The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-04
WHAT Haskell SAID AT ENID
WON CONFIDENCE OF PEOPLE


fo every county atfouys iu the
state ius'ructin- them % break any
contract that might nave been en-
tered into with that concern. how
Prank Greer came 20 the governors
ofhce and protested against the gov
ernor but'ing 30" on MS brothers
business plans
My friends the Grecrs must be-
honest. or they must move some
where else" declared the speaker
Governor Haskell then said that
he had been an employer Of labor
for sixteen years as railroad con
tractor. bad often hired as many
as five hundred men az a time. but
never iu bis life had there been
strike OF his men. and when
every other contractor az Musk0gee
was having trouble just about the
time oi the Ciizen's Alliance move
Welt bis men alone remained at
work
Taking up the presidents charges
against him. especially that refer,-
ing TO the Prairie oil & Gas CO..
Governor Haskell tod OF the sus-
WCious circumstances incident 10
fhe grant OF the federal franchise
by the president. over the protest
OF Secretary Hitchcock. and az the
earnest solicitation of Senator De
pew aud others. when four days
later Mr Hartman and others i'm
ter, sted in Standard oil contributed
SZ5oUOD 10 Rooseyolt's campaign
fund.
% do not charge that Mr. Roose.
Welt sold ou' to the Standard Oil
co.. for s250.000. for believe Ae
got great deal more.
Turning TO the Oklahoma repub-
l.clu gang now opposing him. he
gave the first intimation OF why
he associated Dennis Flynn. Bird
Mcclure and Judge Burford IN the
suit filed by the state against the
State Capital Printing CO.. FOR the
recovery OF $4,000 excess printing
bills rendered against oklahoma ter
ritory lie said that the disclosures
proved that Greer had been getting
great sums OF money from the tax
payers and had been shielded by
the men who had been named as as
sociates in the suit but that des-
pite the flow OF money into the
State Capitals Golfers 10 was a well
known fact tnat Greer's time checks
were seldom cashcd by Guthrie bus
mess men; so the natural con
clusiou was that these associates
made Greer divide. leaving Frank
Greer practically nothing.
Turning 70 Dennis Flynn he read
the abstract showing Flynns Ques.
tonablc connection with the Hobart
town lots. otherwise KnOwn as Hilis
addition TO Hobart. wherein Flynn
secured grant for friend be-
cause che was q friend OF the In
dian and later had 1874 Of the un-
sold town lots decided back 10 him.
Flynu's eonrts 20 dodge taxes
was again reviewed az length, much
to the delight of the now interest.
ed audience.
Congressman Mcclure. In whose
district Enid is located. was placed
ou the pllory ana exposed for his
official tfachcry of Oklahoma Hl
having cuu-re,s deed the railroads
of Oklahoma SlO2 600 worth OF
school lands after the statehood bill
had been PASSED, for opposing the
payment uy congress of Ohlahoma's S
constitutional convention expenses,
even though the relief bin had pass
ed the senate. and word from Nc
. Guirc would have saved IL iu the
house.
"Whon On. removal OF restrictions
bin was finally passed Bird Nc
Guirc was not pres nj at the final
roll call, bur was keeping score on
base ban game said the gov
crnor
Every issue. every false statement
raised against him, every insinua.
tion that might have caused some
people o. express the least doubt,
was taken mp by Governor Haskell
aud explained
His dcnunciatiun of Roosevelt was
cutting being largely in line with
hi, last letter 10 the chief eNccu-
tive of the nation.
From the reception of the Roose-
Welt remarks. the audience was cyi-
IDENTIFY of the mind that Roosevelt
had "buttcd In" Just once too often,
ana had at last struck man who
Knows neither fear or compromise.
Accompanying Governor Haskell
We're some twenty or more ladies
aud gcnJl men from Guthrie and
other Oklahoma points.
The citizens ol Enid furnished an
entertainment for their guests that
has been seldom cqualled since
Haskell became governor of the
state.
cascaswset, the well known rene.