The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-01
GOV. HASKELL RESIGNS
AS BRYAN'S TREASURER
Outcome Of Charges That He Was Connected
With Standard Oil--FOraker, Replying to
Like Accusations, Attacks Taft,
Roosevelt and Hearst.

the president that as the candidate of
the Democratic party Il shall not per-
NIT any responsible member of the Re
publican organization to misrepresent
the Democratic party in the present
campaign"
Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt,
following upon a prolonged conference
with members of the cabinet at the
White House, prepared and gave out
his reply to William ]. Bryan, the
Democratic candidate, relative to w.
R. Hearst's charges that Gov. Haskell,
treasurer of the Democratic campaign
committee, had represented Standard
Oil interests both in Ohio and Okla
homa.
Mr.. Bryan had demanded proof of
the charges, promising that in the
event of their substantiation Gov. Has.
kell would be eliminated from the
campaign.
Dismissing the Ohio case, which in.
vOlved an allegation of attempted
bribery, with the explanation that he
had made no direct charge against
Gov. Haskell as regards that particu-
lar instance, President Roosevelt takes
up the matter of the Prairie State Oil
Dc Gas Company, and argues that
Gov. Haskells action in stopping legal
proceedings begun by the attorney
general of Oklahoma demonstrates
nOnnInCiUDIU fhot bn 4nnfrnl1nI
by the great corporation to which the
Oklahoma company was subsidiary
Declares Haskell Unworthy.
After contrasting Mr.. Bryan's de.
fense of Gov. Haskell with Judge
Taft's reputation of Foraker in con.
nection with the Hearst charges
against the Ohio senator, the president
proceeds to declare that Gov. Has
kelrs utter unfitness for association
with any man anxious to appeal to
the American people on a moral ISSUE
has been abundantly shown by other
acts Of his as governor of Oklahoma"
The president condemns Gov. Has
kells conduct in connection with vari.
GUS matters as disgraceful and scan.
dalous. and calls special attention to
what he describes as "prostituting to
base purposes the state university"
Haskell Makes Reply.
Guthrie, Okla.-Gov. C. N. Haskell
issued a statement in reply to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's letter to William ].
Bryan, dealing with four specific
charges against Mr.. Haskell, namely,
that he Is subservient to Standard OIL
that he vetoed child labor bill; that
he dealt extensively in Creek Indian
lands, and that he had allowed poll
tics to dominate him in the removal of
members of the faculty of the state
university and the appointment of 9th.
ers to succeed him.
Gov. Haskell took up the four
charges as dwelt upon by President
Roosevelt in turn. dealing with each
in a characteristic manner
Foraker's Hot Reply.
Cincinnati.-Senator Foraker pre-
pared a statement which was made
public Friday, replying to the recent
charges made by William r. Hearst
and President Roosevelt. In addition
he bitterly assails Hearst, Taft and
the president, charging Taft with con-
sorting with Standard Oil magnates
himself and declaring that President
Roosevelt's actions indicate a guilty
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graph Mr., Foraker declared that the
president showed bias in accepting as
true all the charges. He denied that
he acted improperly in accepting EN-.
ployment from the Standard Oil Com.
pany, said that there was no secret
about 1t and produced letters to prove
that after the government began its
attack upon the Standard Oil, he de-
clined to accept retainer from them.
He charged that Mr.. Hearst had other
letters In addition to those which he
gave out, and that these other let
ters, If made public at the same time,
would have shown how harmless was
his connection with the Standard peo-
PIE.
Hearst Hits Foraker.
Columbus, O.-Senator j. B. For.
aker of Ohio was openly charged here
by w. R. Hearst with being an agent
of the Standard Oil Company. Mr..
Hearst said that after the oil octopus
had been driven from the Republican
party by President Roosevelt the
Democratic party had welcomed the
Standard with open arra and adopted
it.
Mr.. Hearst read a series of letters
from John d. Archbold, the Standard
Oil man, to Senator Foraker. In these
communications Archbold gave in
structions to the senator in regard to
what should be done in pending legis-
lative matters, particularly as to bills