carolina, a Democrat. Mr. Hearst read letters from Senator McLaurln to John I). Archbold and from the latter to Senator McLaurin, while the crowd of delegates and spectators hootetj^and yelled and screamed, "(Jo for them, 11111." In one of the letters Senator Me i.aurin wrote to Mr. Arehbohl ho spoke of being able to boat Senator Tillman, bin colleague, "if properly and generously supported." In the same collection was a letter of a Inter date from Mr. Archbobl introducing the same senator to Frederick I,. Kldridge, vice president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, "to discuss question of mutual interest." Kx-Hepresentative Jos. C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, bobbed up again in tonight's sheaf with several interesting letters. In one lie told Mr. Archhold of a "Hep." senator who wanted a loan of $1,000 and asked Mr. Archhold, "Do you want to make the investment?" Prior to the 11104 campaign Mr. Sibley wrote Mr. Archhold another interesting letter in which he said it wasn't at all sure who the Republicans were going to nominate; that the situation was a very interesting one and that he was on the ir.sido and that lie thought he really better come on to New York ami talk it over. A letter from Mr. Arch bold to N. F. Clarke of Pittsburg, under date of Nov. o0, 1898, showed that Mr. Archbold was extremely anxious of having a friend named as Democratic senator il a Ifc'mocrat had m chance to succeed Senator Faulkner. John P. Klkins, a lawyer of Dan coster, Pa., seems to ha\e written Mr. Archhold to help his friends ?n ?!?/> n u 11 1 - 1 ' < ii<- i'-.mini ivi-pw 111 ii-iiu organizmi ion of that district in the fight with an independent organization, addnlg that the regulars were Mr. Archhold's friends. Before rending these letter Mr. j Hearst got after Coventor Haskell again, while the audience roared i s approval and set the air ringing with cowbells and all sorts of shouts. Mr. Hearst's contribution to the Haskell literature was an affidavit. In a suit brought by one John P Bail#/ in Putnam county, Ohio, against the Illinois Steel Company for $.">0,000, that being the amount of the fee Haskell should have received, it was alleged, for acting as attorney for the steel company in the formation of the Federal Steel Company, Haskell having assigned the claim to Bailey. This was the beginning of the United States Steel corporation. Mr. Hearst therefore added to the Haskell charges that of being an organizer of the steel trust, and then took a parting shot at Haskell by reading a speech of his at a dinner at Tulsa, Okla., last February, in which he spoke up for the Standard Oil Company and said some nice things about it. As an example of methods "that were never dreamed of a few years ago. said Hearst, I am going to read you the following letter: '2 f> Broadway, NN?w York, Dec. 12. 1 908. "My Dear Senator: 1 have your kind favor of yesterday. We have, of course, noted your recent disagreeable experience with T. with the utmost interest. Think you have done just right in not being guided by hint into doing a foolish thing. ? "1 am greatly interested In the suggestion of the law practice and will see to it that it is kept in mind with the hope that something ma\ develop in which I can he of service to you in connection therewith. With kindest regards, "I am very truly yours, "John I>. Archbold. "To Hon. John L. McLaurin, Senate Chamber, Washington, I). O. "United State Senate, Bonncttsvllle, S. C., May 20, 1002. Dear Mr. AiVhbold: r have pushed my fights vigorously that they have called on Tillman. 1 met him at Gaffney and heat him at his own game. I called his bluff, and now the fight is for two seats instead of one. I can heat Tillman If properly and generously supported. There Is no time to lose, however. ' 1 enclose an account of both mOO' ?nnrq f-v vn||t' i ? f'**U1 ft t iOil. "With kindest regards, HtAKor Lit NAILtU IIY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTER O CHAIRMAN MACK. Who Hays Ho Never Received One It Cent From the Former Chairamn Nor the Standard Oil. While in New York City Tuesday Mr. Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, ^ contradicted another of the numer- at oua Hob that Hearst haa been putting a' in circulation about the Democratic. al 01 campaign. Mr. Mack addressed a telegram to President Roosevelt in which he denied flatly the statements st contained in the reported interview between Timothy L. Woodruff, chairw man of the Republican State com- ^ mittee and President Roosevelt, which were printed in local papers tl Tuesday morning. Chairman Mack's telegram to the * Q{ President follows: "I notice in The New York Tribune this morning you ^ are quoted by Thomas L. Woodruff, chairman of the Republican State committee, in the following Interview " which Woodruff gave out from Oyster Ray: 1 " 'Incidentally, the President re- * marked that he considered It significant that $300,000 had been found in the treasury of the Democratic party after Judgo Parker had declared throughout the last national campaign inut the party's treasury 1 was receiving nothing front corporations; and, further, it was an- 11 nounced at the time of the election J 1 I that the treasury was empty. The President said he thought it looked queer that such a large sum of nion- 1 ev should turn up alter Haskell was ' appointed treasurer of the Democratic national committee.' r "If you are quoted correctly no doubt you have in mind the publication in The New York American recently that I. as chairman of the * Democratic national committee, received *:ift0,000 from former ('hair- 1 man Taggart, which was said to be left over from the 11)04 campaign * This, at that time, was emphatically denied when brought to my attention. I desire to say to you now, * that there is not a word of truth iu this statement. I have not received one cent from Chairman Taggart or any one else connected with the last campaign; neither has any * one connected with the Democratic national committee. I am wiring you this direct as I desire to correct n< what senms to be an erroneous impression in your mind. .1 1 A J 14, JUCSI LT OF I'UAAik. p Will Die From lluru Received in ( amp Hu/lng. Frod Bertoll, of Owosso, Mich., a II member of the Third regiment, p. Michigan National Guard, now en- H| camped at Fort Benjamin Harrison, lies in the military hospital, per- Cl haps fatally hurued as the result oi being ''hasted," or "initiated" by e: several of his fellow guardsmen. tj The prank knowu in camps at t] "initiation" includes painting the t] back and chest of the victims and indulging in a weird torch light pro- j, cession. While Bart ell, whoso "int- () tint ion" was one of several pulled j,. off last night, was attempting to ,] wash the paint by means of gasoline, a number of guardsmen entered , his quarters, for the ptiropse of com- f| plcting "the initiation," when (lames from the torches which were carried accidentally ignited Kartell s painted body and saturated clothing, Kartell rushed from his tent *t mass of Mantes and was taken in at. ambulance to the hospitnfl. where . Captain Folds, of the staff, gi\e^ . little assurance of his recovery. Conflicting stories were told after tit. accident and Major Phillips, inspec- f tor on the staff of Hrigatlier General Hates, is making a thorough investigation. ft Some men enjoy being grouey. ' and their highest amliition is to destroy something others have created. VVe sometimes acknowledge that we make little mistakes, but the J' other fellow always makes big bluu ^ <k!r" ,i The trouble with too many preach ers is thai they aim ho far above the heads of the people that fhoy ovor shoot the mark. ' I There is no sentiment in a muio, ' but a mulo is difforont from a hoy. Thov eannr.t ho snceoHafully trained by the same methods. ^ "I am yours sincerely, , "John J. McLanrln." , "2ti Broadway, April 21. 1903. ;1 "Mr. Krederlek L. Utheridfte, I'lrsi (| Vice President Knickerbocker t< Trust Company, (>(> Broadway. J( City. p "Dear Mr. Rid rid go: It Rives me p pleasure to introduce to you hereby Senator J. L. MeDaurin of South Carolina, who desires to discuss with _ you some business question of mutual interest. I can not speak in too hitfh terms of Senator M"T.eiiri,i f'?< j, whom I bespeak your most kindly considerations. "VOr* '""'V VOIfC y "John J. Archbold." 