Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-24

gress in our statehood bill was careful TO
declare that our new state when organ
lied must respect all such vested rights
and existing franchises. That was all
did. and the federal courts stood ready to
call me down If | violated the Roosevelt
territorial franchises.
Now, Mr. President, why did your
Secretary of Interior grant what you
knew to be a Standard Oil pipe line fran
Chise in our then helpless territory ana
fasten IL in our new state by a permanent
statehood bill? Will Mr.. Hearst or the
President please answer? | will also re-
mind the President that the company
tried to enlarge its rights so TO include
gas as well an oil privilege. This
defeated. and even last April Mr.. Presi-
dent. your Secretary of the Interior tried
To help the Standard Oil gas privileges
against my protest by actually granting
them franchise to lay an interstate gas
line also. | notified the Secretary that
with statehood your days of giving valua-
hle franchises in our state has passed and
/ would resist laying the pipe line only
after YOU yielded and Cancelled your un-
lawful act
Il again assert that my act in that case
was not only required by what federal
authority had been unable to do. but that
the public interest of our own people.
based on conditions growing out of your
original special favor 10 the Standard
Oil Company in granting that franchise,
required me to pursue that policy in the
case YOU CritiCiSe.
Child Labor-State University.
THE President comes TO the local az
fairs of our state and assails me for We
toing child ,abor bill
True I did so, simply because the bill
went too far and Included things not de-
sired by our people Union labor repre-
sentatives approved my veto l hope the
President vii! survive this veto of To-
cal bill and permit US 10 run our local
affairs
The President complains that we re-
moved certain professors from our state
university our three state normal schools
and preparatory school in violation OF
civil service ruies--that is. the President,
IN his Usual impetuOsity and reckless dis
regard Of others. miSStateS TIE facts. Less
than oI.e-nith OF the faculties are changed
All changes were for good cause other
than politics and done by boards of
regents. and not by the governor.
The President complains that there
are several suits pending against ME 10
reclaim Greek Indian lands. The Presi-
dent should have gone farther and said
that | was not a dealer in Indian land,
and only came in as subsequent pur-
chaser, and only incidentally a party,
without personal interest al all, and es-
pecially he should have said that it is
quite apparent that those who are being
sued in those land cases appear to be.
and apparently are. the victims of politi-
better explain than l.
Driven Into Ward Politics.
In short, the President and Mr. Hearst
picked the wrong man. and are now
driven into ward politics rather than
surrender like men.
1.-THE President assumes that all Okla
Romans are grafters just because his
territorial associates justified that
name; that all eX-railroad contractors
are bad just because Paul Morton needed
his protecting arm; that We all in OKLA
homa violate the civil service law just
because MIR. Roosevelt removed the best
United States marshal We ever had. the
only reason being that he voted for
good democrat instead of bad republic
can. and then the President appointed
his cousin TO fill the vacancy.
AS to the rights of labor in child
labor bill. and my work in the interest
of labor Mr.. President. please remember
with me it's do things. With you it's
talk only. You are the same President
who threatened to turn down our Con-
stitution because it provides jury trial
in certain contempt cases. Don't for
get, Mr. President, L fatty dared you to
make that objection. But as the price
of your approval ou did compel us to
cut out the prohibition of removal Of
personal injury cases against foreign
corporations from state to federal courts
and several other good provisions that
would benefit humanity and curb special
interests. Not content with your own
threats against our constitution. you
sent Secretary Taft here to speak in our
campaign a year ago to induce the peo-
pie to vote to turn down the best con-
Stitution ever written. We remember
that we preserved Mr.. Taft's speech. 1t
differs widely from his speeches of this
year.
knowing all these things, the Presi-
dent must pardon us for thus taking is
n no icyh off
we all respect Let us hope that in the
future he will appreciate and preserve
its dignity and not try to reflect upon
the character of humble citizen We
fail to concede his false position when
he knows il is false.
&c. n. HASKELL"