New-York tribune., 1908-09-24
ABSURD" SAYS HASKELL.
attempts Reply to Charges IN Presi-
dents Statement.
by Telegraph to The Tribune

Guthrie okla Sept 23-'If President Roose-
velt's statements correctly quoted. he has
crawled into a hole which is scarcely big enough
for him 10 turn around in, and before he gets
through with me I will plug up the hole" said
Governor Charles y. Haskell tonight, when shown
the substance of the Presidents attack upon him.
Roosevelt in his attempt to butt into practices
used in ward politics. has placed himself just
where I want him. and will make him sorry Tor
it." said the Governor.
Taking I'D the Roosevelt arraignment in detail,
the Governor declared it ridiculous.
In condemnng me for my attitude toward the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company" said Governor
Haskell Roosevelt is impugning the acts of his
former Secretary of the Interior, Mr.. Hitchcock
1t was Hitchcock who granted the Prairie COM
pany its rights build pipe line in what is no"
Oklahoma and I have done nothing more than
respect the vested rights that the Prairie com
pany had when the state was admitted to the
Union / could pursue other legal course.
stopped the company from building a gas pipe
line into the state it had no right to build
IL but Hitchcock gave the company the right 10
build an oil pipe line
''As TO vetong the child labor bill he went on
.it had some provisions in it that would work an
absolute hardship upon working people as well as
EMPLOYERS stenographer could not work in
LAWYERS office or any Other place IL she was under
eighteen and a minor could not even work after
school to support a widowed and sick mother OF
20 assist In securing education"
Governor Haskell declared that there was aoso-
lutelv nothing to the charge of Creek land frauds
as he had never dealt in Indian lands
owing TO clouded titles have never considered
investment in Creek farm lands good business
investment" he said. "As 20 the charge of mixing
politics with the state university, am only one of
several members of the board OF regents and have
never attended more than meeting Of the board
Mr. Cruce is chairman of the board and controls
its actions
The Governor said that there nothing new
in the statement Of Monnett that he got his infor
nation as 10 Haskers alleged connection with
Standard Oil from SQuires OF Cleveland.
He stated that in his petition in the case, said
the Governor and has never claimed 10 have
INSTRUMENTATION the subject. If Roosevelt is
locking for fight he couldn't have come to a bet
ter place to get it," he continued. "Roosevelts
entire statement, far now before me. is alb
surd and ridiculous. I will give full reply when
have all his statement Has he questioned the size
of my family yet?"
use a club" the advice given by Governor
Haskell tonight TO persons desiring TO debate
with William R. Hearst. He said
Hearst is a without party, and without
a following. What would be the use of entering
into an argument with avalanche of charges
The only way TO debate with Hearst is use a
club
1t understood here that Haskell would an
swer Hearst and Roosevelt in a speech at Sapulpa,
but his train failed TO make connections and he
did not attend the Sapulpa meeting.