The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-10-06
Trick Of Haskell-.-False Ac-
cusation Made.

Despite the declaration of Lee Cruce
in his Fairfax speech that his candida
cy is not dominated by Haskellism,
yet the tricks of Haskell to deceive
and mislead the people appear at ev-
cry twist and turn of the Cruce cam
paign. Haskell knows that he would
be destroyed II his successor should be
a factional enemy or partisan enemy
who would open the dark places and
lay bare the foul-smellng skeletons Of
the Haskell administration. Haskell
supported Cruce for nomination, is
supporting him now, and Cruce is
praising and indorsing Haskell and
Haskelism;
1t is natural that Haskell should let
nothing slip from his clutches in con-
trolling the Cruce campaign. By this
time the people of Oklahoma have
known Haskellism long enough to de-
tect the tricks of Haskell at a glance
II is trick Of Haskell when he is in
danger to set up straw dummies to di-
vert public attention from the thing
that is causing the most alarm.
For weeks Haskellized newspapers
now supporting Cruce have been print
ing columns written at HaskelPs sug-
gestion, claiming that Joseph w.
McNeal, the Republican candidate for
Governor, made aifidavits that held up
the 2-cent passenger fare, etc. Be-
cause of this allegation against him,
Haskell and Cruce-the Tick is Has
kell's-declare that McNeal is the can
didate of the railroads and the public
service corporations.
During long and useful business
career in Oklahoma, Joseph w. Nc
Neal was a successful bankor, and a.
such was intimately acquainted with
business conditions throughout the
country. His bank was at the capital
of the state, where the courts were
situated. When the railroads under
took to test the legality of the 2-cent
fare, they wished to show the average
rate OF interest on money that was be-
ing paid in Oklahoma. They asked
McNeal for his opinion, as they would
ask any other reputable and expert
enced banker, or as a man would ask o
qualified expert in any other line OF
business, for his opinion.
That McNeaps answer might be
used in court, it was put in the form
of an affidavit, Here is what he said ;
"In the State of Oklahoma at the
present time it is legal to contract for
ten per cent interest on the loan OF
money, and il is the opinion Of the
afiiant, based on his experience as
above stated. that at the present time
the average rate paid and received in
! the State of Oklahoma for the loan OF
money for all purposes, and through
the entire State, is not less than eight
per cent per annum. And further
afiiant saith not"
And this is what Haskell and Cruce
would have the people of Oklahoma
believe is causing all the trouble with
the 2-eent fare No intelligent man,
Democrat or Republican, can fail to see
the sore extremity to which Haskell
and Cruce are driven when they resort
to such tricks to injure McNeal, whose
More business and less politics" is
sweeping the State,
II it were necessary it might be
shown by the records of the state cor
poration commission that it restored
the Scent rate on seven lines of rail
road in Oklahoma, with no rebate
coupons to purchasers of tickets, while
the cases in the federal courts only
five lines of railroad each of which is
required to give coupon for one cent
a mile, Furthermore, the federal
court cases are not closed, while the
corporation commissions advance in
passenger rates is sticking as tight az
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