The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-11-16

ladan. and then with his hands tied
We were able to present the question
10 Congress on its merits. Joe. Can
non and all of his organization were !
against us, and they would have kept
us out of statehood FOR ten years K
we had not worked laJs game OF com
blitunk ibe indian
III lWhcther or not I was right in my
first opinion that Mr. Haskell organl-
zed the Sequoyah Convention for pO
ltical purposes, matters little. lie at
least succeeded in getting TO be Gov |
emor Of Oklahoma, an ambition |
worthy of any man In the new state. |
but IL does matter much just what |
manner Of man he is. Judging by |
his words he is successful, and by |
his methods he is eminently sara, |
and cer-S1nly there is not the slight |
est cau.e for suspicion of any cor
Wption He is. and has been at all
times. since he has taken an active
part in Oklahoma politics, interest
| inc himself in and working for the
majority Of the people of the new
state This probably accounts for his
llarge vote at the recent electic
| However. there are other causes. He
| is great leader. a slillful manipu-
! lator and a postmaster at the game
/ of politics He studies all questions
| carefully In fact he like Webster
Iexhausts the subject. and he me-
takes anything for granted When
he decides on a certain policy he
cducates and converts his associates
before ne allows them to vote. This
was illustrated wnen he decided that
the Jim Crow bin If allowed to be
incorporated i'm the Constitution
would enGager It's approval at ~
hands Of the President He al once
set to work to convert the members
OF the conventon-to convince men
who had been elected on the platform
favoring the placing OF the Jim Grow
provision I'm the constitution, that
they must turn their backs on one OF
the most important measures on
which they were elected He argued
j that statehood was of more import
ance to their constituency than all
else, hence they owed it to them
? selves not to jeopardize statehood.
Not more than a dozen agreed with
him at the beginning of the discus
2 sion, and it was not until thlrd
|
S lined up against inserting the jim
+ Grow provision in the Constitution.
. Yet he was master OF the situation
! and never allowed it to come to "a
4 vote until the battle was won.
! Mr. Haskell has an unusual person
I ality OF the ninetynine Democrats
/ in the Constitutional Convention
y many of whom he fought month af-
u ter month, nearly everyone was
personal friend at the close OF the
: convention, and worked for him in
!, the primary for Governor. Men went
: Into convention his avowed enemy
and came ont ready to go on the
& stump and fight for him under all
= circumstances.
= Probably no trai. OF Mr. Haskell
+ has made him so strong with the peo-
Z pie as his bravery. Early in the cam
. lpalgn when other men were running
! to shelter. when asked for their po
y sition on the prohibit on question, he
y came frankly out with the statement
y that he was In favor OF II and would
vote for it,
81 Certainly there was never in any
~ state i'm the Union a campaign o
" such vilihcation, as the one which re
suited in his election, yet during al
~ this storm. when his character was
"a bitterly assailed his wife standing by
" his side with her hand firmly fixed
ol lon his shoulder said by every move
II Iment 1T is lie, and my faith in yol
III cannot be shaken" Not only is thi
ol true but Mrs Haskell is woman o
III rare tact. good sense and a cleye
no hu pi
W women of Oklahoma a remarkabh
~ example Of what woman can do II
10 all the walks of life to assist her hus
y band in achieving success and dis
~ Rilction.
le3 Looking forward Governor Haske
ii says he hopes to see the interest q
20 all the people of the new state S
ne subseryed that his administratio
ie will witness the most phenomenal d.
~ lvelopm cnt in Oklahoma that Amer
'h ca ever saw that he is not antagC
e. nistic to capital, as some have trie
as to make believe; that he hopes {
!. linyte honest capital to seek iuves
l,u ment here with a feeling OF securit
u which it has not enjoyed elsewher
- when capital has robbed and in tur
sandbagged; that he is man OF som
means; thai be has made all OF hi
money and has never shown disp'
siion to altagonize wealth, and ask
why he should be made Goliath wit
a big stick standing ready to smit
capital. simply because fe insists tina
the railroads and all public seryic
corporations must pay their tal
share of taxes.
I'm my study OF Mr. Haskell / hay
concluded that the controlling motiv
of his life is ambition II ! am rigf
4. this and in the additional coacli
sion that he is wise. thea he will us
every possible means al his comman
10 secure the largest degree of su
cess for the whole people of theOl
lahoma for he is not, and will not
satisfied with the Goyernorship. l.
looking ahead. and il Is not nocessal
lly a Senatorship. It is more like
the Presidency Why not? Look
the sitration moment is not ii
g,,-tffttffo, of Oklahoma "a new HaI