The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-10
AFTER HASKELL.

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tory week in Reu llcan cifeles. Taft
denounced Haskell and bis measures
Ia Youngstown Ohio, speech While
hughes compared the present gnatanlI
toe deposit law as dream from rht
the Wild West" At Davenport. Iowa,
Hearst reiterated an old charge against
Governor Haskell and made much over
the fact that Haskell has been whdt
Hearst calls etown boomer"
Uncle Joe Cannon followee with al
bombarament OF the Oklahoma COVER
nor and the local Republican organs OF
Busby's coal trust and the st. Fe
railway organization have been filled
with violent abuse called attacks on
The Haskell theories Of government.
Nothing ought to please the COVER
nor and the Democracy of the South
west more than this outburst of wrath
among the trust magnate candidate3
and their handorgans It looks as Ill
The governor OF Oklahoma had been
driving spikes into the coffin OF some
trust tickets else he, not even a candl-
date for office and unable by law to
succeed himself as governor. would
not be the recipient OF so many differ
ent attacks or course Governor
Hughes and Mr.. Taft attacked the Has
kell theories incorporated into the
Democratic platform-they are men
with intellect and would not stoop to-
the violent abuses OF political contro-
yersies allowed by the st. Fe and
the coal trust in trying to make Has
kells ideas and measures appear
wrong to the people, but Cannon is a
great deal like Busby--can swear in
several languages and sneak. nonei of
them wells st
Governor Haskell sgts the vast
majority OF his abuse for his taxing
Of the corporations. and to that extent
/ the Oklahoma corporation commission
! gets few shares of the assaults. It
being charged that the commission IS
making the great public service cor
Y pcrations bear something like their
4 share Of the taxes These great cor
porations, il they would but stop to get
( the figures. would ascertain that al
though their holdings have been listed
for taxation rs have the other taxable
properties OF the state. that with all
that taxes will be so lew they will not
be worth bothering about, for this same
great Democratic system which makes
the burden OF government fall with
equal force on the wealth OF stale
causes taxes 20 be fair and thus burden
no one to bothersame point. Then
again the fact the state is being ecC-
nomically governed takes away the
scores where. when the trusts con
trolled, all the appointees were taking
a whack at the cribs OF tax moneys.
Governor Haskell has not complain.
ed Of the attacks, rather he has chal-
lcnged his state adversaries Ia battle
Of argument before the people OF this
state. and he has not failed TO tell why
the commotion against the state ad-
miristration comes wholly from the
former tax dodging franchise grabbing
experts whose millions have been at
tained by the aid OF legislation largely
controlled by the heads OF 1hese con
Germs.
The taxpayers o. Oklahoma all
seem 10 be ON tts side q the present
administration You hear no howl OF
rage from the commOnality either
! against Governor Haskell or the other
state officials
Why
If the state be going % the bowwOws
and the voters are being taxed into the
Republican party as these trust agents
state, pray why is the entire band out
howling and bawling against Governor
Haskell?
II, as they claim, he has stolen the
Democratic party and left the poor
toiler 70 the cares of these ReEubllcan
agitatOrs. Is il not very unkind in
them beratiag and abusing the enc
man who conld accomplish al these
things? And let no one forget these
same agitatOrs. If Ilaskell's acts have
so greatly benefited them. owe To
those of rs Who are following the I'D
lninistrahOn knowledge of when and
how Haskell and his brother state Of
flcials delivered as into the hands OF
the Phillstine-Republiean administra
tionl hak
In the meantime the guarantee oi
bank deposits Is the national question
which seems 20 cause nightmare
among the Republicans. II Il b. bad
!. Taft owes 4 10 the people TO 50 anc
staishien ont the Republicans OF tht
state OF Kansas II il be good. he
should back up and explain What be
N DaRn C7Vhen ne ,sompeFed the act viii
/ iie old New York law where the bank'
sought % GUARANTEE THEIR own
BANK NOTES.
Surely Judge TAFT is not going e
Ten as he knows not the difference be
tween assuring the return and sal,
keeping OF actual government monel
aud the ordinary promises 20 pay !
lute. whether given by one or NOR,
persons Surely. too, Taft knows
those New Work bank notes were no
lndorsed by ihe government q ta'