The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-11-12
CARTER'S STATEMENT NOT
IN HARMONY SAYS HASKELL

to an attack made upon statements
contained In the Coffeyville article
with reference to the Oklahoma Cen.
trail receiyership matter, by Dorset
Carter of that road, Governor Has.
kell has given out another statement
In which he reiteratcs some OF his
former assertions and declares that
Carter has not fully met the issue.
with reference to the small credit
ors OF the railroad company the
governor concludes that 1t does not
benefit them for you and to have
this extended controversy; their
money is what they want, and neith.
or your talk nor mine will ever
pay their bills The letter TO Mr..
Carter follows:
Il notice your letter OF November
,. published I'm the Oklahoman. in
which you reply TO statements, which
you attribute TO me. Some Of these
statements | have made and still
make. others | know nothing about.
What conversation occurred between
you and Mr.. Keefe, and what oc.
curred In the couIt at Norman. and
80 III. of course, you know that
whs NO present, and am not In any
way connected with any OF those
statements
AS to your defense on the bank
question you are certainly mistaken,
and the bank commissioners records
will show that in every material fact
you are mistaken.
AS to your statement that you
did not appear before the state au-
| thorities and object to the tax value
of your railroad property. and urge
us to lower that valuation below
what we believed fair 10 the other
] taxpayers. you are also entirely mis-
| taken.
! Now, Mr.. Carter, as TO the Okla.
homa receivership, your statement
only requires careful reading to
show how frequently you contradict
yourself and how inconsistent your
conclusions are with your own state
ments. You say repeatedly that
never exhibited any interest in the
little creditors along the line OF
the road until after the receivership
had been dismissed by the state
court. In another place you say that
in the hearing before the state
court to dismiss the receiver. that
had Assistant Attorney General Hen
shaw present on my orders To rep
resent whatever demands | had tc
make In the case. That was true as
to Henshaw: the only purpose Hen
shaw had at that first nearing wa,
to represent orders which had Civ
en- him, which was to insist on tn,
little creditors, who lived along the
line Of the road, being paid without
delay or expense to them.
80 YOU see. Mr.. Carter. how ab
surd your statement Is in this letter
As to my friendship with the iii
nois steel company. | am thoroughly
convinced that YOU know that they
are my bitter enemies. that repre-
scented them In no way whatever
As TO Mr. keefe, personally. | hav,
done considerable business with hin
since first got acquainted Will
him In the Indian Territory about
1901; hut | had no interest whatever
in his claim, nor that of any ol
the other large creditors, further
than TO insist that they consent tc
the payment of the little local cred
itOrs and had the state court r.
tanned control of the property ana
issued a sufficient amount of receiv
er's certificates, TO pay the labor
claims, local merchants, boarding
house keepers, and other small claims
along the line, those large creditors
had agreed To furnish the cash on
the certificates necessary 10 pay
these little claims.
Also you are mistaken about my
self not discussing this matter with
the little creditors at every station
stopped at on the line OF your road
You are not honest in your dis
cussion of that question, Mr.. Carter
You know that the trip over youl
road was on special campaign
train, which only made short stop,
and discussed political questions; bu
at every stop some of these It'll,
creditors came and discussed IN,
matter over Win NE, as much tim,
as ! had To spare; and at an Garlic
time when | Went through your owl
town of Purcell one OF your owl
merchants came down to the depo
and said 10 me that he had been de