The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-07

desire was devoted to the welfare Of
her children and she kept them to-
gether until they became old enough
to relieve her to some extent by be-
ginning their own support, and as they
grew sUill older to aid her in the sup
port Of the family. / remember that
as a young man took part in the con-
Quoting OF the Presbyterian Sunday
school ia the village, and that Charley
was in the first class OF which / was
teacher. When he was about nine
years old he went to work for an ac-
quaintance of mine by the name of
Miller, on a farm some six or seven
miles from town. where he farmed until
he was Just about twenty-one years Of
age. The last two or three years on
the farm he had taught school in the
Medary district and Oakdale district
near here, also the village school In his
native town, the original Leipslc.
While teaching school he devoted the
nights to reading law. used to see
him Saturday afternoons passing back
and forth on his way to the law Office Of
Barr & Werner, to whom he recited
his law lessons. l was always inter-
ested in the Haskell children because
of the high esteem in which Charley's
mother was held by all our neighbOrS,
and we all encouraged them and helped
them in every respect. AS far back,
almost, as l remember the history Of
our once celebrated Literary Iand De
batting society in old Leipsic, we used
to have recitations by several of the
school children of which Charley was
always one until he went to live on the
farm. / think, almost as soon as he was
of age he was admitted to practice law
and opened a law Office In Ottawa in
the spring of about 1881. L remember
the comment on the unusual fact that
he began practice alone without any
influence to secure him business except
his energy and determination, but the
old neighbors and farmers of Liberty
township stuck to him, and soon we
knew Charley Haskell as one of the
most satisfactory and successful law
yers in the county. He continued in
the practice for number of years in
this country and finally became inter
ested in general contracting work,
principally on railroad construction
and continued his residence in this
county until something like six or
seven years ago.
! I don'bsuppose that anybody around
here knew him better from his child
hood up to the time he moved to Che
Indian Territory than did and /
have always felt a deep interest and
pride in whatever he has done. While
he is Democrat and | am a Republi-
can, | am just as proud as anyone
could possibly be Of his success in life.
There is one thing sure, Charley Has
kell has always stood for honest, NOR
al government and is one of the most
uncompromising fighters / ever saw.
When he makes up his mind that
anything is right, you can't buy or
scare him Out of fighting for it,
Whatever he has made out of himself
since he left his mothers home and
went to work on Miner's farm up to
present time, is due to the right start
his mother gave him and to his untir-
ing energy and courage and to think
of Charley Haskell in the future as
Governor Of Oklahoma, will make me
feel just as proud as though he were
my own boy and know that that is
the same way all the old settlers
around Leipsic and Liberty township
will feel about it, "