The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-10-08

would spoil your story. / an
convinced that the case is still OF
trial, and delay has been occasion
ed by the steel company conceal
ing it's books and records anc
secreting witnesses.
"You even come down to q
trifing matter at Muskogee, and
say that a firm of lawyers have
sued me for $500 fee and obtained
judgement. It Is possible, Mr.
Roosevelt, that there is nothing
too trifling for you to refer to
when driven from your untruth-
full position on matters of real
conse quence, and even here you
show the impossibility of your
telling the truth. There is nc
such judgement, and am con
vinced you knew you were repeat.
ing u false statement when you
said so.
"You have new story about
expressing union labor. Mr..
Roosevelt, / will allow my record
of two years as public official
to be compared with your record
of 10 years as Il public official, and
submit to any labor union Judge
of America that have not only
done many times more in the
interest of union labor than you
have, but that my work has never
been found wanting when given
in that behalf. 1t is unnecessary
for me to ask if you car say as
much, because | know you can't.
ut is still fresh In the minds of
the people of our state, labor
unions, farmers unions and other
advocates of honest government
and humane government that the
l6 objections that you raised to
our constitution struck at the very
vitals of honest government.
Your threat to turn down our
constitution because it contained
a provision for jury trial in
certain contempt cases, is only
one of the many things that you
criticised, and / thank God to
this day that l had the courage to
challenge you at that time to turn
down our constitution on that
ground, if you dared to do so.
"You said that your opinion OF
our constitution would not look
we'll in print. Mr.. Hartman and
j. P. Morgan said the same thing,
but Samuel Gompers said the
constitution of Oklahoma was the
best ever written. I expected you
to agree with Morgan and HarrI-
man, and of course, was not sur
prised.
"MoraIly, Mr.. Roosevelt, you
challenge me. l should not under.
take to make comparison be.
tween you and me. l do not get
drunk on any occasion, and never
did in my life, but | still have
your letter of last winter, which
| shall be glad to publish with
your permission, advocating your
idea of interstate commerce ship
ments of. whisky into prohibition
territory.
"It was your answer to my ap-
peal for assistance, and would
freeze the heart of any honest
public official seeking to admin
lister the laws of his state as the
people by their votes had made
the law.
"Mr. Roosevelt, let lis not leave
this Standard Oil Company ques-
tion without inviting from your
information that we really need.
You made a rule that 4 800 acres
of land was the limit that any per-
son or corporation, directly or in
directly, could obtain under lease
for oil purposes in the Indian
country, and yet you renewed the
lease on 860,O acres of Usage
land to the Indian Territory Hum
mating Oil Company, and you
knew that the agent of the Stand
ard OIL Company owned the ma
iority of the stock.
"Why did you give them a
on the Usage Nation oil
landl Again, Mr., Barnsdale, the
well-known representative of the
Oil Company, has leased,
as ! am advised by Mr.. Shea, of