The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-23
A Remarkable Man.
! (Tulsal DemocrD


ItWin he many years before the
people OF OKiahoina come to fully real
izeand know how much they owe to
Gov. Haskell. None except those who
are closely associated with the work
ing OF affairs at Guthrie know to
what a remarkable extent he is able
TO grasprand understand and know the
details OF every department OF gov.
ernment or TO place the stamp of his
personality upon everything done.
This is so not because he seeks or
even desires IL often but because he
seems 10 know intuiHvely the
right thing 10 say and do at the right
time. An extensive business training
absolute honesty. an enormous capac-
lty for work. ideas of government in
line with those OF the great mass Of
the people and warm devotion 40 the
task the people have placed in his
hands make or him the dominant fig
IRE al Guthrie. such that II Is safe
10 say can not be found at any other
state capital in the Union.
This condition exists not because
he demands IL or tries to assume pow
or not his OF right, but because he
does not shirk any responsibility and
because from every side they are
Thrust upon him.
The people of Oklahoma have been
shamefnlly imposed upon nnde. re-
publican misrule by the corporations
doing business in the state. The dem
ocratic party has been placed in pow
er 10 correct these abuses The great
/ danger IN the correcting ,Yof these
abuses Is extreme measures in some
untried ways II Is here that the Go.
/ Haskell Is saving the state and the
democratic party from more dangers
I than the public generally knows or
lie was nominated for governor be-
cause he was the most radical of amy
OF the candidate and he has not
changed In The least Oklahoma has
placed the highest value for taxation
Of any state in the Union upon rail
roads aud other corporations. Il has
the most ana the best laws for their
regulation aud control and everything
SO far done along these lines has the
governors approval but every law and
every move ofar made has stopped
shOrl OF the point where capital could
claim that il was unfairly treated
In any legislature or any body of
state officers elective and appointive
made up as Is the one al Guthrie OF a
very large majority OF men who feel
that the people have not been given a
square deal as against the corpora
lions there viii always be those who
from lack of business training and
from zeal for their cause could carry
they party ana the state 100 far into
nntried waters 81
u, Is ,heHa that the steadYing hahd
ldf fhe goeefhhf 81 ctiiin< nllt8hld wO-k
-ifk VI = 81 III II his me-
wlth universal approval u win never
be generally known how many meas
nres have been modified and objection.
able features removed BY his advice
and lhe gecessity OF veto avoided.
Oklahoma Is indeed fortunate that
Il now has Ia session a legislature that
has worked So faithfully and so ear
nesily 10 carry out the pledges made
10 the people. better do too much
Better have TOO mach energy than to
allow the corporations 20 run things
as ihey have 10 the past Ia Oklahoma;
bat better etill 10 slon short OF any.
thing too extreme That Is what has
been dene So far and Governor Haskell
deserves 4 large measure or praise for