The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-03
HASKELL SHOWS
M'NEAL'S BELIEFS
NOMINEES FOOT
PRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME
FOR PAST TWENTY YEARS.


Tulsa, Okla, Nov. 9.-Despite
big republican rally, at which b. NJ.
Parme enter was the principal speaker
and important meetings of the com
mercial club and o.her organizations,
500 Tulsa citizens filled a downtown
building tonight to hear the remarks
of Governor c. y. Haskell, who was
greeted by a demonstration lasting five
minutes when he entered the building.
To use his term, he followed Joe Nc
Meals oo'plints on the sands of tire
for twenty years back, recalling his
activity in fighting the state constitu'
ton, the bank guaranty law, the =
cent rate law and other Oklahoma
laws. He produced a photograph OF
a list compiled by McNeal showing
what ne CMcNeaD and the dirty
Guthrie gang" wanted kept out of tie
state constitution, which included the
following:
Leave the legislature free TO choose
senator's, keep out initiative and ref
erendum, no vote for Indians until re-
strictions removed from lands, no s.
hour law, leave corporation comm.s-
ion out, no jury in contempt cases,
leave out interest and usury law, no
2.cent rate, no tax on intangible prop
erty, etc.
Joe McNeal made speeches against
the state constitution, voted against
II himself and filed a brief at Wash
ington requesting the president to re
ject the constitution" said the gov
ernor. Under the territorial govern
ment the Santa Fe, for which McNeal
was attorney, was assessed only 3d.
100 a mile, and now it is assessed $780,
GOO a mile under the state law. That
is one reason McNeal fought the con-
stitution.
"McNeal knew from seventeen
years experience that the Guthrie
gang could probably rule the govern
ment of Oklahoma Territory, but he
was afraid that the outlaws and ig-
noramouses' of Indian Territory, as
McNeal called the residents OF the
east side. might override him. Nc
Neal favored single statehood for the
two territories, but wanted Indian Ter
ritory to have no voice in the govern
ment, TO organization for a num3er
OF years"
A special committee of Tulsa demo-
Gratis, wearing badges bearing the in
scription Tulsa county welcomes Gov
ernor Haskell, the man who pulled the
Teddy bears teeth met the chief eX-
ecuti.e at BIistow this afternoon az d
accompanied him to this city.
The governor put in a strenuous
day today. Arising at o'clock in Ok
mulgee he was driven to Fiefer In an
automobile at Z o'clock, where he ad-
dressed a multitude of oil field en-
ployes and producers. The governor
then took a train to Sapuipa ana
boarded a special train for Brstow.
Arriving at Bristow at 1880 o'clock
he spoke two hours to thousand poo
PIE, VINO packed a summer theater
building and departed for Tulsa at
$3.50 o'clock and spoke at S. The gov
enor leaves at o'clock tomorrow
morning and goes to Broken Arrow,
where he will deliver an address. He
also will speak at Coweta and Porter
tomorrow.
When asked what he thought OF
the present outlook for democratic
success in the state Governor Haskell
said;
The outlook is better than it has
been during the campaign. | really
telieve that Lee Cruces majority Will
be between $4,000 and 10000"