Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-25

has done wonders in the united STATES
| Senate The new charges were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm.
| All of the officers on the ticket were
filed by candidates chosen by COM
mittee on candidates the slate being
unanimously ratified by the convention.
| The ticket complete follows:
Governor Clarence ]. Sheard OF New
York; lieutenant governor. DR.. Daniel
w. Finnimore, Pottsdam; secretary or
state, Frank Stevens of Nashua, comp
troller, Willard Glenn, Of Onondaga:
state treasurer, William l. Sirovich, OF
| New York; attorney general, Wiillao
A. Deford of Albany.
| James A. Allen of New York was
temporary chairman and delivered the
opening address.
Mr.. Allen denounced both the Repub-
| lican and Democratic parties as BOSS
ridden" and declared President Roose1
welt was disgracing the Office of Pres
| ident by making the White House the
| political headquarters of the RepuD-
| lican party"
| Mr.. Hearst was escorted to the plat
form and as he stepped forward to &C
| knowledge the plaudits with a bow,
| the audience rose and cheering broke
| out. The welcome to Mr.. Hearst con-
tinued for II minutes.
Then without introduction or further
| ceremony Mr. Hearst began his ad-
| dress. He said in part:
II have read letters to show the cor
ruption in the Republican party.
have read letters and court records and
| afiidavits to show the even greater cor
| rup.ion in the Democratic party. The
| Republicans have at least repudiated
their Foraker, but the Democrats cling
| tenaciously to their Baileys and their
| Haskells. .,.
"Mr. Bryan sustains Mr.. Haskell and
writes Mr.. Roosevelt proudly claiming
being responsible for Mr.. Haskell.
mfr. Kern rushes to the defence of
Mr.. Haskell. although it would be
highly appropriate for somebody to
rush to the defence of Mr.. Kern. Mr..
Mack says that when he said he had
gotten 100000 he was only joking. Mr..
Mack then, to be perfectly frank. ad-
mits that he lied. and we, to be per-
fectly frank, admit that we don't know
whe ther he was lying then or is lying
now.
"Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Kern attack the
|
the steel trust.
| Perhaps they hope that Mr.. Roose-
welt will whip the steel trust out Of the
Republican party and into the Demo-
| cratic party, as he did the oil trust
| and that Mr.. Mack will get another
$3OO,00O
| IF Mr.. Roosevelt should drive out
| the steel trust the Democratic party is
| - o., l,s
G. N. Haskell, according to court rec
Ords. is one of the men who helped to
organize the steel trust.
In the court of common pleas of
Putnam county, Ohio. John P. Bailey
ex-law partner of Haskell's, sued the
Illinois Steel Co.. and the following
paragraphs are extracted from the
complaint:
"'Plaintiff AYERS that within and
during the year commencing July l.,
1897. one Charles N. Haskell, who was
during said time an attorney-at-laN,
at the special instance and request OF
said defendant tthe Illinois Steel Co..
acted as agent and attorney for the
said defendant (the Illinois Steel Coz.
and about the acquisition by said de-
PENDANT of certain property and in the
formation and organization of the Fed.
eral Steel Co.. Ga part of the steel
trus) and in the sale by the said de-
PENDANT of certain stocks to the said
Federal steel Co., and in the sale and
transfer by said defendant to said Fed
eral Steel Co., of certain ore lands.
so-called, and certain other properties.
And plaintiff AYERS that said SER
vices of said Charles N. Haskell rem
dered to said defendant by him as
aforesaid were and are of the amount
} and value of $4,000 and were and are
but a fraction of one per cent. of the
profits realized by said defendant from
said service, and that said charges,
fees and compensation are reasonable
and just. Plaintiff AYERS that after
ward said Charles N. Haskell. duly
sold, assigned and transferred to this
plaintiff. all his said claims and de-
mands against said defendant. and
this plaintiff is now the owner and
holder thereof"
So it appears not from my assertion
| but from court records. that Mr.. Has
} kell is not only Standard Oil tool
, and d crooked railroad promoter. but a
steel trust organizer
: Before read you a few more letters
, regarding the STANDARD Oil. l want to
/ read you Mr. Haskell's opinion of that
: corrupt corporation expressed public
ly in speech in Tulsa. Okla, Feb. 20,
1908.
MY Friends: We often hear-For
t want perhaps. Of some clearer thought
, We often hear speaker assail the
, Standard Oil Co I sometimes think
that the speaker has merely heard the
name mentioned and does not know
what the purpose of the company is
or its plan of business. The Standard
Oil Co.. has done wonders in the Unit
, ed States. The Standard OH Co.. by
the application Of good sense to Its
business by the application of genius
and discovery of the component parts
, Of the new material has made oil pro-
, ducts reach values that were never
! dreamed of a few years ago"
Fellow members of the independence
party / think that we all know more