The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-21

TREASURER
|MPEACHED
CHAIRMAN THOMPSON QUOTES
FROM SENATE DOCUMENT
RECORD OF j. A. HARRIS
evidence INCREDIBLE
CHARLES J. BONAPARTE

Guardian Of Oklahoma Republican
Slush Fund impressed the Attorney
General Of the United states 90 a
Man Who Couldn't be Believed Un.
der Oath
shawnee, Okla, Oct 21.-Since the
republicans of Oklahoma through
their state organization and their
newspapers, have seen fit to approve
the denunciation by President Roose- |
Welt of Governor Haskell as a man |
utterly unfit for any public office OF
trust, or for association with any man |
anxious to make an appeal on Ameri-
can issues, to the American people. |
because Of a hearsay story repeated
by William Randolph Hearst and thenI
taken up by President Roosevelt, II
can not see how they can avoid purg.
ing their own party organization inl
! Oklahoma of treasurer whom a no
less distinguished member Of the re-
publican party than Attorney General
| Charles j. Bonaparte branded as a
man whose evidence was not credible
under OATH" said Chairman J. b.
| Thompson of the democratic state
central committee In an interview to-
day. "Tf the presidents objections
to Governor Haskell as an officer of
the democratic national committee 10
to be sustained by the republicans Of
| Oklahoma, when the charges against
| Haskell have never been made by
other than his political enemies, and
| then. in the heat of political CAM
| palgn, how much more forcibly would
the presidents objections apply 10
| James A. Harris, the treasurer OF the
republican state committee, who has
been declared by prominent members
OF his own political party to be q
man against whom numerous wit
nesses could be found to swear that
his general reputation for veracity
is bad, and that they would not be-
licve him under oath. In volume s.
OF Senate Documents, fifty-eighth ses
sion of congress, is contained report
signed by Charles ]. Bonaparte and
Clinton Rogers Woodruff, special in.
spectors sent by the secretary OF the
interior 10 investigate alleged abuses
and Irregularities in the public ser.
vice OF Indian Territory, in which the
following language concerning James
4. Harris, of Wagner, now treasurer
OF the republican state central com.
mittee occurs: Mr.. Shoefelt was, u
seems, told by Mr.. Harris what the
latter's evidence would be, and asked
us 10 permit him to summon a nun.
ber OF witnesses who would, he said,
testify that Harriss general reputa.
tion for veracity was bad, and that
they would not believe him under
OATH BUT HIS TESTIMONY I'M
PRESSED US BOTH so tNFAvoR.
ABLY AND oUR TINE WAS so
LIMITED, THAT wE REFtsED
THIS REoUEsT, DEEMING ADD.
sARY' siGnAA ActoktDiHSa tsetG9SSN 10 KstSss Kis oNs
STATEMENT THE WITNESS WAS,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DEAL
Err IN LAND AND LAND LEASES.
IN RESISTING THE SUIT AGAINST
HIN BY THE INDIAN AGENT. HB
APPARENTLY RELIED UPON AN
AGREEMENT WITH ONE HE
KNEW AT THE TINE TO BE A
MINOR $50 that the agents decision
was clearly right AND HE HAD
BEEN REFUSED RELIEF BY A
COURT OF EQUITY MOREOVER
HIS APPEARANCE AND HIS MAN.
NER WHILE TESTIFYING wEK1
NOT SUCH AS TO MAKE HIS EVIL
DENCE CREDIBLE
This is a bit OF information to
which l respectfully call the attention
OF the republican Pharisees who have
been holding up their hands in holy
horror at the alleged disclosures"
concerning Governor Haskell mace
by that political Pariah and prince OF
sc1ndal-mongers, William Randolph
Hearst.
What will they do with this
treasurer Of their state central com.
mlttee whom a distinguished republi.
can and member of the presidents
cabinet like Attorney General Bona.
parte declared had impressed him SO
unfavorably while on the witness
stand that he had refused to hear ties.
timony impeaching Harris reputation
for truth and veracity because he felt
that additional evidence on that queg-
tion was unnecessary. What will
they do with this man who volun.
teered his testimony and yet whose
appearance and manner while testify
ing were, according to Bonaparte, such
as TO make his evidence incredible,
and whose evidence numerous wit.
nesses swore was entirely false'"