The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-10-02
A LIST OF EvASIONS
Was All That RooseveIt's Charges
Against Haskell Really
Amounted To

Guthrie, Okla, Oct Gov c. y.
Haskell, formerly treasurer Of the
Democratic National Committee. last
night gave ont long letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt repeating his pub
lished defense to the charges made
against him. The letter i'm part is as
follows:
The serious character of your
charge against me should have sug-
gested 10 you that you as chief execu-
tive should proceed with deliberatiOn
and certainty before making such
hearsay statements your own declara-
tions.
Your attack upon me finally rested
OF my conduct toward the Prairie Oil
and Gas Company in this state. l
have said that you were responsible
for granting a franchise before state
hood, thereby creating vested rights.
You seek 10 evade the issue and create
wrOnG impressions. You said the In
terror Department had no power. ex-
! ceTt where crossing an Indian TeSer-
/ vation You would have your read
! ers believe that Indian Territory was
! then conducting its own government
aud that only parts Of the same were
| Indian reservation.
"KnoW 1t Is Not True
Mr.. Roosevelt, you know it is not
/ true; you know all the land was In
dian land without county, township or
| territorial government. What halo of
Integrity surrounded you last week
| like mist has faded away and the
| Interior Department holds the record
which convicts YOU.
You granted the franchise at the
solicitation OF Senator Depew, and
few days thereafter received s2SO,000
! in cash for your campaign fund.
You charged me with having at
tempted to bride the attorney general
of Ohio. That was presumably nine
years ago. You have, abandoned that
position. Charles p. Taft says through
! his paper and no evidence was ever
i produced that would convict me of
the charge.
I'm touching upon the State Univer-
sity question, YOU pretended to quote
from the Outlook Magazine. but how
| dishonesty you enlarged on the maya
zine article! That article charged me
with substituting Democratic for Re-
publican professors for political pur-
! poses. | have shown that statement
to be false. but l charge you with
! trying TO enlarge on that magazine
Particle and give the world the impress
sion that we were Improperly using
. the money appropriated to conduct
| that institution.
Had Failed to Apologize
labor law you have not apolOgized for
Notwithstanding you know that I did
il with the approval Of union labor
and that our state constitution,
which you said was so bad Your opin-
ion of it would not look well in print.
contains more details of child labor
legislation than all you have recon-
mended to the New York Legislature
as Governor or to the Congress. of the
! United States as President. and that
1 had approved fourteen acts of our
Legislature passed at the solicitation
Of union labor,
You said in your first statement
that had suits brought against me to
recover title to Greek Indian land.
overwhelmed you on that statement.
Adopting your usual policy, you flee
lIpHl lIdl statement without just
apology and adopt the statement now
that it was government town site lots
that you charged me with being sued
! for Yes. l believe | am a defendant
! as to certain government town site
lots in one of nearly 1000 suits that
you have brought against as many
different honorable and high minded
| citizens of this state during this presi-
Dental campaign year and you will
not undertake to deny that politics for
! the purpose of Repubicanizing about
! 2,cO9 Indian voters was your sole mo-
| tive for having those suits brought:
ard ! charge you with knowing that
there has been no delay in these cases.
except that occasioned by the courts
deliberations. taken by himself as time
! he deemed necessary to consider
! whether or not there is any merit in
the petition filed by your attorney.
You say that on that land ques-
! ton YOU will see that | get hearing
in court Yes. sir. l will come to your
hearing. Call to your assistance all
the power your high office commands.
present cases in any form you like.
am ready TO meet ii and before its
conclusion the people Of America will
! be Disguised that they ever elected
you President of the United States"