The Detroit times., 1908-09-24

subsidiary company more authorit
han 1t already possessed under
granted II by Secretar
Hitchcock.
The statement in full follows:
President Roosevelt's letter Is
before me. and while this Is the
first time In my life I have been
made the subject OF a cabinet
meeting, I am thankful for the dis
tinction, and wish TO express my
high regard for the once of presi-
dent and my profound respect for
the wisdom of our fathers In max
ing II possible to change the oc-
cupant of that high ONCE every
four years without the right grant
ed to a crown prince to succeed
the king.
II assert that II Is fair for me
to assume that II my case was to
be dignified by an all-day cabinet
meeting, that beyond question Mr..
Hearst apd his campaign as
sociate, President Roosevelt, left
no stone unturned to blacken my
character. That being true, they
certainly raked Ohio fore and aft
concerning the Ohio Standard OIL
cases of 1899. and finding abso-
lutely nothing rejecting on me.
the president tried to waive his
charge of last Monday aside by
saying: He will make no allusion
to that"
He drops this subject because
his original statement was un-
truthful and he must know from
what he knows and tried to ind
In Ohio, that l spoke the truth
when l said that never In all my
life had any interest In connec-
ton with nor service for that
company.
Calls II "Faisehood."
Il say the president knows now
that my statement IL true. and
regret that he tries to brush 1t
aside without doing me candid
justice. Were I to adopt the
character Of language so common
ly used by the president / would
spell 1t In fewer letters than
''falsehood."
"Mr. Roosevelt. hope to speak
In Ohio soon. May hope to d.
vide the time with some partisan
Of yours Of Prince William, who
will defend your action in this in
stance?
President Roosevelt comes to
Oklahoma and finds a substitute
for his Ohio failure. Does he, In
the case Of the state against the
Prairie Oil & Gas Co. which COM
plant I compelled to be dis
missedf
Yes, I did have 1t dismissed. We
all know that the Prairie company
Is q Standard OIL offspring. and
don't forget the president claims
to have known this also, and l
charge that the political allies.
Hearst and Roosevelt, both know
that I acted properly.
First, tho Prairie OIL Co. got it's
franchise In our state not from
me. but from Roosevelt's secre-
tary of interior, long before state
hood began. and had its main built
and operating. and congress- In our
statehood bin was careful to de-
clare that our new state when or
ganized must respect all such
vested rights and existing fran
chises. That was all I did, and
the federal courts stood ready TO
call me down violated the
Roosevelt territorial franchises.
One on Hitchcock.
Now. Mr.. President, why did
your secretary OF interior grant
what you knew to be Standard
OIL pipe line franchise In our then
helpless territory and fasten 1t In
our new state by a permanent
statehood bill? Will Mr.. Hearst
or the president please answer?
will also remind the president
that the company tried to enlarge
its rights 90 as to include gas
az we'll as an oil privilege. This
I defeated, and even last April.
Mr.. President, your secretary OF
interior tried to help the Stand
ard OIL privileges againSt my pro-
test by actually granting them
franchise to lay an Interstate gas
line also. I notified the secretary
that with statehood your days or
giving valuable franchises In our
state had passed and I would re-
sist laying the pipe line only AFTER
YOU yielded and Cancelled your
unlawful act
again assert that my act IN
that case was not only required by
what federal authority had been
unable to do. but that the pubic
interest Of our own people. based
on conditions growing out OF your
ORIGINAL special favor to the Stand.
ard Oil company In granting that
franchise required me to pursue
that policy in the case you crit
ci1e.
Child Labor Bill Radical.
The president comes TO the local
affairs of our state and assails me
for yetoing a child labor bill.
True. I did 80, simply because
the bill went too far and included
things not desired by our people.
Union labor representatives ap-
proved my veto. hope the presi-
dent will survive this veto OF a
local bill and permit US to run our
local affairs.
The president complains that we
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