New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-01
HASKELL TO PRESIDENT
Says He Has Been Condemned
Without a Hearing.

y.
Haskell formerly treasurer OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. gave out long letter to Pres-
dent Roosevelt tonight repeating his published
defence to the charges made against him. The let
ter says In part:
Yesterday I was engaged in writing COM
munication to you the Chief Magistrate of the
United States, assuming that a few days of
of the fact that the people of our country had
placed you in the highest position of authority
assumed the obligation of melting out equal and
that realizing your obligation ~ YOU Would know
that one Of the principles of free government is
ing; knowing that not word that you ave
b entEeR 81 your Weh has
reached your as result OF intense partisan
ne ,rI. heard a word from ny lips: -,
;, The serious character Of your charge should
tive Should proceed with del;beration and
your own declarations
Therefore would have appealed to you sec
Und time to designate tribunal that might
hear both sides of the question, investigate as to
reasonably established. but being Interrupted by
receiving newspaper which contains your last
you. for the reason that i am convinced that, no
office Of President may be- the present situation
clearly demonstrates the fact that the occupant of
You have clearly demonstrated by hearsay doc
u1nent and by vacating from charge 10 an
other. by admitting that various of your charges
doned, and yet without displaying the manhood
sert that shall seek justice against You before
8 FankS speafn not e c0gG eG[
rived at no other conclusion than that you in
your reckless partisanship and disregard for the
rights Of others would pack a court or fix
Your attack upon me 6n9y rested ted upon my
SSohdntct toward the Pralrle OH and Gas Compan!
sponsible for granting franchise before state
| 70 evade the issue and wrong Impressions.
You said the Interior Department had no power,
VEh sing dian rNafi
You would have your Teaders believe that indian
Territory was then conducting its own govern
ment, and that only parts Of the sag1e we're Ind
| MIR. Roosevelt you know it isn't true; you know
| all the land was Indian land. without county.
Of integrity surrounded you Iast week ike tho
mist mas faded away. and the Interior Depart
In the office of the Interior Department the
granted ta anehse saw that yo did h
| at the solicitation Of Senator Depew and others.
sqbsffFPttGns Of Standard oil men according to
| added to your campaign fund
/ challenge you to publish the records Of the In
t anu marx you now Mr. K09seyeI1 YOU
| have been sufficient four years ago for you 10
Parker by simply calling him liar but that was
| four years ago, ana your controversy now is with
receipt in full settlement ANY character of state
S entire q e lad 5ha anT al aeTer WITH
the Standard Oil Company or any of its sub-c3n1.
/
You charged with having attempted to bride
| ably nine years ago You have abandoned that
position. Charles P Taft says, through his paper
that no evidence was ever produced that would
| convict me of the charge.
! In touching upon the State University question
you pretended to quote from The Outlook mag aa
! magazine article. That article charged me with
| substituting Democratic, for Republican profes
| statement to be false. but I Charge You with try
impression
using the money appropriated TO conduct that IN
| Your charge that I vetoed child labor law
You have not apologfzed for. notwithsta ndInE you
| labor and that our state constitution. which YOU
/ said was so bad your opinion of il would no, n9i
! labor legislation than all you have recommended
| 10 the New York Legislature as Governor or to
the Congress of the United States as President
! and that I had approved fourteen acts of our
| Legislature passed at the solicitation Of union
labor.
! You said in your first statement that l had
suits brought against me to recover title TO Cfeeh
ment. Adopting Your usual policy Won Zee from
that statement without Just apoIogy anG ADOPT
! site lots that YOU charged me- with being sued
for. Yes. believe I am a defendant as to Ger
tain government town site lots in Of nearly
| eleven thousand suits that you have had brought
against many different honorable and high
Dental campaign year. and YOU will not under
take 10 deny that petty politics for the purpose
voters your sole motive for having those
eufte brought and I charge Won with knowing
that there mas been no delay in these cases. eX-
! cept that oCcasioned by the Courts deliberations,
taken by himself time ne deemed necessary TO
consider whether or not there IS any merit IN
the petition filed by your attorney -,
You say that that land queso you vii!
that I get hearing in court. Yes. sir. Will
come your hearing call TO your assistance
ali the power tnat your R f Once GolilhIila
ready 10 meet it. and before its Conclu sion the
tad rf he