The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Foraker And Haskell Come In
For DenunCiatiOn
COPIES OF COURT RECORDS
Hearst Handles His Subject Without
Gives and Includes In His Excoria-
tion Senator Joe Bailey and
Congressman SibIey.

Memphis, September 19-(Special As
sorting that he made no statement on his
ii authority but that he was simply
submitting the court records in the case
William Randolph Hearst, in his speech
here tonight, fiercely attacked the con-
lection with the Standard Oil company
of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, now
treasurer of the democratic campaign
committee, United States Senator Joseph
W. Bailey; Cong1 1essman Joseph c. Sib-
ley and United States Senator Joseph b.
Foraker. Mr.. Hearst started his speech
with the case of Governor Haskell and
produced copies of the court records
which implicate Governor Haskell
Haskell was out of the state when
his attorney general sought to enjoin the
Standard from laying pipe lines In the
state. When Haskell returned, he Sc
cured private attorney, went into court
and killed the injunction on the grounds
that the attorney general is creature Of
the administration without power to act
unless directed"
Haskell, says some one bearing his
name, face and form and living at the
same street number in Ohio, but really
a notorious Mr.. Hyde, tried to kill his
DIR. JelSyl self" Mr.. Hearst said with u
smile.
The $4,000 Letter.
/ Mr.. Hearst also told of having read a
/ letter in which u matter of $4,000 sent
by Mr.. Archbold to Mr. Fora.er was
mentioned. Mr. Hearst admitting thai
Mr. Foraker's excuse that the money wa.
/ only borrowed might be true, but told
how Mr.. Archbold denied everything un.
til Mr.. Foraker admitted the genuine
hess of the letters.
Then Mr.. Hearst, taking up the intima
tion of Mr.. Archbold that he had been
dealing with thieves, but that If he had
gone up to the Standard OIL company
for the letters, then he might have had
some dealings with thieves.
In speaking of Mr. Sibley, Mr.. Hearst
! said that the only trouble with him was
/ that his memory was poor; that his ef-
/ trontery was magnificent; his mendacty
was monumental; his servility was extra
ordinary, but that his memory was a lit
tie weak. All this because Mr. Sibley
declares that he never wrote the letters
| in question, or that he wrote any at all
In quoting from letters written by SID
| ley to the Standard Oil people and by
| the Standard Oil people to Mr.. Sibey, Mr.
Hearst called attention to the Mr. B
| who was mentioned as a tower OF
strength for the oil trust in the senate
was probably Senator Bailey.
Attack on Haskell.
But the speech was in the main pow.
erful attack on Governor Haskell and #
was all intended to show that Mr.. Hears
is right in his suspicion that the Stan
| dard Oil trust went over to the demo
| cratic party after 1t had been driven GU
of the republican party by Mr.. Roose
welt.
MI Hearst was entertained in Mem
phis by the Business Mems club, who's,
| reception committee met him at the trair
when he arrived at $50 He was ther
! taken to the Hotel Peabody, where hc
and Mrs. Hearst registered. Afterwards
Mr.. Hearst was given a non-partsan
non-politcal. informal luncheon at the
| Business Mems club.
Mrs. Hearst was entertained by a COM
mittee of the leading ladies of Memphis
| Mrs. Hearst was driven about the city
and luncheon at the Country club was
! given in her honor.
Mr.. and Mrs Hearst left on the 1C
O'Clock train for New York.
Following Hearst, Thomas Hisgen, the
independence league candidate for the
/ presidency, spoke chiefly on the issues
! cf the campaign. He attacked both the
and said that it was their party corrup-
| tion and failure to listen to the voice
! of the people that had caused the in-
| dependence party to be formed. Mr.. His
/ gen caught night train for Houston,
| Texas whore he will speak next.