The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-15
ANSWERS OSAWATOMIE
AND KANSAS CITY SPEECHES
Reelies History Of Muskogee
Town Lot Cases and
R00SeVe|t's Interest
Special to Daily Leaaer.

LaWton, Okla, Sept. l5-Before a
crowd Of several thousand persons
az the Southwestern State fair here
today Coy c. ~ Haskell made an ex-
haustiye analysis Of the New Col
onel Roosevelt and the latters re-
cent speeches at Osawatomie. Kansas,
and at Kansas City, Mo. The con
clusion Of the address was devoted to
9 review Of the Muskogee town lot in
dictments, in which Governor Has.
kel Is named as one of the defend
ants, which indictments, the speak
or intimated were returned through
political pressure instgated BY Roose-
velt while president Governor Has.
kell said in part:
Those Muskoaee indictments
A grand jury was assembled ana
returned the indictments now pend
ing The policy OF government is that
the members OF grand jury shall be
disinterested, honorable and above re-
I'roach; that the representatives OF
Tile government before the grand jury
shall seek to exert no Influence or
coercion
But what do we end?
The grand jury one postmaster.
In his qualifying statement he secret
ed taat fact from the defendants, al
though i was at the time well known
10 the district attorney and by him
secreted
Another one. a recent postmaster.
who had defaulted in his accounts !,
his bondsmen had been held for the
money and the district attorney was
still contemplating criminal proseeu-
tion for the default. and as proven
By his statement to honorable Wit
nesses. the district attorney called
him aside, advised him that his own
prosecution was still under consid-
GRAFTON and his support of the govern.
ment would be his best policy.
= One Of the grand Jurors with an
application pending for appointment
To subordinate federal Office. re-
liable Witnesses testify that he was
tcld BY the government represents
tives. attending The grand jury to
stand by the government. and he
would either secure that appointment
or one equally as good. AS told by
the government representatives, and
within ten days, he received an APP
pointment IN the marshals office OF
that district, and held that appoint
ment for several weeks until our
plea TO abate the indictments set
forth this charge. when be was tenn
porariIy suspended, but claims the
promise OF reinstatement when the
trouble blows over.
Only a Few OF The Complaints
These are few of the complaints
we lave made ngainst the practice OF
the government and the misconduct
OF grand Jurors in this case. and
these with many others equally helm
Gus. were presented to the court by
our plea in abatement. 10 which plea
the government attorneys. without de.
nying the facis-in legal effect allow
ing them 10 standtook protection
be ind their claim that the sanctity
OF the grand jury proceedings was
such that they were closed against
investigation and with this protec-
ton against uncoyering these facts,
the government stands today as a
stiekler for technical law rather than
Official integrity. The fact that when
demanded the courts have no escape
from applying the technical rules ol
law does not speak for the. dignity
uf Justice Of other federal officials and
agents. who would so abuse the pow
ers of government and for their pro
lection from public censure demand
ing the strict letter of the law left
the court no other alternative and,
therefore. our submission OF these
facts TO the United States senate bs
ORDER OF that honorable body an Ia.
yesfigntion was undertaken and Is
now pending.
Roosevelt Alone Responsible
Colonel Roosevelt alone Is rcspon.
sible for everything connected vita
ttis controversy AMI the men and
methods employed It was inaugural
ed under him and by men Of his Sc
lection and his men aud policies have
simply continued what Roosevelt Ia
angurated
'But aside from all of this discus
sion we are viewing Colonel Ro0se
welt as lie eeelp ss himself today. Am
pie facts show us that be has adopt
ID 4 new belief in governments N
which he copies all OF fhe modern
principles OF Oklahoma. and where hs
goes beyond them. as he does In some
instance,. he must vouch for tue mer
its thereof. Whore he asserts hi:
principles TO he clean. impartial ane
III .hn se1sart fcai r1frrc. SO
facts heretofore feciled show the Ger
1, infy OF his change OF noiixy II
those particulars. but We dcny y.
man the r,qhf 20 change HIS ideas o