The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-07
BLISTERS TEDDY
Halo Of Integrity That Surrounded
Roosevelt
"HAS FADED AWAY"

:. HAS FADED AWAY
. !, Says Haskell, Who Charges Tha
t the President Granted Franchise
S to OIL Company and Got Larg
;. Campaign Contributions in Re
turn for the Grant.
!. Gov, Charles n. Haskell, formerl,
:. treasurer Of the Democratic nationa
committee, tonight gave out a long
letter to President Roosevelt repeat,
5 ing his published defence to ths
charges made against him. The let,
ter, in part, IS as follows:
The serious character of yous
charge against me should have sug,
gested to you inat you, as Chief
Executive. should proceed with de-
/ liberation and certainty before mals-
ing such hearsay statements your
own declarations.
Your attacks on me finally rested
on my conduct toward the Prairie
Oil and Gas Company in this State
have said that you were respon-
sible for granting franchise 5alorc
statehood, thereby creating veste5
rights. You seek to evade the issue
and create strong impressions. You
said .the interior department had
no power, except where crossing an
Indian reservation. You would have
Iyour readers believe that the Indian
Territory was then conducting It's
own government and that only parts
of the same were Indian reservations
"Mr. Roosevelt, you know it Is NOT
true; you know all the land was
Indian land without county, township
or territorial government. What
halo Of integrity surrounded you last
week. like the mist has faded ava.
and the interior department holds
the record which convIcts you.
You granted the franchise at the
solicitation of Senator Depew, and
few days thereafter received $3.50.
900 in cash for your campaign fund
You charge me with having at
tempted to bribe the Attorney Gen.
eral of Ohio. That was presumably
nine years ago. You have abandoned
that position Charles ?. Taft says
through his paper that no evidence
was ever produced that would con-
rict me of the charge
In touching on the State Cniver.
sity question, you pretended to quote
from the Outlook magazine, but how
dishonesty you enlarged on the mag.
azine article. That article charge
me with substituting Democratic for
Republican professors for political
purposes. I have shown that state
ment to be false, but charge you
with trying to enlarge on that mag
azine article and give the world the
impression that We were improperly
iusIng the money appropriated to
conduct that institution.
Your charge that / vetoed a child
labor law: you have not apalogized
for, Notwithstanding you know that
did it with the approval Of union
labor and that our State Constitu
ton which you said was so bad you"
opinion OF it would not look well in
print contains more details and
child labor legislation than all yon
have recommended to the New York
Legislature as Governor. OR to the
Congress of the United State as
President, and that I had approved
further Acts Of our Legislature
passed at the solicitation OF uniou
labor.
"You said in your first stateme1.
that had suits brought against me-
to recover title to Creek Indian land,
overwhelmed you on that state
ment. Adopting your usual policy,
YOU flee from that statement without
/ just apology and adopt the state
| ment now that it was Government
town site lots that you charged me
with being sued for. Yes, l believe
am a defendant as to certain Gov
! ernment town site lots in one Of
nearly 1900 suits that you have
had brought against as many diff
ferent honorable and highminded
citizens of this State during this
Presidential campaign year, and ycn
Will not undertake to deny that pot-
itics for the purpose of Republican
izing about 10000 Indian voters was
rour sole motive for having those
suits brought, and I charge YOU with
moving that there has been no de-
lay in these cases, except that oc-
Inasioned by the Courts deliberations,
taken by himself as time he deemed
necessary to consider whether or not
here is any merit in the petition
fled by your attorney.
"You say that on that land ques
/ lion YOU will see that get hearlns
In Court. Yes, sir. will come tc
your hearing. Call to your assis
lance all the power that your high
Office commands, present cases In any
form you like. I am ready to meet
II and before its conclusion the PED
tDle of America will be disgusted tha
they ever elected you President o