Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-28

cndeavored to use the fact of its having
been made as an untruthful argument to
show that l could not be trusted to deal
out exact justice to Mr.. Hartman. No
stronger argument against your PROPOSE
ton has yet been advanced than this
that you have unconsciously advanced.
1 now come to the important part of
your letter. your attitude toward Mr.
HASKELL. You state Mr.. Haskell has vol
unfairly resigned from the committee.
You speak of the public service which he
has rendered and protest against any
condemnation of him except such as may
come in q court Out of your own mouth
you are condemned You thereby set that
standard of law honesty which has
been the bane of this people in endeav-
orinS to equity and fair dealing-as they
should obtain among higher minded mon
from great business corporations, and
from individuals like Mr.. Haskell. Appar-
emily you disclaim even asking Mr.. Has
kell to retire from the position in which
you placed him, so that he retires of Ills
own free will; and you utter no word of
condemnation of his gross offences against
public dccency and honesty. On the con-
trary you strive to make it appear that
his misconduct in reference to the Stand
ard Oil Co. is all of which he is accus, d !,
whereas shameless though this particu-
lar act of his is, it is no worse than count
less others in his career. / contrast your
action in thi: case with that of MI. Taft
is reference to Senator Foraker Mr..
Taft's statement, when the question of his
nomination was at stake, was that he
| would rather not accept it at the price of
sacrificing principle by supporting Mr..
Foraker FOR senator. You do not venture
even to censure Mr.. Haskell for lis man
| fold misdeeds and you ask that he be
held Guiltless of them uni, SIS convicted in
| court Of law: although you well know
as regards the worst Of them no action
| in court Of law would lie. You say YOU
were ignorant Of Mr. Haskelrs record If
so, it was wilful ignorance on your nart.
| I call your attention to the letter of Mr..
l.. J.. Russell, the editor of the Morning
Democrat of Ardmore, Okla, in which.
writing 10 you on Scrt. "A, 1906, he states:
IF you were ignorant of Sucl
charges it is because you refused to
read them when presented to you when
you visited Oklahoma last fall in the;
interest of Candidate Haskell At that
time l personally presented to you 10
| typewriter pages Of charges against
Mr.. Haskell, covering his operations
in Ohio. New York, Arkansas, Texas
and Oklahoma. The
| charges recently made by Mr. Hearst
were all made by me at that time
lSIy hot 10
| deal with Mr. Haskell AS to some
| matters the courts have already dealt
| with him. AS to others, various private
| individuals whom he has wronged, and
| the United States government on be-
| half of helpless individuals whom he
| has wrOnged are striving to have the
| courts so deal with him. Mr.. NJ l..
| Mott, national attorney for the Creek
Nation, writes me as follows:
| I'm october. 1906 Mr.. Foulke of
Richmond, Ind, was sent to investigate
the matter of the town site frauds in
| the Creek nation. Mr. Foulke's report
| is in the hands of the secretary of the
| interior. All parties connected with
these town site frauds have used the
| same means and methods From the
| reports filed by Mr.. Foulke | as at
| tCrney for the Creek nation, was di-
| rected by the secretary Of the interior
| to file suits in equity for the cancella-
| ton of all deeds to town lots in the
Creek nation where the same had been
| secured by fraud. Proceeding on in
structions and after full investigation,
| | found that Gov G. N. Haskell among
| others. had secured deeds to quite a
number of lots in Muskogee by con-
sriracy and fraud: that he had had
| these lots scheduled in the name of
| Dummies or STRAW men" who lived
| in the state Of Ohio and elsewhere, ana
| had them Quit claim" back to him
without consideration. BY this dis
| honest means he succeeded in getting
deeds to a large number of lots. be-
| longing to the Creeks at one half their
appraised value. | have filed quite a
| number of suits against Gov. Haskell
in which conspiracy and fraud is
charged and the manner of consume
| mating it is set out in detail Haskell
| has not filed any answer in any of
these cases. He has simply through
his attorney filed dilatory motions, such
as demurrers, pleading to the jurisdic
ton, etc. He dare not answer and de-
ny the dileSdtion SET up III Jul Dli,
such an answer would be a sworn lie
and known to be by the large number
of Straw men and Dummies he used
in perfecting the fraud"
For this particular act OF the man
whose public record you endorse you
may rest assured that the interior de-
partment will endeavor to see that the
courts DO justice" to him
When Mr.. Haskell was in New Yorn
various judgments We're filed against
him. | will not at the moment discuss
the charges of perjury and fraud made
against him by Attorney Albert Fl.
Walker of New York in connection
with the suit decided by Judge La
combe in March, 1902. But the records
of the county clerk of New York coun.
ty show that on Feb. q, 1900, a judg-
ment for damages and costs amounting
to s42.235.43 recovered in the supreme
court of the county, was filed against
Charles n. Haskell. On April 2, 1900
this judgment was returned on the
sheriff's execution satisfied to the ex-
tent of only $29 80 and the remainder