The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-29


public activities for far less proven
allegiance to capitalists owning and !
operating trusts Can ii be the presi- I
dent will not explain his acts when l
he has Insisted Governor Haskell Is |
bad man for aiding the Prairie OIL (
concern arrange for it's customers "a /
lateral pipe line2 And this concern |
having life in Oklahoma BY virtue OF !
The act Of the very president now de- I
n0uncing our governor for his wisdom I
in allowing the company make ready |
10 handle the article CT commerce it /
vas given corporate being 70 handler !
Only last spring this same presi 4
dent Theodore Roosevelt offered to
farnish troops 10 the interior depari /
ment If u wished to have this com
pany given the right 10 ship gas out
OF The state TO point in Kansas
Have we not some reason for be.
lieying the acts OF the president are
those OF the boss order, seeking every
pretext for fEFther riotous breaking
Of constitutional prerogatives, more or
less due 10 bribery. whether for con
tlnuation of power or monetary gain.
Is OF little consequence
10 enumerate the acts Of President
Roosevelt in open violation OF the
constitution would require pages. but
the fact OF his being constantly asking
more power and his wild expression
as to what The people shall do. star 70
him as 2n undesirable citizen; o
whohas not yet mastered the art {
seif.restraint
Constant assaults upon the busi.
ness interests OF the country mark
! the days OF activity while Mr. Rcose-
welt has filled the chair; all added 20
| the uneasiness OF many, and still the
| president has appointed innumerable
/ trust captains to office and sent not
cne to JAIL
II HIS beer one sensation after an
other, until the president has run
through the list; jumping astride the
blind charger Of partisan prejudice
I and rode into the very thicket of po-
lltlcal deceit. declaring himself the
guardian angel Of American purity
really civic righteousness personifed, I
This, too, when he has been proven,
to put II mildly. a most reckless and
bad marksman, if he intended to spit
/ the minnie ball from his toy reform
gun into the body of Fact.
lie accuses Governor Haskell Of be.
! ing sponsor for the Prairie Oil com.
/ UhN9f HthihliE btA0ttH AAGA NblAlduN
and all harm from the courts.
Still !, Is his own company and Is
! so situated that no one can take from
! it the authority granted by his secre
| tary Of Interior upon his own request
| lie denounces bad" trusts, and has
! sought to persecute those whose chief
| stockholders did not allow their com.
panies to put up money to insure the
| Roosevelt election
! We find this president declaring for
reform and opposed to trusts with his
J old cabinet members at the head Of
| the trusts and his secretary Of state
the acknowledged hest trust attorney
| in the great city of New York.
We find him declaring all must obey
! the law. and himself openly violating
| the constitution Of the United States
not the least of his acIs being the Co
i menting, OF revolution in Panama
J He has bea, the swashbuckler OF the
! age. and his wanton attacks upon the
character Of Governor Haskell read
the worse tC those who reflect Mr.
Roosevelt made II possible for the
| Prairie Oil company to exist
He has ruthlessly attacked the good
1 name of whomsoever opposed his ruin
ous policies; making no allowance for
| age race or sex, and at no time TAX
| ing so much as precaution whether or
not he was right or wrong in bis prem
ise Taking advantage Of his position.
he has been w0nton In cruel treat
ment OF the weak. reckless in assailing
the good name Of those who had re-
! spect for his station. and false in bat
/ Ting against those who had che cour.
age to ask him to be specific in his
allegations they were not acting with
the best intent and with highest pa
/ triotic purpose
Never before in the history OF Amer
lean politics has a president sought to
! openly name his successor Mr.
! Roosevelt not only had the Republic.
| an party nominate Mr. Taft but he
| enters into the campaign by swearing
! whoever is seeking 10 prevent the
election OF Judge Taft as enemies %
good. Personally assailug them aud
making use OF the same blllingsgaie
he has been mastering for the past
thirty years.
In his laudations of Mr.. Taft the
president mblushingly announces his.
policies must be continued and failure
to do so will ruin the United States.
Let us all trust there will never
be another like him IN any office
where great responsibility lies As
president ne has failed; as debater
he is erroneous and headsirong; as 20
truth, he and il are as strange as two
can be. dut as one who persists Ia
telling his opinion where not desired
and where his style Of stating his po-
sitions are not above par, he has man
aged TO make a success, but of q very
extraordinarily poor quality.