The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-04-14
HASKELL EVOKES
ENTHUSIASM
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a half meal than none. When the
currency BIZ came up they said You
will have to take the Aldrich bill or
none
On the currency question, Governor
Haskell said:
we have seen the effect Of hard
times, IN fact Of bah crops. but have
never seen time of such great pro
ductions that IL broke rs Mr. Taft
says yes that is a usual occurrence
We have to have such things every SO
often The trouble has not been get
ting rich too fast, but Il has been in
flating too fast If the president would
look through statistics he would find
that ten billions of dollars had been
added to stocks for trading purposes
lie would find the actual valuation of
the property was only two billion dol
lars"
He spoke OF the United States Steel
company. reviewed its history and said
that the protective tariff made IL pos
sible TO initiate the value OF the prop
erty of the company at q big profit to
the stockholders of the company
You ask what the remedy for all
these evils is: We say. try Organism.
For dozen years they have been cry
ing OF the forceful Bryan bNt have
been unable to remedy the evils /
believe now that time Is at hand
when an opportunity is to be given to
try our principles.
81 believe what has been done in
one state will broaden ont and take
root in the United States Bryan came
to Oklahoma TO help as begin a gov
ornment You can take the document
! prepared in Oklahoma and look
through II and recognize everything
there Il is what Bryan has advocated
! for years. The sages Of the country
I have examined the constitution. and all
who do not have axes to grind declare
the Oklahoma constitution the best
one Of the country DO they cali Bryan
! fanciful for that2
Let ms take a look at this Oklahoma
constitution. II provides for the initia-
/ tive and referendum and puts the reins
! OF government in the hands OF the peo.
/ pie
Z Another example ] want to give is
that we realize that the public officers
should be left 10 vote of the people
! We not only said that the United States
senators should be elected by the people
but that in place OF letting q conyep-
ton nominate the officers we call It
the mandatory nomination.
we say the public officers when
elected nhoul1 give theif the 10 he
offices We say that pnblic corpora
j tion franchiscs stOuld b. lCft 10 The
4 people to let
we went farther ana SAIL that Willie
other state corporations weie needed
In the state. we did not need them Tor
lords and masters We elected pub.
lie corporation board which vii, reg
ulate these corporations. We want The
trust legitimately conducted and want
10 attend the funeral of the Legitimate
4 ~ conducted trust
We said the railroads should furnish
sidings, where needed that where they
were parallel should NOT be united
that the rates should be subject 10 the
commission; that freight rates should
be lowered they should be subject to
the control Of the commission and that
the passenger rate should be two cents
mile, except where the commission
ihOneht Il would not pay
"We provide for the protection o
hank deposits by guaranty"
lie then explained the law IN detail
and defended it He advocated the re
dnctlon Of the tariff now, anslthat tho
, swollen fortunes should be reduced be
fore they become Swollen.
II was 1890 o'clock when Governor
Haskell closed his speech Through
our his address the audience gave hin
. the closest attention and he wal
checred loudly when he finished,