Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-10-08
BLISTERS TEDDY
Halo of integrity That Surrounded
Roosevelt
"HAS FADED AWAY"

the President Granted Franchise
to Oil Company and Got Larg,
Campaign Contributions I'm Re
| turn for the Grant.
Gov. Charles n. Haskell, formerl,
| treasurer OF the Democratic nationa
committee, tonight gave out a lon:
letter to President Roosevelt repeat
| ing his published defence to ths
charges made against him. The let
ter. In part, is as follows:
The serious character of you.
| charge against me should have sug
gested to you that you, as Chiei
Executive, should proceed with de-
liberation and certainty before NAL,
ing such hearsay statements you,
own declarations.
Your attacks on me finally reste ]
on my conduct toward the Prairi
Oil and Gas Company in this State
| have said that you were respon-
sible for granting a franchise before
statehood, thereby creating vested
rights. You seek to evade the issue
and create strong Impressions. You
said 1.-The interior department had
no power. except where crossing an
Indian reservation. You would have
YOUR readers believe that the Indian
Territory was then conducting rs
own government and that only parts.
of the same were Indian reservations
Mr.. Roosevelt. you know 1t Is not
true; you know all the land was
Indian land without county. township,
or territorial government. What
halo of integrity surrounded you las;
week. like the 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
a few days thereafter received $3.50
900 in cash for your campaign fund
You charge me with having at.
tempted to bribe the Attorney Gen
eral of Ohio. That was presumably
nine years ago. You have abandoned
that position. Charles p. Taft says
through his paper that no evidence
was ever produced that would con
vict me of the charge
I'm touching on the State Univer
sity question. you pretended to quote
from the Outlook magazine. but how
dishonesty you enlarged on the mag
azine article. That article charge /
me with substituting Democratic for
Republican professors for political
purposes. | have shown that state.
with trying to enlarge on that mag
azine article and give the world the
impression that we were improperly
tu{;ng the money appropriated to
conduct that institution.
Your charge that | vetoed child
labor law. YOU have not apalogizcG
for. Notwithstanding you know that
did it with the approval of union
labor and that our State Constitu
ion which you said was SO bad you
opinion of ii would not look we'll in
print. contains more details and
child labor legislation than all you
have recommended to the New YORK
Legislature as Governor. or to tn
Congress OF the United State as
President. and that | had approved
further Acts of our Legislator.
passed at the solicitation OF uniol
abor.
You said in your first statemen
hat | had suits brought against M;
10 recover title to Creek Indian land
| oVprU In mod vnn on that o,at,,
ment. Adopting your usual polic.'
you flee from that statement withou
| lust apology and adopt the state
| nent now that II was Government
own site lots that you charged M
| With being sued for. Yes. | believ
am a defendant as to certain Gov
'rnment town site lots in one O
had brought against as many dii
'erent honorable and highminde
'itizens of this State during thi
Presidential campaign year. and yo
will not undertake to deny that po
tics for the purpose of Republican
izing about 10000 Indian voters wa
your sole motive for having thos
suits brought. and / charge you wit
knowing that there has been no dt
lay In these cases. except that ot
casioned by the Courts deliberation
taken by himself as time he deeme
necessary to consider whether or nC
there is any merit in the petitio
flied by your attorney.
You say that on that land que
in Court Yes. sir. | will come !
your hearing. Call to your ASST
tance all the power that your hig
Office commands. present cases in ar
form you like. am ready to me-
it and before its conclusion the pc
pie of America will be disguised tn
they ever elected you President
{ the United States
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