The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-01
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ADDRESSES a Lettek I'd Presi.
dent Roosevelt Bsgine
Sympathy.
APPEALS TO HIS PEoEE.
ASKS MORAL AND FINANClRl
SUPPORT TO CARRY ON WORK
OF BATTLING AGAINST cHARG
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Guthrie, Okla, Oct. r1--Governor Z.
N. Haskell, late Democratic National
Treasurer, has had his pen in hand
all day. In addition to letter to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, increased last night to
$500 words, he addressed like
amount to the people of Oklahoma, an
appeal pleading with them TIC stay with
him and to donate morey TO aid him
in his fight.
He claims to be poor man, fightHs
everything that is wealthy and power
full, which he says is backlog Hearst
and Roosevelt, and then makes his plea
for money as follows:
"As for myself am not possessed OF
wealth, and receive a salary but barely
enough for the expense of my family
and myself. l am giving my entire
time to the welfare of Oklahoma. can
make the fight against all of these in
terests and win with the support OF the
people.
IT want to he frank with every hon
est man In Oklahoma and in that
frankness It is proper for me to say
that / not only want your moral sup
port, bur Some small financial assist
ance to pay tie expense of this great
conflict
II ask for your assistance. not IN
large amount. because few thousand
dollars will be ample for the fight, but
h. I'D
matter, realize the great odds. against
me- sud render such fiF1iefai assist
aace rs they deem prope.
iIaskell's salary as GOVERNOR is 3d.
GO annually.
Mr. HaskellstateS last night he will
go TO Ohio MT week and deliver cam
paign speects, beginning October 5.
ReaiIyExpected an Apology.
Expressig in the opening paragraph
of his Letter to the President surprise
that Mr.. Roosevelt has not before this
apo,ogizd to him for charges made
withouta hearing, Governor Haskell
writes:
The serious character of your char
ges Should have suggested to you that
as Chef Executive you should proceed
with deliberation and certainly before
mailing such hear-say statements your
owa declarations.
u would have appealed to you sec
tnat might hear both sides of the ques-
ton, investigate as to the truth and
only condemn when guilt has been rea-
sonably established but being inter-
rupted by receiving a newspaper that
contains your last statement, l lay
aside my appeal for justice for the rea-
son that | am convinced that no mat
ter how dignified great and honorable
the office of President may be the
present clearly demonstrates the fact
that the occupant of that office may be
without fairness, justice or integrity.
You have clearly demonstrated, by
hear-say, judgment and vacilating
from one charge to another. by admit
ting that various of your charges were
without information and therefore
abandoned. and yet, without display
ing the manhood to apologize for the
former untruthful statement, you seek
another issue.
1T leads me to assert that | shall
seek justice from you before the people
and in Courts not subject to your DOM
ination. Frankly speaking, could
have arrived at no other conclusion
than that you, in your blind, reckless
rartisanship and disregarding the
rights of others, would pack a Court
or fix jury.
''Your first charge was that 1 was
connected with an attempt to bride the
of Ohio nine years
ago, but that you have now abandoned
General Monnett said that he knew
nothing Of my own connection with
that case, except what C. b. Squires
told him. G.. B. Squires signs writ
ten statement for the New York World
that never told him anything and
that he never mentioned my name to
Monnett, and that he did not know me
except as a name occasionally seen by
him In newspaper
Weakness Of Charge Admitted.
Charles P. Taft, brother of your
candidate. in his Ohio State Journal, of
Columbus, Ohio, says: There has
been no evidence produced against
Haskell that would be considered by
any Court 1t remains for you alone to
ISck the manhood to candidly admit
thslt you accused me falsely