The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-24
Severe on Haskell and
 Foraker. HE RESTS HIS CASE
 ON OKLAHOMA SUIT Then Goes Into Criticism of Demo
 cratic Principles. PrcaIdept Makes an Argument in sup- port of Judge Taft in His Teie- gram on the Standard oil
 Company Incident.

washington. Sept. 23.-President Roosevelt tonight, following upon prolonged conference with members Of the Cabinet at the White House, pre- pared and gave o1t his reply to W. J: Bryan. the Democratic candidate rela- tive to W. E. Hearst's charges that Governor Haskell, treasurer of the Democratic campaign committee has represented Standard oil intersts in both Ohio and Oklahoma.
 MT. Bryan had demanded proof or the. charges. promising that in the event Of their substantiation. Gov ernor Haskell would be eliminated from the cafapaign.
 Dismissing the Ohio case which in- volved an allegation of attempted bribery. with the explanation that he had made no direct charge against Covernor Haskell as regards that par ticular instance, President Roosevelt takes up the matter of the Prairie state oil and Gas Company and argues that governor Haskell's action in stopping legal proceedings begun bv the Attorney General of Oklahoma 7 demonstrates conclusively that he was controlled by the great corporation to which the oklahoma Company was subsidiary.
 After contrasting MT. Bryan's de. fense of Governor Haskell as against Judge Taft's repudfation of Foraker in Connection with the Hearst charges aaafnst the Ohio Senator the Pfest- dent proceeds to declare that Gov ernor Haskeii's utter unatness for association with any man anxious to appeal to the American people on . aY shown by other acts of hts as GoV@ ernor of Oklahoma
 Disgraceful and ScandaIous.
 The President condemned GOV ernor Haskelfs conduct in connection with various matters as disgraceful and scandalous, and calls especial at- stention to what he describes as pros tituting to base purposes the state University" This fresh charge againsr the Governor rests on an article in The outlook from which the President quotes, and which he says forces the conclusion that Governor Haskell is unworthy of any position in public life.
 The latter portion of Mir. Roosevelvs deliverance is devoted to criticism of MT. Bryan's plea for regulating the trusts. which he characterizes as measure that sounds more radical than any advocated by the Republicans but
 
 Concluding, MT. Roosevelt declares that no law-defying corporation has anything to fear from MT. Bryan save what it would suffer from the general paralysis of business. which would follow Democratic success"
 The President spent almost the en- tire day in getting the letter in shape. An hour was given this morning to make a rough draft of it, which was suhmitted to Secretary Garfield and postmaster General Meyer. both of whom made suggestions as to portions of the communication
 About 3 o'clock this afternoon all the members of the cabinet now in inc city. Secretaries Wilson. Straus. Wrieht Metcalf and Garfield and rost- master General Meyer. met with the Pre,ident in the cabinet room at the executive offices for conference on tbe subject which lasted until o'clock. TWO hours more was required to make certain minor changes before Secretary Ioeb gave 1t to the press.
 The Answer By Mall.
 Deeming the reply too long to be gent by wire, the method ot communI- cation MT. Bryan had employed In his chaIIanre to the President. 1t was for warded by mail to the Democratic candidate at Lincoln, Neb.
 President Roosevelt in his reply to MT. Bryan says; S.. The White House. WashihstO"' S9Pe''
 Dear sirw"In your telegram you sneak of so much of the charge against Governor Haskell as dealt with his re- lations while in Ohio, with the Stand ard oil Company. You omit the charge as to his relations with tne Standard oil interests as shown oy ms this very summer, this action being in part taken while he was at Denver. where. as you state, he was by your wish made chairman of the committee which drafted the platform upon which you are standing.
 .In my statement purposely made no specific alIusion to the Ohio mat ter. and shall at this time make none, in spite of its significance, and in spite of the further fact that Cover nor Haskells close relations with the standard oil interests while he was in Ohio was a matter of common notoriety.
 Tn oklahoma it is a matter of court record. By this record 1t appears that the Attorney General of the state elect ed by the people, obtained an injunc- tIon to prevent the Prairie oil and Gas Company from building a pipe line; and that Governor Haskell found this out while he was at Denver. as appears bv the representations for the dissolu- ton of the injunction made in his name on behalf or the state before court of superior Jurisdiction to that which issued the injunction. Tn this the governor states that the acting govevnor in his absence, had asked that the hearing be postponed until he. the governor, might return and have an opportunity to investigate the controversy The governor set forth in his petition that he is the sole authori- ty to determine such matters. and that the Attorney General and the judge of