The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-09-28
GOVERNOR HASKELL
BITTERLY DENOUNCED
President Blames Bryan for Defend
ing Haskell and Points to the
Celebrity With Which Taft Ousted
Foraker When Standard Oil
Charges Were Brought Up.

subject TO what is probably the most
bitter rebuke in the history of Ameri-
can politics in a statement issued by
the president tonight
The statement is in reply to the criti-
cism made upon the president, Mr.. Taft.
and the republican party by Mr. Bryan
yesterday
Mr. Bryan is accused of trickery. of
attempting to fool the public by false
charges, and of trying to shield one of
his own managers who was guilty of
all sorts of evil doings. both against
the afirness of politics and the laws of
the nation
Haskell Is Hasd Hit
This later charge concerns Governor C.
n. Haskell, of Oklahoma Mr.. Roose-
Welt says Haskelrs deeds either were
known to Mr.. Bryan at the time he was
chosen as treasurer of the democratic
national committee and condoned by
him or the Nebrask&n was guilty of ex-
IRENE carelessness in choosing his ad-
visers without inquiring into their
status. moral or political. That the lat
held by Mr.. Roosevelt
In support of his opinion he quotes
the statement of an Oklahoma editor
who says he offered Mr. Bryan proof of
HaskelIs guilt. but that Bryan ignored
his pleas. tore up his proof, and con-
tinued to aid Haskell's campaign
Some Charges Against Haskell.
Mr. Roosevelt names some of the
axrfIS of fat, l,.a
guilty. There are many othe RS, he says,
which he has not the time to discuss
at present Some of the charges
against the Oklahoma governor are:
That Haskell. as governor of Okla
homa, gave Illegal privileges to the
Prairie Oil and Gas company, a sub
sidiary of the Standard Oil trust.
That he secured title to town lots in
Muskogee. Okla. by fraud, drawing
them by the use of a dummy" Has
kell now is under indictment on this
charges. he says.
That Haskell offered a fee of $500 to
an Arkansas lawyer if the latter would
lobby in the Muskogee council for the
passage of a certain franchise and then
refused payment, although the fran
chse was secured.
judgment by a New York count for
S42,235 and that sheriff's execution
failed to recover but s20.SO of this
amount.
BIames Bryan for Defending Aid.
Even after these charges have been
brought home. Mr.. Roosevelt SAYS Bry-
an is attempting to cover up the dis
grace of his and allowing him a chance
held blameless until convicted by a
court, in spite of the fact most of
these charges already have been
: threshed out in courts and decided adj
versely to the Oklahoman. In this con-
nection Mr. Roosevelt compares the
speed with which Mr.. Taft ousted SEN
ator Foraker when the latter was con-
nected with Standard Oil by William R.
Hearst.
The. president also takes up the 9TH
er points on which Mr.. Bryan wrote
yesterday and handles them without
gloves The Bryan claim that democracy
will prosecute the trusts more vigor-
ously is answered by a comparison
of the records of the parties in the
past The last democratic admits
tration. that of Cleveland. he says
trust act. two of which failed and a
third of which was decided in favor OF
the government by Mr.. Taft, then a
judge.
Convictions Under Present Rule.
In the present administration there
have been scores of such cases
against some of the biggest concerns
in the country. The vast majority OF
these have resulted in convictions, he
says.
There have been forty-nine indict-
ments for secret rebates. of which
eighteen cases. have resulted in convic-
tions and only four failed. The re-
mainder are still pending.
Straw Hats a Recent Invention.
Headwear made of straw was al