The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-16
TOWN LOT CASES MAY BE SET
TIED IN JuNE--PRosEcu-
TloN CONTINUES.
ASK IMPARTIAL VERDICT.
Senators Owen and Gore and Con
gressmen Ask That Disinter-
ested Parties be Named
by President.

Washington. May 15.-- Following
closely upon the visit to the White
House today Of Senator Joe Bailey
Iof Texas. Senators Owen and Gore OF
Oklahoma and Representatives Ferris
and Carter Of the same state, all OF
whom protested against a further
prosecution of Gov. Haskell Of Okla
homa, the president announced late
today that the prosecutions would
proceed
In the strongest possible terms, and
in no unmlstakable language, Sena-
tor Bailey and the members Of the
Oklahoma delegation told the presi.
dent that the governments prosecu-
tion against Gov. Haskell in the Mus
kogee town lots suits was not only
an outrage, but travesty on Justice
as well, and that the suits were In
realty but political persecution. The
president was urged to appoint a dis
interested investigator, one In whom
he had confidence. to 20 to Oklahoma
and at first hand delye into the meth
ods pursued in securing indictments
| against Gov. Haskell, and III, after
such an investigation, II was found
that the suits were the outcome of
political malice, to dismiss the cases.
President TAFT agreed with the dele
CATION that an investigation be made,
land clearly Indicated that II the
charges made by them were true that
the criminal proceedings should be
lstopped
The president even went so far as
to ask Senator Bailey what sort OF
representative should be sent to Okla
homa to conduct the investigation.
and promised, according to the mem.
! bers present, that the matter would at
once be taken up with the depart
ment of justice to the end that full
and impartial investigation of the
causes leading up to the indictment
tof Coy. Haskell might be inaugurated
Want Impartial Man.
! Il presume you desire an indffer
ent man to conduct the investiga,
tion?" the president asked Senator
Bale
/ No, Mr., President, we prefer an
impartial man." declared the Texas
senator. "The selection of an indif
ferent man might apply to his capa
city as well as his fairness
The Texas senator and the Okla
homa delegation left the White House
well pleased with the result OF Their
conference and felt sure that the
president would order an investlga
ton. Within an hour after the Wis
i itors had left the White House il was
announced that, following confer
ence with Attorney General Wicker
sham, the president had decided tina
the prosecutions would be continued
TO be pressed by the department o
Justice, and that q petit jury woul,
have to pass upon the guilt or inno
cence of Gov. Haskell at the Jun,
term of the federal court. It was ais,
given out that Special Assistant I,
the Attorney General s. n. Smith o
Omaha, Neb., who has been in Wash
ington for several days In conference
with Attorney General Wickershan
would, would continue in charge o
the prosecutions.
Attorney General Wickersham,
( Iseems, has succeeded in overrulin
, the decision Of the president" wa
! the only comment Judge C B. Stuar
lof McAlester, Okla, the leading al
torney for Gov. Haskell, just befor
leaving for Oklahoma tonight "If tn
case ever comes to trial, we VIII vii
lin walk"
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