Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-18
Seems TO Be A treason"
WAS EXTENSION OF OSAGE BLAN.
RET LEASE PROMISED ny
THE ROUGH RIDER.
WHY THE TAFT DISCRETION
\ Remembrance of Secretary Garfield
Difference In Price of Crude
Oil Now and Then.

BARTLESNILLE, Okla., Feb. II. -.
Better trust Standard Oh Influence
than Taft business judgment" This
quotation from a prominent Bartles.
Vile oil operator is SAID to explain
the recent and hasty deseftion OF the
TAFT wagon by the oil crowd of Okla
home, headed by the Indian Terri
tory Illuminating OH company of this
city, the frantic effor, at fomeutinJ
Spontaneous demand for Roosevelt
as the next president, and the back
ing of George &. priestley Of this
city for republican national committee
man.
Back OF II all - a little oil history
involving millions Of dollars that IS
now being recalled.
The Indian Territory Illuminating
OIL company procured from the sec
rotary of the interior a blanket oil
and gas lease of the Usage nation. II
has subleased to scores of other oper.
ators and a great oil and gas field
has developed. The lease expires IN
| March, 1914. For years there has
been put forth frantic efforts to have
| the lease extended, and ii is said the
! Illuminating oil company has assured
the sub-lesees that II would be extend
ed by the Taft administration. But
as the months dragged by and no IA.
| dication was forthcoming that this
would be done, although it is now he
lisved that Taft would have com
piled with the desires of the operators
IN order TO carry "A large portion Of
oklahoma, the Illuminating Oil com
pany became frightened There was
no sale for production in the Usage.
/ Operators professed to believe that
Taft would not make the extension
and they would not purchase proper
! ~ on which the lease had not more
chan two years to run.
Aud Then Came a Demand"
George {. Preestley made a trip to
the east, He came back to Dartles- |
Vile long enough to announce his
candidacy for the national committee.
manship. Immediately thereafter 4,
strong demand" was felt for the OF.
ganization of a Roosevelt club. A call
was sent out signed by possibly
score of republicans. Included in that
score We're NJ. r. Stilweu, former sec
retary treasurer of the Illuminating
OH company ana now president of
that company's bank. the Union Ma |
tional; r. u. Rood, stakeholder ia .
both The hank and the company;I
Clint and II. c. Moore both identi- |
fled with the company and the bank: |
James A Neasey attorney for the .
company; c. L. Jennings, associated .
with PIiestley in the oil business; D. |
l.. Owsley secretary treasurer of ;ho |
Wolverine oil company. a Priestley
concern and few others of the
crowd.
\ week was devoted TO drumming /
up enthusiasm for the meeting whom
the club was organized. About fifty
republicans responded to the call and
the Enterprise, the local republican
organ, the next day told of the zen
thusiastic' meeting and said that "9O
per cent of the republicans of Bartles.
Vile are demanding Roosevelt"
Ii Was An Oily Crowd.
or the fifty at the meeting at least
two-thirds are directly connected with
the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
company or with Priostley. AS but
fifty attended the meeting after a
week OF diligent effort to arouse en-.
thusiasm and there are 1900 Repub-
Leans in the city. the claim that 90
per cent are for Roosevelt seems n
little strong say republicans who re
mained away.
1t is now asserted that the trip OF
Priestley to the east and his hurried
juorney back home were to get the
right line on the extension of the
Usage blanket lease. He is said to
have received the assurance that tho
Standard oil company will demand
the extension and that Roosevelt has
agreed to make 1t If he again gets
TO the White House.
The extension of this lease means
millions Of dollars to the Illuminating
oil company and to the sub lesees,
hence the desertion of Taft
And in view of the anything but
square deal the oil men got from jim
my Garfield when he as secretary of
the interior under Roosevelt. and the
further fact that the price of oil un
der Taft has reached a higher level
than in six years before, with every
indication that 1t viii go still higher,
operators who are not owned or con
irolled by the Indian Territory Illum-
mating Oil company are said to view !
Sith much distaste this desertion IN I
time of need.
1t is believed that the Taft man 8
ayers would be glad to possess an ey-
PLANTATION Of the sudden flop TO Roosa.
Welt and II is reported that they Will |
be acquainted with little Of the in
side history of the oil business. and
why II is believed better TO trust the
Standard OIL Influence than Taft busi
ness judgment.