Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-24
HASKELL ANSWERS HEARST:
BRYAN TO REPLY LATER ON


brought by the attorney general of
Oklahoma to prevent the Prairie State
Oil and Gas company, an ally of the
Standard, from illegally laying pipe
lines throughout tho state. The presi-
dent after reciting the facts declares
that the evidence conclusively DEM
onstrates that Haskell was controlled
by the great Rockefeller corporation.
Declared Unit.
After contrasting Mr.. Bryan's de-
fense of Governor Haskell as against
Mr.. Tafts reputation of Foraker in
connection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio senator, the presi-
dent proceeds to declare that Gov
ernOr HaskelPs utter unfitness for
association with any man anxious to
appeal to the American people on a
moral issue has been abundantly
shown by other acts of his as gov
ernor of Oklahoma
The president condemns Governor
HaskelPs conduct in connection with
various matters as diSgraceful and
scandalous and calls special attention
to what he describes as "proStituting
to base purposes the state university"
This charge against the governor rests
on an article in The Outlook, from
which the president quotes, and which
he says, forms the conclusion that
Governor Haskell is unworthy of any
position in public life.
Would Not Work, He Declared.
The latter portion of Mr. Roose
velt's deliverance is devoted to criti
cism of Mr.. Bryan's plan for regulat
ing the trusts. which he characterizes
as a measure that sounds more radical
than any advocated by the republi
cans, but which in practice would not
work. Concluding, Mr. Roosevelt de
clares that no law defying corporation
has anything to fear from Mr.. Bryan
save what it would suffer from the
general paralysis of business which
would follow democratic success.
Not Ready to Reply.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24.-Feeling
none the worse from his trying ordea
yCSlCluds, w. Dl ih Mdo al
early riser today. He at once devoted
himself to reading the letter of Presi
dent Roosevelt responding to his tele
gram in reference to Haskell, but saiC
he would not make any comment OF
the presidents reply at the presen
time. He left at 1927 for Cincinnati
and will make a number of speeche!
enroute. -s-es-,-
Speaks to Great Crowd.
Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 24-Twelv,
| speeches to enormous crowds marked
the second entry of William J. Bryan
democratic candidate for president
into Ohio during the present cam
paign. His concluding speech wa
made here last night to an overflow
crowd of 10000 persons, while jus
previously he had addressed the lare
est audience that ever had assemble,
in Memorial hail.
In none of his remarks did Nj
Bryan touch on the charges agains
Governor Haskell.
During the day in this city MI
Bryan spoke to 1000 precinct commit
lteemen, to the Commercial Travellers
league on the trusts and to tn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
and Firemen.
Demands Trial by Jury.
Mr.. Bryan's remarks last night wer
on the issues of the campaign gel
lerally. but his speech to the represeI
tatives of the brotherhood was devote
exclusively to the labor question, an
more particularly the plank in tn
democratic platform demanding a trit
by jury in cases of indirect contemp
In these remarks he took occasion
refer to the attempts made in 1S9
to pass law covering such cases an
quoted a telegram signed by Fran
IP. Sargent, grand master of th
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
E. E. Clark, grand chief of the Orde
! of Railway Conductors; T. H. Mo
rissey, grand master Brotherhood {
Railway Trainmen; P. M. Arthu
grand chief Brotherhood of LOGON
tive Engineers, and w. " Powe
grand chief Order of Railway Tele
raphers, in behalf of 100000 railros
9 employees, asking that the propose
, law of 1896 be passed.
RI Has Slandered Leaders.
pl Mr.. Bryan used that as an arg
: ment against the position of Mr. Tia
/. that the plank of the democratic pls
Z form relating to indirect contem
q cases was an insidious attack on Il
4 judiciary. He mentioned the nam
e of Senators Allison of Iowa, Hale
Maine, Merrill of Vermont, Cullom
Illinois, Sherman of Ohio Hawley
Connecticut, and others as having
;, vored the measure in the senate. al
. ). he again demanded that Mr. Tt
apologize to these big republicans
= slandering them as he slandered the
in this matter"
y y HEARST TO AVOID OKlAHON