The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-03-02


zzkers q 0kIzkczA
TherA = sne thing certain tEai
whsneFer a. eZerEeney kas aFfse1 d
> trezca sppezrs6 u The zrzirs o!
STATE. Co4suo- Haskell had uezzzr
"a sq-si 70 t5s occzzt0n and brlcgs1
ioreV TIE disIczltg. sVsa IL The face q.
stz-uto-y lsE ard pablie opinioa- L
AL th1gs. ks las respected the lzz
szt Supplied rs 6e6ciezey b. ths
t0rcs q IS gsni1s Il The Eo1g o.
PERI % fhs peoplss rigAt2
Il thia pzr1ic1lzr he has f0,loEe1
+ the prsc4de1t o. Pres5selt RocssFsl'
+. Il lis oozssrTztio1 policies in VIII
drzEilg Earge arezs q public lzn6s
I foT g0Tsrzze1r uss. Elth0ur lzx @,
authority. from federal statutes
Tie goFe-nor's quick initiative i
dong things for the public good Ezs
nsTer better illustrated Il his pablie
acts than =haz q certain state baas
ozcisl called The governor U over
the 'Eao1s ard zsked hiu whzt e
Fczld 60 Z this certain hank recalled
tor = teE days after tie Columbia
Bank ard Trzst company Il Okla
hozz Cry failed. Tas laoozie reply
Vas Simply this- III eloss your darn
sd hank Il tEsarT-t0ar hours- TIE
azseszzsns came In the next mafl
This Is ozly one ulzstrauca. su0ng
thoEszn6s. q qaiek action taken b.
he goTsEror whez the occasion d
zzzas hsroic zctson q the spot
Wien charged With acts TECHNICALLY
IA dszzzes q lzE bat actions thst
eould not bs construed odtherxise
than for TIE p1blic good. the COVER
nor always replies. I did il and What
are yoa going 70 Do about IL
That there has been powerful
zgsncies working to humiiizte and DE-
srOy the usefulness Of the governor
e beyond q shadow Of = doubt 10
Zzn ever held Office and faithfully
rted 10 administer that Office, con
seisntiOusIy and fairly to all concern
ed was ever beset with the difficulties,
stumbling blocks and intrigues OF en-
emies as has the chief executive Of
Oklahoma.
The spirit Of a less courageous man
would have been broken long ago by
the ealumny, villification and lntus-
tices that have been heaped upon the
governor, but he seems to have grown
stronger under the load and even his
enemies are beginning TO admire his
dauntless and unconquerable spirit.
Two Of his enemies sat in the court
room, at Tulsa. when the federal gov
eminent was moving heaven and
earth to convict him in the so-called
Muskogee lot fraud case. One whis-
pered in the ear Of the other: Il be-
lieye the spirit OF the old fox is brok-
en-" Just then the governor was
resting his face in his hands gazing
cut Of the window Not By a dn
sight" said the other. Nothing on
earth would break HagkeIrs spirit but
a cannon ball. have known him for
years"
The governor has never been known
to swerYe from a purpose when he
once makes up his mind. nor has he
ever quailed before an enemy. What
was in the tempest Of battle,
is In the many maroeuyres
waged by relentless foes to dethrUre
and destroy him. His enemies call
his courageous spirit reckless def
anee." but his friends see only in bis
determined. unfinching and purpose
ful actions the stand OF man who
knows his cause is just and his fight
armored with good intentions for the
state and his constituency.
His greatest concern, while IN Of
ice, has been to give Oklahoma the
best laws Of any state in the union.
His able defense Of the guaranty law.
his resourceful protection to it, when |
disaster threatened TO destroy its use
.ulness and bring It into disrepute. his
zeal in trying to sustain the two
.ent passenger rates and compel the
'ailroads to equalize and reduce their
reight rates. and his relentless war
0 control and regulate greedy cor
,orations and protect the people Of
ne state from the eneroachments Of
PREDATORY wealth. has amounted to
lassion with him.
People of the state have not fully
appreciated what Governor Haskell
las done for them in these matters
where capitalistic influences, within
s well as without the state, have
een arrayed against him. He hasn't
fled to parade these services or hold I
hem up for admiration to the people
I the state He has fought the bat
les for the people of Oklahoma al
-. |