The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-11-29
RoosEvELT's PLOT AGAINST GOV
HASKELL.

Senator Beseridge joins ex-Goyerno
Larabee il adding 70 the growing
Roosevelt din. ~Mr Roosevelt Is 1
man Of more than ordinary ken, says
Beyeridge. in a letter to friend a
Newkirk Iie is a seer-his powers
OF lifting the veil OF the future are al
most canny. When Mckinley was as
sasslnated. Roosevelt was looking fol
IL He was sixty miles In the woods
cut off from all communication. When
Sc was assistant secretary of the navy
he made preparations TO lead troop
10 Cuba three months before congress
voted an appropriation When he
charged III Caney he wore q chain
shirt against his flesh. He knew Taft's
administration would see hard lines---
would be a failure. He fought with
himself six days TO put off immediate
presidential succession He disIiked
10 yield up his power When he de-
cided be looked for the man whom he
could succeed The man was Taft.
Then Roosevelt buried himself In Az
rica. Roosevelt fears more for elec-
tion than nomination. Returning 70
America, the presidential nomination
will be rendered him on platter, 50
to speak. But knowing that Bryan Is
done for, the ex-president's fears have
always been encompassed in the rise
OF Western Democrat. One who. in
part, has been moulded partly to the
Democratic ideas While Bryan, as a
candidate, Is dead, there is no mistak-
Ing the fact that the masses of people
are en- rapport with his preachments-
even II many Of them have not voted
for him. Wherefore the undue activ-
ity OF the ex-president in the last ma
dional campaign Mr. Roosevelt is a
buffer. He is likewise lucky. Whom
he hits he pains. Witness his Ananias
club foibles. nature-fakir stunts, ct
cetera. In his Western man fear.
Roosevelt for two years has had three
men III lis eye three governors
Johnson Of Minnesota, Haskell Of Ok
lahoma and Harmon of Ohio In the
last campaign Roosevelt hit at these
three men In Johnsons case he has
no fear. Death, like In his success
sion to the 1hrone, helped him there.
johnson is dead, Harmon is not on
the offensive Roosevelt raped at
Haskell, the chief demonstrator OF
Bryan's ideas in new state. Has
kell. redoubtable and plucky. raped
back. Haskells sudden leap into the
limelight at Denver frightened Roose-
welt. THAT man Haskell is hell" said
Roosevelt to Joe Medill, Jr. Of Chica-
go. Hes conner. We must spike
his gunslv Haskell flew into Roose-
yelt with a hot letter. He called RoCse
welt four-flusher for fair. He was
stung, not once. but forty times in as
many places. That Haskell man is
dinger, who knows my weakness"
thought the Rough Rider And then
the cry went out: Get that man Has
keli o. Oklahoma. ParaIyze him. Hunt
the dopelT The cry reverberated
throughout all departments. Depart
rnents Of justice and interior affairs got
ts..-.+ Ir<o.--& 4ho.. 4e,r.e.or<.d ~, fho
scene Roosevelt leagued with him.
Haskell's record was searched for
flaws. Haskell must be killed polit-
ically. He comes from dangerous
state said the then president. Spies
flooded Muskogee. One day a code
wire was flashed from Muskogee.
Okla. direct to the White House that
Haskell was at the head Of contract
ing company that dealt in realty. Two
days later the old WORKOUT dummy
listing scheme IN which every lot
owner in Muskogee was interested,
was given to the president who then
wrote letter to the Associated Press
blasting Haskell The fight was never
let up. Roosevelt returns to America
as a candidate With such fellows as
Haskell out Of the way. he will have
no Democratic opposition save the
faction. Yes, Roosevelt is a seer and
aucky. But suppose Haskell comes
clear. shows up the gigantic Hearst
Roosevelt conspiracy to ruin him with
the aid Of governmental machinery and
a departmental appropriation OF $780,
900 set aside at Roosevelt's request
20 get hIn,-what theng"
Former Governor Larabee OF Iowa
is in mali ssssiiEEsanicasion With Roose-
velt. I,arabee has an inspired inter
view thus:
1--WE are beginning to miss Roose-
Welt ard wish he were back. Presi-
dent Taft's Endorsement Of Aldrich's
tariff views has lost him much Of his
popularity out our way. We all think