The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-02
POLITICAL NEWS.

PUlDIIOAI N6W0s
president Roosevelt has replied to
william ]. Bryan's demand for proof
~ ma formers assertion that Treas
,,rer Haskell Of the Democratic ma
tional committee had represented
standard OIL interests in Ohio and
Oklahoma. In his reply the president
not only reiterates his oil trust
charges. but declares Governor Has
kell,s cutter unfitness for association
with any man anxious to appeal to the
American people on q moral issue has
heen abundantly shown by other acts
of his as governor Of Oklahoma"
Governor Haskell Of Oklahoma has
issued a vigorous reply to President
R~oosevelt's charges against him. in
which he answers the four specific
| charges made by the president. After
DENYING emphatically the allegation
that he was subservient to the Stan
dard Oil company Mr.. Haskell says
sthe president ssumes that all Okla
Romans are grafters just because his
territorial associates justified that
name,' and criticises him for various
actions in connection with the terri
torial government of Oklahoma.
The. most sensational development
in the present campaign was the send
ing by William j. Bryan, Democratic
candidate for president, Of a telegram
to President Roosevelt demanding.
that he produce proof that Governor
Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma, treas
urer of the Democratic national com
mittee, ever was connected with the
Standard Oil company. The charge
was first made by William r. Hearst
and repeated by Mr.. Roosevelt.
William H. Taft, Republican candi-
date for president, in two addresses
at Chicago, opened what his leaders
declared would be from now on an
aggressive campaign. Speaking be-
fore the Railway Mems Independent
Taft club Mr.. Taft paid his respect
to union labor, dealing particularly
with decisions In labor questions as
rendered by him when he was Judge.
That the funds necessary to defray
the expenses of a long, vigorous
speaking campaign have not been
forthcoming was frankly admitted by
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the
Republican national committee. The
statement was made in explanation
of the delays that have attended the
beginning, of the campaign work in
most of the states.
President Roosevelt, in a letter to
William B. Mckinley, chairman of
the Republican congressional commit
tee, just made public, appeals to dis
interested citizens to join with the
national Republican committee and
the congressional committee in a
movement to elect William n. Taft as
to support him. .
Senator Crane of Massachusetts, has
made a statement which effectually
disposed of the widely published
story that his visit to Western head
quarters of the Republican national
committee presages Reorganization
and the subordination Of Chairman
Hitchcock's authority to that of other
Republican leaders.
Chairman Mack of the Democratic
national committee has wired Presi
dent Roosevelt denying the charge,
alleged to have been repeated by the
president, that 100000 had been
found in the treasury Of the Demo-
cratic national committee after the
last campaign and turned over to the
present managers.
President Roosevelt has written
letter dealing with the Hearst-Fora-
ker affair, in which he declares Taft's
defeat would bring lasting satisfaction
to those men who were exposed by
the correspondence recently made
public in speeches delivered by Will
liam r. Hearst.
All of the members Of the executive
and advisory committees Of the Re-
publican national committee met with
Chairman Hitchcock at New York and
gave their attention to some means of
arousing greater enthusiasm in the
campaign in the East.
No action will be taken by the DEM
ccratic national committee with refer
ence to the charges that have been
made against Governor Charles N.
Haskell pending an investigation OF
the matter which il nov being made
by MI. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan, in a speech at Cincin-
natl, the home Of his opponent, said:
"All that I ask Of the president is that
he put into practice for q month and
a half what he has talked about for
seven years and that is q square deal"
Judge Taft made a tour Of Wiscon-
sin Thursday, speaking at Beloit,
GAINESVILLE, Evansville. Madison. Wau-
kesha, at the Allis-C Chambers machine
works at Racine and at Milwaukee.
FOREIGN NEWS.