New-York tribune., 1908-09-23
WHO IS HASKELL!

Nv no is Charles y. HASKELL -
become the most interesting query of the day
There are two HaskelIs in the public eye are
they two unfortunately confused idenuues OF
only two phases of a dual personality: That
is what good many persons nteresieu III
politics would like to find out
Charles y Haskell first Governor or ohla-
homa and chief craftsman of that state ui'ra
radical constitution, is new but reiau'cis
familiar figure in public life. de mas peeh az a..
cepted for the last twelve months as MIL
tant evangelist of Bryanism as II IS uhdei
, stood in the still virgin and unsopnisucateu
West He has been The colporteuf oI MI
Bryan's gospel among the untufored reu men
and squaw men of the old lndlan IerritoI!
When Congress united Oklahoma and the III
dian Territory TO form state he resolved thdt
.ho oo,s+i,,+ion of the new commonwealth
sbould ba undmted Organism He sought the
Nebraska leaders aid in framing that instru-
ment which the Nebraska leader mas since
pronounced the most progressive ana rauohai
; in the whole Union.
IT is natural that this Haskell shouiu nave
found rapid preferment in the Bryanized Dem
ocratic party Elected Governor OF oklanoiha'
ba committed the state at once to Mr.. Bryans s
denomination for the Presidency. lie went "
the Democratic National Convention as lne
chief lieutenant of the Lincoln Candldate. ne
was made chairman of the committee Oh leso-
,utions. He was the arbiter of all disputes I'D
that committee. he made speech NOMINAL
ing Mr.. BRYAN for President, and though not
member of the committee on credentials, was
,,,,t forward 10 defend the course OF that com
mittee in taking the control of the fehhs!r
vania delegation away from Colonel jim
Guffey After the convention he was maue
treasurer of the Democratic Nahonal ooAi-
mittee 1t is said that he declined the Nlce
Presidential nomination. Every one VINO heafu
him say to Colonel Guffey-his voice niied WIZ
the scorn of conscious virtue-"Go pach W
your oil tanks must have been impressed
with the notion that here was an unoehuihs
foo of corporations rootand branch e2ter-
n,inator of abuses of all sorts in economies anu
noIitics the crude fervor of the frontier giving
. nic+uresoue sincerity 10 his convictions ana
utterances.
Can If he that this ingenious statesman from
tha prirnevaI prairie has anything in common
with that sophisticated double OF Whom We
are now beginning to hear, the Charles y. mas
kell of Ohio and Wall Street: 1t appears mat
certain unlucky New Workers knew 10 thelL
sorroy, Charles y. Haskell. who pfonloted
tho sale here of securities in hypotheucdAs
valuable Ohio railroad properties. 1t ma! VI
NAV not be true that this second HashPil "as
tho nerson referred to in the Monnett afiidavlts
- q.
standard Oil Company. But what was his Iull
history as promoter in this state. in ONO and'
later in Texas if we are to assume that II WAS
his dusl self and not some nefarouS lmpostor
who was engaged in those commohWe2ilths III
opening up opportune channels OF Investment
IN the confiding capitalist? Did the virtuous
statesman who at Denver told Coionei "uile!
10 go back to his oil tanks ever hlmseh oper
o,a in o;l2 What is the meaning of his recent
action in quashing an oil proceeding begun ps
tbe Attorney General of Oklahoma: Is he IN
stead of being a rugged growth OF the Sou'h-
western soil. impatient of effete Eastern IDEAS
and methods simply transplanted Easterhei
,dontine old experiences to new conditions:
The country has a Haskell mystery OH IT'S
hands. and light of any sort will be welcomed
The Governor of Oklahoma is not only the
treasurer of the Democratic Nahonal ooh-
,n;ttee hut is also the Democratic partys most
popular campaign poet Taking famous Eng
Iish model. he should make WHO is Haskell
what is heg' the opening line and chief theme
of his next campaign lyric.