Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-25
DEsERET EVENING NEWS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER s. 1908

that the charges mad by Wi liam r..
Hearst against Gov. HASKELL relative
to the governors connection With tho
standard 4 OIL company had previously
been given to Mr.. Bryan. who refused
to read them MIR. Russell also gives
what he alleges to be proof OF Gov,
Haskell s intimate relation with the
Prairie Oil & Gas company. The let
ter to Nj Bryan follows:
y.s35 KANSAS City, Sept. "a. 1908.
liam j. Bryan. Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir: I notice that in your re-
ply to President Roosevelt,s attack
ON Gov. Haskell you say you were
entirely ignorant of there ever having
been any charges made against MI.
Haskell If You were ignorant of such
charges 1t lis because you refused to
read them when presented TO you when
you listed Oklahoma last fall in the
Interest of Mr., Haskell At that timeI
personally presented TO you 10 type
written pages Of charges against Mr..
Haskell. covering his operations in
Ohio, New fork, Arkansas, Texas and
Oklahoma y gu did me the courtesy
Sof tearing them up and throwing them
out Of the train window without read
ing them. The charges recently made
4 by Mr.. Hears We're all made by me at
&that5time.
aI now offer YOU the following infor-
nation concerning his relations with
the Standard Oil subsidiary companies
iii Oklahoma Since he became COVER
Snor::s{3g
ss8Ssp' Last spring, before the Prairie Oil
& Gas company began operations in
pipe line construction In violation of
law. IL made visit to Guthrie. While
standing In the state house. w. A. Led
better. attorney for the Waters Pierce
Oil company In Oklahoma. came out Of
a az
me to accompany him to the telegraph
office in@whfch lie had a very import
ant telegram to send. On the way to
the telegraph station he explained that
he had been In conference with Gov.
Haskell on some oil matters When We
reaGhed the telegraph office, Mr.. Led
better wrote at tel egrani to Col j a.,
johnson Of st. Louis, general attorney
fort Waters Pierce company.
9s5tEtstss..I y have just finished conference
with Gov. Haskell and everything is
sat sfacterily arranged
syS In sa very short time the Prairie oil
and Gas company began preparations
for Notwithstanding their pipe line without
$becoming aldomestics corporation. Atty
Gen, X West began threatening suit
Haskeli protested against West How
ever, Vest did institute the suit Has
kell fought the suit through all the
scourtG to the state supreme court with
a llfed private attorney. ~ lew days
before the supreme court handed down
sits decision Haskell prepared a lengthy
document covering nearly two pags in
his weekly pa per- the New State Tri-
&bune.3I personally saw tho letter from
& Col. Johnson to his Oklahoma attorney.
&c. A. Ledbetter, a agreeing TO pay for
and circulate SO, geo copies Of Haskel's
paper containing HaskelPs attack on
West and his defense for refusing to
prosecute the Prairie OIL and Gas COM
pany. III
en- the past Mr.. Haskell's answer to
all; charges have been:
You are a liar wish to say that
1.-the statements made above cannot be
answered in that way, for will, on
|8an hours notice go to Guthrie and ar-
pear before d board of inquiry and
there testify under oath with Mr.. Led
better, making the telegram records a
part Of the hearing, the same to speak
for themselves, the conditions to be
that the telegraph records be made
public and Mr., Ledbctter agree to tes-
fifty under oath and answer all ques-
tions tending to prove or disprove my
charges.
(Signed) Il. z RllSSELl,,
|5'sEditor Ardmore Morning Democrat