The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-10-28

McNeal says ! paid Lnwler about
fourteen hundred dollars out Dc TBS
taxpayers pockets. Joe Is mistaken.
From lhe beginning Of statehood /
haNe paid Detective I4awler about
ihiIrystlse hundred dollars out ol The
taxpayers pockets. McNeal's ubjAc-
tion is nor to the amount of money
paid Detective Lawler vsI1at they are
kicking about is what Lawler found
out and reported TO me TO aid the en-
forcement Of honest government. Mo-
Neal gets quite humorous ID analyz-
Inc LaRler's bills and figures that he
ate and slept many times each day
and night This humor Of McNeaI's
u only an effort to ridiculc where he
dare not tell the truth.
The people of Oklahoma haye *
right to expect THAR the Governor Oh
The state whom the Constitution
charges with seeing 70 the enforce
nient q the LAWS ol the state, shall
be diligent IN enforcing those laws.
Is the Governor 10 sit With his hands
folded because the yiolator of our
criminal and commercial LAWS II too
slick 70 be easily uncovered OK sua.
cessfully prosecuted? Certainty not.
and when il Is necessary to destroy
trusts and unlawful combinations or
10 ferret out the Yiolator Of any com.
mercial or criminal law the Governor
would Ne grossly negIectIng bis duty
Il he din not employ such persons al
We're irtcd BY experience or skill To
bring 70 the Governor or to the courts
the facts necessary to enforce lhe
commercial and criminal laws of the
state, and to destroy The monopoly
built UP as | believed BY the Standard
on Company, In the ownership and
control Of the natural gas product of
The state and the prices being charged
the consumers therefor aud the result
In years to come Of extravagant prices
70 consumers. the result of combined
ownership and destroyed competition.
did send Detective Lawler even 10
the home Of the Standard OIL Com
pany IN New York and To othes points
and he had through careful manage
ment secured the evidence that Will
aid greatly IN protecting the people
Of our state against monopolies and
combinations Of this valuable product.
Mr. McNeal had more than polit-
ical reason for feeling aggrieyed al
Detective LAWYERS activity, and ii was
Joe ATcNeal and Judge Burford who
sought tgAdrive Iawler from the field
and destroy the usefulness of the evi
dence he had gathered by launching
that part Of the investigation III the
special session Of the Legislature last
winter.
Judge Burford. the attorney OF rec
ord for The Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany. 4 sub-company owned BY the
Standard Oil Company, as shown by
The testimony, himself prepared the
complaint as to LAWYERS salary and
expenses and induced Representative
Marris. Of Kay County. an inexpc.
nenced youthful member of the
House, 10 swear to the complaint sole
" on Judge Burforus statement and
to present il to the Committee for Itl
vestigaiion Burford was not i mem
Der Of the Legislature He was simply
acting as attorney for the STANDARD
Oll snhcompany and aiding him III
his effort 70 serve his STANDARD Oil
clients. Joe McNeal was his chief
assistant. II win only be necessary
10 read the testimony Of Mr.. Marris
on cross-exain:nation to show that
that Investigation into Lawlef's sal-
ary and expenses was for no purpose
whatever except 10 embarrass the
state IN destroying supposed Standard
OH gas monopoly
The Committee that heard All of
that investigation and testimony had
upon Il five Democrats and two he.
publican members Of the House. ana
after full Investigation, they made
an unanimous report declaring Law.
ier's services 10 have been valuable
to the state and worthy or the cost
thereof.
Mr.. McNeal ia certain places seeks
10 discredit that report by saying that
eht AhcAADciH DA tHAt AOm mmlIkee, D0tH
and Democrats. were faY.
ofable to Haskell These Republican
members were not even Intimately
acquainted with Haskell. II they were
favorable to Haskell ii was simply
because the evidence found upon the
showed that Haskell
was right and was trying 10 enforce
The laws Of the state and that Bur
ford and MeNeAl were wrong and try.
ing 70 injure the state. and l under
lake to say that those two Repnbli-
can members. Mr.. Dickson, OF We.
Ieetka, and Mr.. Simmons, OF Tulsa.
are both men Of high standing and
their integrity Is above questioning
ia the community where they reside
and are known. and chat Joe McNeal
will not dare TO go into the place
where either Of these men reside and
question their integrity or intelligence
III The presence OF either their Re.
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