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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
Chairman.
w. S WILEY,
Secretary.

To The Democracy of oklahoma:
Whenever S. NJ Rutherford, OF
Muskogee, speaks in your midst just
remember that while Senator owen
has claimed for the last seven months
10 be an enthusiastic progressive yet
he has Mr. Rutherford employed to
make campaign speeches for him;
that Mr. Rutherford is bitterly OPP
posed
no the initiative. and referendum
70 the recall
TO the election Of senators by pop-
Iular vote
TO the primary election system
fand. also, remember that on the six
teenth day of last February, being
the day before the Muskogee county
convention that endorsed c. N. Has
He'll for United States senator that
is. NJ Rutherford personally came into
tho office Of G. n Haskell in Musko-
zee and in the presence Of the
County Sheriff j H. Wisener and
lion. Thos =. Smith said TO Haskell:
II understand that at our county con-
Irenton tomorrow there viii he Il
resolution offered TO endorse Champ
Clark for President. G. n Haskell for
United States Senator and Sam V.
iOlIare for delegate to the Demo.
cratic National convention and
Rutherford further stated: II am
willing to have Clark endorsed for
! President and am in favor of en-
dorsing Haskell for senator, but |
protest against endorsing O'liare for
delegate to the National convention,
for the reason that even if you in
struct for Clark for president, il
Clark shonld be ont Of the way
! O'Hare would favor and vote for viii
son for President, and for that reason
| am opposed 10 O'Ilare being Il ma.
! tional delegate
TO this statement Of Mr. Ruther-
fords Mr.. Haskell replied Il am
in favor of endorsing Clark for
President and do not ask the con-
lyeutiou TO endorse me for senator hut
| il q motion is made to endorse O'HIare
for delegate to the National conyen-
tion / shall support it, to which MIR.
Rutherford replied: "lf | have got to
| fight the O'Hlare resolution will
CONTINUED on Page Seyen)
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Columbia Bank Liars Take Notice

Ohlahond CITY, July lb, W.
Hon. c. \. Haskell,
Muskogee, Okla
Dear Sir.
In reply to y0ur inquiry as to the
result of the examination of the
State Banking Board. the Deposltors
Guaranty Fund and the liquidation oi
tie Colombia Bank & Trust Co. de-
SIRE 20 say that the report OF this
Investigation has been submitted
within the past week.
This report is voluminous and il
has been impossible to finally pass
upon il as a whole However. with
reference to that part OF the report
coyerine the liqt dation of the Colum.
ia Bank a. Trust Co. the report
shows 4 fun and complete accounting
OF all funds handled in connection
herewith. Respectfully.
The State Examiner & Inspector
Dy HUGH GERNER.
Assistant
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iihe Official records. Even the state
tgtent of Yourself and OF Mr.. Wisdom
cemb.ned wiH not overthrow these
official records ana Z shall also pre-
sent conclusive evidence that while
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Letter From Gornpers
Honorable G. n. Haskell,
Governor of Oklahoma,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Dear Sir:
| have your telegram of the 10th, it reaching
Washington during my absence from the city hence
delay i'll reply
] hasten to say that in my opinion and from
first hand knowledge ! have of yom intelligent and
vigorous activities, consider YOU entitled to the
chief credit for the humanitarian and industrial
provisions which the Constitution of Oklahoma CON
tains. | ann also glad to say that YOU rendered
labor in particular and the people in general mag
nifcent service at the Denver Convention Of the
Democratic Party in 1908, by enabling us to secure
planks in the platform, denouunucng government
by injunction and pledging the Party to injunction
limitation legislation, relief from the provisions Of
the Antitrust Act, providing for jury trial in eases
of Indirect contempt and other needed and helpful!
declarations in behalf of the workers Of our land
With many personal regards and best wishes
| remain Yours very truly,
SAM'L GOMPERS.
President American Federation of Labor.
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Senator Robt. IT, owen.

