The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-03

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prejudiced informa;ioa and soccfd
evidence for this article
The Indictment Against haskell
In reading the indictment agains,
Governor Haskell, which Is a lengthy
document, | find chat II VI Dough
erty Of Columbus, O.. Is carried
throughout the entire indictment until
the concluding paragraph (Which
names the indicted partosD, as GO.
spiiator with Haskell and persist.
entity charged in the same ldugng,
as cOnspiring with Ila.kell 10 de-.
ccivc and dciraud. etc. but to my
amazement when read the conclud.
ing paragraph, | find Haskell named
as an indicted parry. bu, Doughcrty's
name is omitted had n,tle opror.
tunity to learn OF Mr.. uouEhcrty, eX.
ccpt in general way that he Is a
prominent lawyer Of high character a,
Columbus. o, that he sas president
= the Texas Telephone company in
southern Texas, in which Ha kell nau
tcen interested. that there is no rca-
s1n 10 believe that Mr D,ugnerty
would have In any way stopped TO u
dishonorablc act and yet the indict.
ment charges him in the same vicious
language as II does Haskell. but omits
him from the indicting clause. Amazed
q, this distinction. inquired further
and find that Mr.. Doughcrty is one
Of the most prominent republicans OF
Ohio, follower OF Roosevelt durinc
the last campaign and an opponent Of
Senator Foraker in Ohio politics; al
so that hc led the Roosevelt forces
In the republican state convention in
Ohio last year; was made delegate
10 the Chicago convention, where he
served as the Ohio member OF the
platform committee and will be- re-.
membered from the press reports as
opposing the ..I.aFollu'tc planks OF
the national platform On the floor
Of the convention, It was Mr. Dough
crty who made the motion TO table
the LaFo'lcttc amendments to the
platform reported by the committee
Can this distinct on between Dough
erty and Haskell in this Indictment
be trdccable in any way to the fact
that Doughorty attended the chicago
convention and IIaskoll attended the
Denver convention? We know that
former President Roosevelt never for.
gets friend and never hesitate. in
hi, efforts to destroy an enemy.
Why the Few From a Multitude.
Ns above stated, the records spcah
for themselves Even If the govern
mcH''s .uspiciouf and suggestions
could ma'orinlizo Into actual facts SO
as to connect Haskell with the schod
u'iag of lots, he would then oI,y be-
IN class wiki several thousand ac
knowledgcd reputable ci,i2cus of The
Greek Nation towns and a. that poiu'
,ac query would arise Why Ia, the
government selected Haskell and iv.
others from the mu titudc?'
As We have taken Mr.. Douglcr,y
and The Presbyterian home mission
society for comparison, we viii nov
take, as a further comparison United
Sta'eS Senator owen of Oklahoma.
one Of the prominent lawyers of the
Indian Territory for twenty years and
recognized as one of the prominent
lawyer of the nation and who has
distinguished himself before the su
prcmc court of the United States He
Muskogeo before the date Of allotting
these toVnsltos. He organized ana
was president OF ne Firs, National
bank In the Indian Territory For the
last fifteen years, hc has never miss
ed attending the sessions Ol congress
as an active participant in leg,sla ion
affecting he Indian Territory. Scarce
ly controverted question before the
committees OF congress as 70 the
proper character OF pending legis.a
tion, but that Senator Owen has ap.
p"a-"d and addressed the committee
and given testimony as 10 condi ions
and necessities.
What Owen Did.
He was present before the commit.
tees Of congress, discussed and heard
discussed this town lot legislation, 50
that it is fair to assume that no man
in Indian Territory and no man who
ever scheduled single lot in any
Of the Creek Nation towns. was @
thoroughly posted as to the legisla
tiOn and as TO it's spirit and in ent,
a was Senator Owen. He had the
standing of an able and high class
pitizan Ia Mn knpaa and vinintty On