The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-01
Would Pack Court, or Fix Jury"
HASKELL DOESN'T
MINCE WORDS
TELLS ROOSEVELT He WILL SEEK JUSTICE IN COURTS
NOT SUBJECT To HIS DOMINATION.

! In these cases, except that Occasi ned
1 by the courts deliberations. taken by
himself as time he deemed necessary
to consider whether or not there is
any merit In the petition filed by your
attorney.
You say that on that land question
yen will see that ! get a hearing IN
court Yes sir ! welcome your hear
Ing. Can to your assistance all the
power that your high Cfiicc commands,
present your case in any form YOU
like. J am ready 10 meet It.. and bet re-
its conclusion the people Of America
will be disgusted that they ever elect
ed you president Of the United States
Conclusive proof that you have no
case against me. at least 10 your mind
should be the fact that your own APP
polntecs, Official representatives O,
mat locality, from Chairman OF the
Dawes Commission Down bought lots
from the government townsites In pre-
cisely the same manner bought
mine
Prairie Oil and Gas Matter
Mr. Roosevelt, Aave said that you
were responsible for granting the
franchise TO the Prairie Oh and Gas
Company before statehood thereby
creating vested rights In that company
that onr stats authority Is powerless
20 interrupt You have tried In your
last statement to eyade this issue,
You nave tried to give your readers a
wrong impression Ycu say that the
Interior Department had no power ex.
cept where the pipe line might cross
an Indian reservation. You would
nave your readers believe that Indian
Territory was then conducting its own
gsyernment, and that only parts OF the
territory were Indian Reservations
Mr.. Roosevelt, YOU know II Is not
irue That all the land in the Indian
Territory was Indian land. There was
no county government. nor township
g vernment nor territory government.
The sole government OF Indian Terri.
tory outside Of local government in IN
corporated towns was vested in and
exercised by the Interior Department,
with yourself as the final dictator.
But why place your word against
mike? / cannot imagine that any citl,
zen of the United States would today
give your word any greater weight
that tney would tlat OF any other citi.
zen. What halo OF integrity on ac-
count OF youi Office may have sur
rounded YOU a few weeks ago has Ger.
talnly like the mists faded away and
eft you on he undignihed discredit.
ed basis that you yourself have chosen,
but my " rd, nor your word need not
be taken as final In the office of tue
Interior Department the records viii
speak as between us. I say that YOU
q
lila il at the licitation of Senator
Depew and others, and that within q,
few days thereafter chiefly by sub,
scriptiCns Standard OIL men, ac-
cording to Hartman, the sum of two
hundred and sixty thousand dollars iu
cash was added to your campaign fund.
/ challenge you 70 publish the rec.
lrds + the Interior Department on the
subject OF this franchise, and mark
you now. MIR Roosevelt, you must moi
glrble the records nor suppress any OF
them. The pnblic shall know The
truth. IL may have been sufficient + ur
years ago for you TO wipe ont tho
truthful statement made by Judge
Parker by simply calling aim q liar
but illat was fonr years ago. and your
controversy now Is with man who
VIII not accept n bmfi in exchange fer
receipt IN fun settlement In any
Character OF statement you make that
/ Z have al any time during my entire
1 liie had any connection whatever o.
/ any tAaracter with the STANDARD Oh
Company on any OF It's sub-companies
am ready 10 refute and 10 show such
statement is fa.sehcod
You refer to a statement made by
/ Attorney Walker IN the trial Of law
! limited experience, yon should know
/ that there Is probably not a court day
IN the year but what in q hundred
cases through ~ the onion some eX-
cited and disappointed lawyer has re.
ierred unkindly to the witness Of the
other side. Your reference 10 the III
inois Steel Company IN the name of
their Office boy, Charles Roder. is a
ntemptible effort on your part 10 tell
1 part of the facts only where the whole
1 iruth would spoil your story am
convinced that yOu know that case S.
stll on trial and that delay has been
occasiOned By the Steel Company CON
cealing its books and records and So
creting Witnesses You even come
down to a trifllng matter az Muskogee
and say that a firm OF lawyers have
sued me for $500 fee and obtained
judgment;
Il Is Il pssible, Mr. Roosevelt that
there Is nothing too trifiing for you tC
refer to when driven from your un
Wuthful position on matters OF rea
G nsnquonce. and even here you show
the impossibility OF your trlling th'
truth There ia no such judgment, an,
am convinced you knew you were re
poatlng "a false abatement when yOl
said SO.
You have Il new story about oppress
: iug uni D labor MI Roosevelt | wil
allow my record of two years as q pub
? ilic official 10 be compared With you
: record Of ten years al public 0ihclal
: and submit ~ any labor union iudg
: OF America that / have nor only dom
. many times moro iu the interest D
) unlln labor tiian ysa have. lat iia
2 ny worl has never been found waaiiu
Z when given in iceir behalf u is ur
necessary FER ne 70 ask II yon cen 81