The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-04

| enough 10 know that am not thin
skinned, nor likely TO ho iealnus o
afhcr public officers Tho dcmocraii,
party has taken tho responsibility ol
delivering io Tho peoplo COED brand
9f government aad there Us glers
enough for every officer. IL tho gen
eral results are good aud am net
going To- seriously criAcise the atior
ucy general Tie IS hard worker. sad
my only criticism OF him would b.
that he is too hasty In forming his
opinion and 700 reckless OF the cour-
icsy due 10 his associates. lie is
ambitious and has the mistaken no.
ton that The people Will not realize
his merits, and know what he is dainr
without The aid Of a free and diliseni
press bureau; that he must proclaim
his work from the house tops. aud
build his success on criticism OF every
body around him.
However he is young yet. and viii
dogbtless Improve with age. and ce-.
tainly viii learn that the little bunch
OF republican machine politicians that
are patting him on the back new ars
not his friends nor are they interest
ed IN good government They care
nothing for General West. nor for The
people. either They are simply in.
terested in stirring up a fight Y1d
remember this same bunch OF repub.
dcan newspapers and petty politicians
tried TO roast General West and paf
me on the back IN May and Tho fore.
part of June, but I am not easily
blinded by such trsSl. and / promptly
told them ! did not care for their sup
port and that did not thank them Tor
The attorney general
Now. Iobn, here Is little history
From the beginning Of statehood ul|
to the present moment, the attorney
general has ne7er asked my aid in|
any way nor made a single recomnlen.
dation TO me but what nave promDt.
ly aided him in carrying IL out.
The attorney general has frequent
" brought important law suits on be.
half Of the state without saving
word TO me about the matter. ana
without my knowing of what he had
n mind until | would see it in the
newspapers.
Now, win you ten me how csn be
'esponsible for carrying out the nrs
sentence of Section S, Article vi o.
't+f+f NtAARiA Ntaa
The governor shall caase the laws
y the state TO be faithfully executed,
Or Section 2. which says:
me supreme executive power shall |
'e vested in chief magistrate |
tyled, the governor of the state 81
II the attorney general Is going Il
continue such . policy secret from
nd without conferrlns with the gov.
'rnor
Also you win note that as rule.
hose actions, hastily brought and
Without tte joint consideration cf lhe |
,uorney general and the governor. /
we're almost invariably los. In The |
0urts, dnl I; III certaiui1 ambarrag.,.
ns to the state whenever II loses an
Important law suit It takes the state
much time TO recover lest 3 ound III
aw enforcement whenever il loses an |
case.
! permitted the attorney general % /
gnore The rights aud lusfes of ne |
GOVERNOR until the latter part of April. |
that he would gradually |
earn our respective duties and to ne
onrteons and considerats of each |
'ther but the latter part Of April
ound matters getting worse.
| sugg sted TO The attorney geueral
hat we confer with able lawyers 10.
ether and see II we could NOT agree
q 70 what were his duties and what
we're my duties. lie said he would
ecide for himself. and declined TO
onsider my oDinon or any other
pifipn. thereupon wrote him
atter, notifying him not TO bring any
nore law suits for the state OF Okla.
oma without submitting the facts @
ne, and having my concurrence.
IN violation of FRAT letter. as soon
S I went to Denver lac brought tha
uit against The Prairie on and Gas
ompany lie selected that particular
nit because he thought ] would Ger.
alnly be afraid to raise the question
n a suit against.a branch f the Stan.
ard OH company, but ] try TO be no
especter Of persons when ii comes
. disoharging my duty, without fear
r favor.
Now, let us review briefly all that
as taken place between the Standard
III company, or its sub-companies.
nd the state OF Oklahoma since state
ood began:
First Was Tie morning Of Nov
mher 10th, 1907, the STANDARD or
umPany bad no gas pipe line leading
"a OF this state. but Tried to jump IN !
nd build one across the state line
uick on the morning of statehood.
] stopped them without the aid Of
he attorney general but 10 be fair
D The attorney general. he was absent
nd not being able 20 communicate
dth him, telephoned to Rartlesville. !
nd employed n special attorney, ard
killed the effort of tha
tandard oil company TO secure the
iying Of a gas pipe line that would
ave been a monopoly Tor that CON
any worth millions ai dollars TO
hem. and would have been disastrous
2 the Development Ot onr own state
Second. A little later, lie Standard
lil company tried TO secure a gas pipe
me across the state line by buying
lue four1nile existing gas pipe IRE
hat had been laid by two individuals I
wo on three years ago by the consent
I the secretary of the interior q
hey had gotten his few miles OF line
fhich crossed the state line, thsy
iould have connected ln with each
nd q IL and laade an Interstate gas
lpe lima.
think Il was Senator strain who