Morris tribune., 1908-10-03
WHO Is HASKELL?

W7O - HASKELL!
Charles N. Haskell is becoming a man of
national notoriety of late, being more than a
mere governor of mushroom state trea-
surer of the national democratic committee or
chairman of the platform committee in the Den
yer convention and chief author of the wonder
full Oklahoma constitution. Hearst has made
him famous and Roosevelt has given him added
celebrity. The presidents letter lays bare, in
all it's hideous nakedness, the action of Gov.
Haskell, in securing the vacation of an injunc-
ton that prevented branch of the Standard
Oil company from unlawfully laying pipe
line across the state of Oklahoma. But for
Haskell, the Oil company would have been COM
PEELED to come into court and prove it's rights
to go ahead with its work, but Haskell made it
easy to continue the enterprise, law no law.
Haskell is new kind of anti-inj junction man,
theoretically opposed to injunctions against
vio1encein strikes and practically opposed to
injunctions against monopolies.
Quite apart from the Importance and the
history of HASKELL the entire incident throws a
strong light on Bryan's capacity judge of
men, a very important thing in presidents. The
ponds almost entirely upon his ability to select
worthy men to carry out his policies. Excellent
Judgment in that direction has been the most
potent means of Rossevelts success. What
shall we think of Bryan's discernment of men,
after he has singled out Haskell for so much
honor aud responsibility as he has? Has Bryan
practical wisdom enough to qualify him to be
president of the United States. II -#.t @#
The matter of the alleged attempt to bride
Former Attorney General Monet, of Ohio, must
have been known to Bryan ought to have
been, for it was thorou ghly aired in the Okla
homa campaign, year ago. The dissolution
of the Prairie Oil iuj junction occurred soon after
Haskells return from the Denver convention to
Oklahoma, but Bryan took no notice oft And
there is still another story about Haskell which
is not pretty and which the New York Sun
published last Tuesday.
The aforementioned story relates, in the be-
ginning back to 1895 or thereab bouts when
Haskell was a resident of New York city and
became involved in deal for the sale of H.
O93 shares of Ohio Southern railway stock.
Haskell was sued for 1853, 154.81 on written
guaranty that one Roser, employed by Haskell,
would pay that much money for 1893 shares
of the stock, which, it alleged, were de-
livered to Haskell Haskell swore he had
never received the stock, but, after trial, the
federal court held otherwise about 1902. Haskell
then offered to settle for $22,O0O the offer was
accepted and his wife paid the money. In the
course of these negotiations and litigation,
Haskell had removed from New York to
Columbus, Ohio. and to Indian territory (now
Oklahoma). 1t question of veracity, in
vo1ving $4,000, and the court had held against
Haskell. The facts appear in papers and de-
cisions in the 125 and 1872 Federal Reporter. e
Did Bryan know nothing of those things or
did he think them of no consequence in the APP
pointment of a man to receive and disburse
hundred of thousands of dol1ars?-St Paul
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