The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-24
Bitterly Arraigns Oklahoma
Governor and Pays His Re-
spects to Democratic Can.
didate for President.
PLACES TAFT'S DEEDS
AGAINST BRYAN'S WORDS
Statement Issued After a Pro-
longed Conference With
Members of the Cabinet at
White House.

Washington. Sept 24-President
Roosevelt last night, following upon a
the cabinet at the White house. pre-
pared and gave out his reply to Will
liam ]. Bryan, the democratic candi-
date, relative to w. R. Hearst's
charges that Governor Haskell. treas
urer of the democratic campaign COM
mittee had represented Standard Oil
interests both in Ohio and Oklahoma.
Mr.. Bryan had demanded proof Of
the charges. promising that In the
event of their substantiation Governor
Haskell would be eliminated from the
campaign.
After contrasting Mr.. Bryan's de-
fense Of Governor Haskell as against
Judge Taft's reputation of Foraker,
in connection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio senator. the president
proceeds to declare that Governor Has
kell's utter unfitness for associa-
tion with any man anxious to appeal
to the American people on a moral is
sue'' has been abundantly shown by
other acts of his as governor of Okla
koma.
The president spent almost, the en-
tire day in getting the letter In shape.
Deeming the reply too long to be
sent by wire, the method Of commu-
nication Mr.. Bryan had employed In
his challenge to the president, 1t was
forwarded by mail to the democratic
candidate at Lincoln. Neb.
President Roosevelt, In his reply to
w. j. Bryan, says:
Roosevelt's Reply to Bryan.
President Roosevelt, In his reply to
Mr.. Bryan, says:
THE White House.
Washington. Sept. 23, 1908.
Dear Sir-In your telegram you
speak Of SO much of the charge
against Governor Haskell as dealt
with his relations, while In Ohio with
the Standard Oil company You omit
the charge as to his relations with the
Standard OIL company interests. as
shown by his action while governor
of Oklahoma this very summer. this
action being In part taken while he
was at Denver. where. as you state,
he was by your wish made chairman
of the committee which drafted the
platform upon which you are stand
ing.
I'm my statemen. purposely made
no specific allusion to the Ohio mat
ter and shall at this time make none.
/ Tn 81 ftc ri0 ~ In
spite of the further fact that Governor
Haskell's close relations with the
Standard Oil interests while he was
in Ohio was a matter of common no
toriety
In Oklahoma 1t is a matter OF court
record. BY this court record 1t ap-
pears that the attorney general of the
state, elected by the people. obtained
an Injunction to prevent the Prairie
Oil and Gas company from building a
pipe line. and that Governor Haskell
found this out while he was at Den
yer. as appears by the representations
made in his name in behalf OF the
state before court of superior juris-
diction to that which issued the in
| junction.
Governor Claims Sole Authority.
In this the governor states that
the acting governor, in his absence,
had asked that the hearing be post
poned until he 1.-THE governor) might
return and have an opportunity to in
vestigate the controversy.
The governor set forth in his peti-
ton that he Is the sole authority to
determine such matters and that the
attorney general and the Judge Of the
lower court had no right in the case
and that the action of the Judge Of the
lower court represented an encroach-
ment by the judiciary
The attorney general opposed the
dissolution by the Injunction, stating
that the Prairie Oil and Gas company
was foreign corporation which had
not accepted the provisions Of the
constitution applicable to such corpor-
| ations, and that without authority Of
law 1t was employing a great force OF
men and teams to dig up across and
into various highways of the state for
the purpose Of laying its pipe lines
The governor prevailed, the injunc-
ton was suspended and the pipe line
| was permitted to continue its work to
use the words Of the attorney general,
without any color Of law
Il call your attention to the fact
that fhe question Is not whether or
not the Judge erred or whether the in
junction was proper The point is
that the governor was alert to take
out OF the hands of the attorney gen.
eral what the attorney general felt
was his sworn duty to prevent an al
legged instance Of the breaking OF the