The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-30
HASKELL A VICTIM Of RACE

fpresses me that the Hearst and the
government agents met the same par
lties and used the SAME threatening
language far too frequently 10 have
been a mere coincidence. { also find
from two of these afiidavits the state
lReuL that these same agents sought
10 have influeuee brOUght 10 bear on
lAE, z Ratbns wh0iNas merely a Young
l0iliee mah'at the time i'm Muskogee
10 help make a ease against Haskell
in order TO save himself from threat
ened prosecution The persons who
make these affidaSits are relatives
and intimate friends OF young AIR
Eaton. ] am also told that these at
ltempted intimidati0ns OF Mr.. Eaton
were made to him in person az Mus
lkogee. but of this latter fact ! have no
irecord information and have not seen
fit TO call on Mr. Eaton for its corro-
boraton or denial have simply
sought unpreiudiced information and
-ecord evidence only for this article.
The Indictment Against Haskell.
IN reading the Indictment against
IGovernor Haskell, which is a lengthy
document find that II. NJ Dougherty
of Columbus. O.. is carried throughout
the entire Indictment until the con
cluding paragraph (which names the
indicted partiesl, as a co-conspirator
with Haskell. and persistently charged
In the same language as conspiring
with Haskell to deceive and detraud
etc. but TO my amazement w1en ]
read the concluding paragraph, ! find
Haskell named as an indicted party
but DOugherty's name is omitted.
had little opportunity to learn OF Mr
Dougherty. except in a general way
that he is a prominent lawyer Of high
character at Columbus, O.; that ne
was president of the Texas Telephone
company i'm southern Texas, in which
Haskell had been interested, tnat
there is no reason to believe that Mr..
Doueherty would have in any way
stopped to a dishonorable act and yet
the indictment charges him in the
same vicious language as It does Has
kell. but omits him from the indictlng
clauses. Amazed at this distinction
I injured further and find that Mr..
Dougherty is one of the most promr
nent Republicans of Ohio, a follower
OF Roosevelt during the last campaign
and an opponent of Senator Foraker
in Ohio politics: also that he led the
Roosevelt forces in the Republican
state convention in Ohio last year;
was made a delegate to the Chicago
conyentioh. where he served as the
Ohio member of the platform commit
tee and will be remembered from the
press reports as opposing the l'afoF
/ lette planks of the national platform
On the floor of the convention, It was
Mr.. Dougherty who made the motion
, lto table the I.aFoiette amendments
to the platform reported by the com
n mittee. Can this distinction between
Z nougherty and Haskell In this mdict'
/ ment be traceable in any way to the
4 fact that Dougherty attended the Chl'
! eago convention and Haskell attended
n the Denver convention? We know
: that former President Roosevelt never
!. forgets a friend and never hesitates IN
+ his efforts to destroy an enemy
# Why the Few From a Multitude.
As above stated, thc records speak
r for themselves Even If the govern
!. ments suspicious and suggestions
p. could materialize into actual facts $,
II as to connect Haskell with the sehed
r uling of lots. he would then only be u
N a class with several thousand ac
Knowledged reputable citizens OF th'
Is Creek Nation towns and at that pom
% the query would arise why has th'
n, government selected Haskell and tlv'
20 others from the multitude?
ID As we nave taken Mr. Doughert'
b. and the Presbyterian Home Misslol
| society for comparison, we Will nov
NJ take. as a further comparison, Onite'
"a States Senator Owen OF oklahomd
" one of the prominent lawyers oil th
RS Indian Territory for twenty years an
,e recognized as one of the promlnen
o. LAWYERS of the nation and who ma
DISTINGUISHED himself before the ~
preme court of the United states. II
nd served four years as Indian agent 2
IS. Muskogee before the date of allotun
he these townstes. lie organized an
va was president Of the First Natlona
To hank in the Indian Territory For ih
AZ last fifteen years. he has never mlsse
NJ attending the sessions of congress a
to an active participant in legislation a
to fecting the Indian Territory Searcel
OF a controverted question before th
al committees of congress as to I'd
he proper character OF pending leglSH
tion hut that Senator Owen has al
nea~ed and addressed the commute
he and given testimony as to condition
rs and necessities
| What owen Did.
ny He was present before the commit
tees Of congress. discussed and hear
ID. discussed this town lot legislation
a that il is tair to assume that no ma
in In Indian Territory and no man WI
re ever scheduled a single lot IN any
IN the Creek Nation towns, was SO tho
We ougbly posted as TO the legislation an
be as Ia its spirit and intent as Was Sc
Try afor owen He had The standing
m an able and high class citizen IN Mu
.il kopee and Vie it so that the ord
On. ary lavman ~ have felt perfect
justified # anything under tl
cal laws of c,A.-l and the rules OF {.
res interior department that he found WI
being done by the senator III
ar records show that Senator owen "a
in scheduled a large number of Muskog'
In. town lots. directly under his ORDER