The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-10-01
GREAT TURMOIL N
THE POLITICAL ARENA
Three-Cornered Controversy Which
Has Aroused Intense Interest
Throughout the Nation.
FORAKER AND HASKELL OUT.
Summary OF the Charges and Coun-
ter Charges Which Have Been
Made by Eminent Men.
Chicago correspondence /:

Chicago correspondence:
The controversy between the Presi-
| dent, Mr.. Bryan and Gov. Haskell he's
attained such absorbing violence. and
has opened up so many questions hav-
ing no real relevance to the national is
sue, that the average man perhaps feels
somewhat bewildered as he wades
through the reams of language which
the newspapers print because of the
eminence Of the persons who use it. The
| following summary has been made for
| the convenience of readers who may
wish to know what the present uproar,
from Washington even unto Oklahoma
and back, is all about:
j. w. X. Hearst of the Independence
| party charged that Senator Foraker had
been corruptly influenced in politics and
legislation by money paid him by the
| Standard Oil Company, citing as proof
certain letters which are said to have
been obtained from that companys Office
| files.
=. Senator Foraker explained that $50
600 alleged to have been paid him with
corrupt motives hard not. i'm fact. been
paid to him at all. but was loan through
| him to a man who wanted TO buy a lead
ing Ohio newspaper, and that these nego-
tiations having failed, the money was re-
turned to the lenders. With respect to
other sums referred to in the Standirtl
| Oil letters Senator Foraker was less spe-
cific, giving the general impression t..at
they were fees for services as legal coun-
sel-services which began before he was
lected to the Senate and which. he said,
ceased before the Standard Oil Company
was attacked by the White House and the
| Department of Justice. With that ex-
PLANTATION, which many regard as some
what inadequate, Senator Foraker with.
drew from participation in the national
/ campaign.
g. Thereupon the President entered the
controversy and endeavored to show that
if some Republicans were wicked some
| Democrats were wickeder. He identified
the lone HASKELL whom it had been al.
legged had made attempts to bribe Frank
s. Monnett, one time Attorney General
| of Ohio, with Gov. c. N. Haskell OF
| Oklahoma. treasurer of the Democratic
national committee.
| A. Thereupon Mr.. Bryan challenged the
President to produce proofs that Mr.
Haskell had anything whatever to dc
with the attempts to corrupt Monnett oil
that Mr.. Haskell's Ohio record was in
any way impeachable.
| ). Then the President came back, dis
cussing at length the alleged malfeasanct
| Of Mr.. Haskell in connection with ar
| Oklahoma ramification of the STANDARD
| Oil Company, in the matter of an Okla
homa child labor bill, and with respect tt
she management of the Oklahoma Stat,
university.
6. simultaneously Gov. Haskell ISSUED
manifesto asking how the domesti,
affairs of Oklahoma became nationa
concern, and showing, as he says, that tn,
favor he was said to have extended to th,
| oil company was simply a recognition o.
vested rights conferred upon it by the
| Secretary Of the Interior before Oklahoms
1 was a State.
Z. Next came Gov. HaskelIs resigna
ton as treasurer of the Democratic ma
tional committee In his letter of resig
nation Gov Haskell denied the charges
made against him, but said he resigned
in order that nothing should be permit
ted to cloud the real issues in the cam
paign and because he desired Mr.. Bryan:
election He declared he would subject
! both President Roosevelt and Mr. Hearst
to the penalties of the law