Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-25

that the charges made by William r.
Hearst against Gov. Haskell relative
ito the governors, connection with the
Standard Oil company had previously
y been given to Mr.. Bryan, who refused
to. read them. Mr.. Russell also gives
what he alleges to be proof OF Gov.
Haskell's Intimate relation with the
Prairie Oil & Gas company. The let
ter to Mr.. Bryan follows:
Kansas City. Sept. "a. 1908,
s"William j. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb
4 Dear Sir: Inotice that i'll your re-
ply to President Rooseveits attack
on Coy. Haskell you say you were
entirely Ignorant of there ever having
been any charges made against Mr.
Haskell. II you were ignorant Of such
charges it Is because you refused. to-
read them when presented to.Sou when
you visited Oklahoma last fall in the
interest OF Mr.. Haskell. AT that time, /
personally presented 10 YOU 10 type
swrittenl$pages of charges%aganst Mr..
Haskell, covering his operations in
Ohio, New York, Arkansas. Texas and
Oklahoma. You did me the courtesy
of tearing them up and throwing them
out of the train window without read
ing them. The charges recently made
by Nh. Hearst were all made by ME at
that time
3 II now offer you the following infor-
the Standard Oil subsidiary companies
in. Oklahoma. since he became COVER
nor:
Last spring. before the Prairie Oil
e. Gas company began operations In
pipe line construction in violation OF
law. made a visit to Guthrie. While
standing In the state house. w. a. Led
better, attorney for the Waters Pierce
OIL company in Oklahoma, came out of
Gov. Haskellss private office and asked
me to accompany him to the telegraph
office in which he had a very import
ant telegram to send. On the way to-
the telegraph station he explained that
he had been In conferences with Coz.
Haskell on some oil matters. When We
Reached the telegraph office, Mr. Led-
betteiS wrote a. telegram to Col. j. a.
johnson of st. Louis. general attorney
for, the Wa eIs- Pierce company:
g. !" Il have just finished a conference
with Gov. Haskell and everything is
satisfactorily arranged.
f..Ina al very short time the Prairie Oil
and Gas company began preparations
for constructing their pipe line without
becofiling Il domestic corporation. Atty
n Gen. West began threatening suit
Haskell protested against West. How
ever, West did institute the suit. Has
skell fought the suit through all the
courts to the state supreme court With
.nlGSC private ~ iti w ICY :
before the supreme court handed down
its decision Haskell prepared q lengthy
document covering nearly two pass in
his weekly paper, the New state Tr-
bunc. / personally saw the letter from
Col. Johnson to his Oklahoma attorney.
e. A. 4I.edbetter. agreeing to pay for
and circulate 10000 copies of Haskells
paper containing Haskell's attack On
West and his defense for refusing to
prosecute the Prairie OIL and Gas COM
tpany
"In the past Mr. Haskells answer to
all charges have been:
9. You are a liar / wish to SAY that
the statements made above cannot be
answered in that way, for | WILL on
an hours notice go to Guthrie and ar-
bear before a board OF inquiry and
there testify under oath With Mr., Led
better making the telegram records (,
part of the hearing, the same TO speak
for themselves, the conditions to be
that the telegraph records be made
public and MIR. LedbetterIagree to tes-
tify under oath and answer all ques-
tons tending to prove OF disprove my
charges.
Is (Signed) y, ]. RUSSELL,
Editor Ardmorc Morning Democrat KIN
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