Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-09-24
NIX. BKlAN ANSWERED.
President Roosevelt Furnishes Evi.
dence Of Haskell's o. IS.
OKLAHOMA PIPE ca e d
Nebraskan Referred to { =
and Governors Or ~
SUBSIDIARY OF THE s.
Under Governors Orders it Co .hued
Business Without Color of Law.
HASKELL'S UNFITNESS NOTORIOUS
lie ProstItuted state University for
Political Ends and il Defendant
la Creek Indian Land
Cases.
SUBSIDIARY OF THE s.
Under Governors Orders it Co .hued
Business Without Color of Law.
HAsKEIL's UNF1TNEss NOTORIOUS


says:
THE WHITE HOUSE. Sept. 23 1908
Dear Sir: In your telegram you speak !
of so much Of the charge against Gov |
ernor Haskell as dealt with his rela- |
tions while in Ohio, with the Standard |
Oil company, you omit the charge as to
his relations with the Standard Oil in
terests as shown by his action while |
governor of Oklahoma this very summer, |
this action being in part taken while he
was at Denver, where. you state he
was by your wish made chairman of the |
committee which drafted the platform
upon which you are standing In my
statement i purposely made no specific
allusion to the Ohio matter and shall at
this time make none, in spite of it's sig
nificanco and in spite of the further fact
that Governor Haskelrs close relations
with the Standard Oil interests while he
was in Ohio was matter of common
notoriety In Oklahoma it is a matter Of
court record BY this court record it ap-
pears that the attorney general of the
state, elected by the people, obtained an
INDUCTION to prevent the Prairie Oil and
Gas company from building a pipe line
and that Governor Haskell found this out
while he was at Denver, as appears by
the representations for the dissolution of
the Injunction made in his name on be-
rior jurisdiction to that which Issued the
injunction. In this the governor states
that the acting governor in his absence
had asked that the hearing be postponed
until he, the governor might return and
have an opportunity to investigate the
controversy. The governor sets forth in
his petition that he Is the sole authority
to determine such matter and the attor-
hey general and the judge of the lower
court represented an 'encroachment by
the judiciary The attorney general op-
posed the dissolution of the injunction
stating that the Prairie OIL and Gas COM
pany was foreign corporation, which
had not accepted the provisions Of tho
constitution applicable to such corpora
tions and that without authority of law
IT employing great force of
and teams to dig up across and into va
rious highways of the state for the pur-
pose Of laying its pipe lines. The gov
ernor prevailed, the injunction was sus-
pended and the pipe line company was
permitted to continue its work to use the
words of the attorney general. without
any color Of law ! call your attention
to the fact that the question is not
whether or not the judge erred or whether
the injunction was proper. The point is
that the governor was alert to take out
of the hands of the attorney general what
the attorney general felt his sworn
duty TO prevent, an alleged instance of the
breaking of the laws by this particular
great corporation.
''As far | have seen Governor Haskell
has not even attempted anything which
can be called a defense Of this action OF
his. II thus appears that his action was
ineNcusable It wanton, except on
the theory that in defiance of the attorney
general Of the state and at all hazards
he attempted for some reason of his owa
20 protect the interests of a great corpora
tion against the law It has been sug-
gested on bis behalf that after all he did
not favor the Standard oil company, but
merely the Pacific on and Gas company.
This claim is disposed Of by the testimony
of the Standard Oil company itself tax IN
In the latter part OF 1907. i'm the suit now
pending before the United States court at
ST. Louis against the Standard OIL COM
pany In this testimony the STANDARD OIL
company uIon being requested by the gov
oTnment to put In a list of all compan es
in which It held stock. or in which its sub
sidiary companies hold stock, reported
among the others the Prairie Oh and Gas
company, total capital SiO.0O),O0O, of which
the National Transit compauy's proportion
was Ss.sg9.5C0 and furthermore T. appears
thar the Naconll Transit company had a
. capt al stock Of S25,455,aO. OF which the
Standard on company owned S2j i5l. $50. In
other words, the Prairie oil and Gas com
pany was owned. all except $500. by the
National Transit company and this Ma
tional Transit company was owned all ex-
cept about $3.50 by the Standard Oil COM
pany.
Taft and Haskell COntraEted.
Now contrast your action in this case of
Governor Haskell with Mr. Tafts action
as regards Senator Foraker. as set forth
in his letter of July 20 1897 Of which
quoted IN My sttement II was a matter of
common notoriety about Senator Foraker,
It has long been a matter Of common
notOriety about Gorernor Haskell that he
was the defender and supporter Of certain
great corporate interests and therefore
hostile TO the policies for which the ad-
ministration has stood. There was no con-
vinciug proof against Senator Foraker at
that time. as there was against Governor
Haskell when you say he was with your
approval made treasurer of yur empaign
committee.
But Mr.. Taft refused to be a party to the
denomination OF Senator Foraker, even
though It was reported that only thus could
lie advance his own inte:es In showing
by actual deeds and that his words were
true when he sid; II do not care for the
presidency II II has to come by compromise
with any one on q matter OF principle -
With a hundred fold clearer evidence before
YOU as TO tho connection OF Governor Has
kell with the Standard OIL company than
Mr.. TIT then had to the connection OF
ssntor Foraker with any corporation you
nevertheless have secured Governor Has
kell as chairman OF the committee 70 write
the pltform on which you stand and put
aim in treasurer Of your campaign COM
mittee.
Let me add that Governor HaskelIs at.
ter unfitness for any public position OF
trust or for association with any man anx.
ious 10 make an appeal on a moral Issue tc
Icoutinusd on Third FNse)