The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-03
GOVERNOR GIVES REASON
IN CAUSTIG CONMUAiCAllqa
states Ills OpInIOa ui The For
mef President In UnMiS-
takabIa Terms
Special to Daily Leader.


Oklahoma City Okla, Oct. 3.-In a
letter addressed to George II. Beldlng.
secretary Of the Arkansas State Fair
association. Hot Springs, Gov G. n.
Haskell, invited TO be on ule reception
committee to receive Colonel Roose-
Welt there on October 10, has declined,
and tells the reason why.
An American citizen is not 10 be
criticised, tho governor says, if filled
with laudable ambition to lead the
public thought or TO aspire to the ad-
ministration OF public affairs. provid'
ed in seeking public approval, he says,
he shall meet the people sincerely, adj
,ocating those principles Of govern
ment for which he really stands The
letter continues
Colonel Roosevelt does not come TO
the people today, whether al Hot
Springs or Ossawatomie for any pur-
pose other than to attract them to his
personal standard that their support
may crafty his boundless ambition I
is then our duty 10 lend no aid or eli
cougsgement. slight though II may be,
unless we can fully indorse the man
aud his policies.
Colonel Roosevelt is not a new
4 character Eleven years of prominence,
official power without policy pro-
noting legitimate business or protect
ing the toiling masses, had generated
/ IN his own party a multitude Of La
4 Follettes, Delivers. Cummins, Bris-
lows and others, and every one OF
whom had pursued their reform IDEAS
+ against Colonel Rooseyelts vicious op-
position. yea, even official oppression
Without assuming to settle the ques-
tion between the staudpat and the in'
sWgent elements Of Republicansm we
might, though differing from. still ad
mire a candid advocate of either pl'in-
ciple honestly applied but can We ad
mlrc or approve one who, TO win poau
lar applause and crafty a limitless
ambition, wonld stoop 90 misiead oi
deceive the people?
II believe my opinion Of Colonel
Roosevelt has been free from pfeIu
die, and after weighing with care the
evidence before us. indeed feeling that
the policies OF government that We IN
q moderate way have coniended foi
and put in operation while others
have been content with unfulfilled
pledges, has even led me TO hope that
colonel Roosevelt's declarations In his
tour Of the West were sincere. al
though wholly different rom his for
mer official conduct
After further giving his opinion Of
! the ex-president as a public man the
+ governor concludes:
+ with these views | can not in JUS
tice to the good people OF Arkansas
nor to myself, even in a small way,
put myself in a position OF approving
either Colonel Roosevelt or his poll
cies. as ! believe them to be- There
is always possibility of mistaken
Judgment in every human being, and
II later developments prove that ] do
now misjudge Colonel Roosevelt |
shall certainly concede my error, but
untll have reathed other conclusions
would not stand upon platform with
Colonel Roosevelt in the presence Of
the good people OF Arkansas II | am
required in SO doing TO assume an at
titude OF approval Of either Colonel
Rooseyelt's official misconduct o. the
past on his attempt TO deceive The peo-
pie III the present"
i The letter is free from reference to
the recently disposed of Muskogee
town lot cases.