3 waGENER burned MHTHt'CriVK F1IU5 IN UL'HINIMs WKCTION OF TOWN. ' AilroiMl ?nd Other HuKinmt Houses Dwlroynl With m Ixxss of *10,000. ' Wednesday night one of the larg it business blocks in the town of ragencr in this county was deroyed by fire, entailing ft loss of aout $40,000, with Insurance counting to not more than $2o, )0. Five large buildings and seval smaller ones, all occupied, were wtroyed, and the information utes that the total contents of the nildingu was burned by be contla- . ration. The buildings on the block ere ail wooden structures and ' timed like tinder. With the limited < re fighting facilities in Wagoner, < lere was no chance to save any 01 ie buildings on the block. Very : iw of the particulars of the fire I auld be learned. The large stor?? of Mr.M. .) ybrand, which was one of the largst general merchandise estahlish tents in the county, was completely vstroyed. It is stated that the stock t this store alone amounted to fully 20,000. He had on his stock $10,00 insurance. it was also rumored yesterday that he passenger depot was destroyed, he depot was situated in tne si reel, ltd was not more than 20 or 2 0 feet rom the burning buildings. The fire broke out some time lust light, and continued to gradually urn its way through t h ?* block. h?? tiro is a great blow to the prosproils little town, the dent roved block eing the principal portion of the own. The following are the Ionises so fni eportod here: J. W. Dybrand, store building, orth $ It, 0 00, insurance $l,fi00. J. \V. Dybrand, stock of goods, 22,000, iiiHtiranee $10,000. Mrs. O. AI. Ott, building, $1,000, isurance $f>00. Jones Ai* Ott, stock in this building, 'orth about $.">00, insurance not nown. Mrs. Dora Lybrand, building, $2.00, insurance $1,200. II. L. Ciunter .ock $1,000, insurance not known. Weeks &. (lantt, drug store, stnali ock. 10. Williams, three buildings, orth $2,000, insurance not known, S. it. Smith, general merchandise ock, worth about $2,000, insurance at known. Southern railway depot, valued at 2000. i Til 10 I SIO OF COTTON SIOFI). I 1 i-vskmmii I-1nicy, or (lie Southern Railway, .Makes Suggestion. 1 i President Finlcy, of the Houth?)'n ailway Company, has addressed a ] Iter to some of the leading cotton ?ed oil manufacturers of the South, ' tiling their attention to a recent insular report, which points out and Kcellent opportunity of broadening ie market for cotton seed oil to le advantage of both the manufae irer and the cotton grower. In his report, Special Agent Perltis shows that, although the llavo.* f sardines packed in cotton seed oil i pronounced by experts superior to liose packed in olive oil, American uyers will not pay as much for hem and Norwegian packers are ius deterred from using cotton seed it. President Finlcy suggests that of:>rts be made to educate the conumers of this country to an approiation of sardines packed in cotton eed oil, thus building up an Amcr ;ill rlcinnnd for fh<*in llit: < as follows: "M> interest in everything tending ;> broaden I ho market for Southern redacts pronu.ts me to inclose here. (,1, a *op< ) ' he Daily *Ynsulni nd Trade Reports of August S, hicli has just come to my atPnk. a. "V' u may hit? :* seen it already, ut, if not, I think you will he in'orsted in the report of Specail A Kent 'crkins, which suggests interesting ossi hi I i t ies as to the extension of "io market for cotton seed products. I was particularly, impressed with le evidence contained in his report lat cotton seed oil is fully as good s olive oil, if not superior to olive ii, for use in parking sardines. Ifj ix.'ins, howover, that there is aj rejndice in the American market gainst sardines packed in cotton, ed oil. "May it not he possible for the >tton seed oil manutaetu rot's of the! oath, through their organi/.at ins 1 mi in co-operation with the newsapert? of our section to carry on <t impaign of education that will re1111 in the creation of an American eiiutnd for sardines packed in cot:>n seed oil? It is possible that nmethfng of this kind is already eirif? done, hut if so, it has not come > my attention." It takes hard work to grow corn | and character. It is easy to run up bills, but aid to live down a bad reputation. Feed the auil and it v\ii! fi . , ou. Starve the soil and it will tarvo you. *Qt ' > MORE RASCALS Many Republican Leaders New