The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-30
(BY AUSTIN o. HUMBARoAR)

(BY AUSTIN o. HUMBARoAR)
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Sept 80
Complete exposure OF the falschood
OF the accusation by which President
Roosevelt and William r. Hearst con.
spired TO assassinatc the character OF
Governor G. ~ Haskell is found in an
address delivered I'm this city one year
ago by Frank $ Monnett former at
torncy general OF Ohio. whom Rooso-
Welt and Hearst quote as having
charged Haskell with being the tool
or The Standard Oil COMPANY.
The accusation against Governor
Haskell i- based on AN affidavit that
Nonuctt filed in the supreme court OF
he sworc that a man named Squircs
had approached him with an offered
bribe Of 100000 to dismiss a certain
action for contempt which Monnott
hau filed in the supreme court against
the Standard oil company. The AMI
davit states that when threatened
with arrest unless he reveal the names
OF his associates. Squircs had told
Monnett that another man interested
I'm the deal had telcphoned him from
New York and had named &. y. Has
kell aud several others as being con
ncctcd with the matter. That is all
the foundation that ever existed for
the assault Of Hearst and Roosevelt
on man whose record as the advo-
cate of the people has won him the
bittercst hatred OF every greedy cor
poratIon that has ever attempted to
do business in Oklahoma.
Now what did Monnett say about
this accusation against c. y. Haskell
more than a year before Hearst and
Roosevelt revived the canard?
quote below Monnetts exact Ian.
guaGc. in dealing with this subject in
his address at convention hall in Ok
lahoma City on the night of Septem-
ber -. 9O7. was at that time po-
litical reporter on the Daily Oklaho-
man aud covered this meeting. !
quote from the speech as reported in
the Oklahoman on September IA, and
will say that this report was a YER
batim reproduction OF the notes OF
six expert stenographers whom ! had
employed to take the speech In re.
lays.
That there may be no question that
the Oklahoman printed Mr. Monnetts
speech exactly as he delivered II, and
that he meant all that he said and all
that he is quoted in the Oklahoman as
having said. want to state further
that | met Mr. Monnett al the Lee
hotel the morning after the address
was delivered. and he congratulated
me warmly on the manner in which
| had handled the speech, declared
that the report was verbatim, and as
nearly perfect as any report he had
ever seen, and asked me TO mail a
dozen copies OF the paper containing
1t to his Ohio address.
Here is what Monnett said about
| the AFFIDAVIT which Hearst and Roose'
Welt claim convicted Haskell of being
a Standard Oil tool:
Mr. Sheets has said II came here
| | would tell YOU what occurred, and
am only too glad to do II. lie has
charged Charlie Haskell-or says that
! have charged him, through Squires
of a charge which | have ever since
tried to give him an opportunity 10
strashten out. From the very first
moment the change was made Haskell
/ stood ready to straighten II out. lie
was ready to come and testify, but
| Sheets told you, and the records show
| YOU that the case was dismissed be
| fore he had a chance 10 testify. c. y.
Haskell stood ready to testify from
| the moment the charge was made
Now. this was made on the answer
OF Squires. When they asked him
who he represented he said; Frank
| Rockefeller and Haskell We named
| those Just as he gave them, and the
name of Haskell appeared-Haskell
| OF Cleveland, Ohio. Now there Is an
other Haskell in Cleveland don't
remember his initials, but his name
was Haskell and he lived In Cleve
| land and was often in the city. He
was connected with the Hanna and
Rockefeller crowd, and It was very
easy to confuse the two. Charlie
Haskell was not living in Ohio, even
at that time He was living in New
York. and the moment he heard the
charge he offered to come back and
testify-was anxious for an opportu
nifty to come back and face the charge
and Charlie Haskell was the only one
OF the bunch who ever has"