The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-04

..,r.. Hf utr thousand eop.e Hf
Enid Thursday u.gf'. Governor g..
N Haskell app a.sd tor The fr--
tus JOB This city since becoming
chief executive of Oklahoma.
That rs completely won the COLI
tI. ue. Ot DIS hearers was attesred
Hg fhe splendid attention paid him
ana 'fs -poHfaneoIs applause that
greeted hIm and which a. times for.
BID l.m proceeding for several mo-
marf-
It was stated by an Enid author.
itt that a vote OF fhe audience. 90
taken before fh, address of the
governor. would have revealed. per.
haus. q majority OF dissenting votes
oU h.- attitude Oh several state and
national issues that have been
brought forward by political enc.
miles, uut with 'he fairness OF an
impartial court jury. tte audience
h.arI tlo governors defense. and
af fha conclusion of fhe address o.
Ra- evident taat The opinion of Has.
tDi formed fIruugl lack of ac.
gul.utauce with The man. had under
gone @ change unparalleled iu au
keel audience.
That Haskell lsft Enid stronger
.s lI. -upp0u of thousands 70; hon.
rt citizens. was not 20 He ''T."I.
PrefacIug his speech uy asking
f ans one lu fhe auuIeuce had any
question 20 ask. and insisting f.,t
there VAS nothing bearing ou bis
official personal or private lifp that
t. had f0 disclose. that the people
had Is right fo 500 their own mind.
clear Uu auf subject proposition
that seemed so fair that it Instantly
attracted attention .-'he governor
fr,u declared that if Do one boo fha
audience had any Interrogation 10
ur1puuud he iait that 90 would bee
au injustice To- him for auy one
present To- suik around after his
departure and crifiCisc him because
ho failed to mention amy given SUBJ
Icc' aud explain his attitude there.
$50. lu detail the governor took up
tnr charges that are being Haunted
/ through the opposition press and
circulated by Roosevelt, Hearst.
FLYNN aud tohers. he slighted moth
ing.
Boldly taking up the llearst-Roosc-
Welt charges o., met them In charac
| teristic stylo each time pruduciu .
evidence conclusive in its charactof
I that his uaducers viii go to any cN.
| 'reWo
On the subject OF his ALLEGED uu
/ fri,udluess 90 union labor. tlc gov
ruor. after reading tne .p'"ulid cu.
dorscmcut given him Dog he okla.
| homa State Federation .f Labor 90
/ its last meeting. said
% read yesterday lL .Is NV
/ Yor.. World that two NnIl rco'
/ 1aukprs. OppcuhoiW alI rlcL aro
/ telling thc people that tu au
/ enemy of organized labor want la
/ tru you OF q little incident that oc.
/ curr q at tine democratic national
| convention ou July ifh. something
/ chat is to mc the highest compl
u,uI ! ever received from any man
/ As chairman of the platform cum
! mIffcc I appointed sub committee
of four members. with myself as q
/ member tp settle the dispute u-
/ to What our party should say iu
/ fs labor plank Before chat cuu
/ miif., came Samuel GoupDrs, john
/ Mitchell and other noted labor lead
/ urs ON. member. with dnsr" tr
/ nr.u. uut the various sides off ih,
/ question that they might Dee properly
! discussed expressed himself iu suri
d way as to iriatc Mr.. Gompors
. Then the great head of the Labor
organization. turned 10 the suocom
Wtt,u aud said
Gentlemen speaking for boI
mys.u and Mr. Mitchell, J viii SAY
chat Vc Will be- r,.i,ctly satisfied
with amy plank ON this subject thr
may uc drawn 10y Chairman Has
bcll'
And again, when the president o
Jhc United states threatened to turn
down our constitution because u
| provided a Jury trial in contempt
cases, wont before the coustilu
ioual convention and read a per
soual telegram from Mr.. Gompers
which said.
For Gods sake. Haskell. DO no
surrender II YOU yield To Roosevelt
IL viii take tily years To corr, q
| the error
% thau, God that / had the nerve
To DEFY Theodore Roosevelt tu turn
down our constitution because o
that feature
Someone In the audience suggest
ed Hearst Whcroupon the governor
rclorJcd that Hearst was the man
who employed coolic labor ON hn
farms and other industries in Cali
foruia and was aJ war with uuioI
labor
"Now my friends. do YOU not D.,
lc,c that samuel Gompcrs an'
John Mitchell, and the Oklahom,
State Federation Of Labor are NOR,
capable of passing Judgment ON Has
kcUs attitude toward labor thar
Oppcnhcim and Bach Two Wal
street bankers said the governor
and the audience cheercd its ap
proyal
Turning to the alleged Cit.zcns
! Alliance az Muskogoc. Governor
| Haskell openly charged Bert Il
! Cf.ar hrpthp- of Frank A. Greer