Supporting Taft In Same BOAT WITH FORAKER %nd the Republican rumllrlatn Utr President Will II* Ixutrly If 1** KllminatoM All W'lto Have Ilerei or Ait" Now Alllgnetl Willi Sl*iwlawt 1)11 nnd Other TniNlN. At Toledo. Ohio, on Titcsd&v, 'ormer Republican Attorney ilenevar Monett, ot' Ohio, was ash I'd, "Whnt. :lo you think the effect of 'Iftifr. diminnting Foraker will have on the Republican party In Ohio this i'ftll1" Hero is Mr. Monett'n answer: "This Ik extremely amusing light ot the iioininot'H on the Repah lican ticket put there t?y Taft, (Jo*, llrown and (Jullbert. If Taft commences the eliminating business he will have to resign from the ticket or get m*w bed fellows. lie tint ningly accepted the nominallonfron? the gang, tin- StsmOTrd Oil lobby, heing the same crowed he at onee denounced as unworthy of the stiiy port of the decent citizens. If !? rises to the high moral plane of elliumuling Foraker, he will surely have to eliminate Judge A. Rhanck from tin* supreme bench, whore "record in th?> Standard Oil contempt pro ceedingH Is inore vulnerable than anything Foraker ' as rlone. "Rhauek voted to acquit the Standard Oil agents against Ilia combined votes of Judge Thaddcu* J. H. linidhury, Minshall, and A. .Mitchell and Williams. Mo votcw to Virgil Kline, for the Standard Oil Company, who openly dolled the court when ordered to produce the hooks of the company. They charged the attorney with contempt of court and throwing away of the hooks during the very time the court ordered them produced. "They hurned twenty-eight boies of day hooks und ledgers in the furnaces of the Standard Oil ??fineries before it. was found they had notified the court they had no sn?#i hooks and when this infamous treatment was laid hare to the court and testimony and depositions furnished by laborers that burned the hooks, this same Judge Shauck, now running a third term on t lie supremo court bench, voted to clour the crooks by dissolving proceedings against, them on a motion of John M. Sheets, my successor sis attorney general." "Was Forakcr a friend of Uurkett, the Judge whom Archbold asked him to support?" was then asked. "Yes, Foraker was of the same political faction as Judge nurkett. He was also the political friend or I II ft irou VVIIIUmo * -* - -.-n-" .. . uuin, *> HVI MUiy itlMl .VIIU shall. All of those last three named Judges voted the Standard Oil guilty of contempt, and every one of them was beaten for renoniination overwhelmingly. They were not snpportcd by Fo raker, his friends, or the Standard Oil clique, but that Miushall on the? day he voted the Standard Oil guilty, while Shauck voted them Innocent, was approached on High street, Columbus, and warned public-ally that it would bo his death knell. The Ohio Republican bosses kept their word and every judge that voted against him and myself were all slaughtered whlM Judges Shauek, Speak and Hurkett. who voted for them were supported by the Stancfard Oil lobbyists and Foraker and other Republicans and yet Tuft doesn't propose to eliminate; them." IIK For Nil OUT. Wanted to Fuel Out if Young ftHhl/ovecl Him. At Rails, a grey bearded Frenchman recently married a girl in her teens, and kept wondering whether she loved him. Would she ween when he died, or would she rejoice, and marry again? He would pet her to the test, and he revised gruesome; strategem. 11? locked himself no in a room an<i waited. After some bourn hU wife wondered at his unaccountable disappearance; had the door broken open. On the bed lay her husband, his hands crossed, ids face white. Ids body motionless, apparently dead. Now. the wife would show what she really felt. She gazed at him, came to the conclusion that, h?> really was dead, and danced a breakdown in the room. Hp leaped the corpse and roarori, "So that is how you would grieve for me? Then take this," and threw clocks and candlesticks at her. filio tied, and he continued to vent, his disappointment by smashing ali tin furniture in the Hat. Many a man who thought he wn^ wive at 20 owns tip to being u fool at 10. It is all right to have an alin in life provided we don i aim too long without vho' ting. I lie Utuii w t.u lino e arneti enough fo ?"?>n I to his own business has a pretty good education.