Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-10-01
Special to the ARGUS.

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. 24-GoVernor
Charles N. Haskell tonight issued
statement to the Associated Press In
rsnlv 10 President Rcosevelt's letter to
William J. Bryan dealing with tour
specific charges against Mr.. Haskell
namely: that he is subservlent to stan
ard Oil; that he voted child LABOR
bill, that he dealt extensively in Creek
Indian lands, and that he had allowed
nolitics to dominate him in the re-
moyal OF members of the faeulty OF the
State University and the appointments
of others to succeed them.
The Pnairie Oil and Gas Company
charges Governor Haskell declared 20
he a s'iske on RoossvSlt's stupidity,
asserting that. he had dome nothing
which would confer upon the Staeo- :
ard Oil subsidiary company more aa-
therity than it already possessed "n-
der q franchise granted 1t by Se@r@-
tary Hitchcock.
II assert,that it. is fair der me TO AS
susne that if my case wass to be dsgnl-
fad nv an au-day, cabinet meeting that
bsNend question Mr.. Hsarst ana mis-
campaign associate. President k'o"se-
yslt, lett nosstone unturneo TO Asdi
INV character. That being true they
eertainiy .raksd Ohio fore AND art coll
earning the Ohio Standard Oil cases
OF 1899 and finding absolutely noftadng
redScting on me, the President araso
to waive his scharge Of asst MONDAY
aside by saying he will awake no 2ihu-
sios to that.,He drops this sneJsct oe
canse his original statssnent W as TN
+rnthf,,l and ke must know from what
he knows andl tried to Gnd in Ohio.
that spoke the truth when SAID Ina
newer i'm all my life had had any l0-
terest in connection with nor service
for that company.
81 say ,thsl president kknoMs new
that any ktatementsis trae aud regret
that he tries to brush ittaside without
doing me candid justice. Were L to
adopt the character of Language SO
commonly used by the President l
would spell it in 1ewer words than
<talsshood.'
-Mr. Roosevelt, I hope to speak in
Ohio soon. May / hope to divide the
time with some partisan OF yours or
Prince William who will defend your
action in this instance?
president Roosevelt comes to Okla
hema and finds a substitute ter mis-
Ohio failure sdoes he, in the case OF the
State against the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company, which he complains csm-
PEELED to be dismissed?
eyes, I did have it dismissed. We
all know that the Prairie Company Is
a Standard Oil offspring, and don t
forget the President claims to have
known this also, and charge that the
political allies Hearst and Roosevelt,
both know that acted properly.
ssFirst, the Prairie Oil Com pany got
its franchise in our State not from me,
but from Roosevelt's Secretary OF In
terror, long before Statehood began
and had its main Insa built and oper-
ating and Congress in our Statehood
bill was careful to declaresIthat our
new State when organized must re-
pect all such vested rights and exist
ing franchises. That was all did, and
the Federal courts stood ready to call
me- down if I violated the Roosevelt
territorial franchise.
"Now, Mr.. President. why did your
Secretary of Interior.grant what you
knew to be a Standard Oil pipe line
franchise in our then helpless territory
and fasten 1t in our new State bya per-
manent Statehood bill? Will Mr., Hearst
or the Presidant please answer? will
also remind the President that the