The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-30
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 Some wonder why the President made such 6 fierce attack on Haskell. but they should remember that eoose- welt has a long memory. and that he also has the records at his command. In his inaugural speech Governor Has kell congratulated the people of the new State. as The Pittsburg Post ex- presses 1t. lover their emergcnce from beaurocratic government. and asked why. if centralization was good for a State, 1t had proved so incficient in a Territory? Then he remarked that he did not bow in worship to that public officer who seemed to think he granted as a favor what belonged to Okla homa's people as a right"
 Naturally Mir. Roosevelt would re- member and bear these remarks in mind. For a mere Governor of State. at the very beginning of his term. to even intimate that President has done wrong was an offence against the greatness of the head of the govern ment. For that new Governor to also intimate that the people of Oklahoma were not thanking the administration for giving them what was theirs by right was rubbing it in. What the new executive should have done. according to Rooseveltian ethics. was to declare that he had always done the right thing. and that in giving them State hood he had bestowed a favor for which they should render thanks to the giyer of all political good-meaning Roosevelt.
 But the oklahomans also have mem ories and records. They remembered that there was precious little reason for them to feel grateful to either Roosevelt his administration or bis agents who had made the Territories sort of picking field from which to help themselves and grow fat on the spoils. Therefore it was that their newly-elected Chief Executive politely handed the White House a decidedly left-handed compliment. The President remembered this speech and has been lying in wait from that day for chance to get even. which he accom- plished in his own way
 Roosevelt. be it remembered, consid- CTS himself great uplifter. He recent ly asserted that his dominant motive for violating the spirit of civil service reform by exhibiting pernicious aetiv- ity is to uplift the people by the in- fusion of ethical notions" That sounds good-and sound is about all there is in a certain way. He has lifted men to prominent and responsible positions who would have served the country better on the rock pile. He has lifted good and deserving men out of their positions for no other reason than that they refused to obey his selfsh desires. That is the sort of uplifting and ethics he has practieed. Let us hear what The Pittsburg Post thinks about it:
 If mere magazine charge can in- stantly convict Governor of prostl- tuting university funds does he be- lieve the people forget who prostltuted their whole civil service to the nonin- ating of an heir, the psrpetuatiop of a dynasty? If affaliation with one odious trust taint properly ell public serv- dominating foulness? If measured in cold dollars, the wooden trust, the sugar trust, the lumber trust and others burden the people even more, why should not the treasurer. mana gers of speakers, members of advisory committees and chairmen high and low in the Republican Party be elim-
 There are sheldon, HarFiman. Bliss. duPont, Brooker. Uphafn and many others, each with his tag and inter est. all combined to prolong the raid of the trust-oWned party upon the peo- pie. It will suffice to have no execu- tive turn a feeble hose upon one dis puted spot. Some Hercules must turn a river through the pollution.
 Though twelve years have been al- Iotted to his party for cleansing pur- poses and economical administration and trust busting, he wears ethical binders on that side and grows im- petuous and etheral over an alleged Democratic baight. Hartman and Per- kins funds are concealed, but the par ticipants in those corruption gifts re- main among the seats of the mighty. view enfeebled and lopsided