The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-21
rHg HOOP sETRAYs The HEAD.

u. s. Russell, in Shawnee Herald
An echo o. the recent Rooseyelt-Has.
ell controversy cOming quickly on
he heels of the election. and bearing
ne official stamp of reliability from
he White House, has again diverted
iublic attention to the charge made
.salnst the president b. GOV. Haskell
nat Mr.. Ioosevelt's attitude towarl
standard Oil was veiled with such a
min deception as to display the cloyc1
ioof.
AS a result of the lates, explosion
ne venom characterizing the presi-
lent's assault on Oklahoma and he.
inief executive stands uncovered.
II will be remembered that the
outlook" magazine. an eastern publ
cation, made an unjust attack upon
oklahoma educational institutions and
Gov. Haskell just prior TO the Roose-
yelt recognition of Gov Haskell as a
national figure. Being t-appei in his
first allegations pertaining to the al
eyed connection o. Gov Haskell with
standard Oil years ago in Ohio, and
quickly dropping that accusation, tha
president turned 10 the "Outlook's"
criticism of Gov. Haskells admins
tration of state as an exOne-ation of
charges he had failed to sUbstantiate
wen with the aid Of government sec
ret service men. Roosevelt gave ar
unprecedented endorsement OF the
outlook as a preface to his accep
ance of authority on Oklahoma con
iitions.
Now comes an Associated Press dis
latcn from New York, under date OF
November l3.
New York. Nov. 13-Much intercsi
Tas occasioned hG-e today by the pub
ication of a report that James still
uan; president of the National City
bank, popularity known as the "Stan
lard OIL bank" is controlling owner
Of the "Outlock", OF which President
Roosevelt Is TO become a "Contribu..
NJ editor',when be retires from office
officers OF the outlook" company re-
use to make public tne name of any
II the owners OF its one hundred am
fifty thousand dollar capital stock
Later, however Mr.. Rowland
reasurer. issued a formal statement
which he declared NJ Stillman
ias ownes less than ten per cent OF
the stock of the Outlook" for nearly
thirty years
In connection wita this report a
statement was issued from the White
louise at Washington In which M
looseyolt in characteristic defiance is
moted as saying:
TIE president has not the slightest
.once-n with the question us 10 wao
re the stockholders OF the Outlook =.
lis concern Is with the general policy
If the pape-, which is, AMI has been,
consistently admirable in every re
ipect The president will b. respop-
ible only for waat he himself writes"
When MI Roosevelt accepted err
Dloyment az associate editor of the
'Out.Ook" it Is natural to suppose tha.
ie not only knew that the publication
sas controlled by STANDARD Oil. out
lkewise recognizel that The title OF
ampicSes' naturally implies pay fos
satisfactory service -en cr3d and in
journalism, as Il Is in every occupa-
lion, the employer dictates the charac.
ter Of labor TO be performed and sup
arinteIis its accomplishment
Taus We have the amazing spectacle
OF the president Of the United States
!nconsistently entering the employ Of
the STANDARD oil CO, his supposed
brazen enemy; we are reminded that
It was the same Roosevelt and the
same "Outlook" magazine who united
their efforts TO crush Gov Haskell
each Charging that he was a Standard
OH tool and thereby unfit for public
trust
Within the past few years public
conscience has been aroused to the
alarming fact that StaEdarl Oil the
greatest OF trusts. has It's agents ami
Representatives in the universities. the
pulpits. the editorial .sanctum as well
aas in tae various departments Of the
national s5yFsnment That the pub.
uclty apartment OF that tfhst should
prove SO alwring as TO draw to its
mast-head the name OF pheodore
Roosevelt can but be accepted as a
recognition OF the mans worth In the
past, as well as an enterprislng desire
to retain such strenuous 'trust bust
ers' In a position where ne can calm
The public wrath and smooth down the
ir-ltations that might arise IN the oOn
tinuation Of my policies az thl
While House. In The lssat OF these
surprising alier-eleetiOn disclosures
the assumption oi power 10 inlict,
convict ana sentence a citizen Of the