Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-01
ROOSEVELT
Scored HASKELL
CONTINUED from Pare u

to his relations with the Standard
Oil Company interests, as shown by
his action while Governor of Okla
homa this very summer, this action
being In part taken while he was In
Denver, where, as you state, he was
by your wish made chairman of the
committee which drafted the plat
form upon which you are standing.
In my statement | purposely made no
specific allusion to the Ohio matter,
and shall at this time make none. In
spite of its significance and In spite
of the further fact that Governor
Haskells close relations with the
Standard Oil interests while he was
in Ohio was matter of common no.
toriety. In Oklahoma 1t is matter
of court record.
by this court record IL appears
that the Attorney General of the
State, elected by the people, obtained
an injunction to prevent the Prairie
Oil and Gas Company from building
u pipe line, and that Governor Has
kell found this out while he was at
Denver, as appears by the represen-
tations for the dissolution of the In
junction made in his name on behalf
of the State before a court of supe-
rior jurisdiction to that which issued
the injunction. In this the Governor
states that the Acting Governor, In
his absence, had asked that the hear
ing be postponed until he. the Gov
ernor, might return and have an OPP
portunity to investigate the contro-
versy.
Haskell Saves Oil Trust
THE Governor set forth in his pc.
tition 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 encioachment by the judiciary.
The Attorney General opposed the
dissolution of the Injunction, stating
that the Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany was foreign corporation,
which had not accepted the provi-
10 such corporations, and that with
out authority of law 1t was employ
ling great force of men and teams
to dig up, across and into various
highways of the State for the pur-
pose of laying its pipe lines. The
Governor prevailed, the injunction
was suspended and the pipe line was
permitted to continue its work. to
use the words of the Attorney. Cen
eral, without any color of law
II call your attention to the fact
that the question Is not whether or
not the Judge erred, or whether the
injunction 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, and prevent an
alleged instance of the breaking OF
the laws by this particular great cor
poration.
No Defense From Governor
"As far as ! have seen, Governor
Haskell has not even attempted any
thing which can DO called defense
of this action of his. 1t thus appears
1t was wanton, except on the theory
that in defiance of the Attorney Gen
eral OF the State and at all hazards
he intended for some reason of hi!
own to protect the interests of {
great corporation against the law.
1T has been suggested on his be
half that. after all, he did not favOl
the Standard Oil Company, but mere
ly the Prairie Oil Company. Thi
claim Is disposed of by the testimon!
of the Standard Oil Company itself
taken in the latter part Of 1907 II
4 the suit now pending before the Unit
| ed States Court at st. Louis agains
the Standard Oil Company. In thi
\ testimony the Standard Oil Com
4 pany, upon being required by tn,
4 Government to put In list of al
I companies in which 1t held stock. O.
in which its subsidiary companies
held stock, reported among the 9th
ers the Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany, total capital s10,000,000, o
which the National Transit Com
pany's proportion was $9,999, 500
! and Furthermore II appears that tn
National Transit Company had
capital stock of $25,455, 200. o
which the Standard Oil Compan.
owned $25, i5l,650. In other words
the Prairie Oil and Gas Company wa
owned, all except $500, by the Ma
tional Transit Company, and the Ma
tional Transit Company was owned
all except about $3.50, by the Stan
dard Oil Company.
Contrast in Foraker Case
Now, contrast your action in thi
ease of Governor Haskell with Nj
Taft's action as regards Senator For
aker, as set forth in his letter of Jul