Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-24

governor, in his absence, had asked
that the hearing be postponed until
he (the governor) might return ana
have opportunity to investigate the
controversy.
Governor High handed.
tition that he Is the sole authority to
determine such matters, and that the
attorney general and the judge of the
lower court had no right in the case,
and that the action of the judge of the
lower court represented an encroach-
ment by the judiciary The attorney
general opposed the dissolution of the
injunction, stating that the Prairie on
and Gas company was foreign cor
poration which had no accepted the
provisions of the constit,- ttpplica-
BILE to such corporations ana tft,st with
out authority of law 1t was employing
a great force of men and teams to dig
up, across and into various highways
of the state for the purpose OF laying
its pipe lines. The governor prevailed,
the injunction was suspended, and the
pipe line was permitted to continue
its work. to use the words of the at
torney general, without any color of
law call your attention to the fact
that the question is not whether or not
the judge erred, or whether the injunc-
ton was proper The point Is that the
governor was alert to take out of the
hands of the attorney general what the
attorney general felt was his sworn
duty to prevent, an alleged instance of
a, 1t, So 1o,, n1,f ie,
ticular great corporation.
Owned by Standard.
"As far as 1 have seen, Governor
Haskell has not even attempted any
thing which can be called defense of
this action of his. 1t thus appears that
his action was as inexcusable as 1t was
wanton, except on the theory that In
defiance Of the attorney general of the
state and at all hazards he intended
for some reasons of his own to protect
the interests of a great corporation
against the law. 1t has been suggested
on his behalf that, after all, he did not
favor the Standard Oil company. but
merely the Prairie OIL and Gas COM
pany. This claim is disposed of by the
testimony of the Standard Oil COM
pany itself taken in the latter part of
1907 in the suit now pending before
the United States court at ST. Louis
against the Standard Oil company In
this testimony the Standard Gil compa-
NY. upon being required by the govern
ment to put in q list of all companies
in which it held stock, reported,
among the others, the Prairie Oil and
Gas company, total capitalization $780,
100000, of which the National Tran
Sit company's Soportion was $685.
500; and Furthermore, 1t appears that
the National Transit company had a
capital stock of $25, ,455, 200, of which
the Standard OH company owned $25.-f
451,650. In other words, this Prairk
Oil and Gas company was owned q
except $500 by the National Transit
company, and this National Transit
company was owned, all except about
$3.50, by the Standard Oh company.
Points to Contrast.
Nov contrast your action in this
case of Governor Haskell with Mr..
Taft's action regarding Senator For
aker, as set forth in his letter of July
20, 1907, which quoted in MY state
ment. 1t was matter of common no.
WI lCIy dDQ0G NoCAolol II oItthSI, DIS ~
has long been matter of common no.
toriety about Governor Haskell that
he was the defender and supporter of
certain great corporate interests and
therefore hostile to the policies for
which the administration has stood.
There was no such convincing proof
against Senator Foraker at that time,
however as there was against Govern
or Haskell when, as you say, he was
with your approval made treasurer Of
your campaign committee.
'But Mr.. Taft refused to be a party to
the denomination of Senator Foraker,
even tho 1t was represented that only
thus could he advance his own inter-
ests, showing by actual deeds, that his
words were true when he said: i do
not care for the presidency if it has
to come by compromise with any one
on matters of principle With hun
dredfold clearer evidence before you
as to the connection of Governor Has
kell with the Standard Oil company
than Mr.. Taft then had as to the con-
nection of Senator Foraker with any
corporation, you nevertheless, having
secured Governor Haskell as chairman
Of the committee to write the plat
form on which you stand, put him in
as treasurer of your campaign COM
mittee.
Haskell Utterly Unfit.
'Let me add that Gov Haskells utter
rnfitness for any public position
Of trust, or for association with any
man anxious to make an appeal on a
moral issue to American people has
been abundantly shown wholly ire
spective of this action of his in con-
nection with the STANDARD OH inter-
ests. AS an American citizen who
prizes his Americanism and his citi-
zenship far above amy question of par
tisanship,.I T regard it as a scandal and
disgrace that Governor Haskell should
be connected with the management Of
any national campaign. have not the
space dn this letter to discuss Governor
Haskell's conduct, for Instance, in veto
ing the child labor bill, or the fact that
his name appears as one of the de-
PENDANTS dn various suits brought by
the government to prevent the Creek
Indians from having certain of their
lands fraudulently taken, or his con-
nection with various other matters OF
the kind; but let me call your atten-
tion to his conduct in prostituting to
base purposes the state university, as
set forth In an article in the Outlook
Of Sept. s, last, under the heading of
Shall the People Rule-1n Oklahoma?
In this article you will see that Gov
ernor Haskell was given full oppor-