The Cairo bulletin., 1908-09-24

t''e defender and supporter of certai
I great corporate interests and tner.
J fore hostile 10 tie poacIes for wh,i
tae administration has stood. Ther
was no such convincing proof ans
: fcnEef at that time however, &.
There vas against Haskell when q.
feu say he was with your abprlyl
made treasurer Of your canFai
committee
t Refused Foraker's Aid.
"htt TAFT r6frsad to b. parte
tine denomination cf Foraker even
Though il was represented that oah
thus copid he advance his own inter.
eata showing nv the actual des ds
that his words were true when he
said 4 do not care for the presidency
~ i has to come By a comrromi.e
~ith any one ON the matter of nrin-
Ieiple'"
Ni,d a hundred Told clearer Ell
Idence before YOU as to the connection
Iof HASKELL with Standard Oil than
Taft then had as to the connection Of
Foraker with any corporation You
IneEeltaoiess, having secured Haskell
as chairman of tie committee toI
write the platform on which yor
staad, put him in as treasurer Of your
Icaulaign committee.
Haskell Unfit.
Let me add that Haskell's ut ri
mhiness for any pupIic position of |
trust, or for association with any man
anxious to make an appeal on the
moral issues to the American people,
Las been abunlantly shown wholyI
irrespective Of this action of his in
connection with tie STANDARD OIL in
forests. As an American citizen who
prizes his AmericanIsm and his citi.
2eHship far above any question cf
| regard it as a scandal
an | disgrace that Governor HaskeI 4
should be connected with the man
lgenlent cf national campaign.
nave not space in this letter to discuss
fia2keIl's conduct for an instance. in
ere lhe the child labor biz, or the fact
hat his name appears as one of the
defendants in various suits brought
)y tae government to prevent the
'raek ly!ianS from having certain of
heir lands fraujulenuy taken or his
with various other mat
Ems Of this kind but let me call your "
u'ntton to his conduct in prosttut Y
lg e. base purposes the State Uni
el'ity, as set forth in an article i'm u
ha Outlook OF September ;. last. un IN
sr The heading Of shall the People NJ
ule-in Olslahoma?" 81
In this article you will see that g,
asleH was given fun opportunity to W
AXE every explanation and that he h.
ada none. After setting forth the ~
rgs as 10 Haskells con uluct The in
WIack article concludes: be-
"2n this state Of affairs we have
70 comments TO make and two ques
irs TO ask W.
The people Of Oklahoma are taxed ~'
support their educational institu- 10
ms from the primary school to the IN
ivc,sity They pay their money 10 3.
se their children educatod. When $40
Iitisiaus use this money 10 promote ''
p interest Of a political machine cr
uTch sect. they are guilty of breach
trust What 10 the taxpayers Of 70
lahoma think Of the use which their
bile servants are making Of the
bile funds? What DO they think ~
1ut this financial policy the taking =.
money due their sons and daugh-
$ end divartiEg it for the benefit =,
politicians ecclesiastical and ciWl2
" Haskelfs Methods Prevailed. .
Haskell was cne of Bryans Hghs
l9 men I'm the Democratic conven- -
a and at Bryan's Instance. male
a-rcr Of the Democratic national
1mittea. u IS appalling 10 thiak
20 would be the results in the eIl-
.enal systems Of the Philippines
Ioro Rico. In the digging Of the ~
ANA Canal. in the work II irriga
and rsicrest3tion. in the admin
alton of the r1stodice. the in
0r and AGRICULTURAL departments.
ia' appointments Of foreign min
rs and ccnsuls. If the spirit which
att-ate3 The Democratic arttrrf
b. oklahoma should he permitte- .-
abe control # Tire federal govern
be- az Washington. Haskell hs
ms which speak l-uIer tan -
5s has declared bis disbelief fn
~ Cler-lanB'- motto "a usbHr
c IS q public trust' And HASKELL =
representative raaIrr ia the
l1 Damorra-E What Ioes Rrean
b of Csre'aH1'z rrineFF1e- what
he American people think re Has
; ea7+eHr-u reversal of its-
Brysr's Ezr-csfs-.
-s latter portion cf R0azerzIt-s
-era-re is devoted 20 criti-sn -
rtaa's plan Tor regulating trusts ,---
ED BE- eharacter1zes as measure
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