The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-28

are striving to have the courts SO deal
with him.
Letter From Mott.
Mr.. NJ. o. Mott, national attorney
for the Creek nation, writes me as
follows:
I'm october, 1906, Mr.. Foulke, of
Richmond, Indiana, was sent to in
vestigate the matter of the townsite
| frauds in the Creek nation. Mr..
Foulke's report is in the hands of the
| secretary of the interior All parties
! connected with these toWnsite frauds
1 have used the same means and meth
| DDS. Upon the report filed Mr.. Foulke
| as attorney for the Creek nation, was
directed by the secretary of the inter-
ior to file suits in equity for the can
| collation. of all deeds to town lots in
| the Creek nation where the same has
| been secured by fraud. Proceeding
/ upon instruction and full investiga-
! ton / found that Governor Haskell,
| among others, had secured DEEDS TO
quite number of lots IN Muskogee
by conspiracy and fraud; that. he had
had three lots scheduled in the name
of Dummies or Straw men Who liN-
ed in the state of Ohio and elsewhere
and then had them quit-clalmed PACK
to him without consideration. BY TINS
dishonest means he succeeded in get
! ting deeds to a large number of lots
| belonging to the Greek Indians at one
| half their appraised value. l have filed
! quite a number of suits against cover
nor Haskell in which conspiracy ana
fraud is charged and the manner OF
| communicating it is set out in detail.
| Haskell has not filed any answer in
anv of these cases. He has simply,
through his attorneys. fled dilatory
| motions, such as demurrers, pleading
| to the jurisdiction, etc
HE dare not answer ana deny the
| alterations set UP in our bill. Such an
answer would be a sworn lie and known
| to be by the large number Of straw
mem and dummies he used IN per-
| fecting the fraud.
For this act of the man whose rec
| ord YOU indorse you may rest assured
that the interior department will en-
deavor to see that the courts do JUS
| tice' to him. e7a ,
judgments Against Haskell.
when Mr.. Haskell was in New
York various judgments We're nIeo
| against him. will not at the moment
discuss the charges OF perjury ana
| fraud made against him by Attorney
| Albert H Walker of New York IN con-
nectior with the suit decided by Judge
| I.acome in March, 1902. But the rec
! ords of the county clerk of New York
county show that on February 81.
| 1900, a judgment for damages ana
costs amounting to $42,235.43. recov-
| cred in the supreme court OF lhe couh-
ty. was filed against Charies y, Has-
=
was returned on the sheriff's execu-
| ton. satisfied to the extent of only
$3.50 and the remainder of it remains
still unsatisf1ed.
| Mr.. Haskell be left.to the courts does
not seem to have produced thorough
going Justice. Neither shall L touch
! Upon the various suits of all kinds now
| pending against him for all kinds OF
reasons Thus 1t is reported in the
press under date of september ~,
| 1908. that a $500 judgment had been
! obtained against MIR. Haskell by. an
attorney of Arkansas who was employ
| council of Muskogee to get through
| franchise The attorneys fee was
never paid, but the franchise was
granted.
fac smile published in the press of
! September %. last. showing Mr.. Has
kell's having three@years ago joined
an organization to preyent union iaoor
! from entering the city in which he
lived. Indeed. asisFegards this last
| statement / wish distinctly to acquit
| Mr.. Haskell of being opposed on prin-
ciple to either traed unions or cor
porations: for wish to acquit MIN OF
being opposed on principe TO any
thing.
! Now as to. Governor HaskeHs con-
| rection with the Standard Oil COM
| pany. Governor Haskell advances the
I fact that the United states government
| permitted the STANDARD Oil company,
| on the same termsras other companies,
ri enjoy the Legal privileges to which
il was entitled on the Indian reserva-
! tions of Oklahoma as his justification
for having given it Illegal privileges to
/ which it was not entitled in the state
/ NJ oklahoma. The excuse furnished the
/ measure of Governor Haskelfs moral
quality. The federal act of March II.
| 1904 conferred upon the secretary OF
the interior the right to grant permits
| for oil and gas pipe lines to cross In
! dian reservations. Regulations to carry
| ont the law were drawn up by the
Indian office and approved by the sec
| rotary of the interior April u, 1904.
I'm compliance with the law and the
| regulations the department of the in
terror permitted the Standard Oil Pipe
i Line company Che Prairie Oil and Gas
| con,pany) and the various rival pipe
| line companies. such as the Oklahoma
| Natural Gas company, the Cary River
Gas company. the Dense Portland Ce-
| nent company and others, including
! Texas and Gulf companies. all on the
/ same terms and under the same con-
ditions the right of way across the In
| dian reservations. No preference or
| privilege was granted to any company
| that was not also granted to all the
| others. Any other action than that
| actually taken by the interior depart
| ment would have been as grossly i'm
| proper as the actions of Governor Has
/ kell himself. The government stood
] neither for nor against any company;
/ but it required each to obey the laws.
Its action was precisely like the ac-
| ton which it took, for instance in pro-
| ceedings against the Standard Oil
| company in the rebate matter; II did
not thus proceed because the Standard
| Oil company was involved. but be-
cause rebates had been granted: it
1 would t1aVz T;rOceaded inst unicL<
| gainst the rivals of the Standard Oil
as against the Standard Oil itself
Our only concern was punish any
guilty party. Our effort is to do equal
| justice to ali and to exact justice from
all alike. We are no more to be