Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-01
HASKELL WANTS CASH
Asks People of Oklahoma to
Help Him Out.
so HE MAY FIGHT ENEMIES
Issues a Rip-Snorting Letter to the
President.
MARKED BY PERSONALITIES
Asks Questions. Pertinent and other
wise, and Says Some Cruel,
Cruel Things.
MARKED BY PERSONALITIES


70 GUTHRIE, Okla, October 1.-Gov. Has
kel has broken loose with red-hot letter
Of 100 words. addressed to President
Roosevelt and full OF bitter and violent
personal attacks. personal accusations and
other assorted personalities. The governor
insists that Secretary Cortelyou should
not he in the cabinet in view of his
activities in collecting corporation cam
paicr contributions four years ago. and
challenges the President to publish the
records of the Interior Department show
ing the granting of the Prairie Oil fran
chiSe and contributions to the Roosevelt
campaign fund through +. II. Hartman.
The Haskell letter. in part. follows:
Warm at the Start
You have clearly demonstrated this by
hearsay Judgment and vacillating from
one charge to another by admitting that
various other charges were without in
formation and, therefore. abandoned and
Yet. without displaying the manhood to
apologize for the former untruthful state
ment. YOU seek another issue. 1t leads
me To- assert that / shall seek justice
from you before the people and I'm courts
10 ne subject to~your domination.
FRANKLY speaking. | could have ar
rived at no other conclusion than that
you. in Your blind. reckless partisanship
ana disregardlng the rights of others,
would pack a court fix a jury
Your first charge that I was con-
nected with an attempt to bride the At
torney General of Ohio nine years ago
hut that YOU have now abandoned Gen
Monnett said that he knew nothing of
my connection with the case. except what
G. B. Squires told him. c. B. Squires
signs a written statement that / never
told him anything. and that he never
mentioned my name to MOnnett, and that
ne dld not know me except as a name
occasionally seen by him in newspaper
Charles p Taft brother of your candi-
d@te). in his Ohio State Journal of Column
bus, Ohio. says: There has been no evil
dence produced against Haskell that
would be considered by any court 1t
remains for YOU alone to lack the man.
hood to candidly admit that you accused
me falsely
That Child Labor Charge.
Haskell takes up the charge that he
vetoed child labor law and says the
President has not apoogized for it, not
Withs'anding that he knew, he tHaskelD
did it with the approval of union la Dor.
Passing 10 the charge that he had suits
brought against him to recover title to
Creek Indian land, he saws:
overwhelmed YOU on that statement
anu adopting Your usual policy. you flee
from that statement without apology and
adopt the statement now that ii was gov
eminent town-site lots that you charged
me with being sued for
Haskell admits he is a defendant as to
certain government TOWNSHIP lots in one
OF nearly 11.GH suits. and says:
You will not undertake to DENY that
petty politics for the sake of repubIicaniz-
ing about 10000 Indian voters was vomr
brought
Haskell charges the President with try
ing to evade the issue that he was resnon
sibe for granting the franchise to the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company. before
statehood
- say you granted that franchise"
Haskell says. Il say that Won did il AZ
the solicitation of Senator Depew and
others. and that within few DAYS there
after. chiefly by subscriptions of Stand
ara on men. according to Hartman
s@6t#o In cash was added to your cam
paign fund. l challenge you to publish
the records of the Interior Department
Puts It Rather Plainly.
I'm any character of statement Won
make that have at any time during nv
entire life had any connection whatever
of any character with the Standard Oil
or of its subcompanes 1 am ready to
refute. and TO show that such state
ment is a falsehood.
You have new story about oppressine
union labor. Mr.. Roosevelt, l will allow
my record of two years as a public Of
hclal to be compared with your record of
ten years as public official. and submit
10 any labor union judge OF America that
1 nave done many times more in the in
terests of union labor than you have
You said that your opinion of our leg
1stauon would not look well in print. Mr.
Hartman and j. p Morgan said the
same thing, but Samuel Gompers said
the legislation of Oklahoma was the best
ever written. ] expected you to agree with
Morgan and Hartman, and, of course
was not surprised.
Morally, Mr.. Roosevelt. you challenge
me. l should not undertake to make a
comparison between you and me. l do
not get drunk on any occasion and never
did in my life. but I i'll have your let
ter of last winter. which | shall be glad
10 publish with your permission advocat-
ing your idea OF interstate commerce ship
ments of whisky into prohibition terri
tory.
Mr.. Roosevelt. YOU cry out for purity
You say you did no. four years ago know
where the corruption fund coming
from to secure your election until the
testimony of two years ago disclosed the
bargains and sales between Nr. Cortel-
you and the corrupt interests of Wall
street You have known that fact for two
years, and Mr.. Cortelyou is still a men,
Der of your cabinet.
Confession and Avoidance
prosperity panic at its height you
made the statement that you had simply
turned on the lights and were not respon-
siole for what il disclosed: in other
words, you entered a plea of confession
and avoidance. In Il later cOmmunica-
ton 10 You | shall show in numerous
particular instances where your plea of
avoidance should be condemned and a
verdict of guilty rendered against you.
Now, Mr.. Roosevelt. while you are re-
fectin2 on these questions, Will you justi-
fy yourself in giving faith or credit to
any statement that has come TO you from
your present associate, Mr.. Hearst, whom,
TWO years ago. you branded as the man
chiefly responsible for the assassination
of our late President?
Remember. MI President. if at your
next cabinet meeting YOU decide TO try me
under any OF your present past, or future
charges. before your cabinet sitting as
jury to try an honest man. thai ! chal-
Ienge Mr.. Cortelyou for cause.
Appeals for Funds.
GUTHRIE, Okla. October Gov. Has
kelI yesterday made public an appeal to
the people of Oklahoma for money to aid
him in overcoming his enemies. whom he
declares are the enemies OF the people.
Gov. Haskeil's appeal says:
LAS for myself. | am not possessed OF
wealth. and receive salary but barely
enough for the expenses Of my family
and myself 4 am giving my entire time