Senator Roht. i. owen,
Muskogee, Okla.
Sir:
notice yon have added Your sec-
end and third pretended answers 10
things which YOU are Justly being
criticised. These pretended ans swers
niay fairly be termed shrewd AMI in-
rcnions evasions OF the truth ! sun
assert that the people have a right
10 know the truth and that Hoa arv
not warranted IN pretending 10 an
sUer in literature aud ia tle news
papers ana sliil refuse 10 meet me
IN joint debate where iu thr pres
ence of q multitude OF Witnesses the
official records and your own sla ned
Statements can be- presented bt me
aud whore your answers would have
10 be something stronger thaa iu.
genions dodging Of The facts
swamp Lands
! pointed oat from the official ree.
0rds that you do elaim the owner
ship in over seventy thousand
acres Of Bosey valley land ana tAs
you pretend to dodge bY producing "a
Certificate OF the register Of deeds
oi Atako county that you have no
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
is Haskell a CRATER
Hnd a Dead Beat


Reader, yon can safely depend mn
OF il that man in public Office must
either bow to the will OF the corrupt
and greedy ana thereby prove false 10
tho common peobe. or Nj he stands
out boldly defending thL rights OF
the common people he will be Sian
.Gered and lied about every day of his
life.
In this connection, to those who
.live at a distance from Muskogee. We
offer the following statement:
Muskogee, okla June 10. 1872.
We. the undersigned hereby state
that we are we'll acquainted with G..
Pr. Haskell and believe that we have
rad the fullest possible opportunity
to know his business career in the
City Of Muskosee. We notice at
times that his enemies call him a
CRATER, If by that claim they mean
that he is i CRATER Of indian lands,
or property or im.Osing on the rights
OF property Of other people we would
state that we do not believe there is
a word OF truth in any sucn charge.
We believe we are in a positon TO
know il such things were true and
we hereby state that we have never
known nor heard tell OF Mr.. Haskell
being in any way connected with any
unfair or improper transactions that
would in any way be to the discredit
Of the best citizen in the community.
FARRAR H. MCCAIN,
Judge Superior Court Muskogee Co.
r. G. ALLEN,
X. II. DeGRAFFENRElD.
Judges District Court Muskogee 20.
THOS. w. LEAHY,
Judge County Court Muskogee Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
What Do You Say?

After reading the above statement
from the two District Judges. the Su-
rerior Judge ani the Comfy Judge
oi the county where Haskell has lived
for the last eleven years and trans.
acted large business don't you be
HeYe the Judges of all these courts
lave better opportunity to know
who has conducted business in an mp
right manner than the partisan Re
Publican papers and the subsidized
rrcss and paid hustlers in general?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02
Muskogee, OKLA, June 10, 1912

VI iiNkVEftY NfAAtlts a Ntlf w. iJ' -
no AIf4 PARTIES CONCERNED:
As to MI llaskells business rela-
tions we would state that he has
been for several years one Of the
most active business men of our
community doing business on large
scale and realty to the benefit Of the
entire community We have dealt
with Mr. Haskell and his family and
the company that he manages. We
have never regretted any Of our bust
,ncss dealings and take pleasure in
saying that we are always glad to do
a credit business with Mr.. Haskell or
his family or his company and We
consider Mr.. Haskell one Of the
most valuable citizens Of our town
and the surrounding country
Respectfully
PATTERSON MERCANTILE co.
BY " NJ Patterson.
r.. w MCCLURE. Clothing.
TURNER HARDWARE co.
G. w Turner, Pt.
w. T.. REEVES SHOE co.
ALLEY BROS. & TAYLOR.
BY c. II. TAYLOR.
w. r. COIlENOUR
COHENOUR-RYGEb co
MADDIN-MERCHANT HDW co.
by Fred " Aladdin.
THE O. r. CLOTHING co.
NEW PHOENIX CLOTHING co.
GRAHAM-SYKES & co.
STREETEICTIOLTZ FURN. co.
BY w NJ llcholiz.
LAFFERTY WALKER CLIO. co.
BY J. S. Walker.
MITTONG DRUG STORE.
HOOKER-HENDRIN IIDW. co.
BY G G. Hendrix, pres.
BASS & HARBOUR FURN. co.
BY 4. T.. Harbour
KROH MUSIC Co
BROWN c. o. D. GROCERY
BY Eli Brown.
SITATTUCK HDW. co.
FORREST IIbW. co.
BY Fred Forrest
NJ. C.. SPIVY &. co.
l. c. MATHEWS
SAM T. HAYS JFWELRY co.
A. J. BUMGABNER.
MUSKOGEE OFFICE SUPPLY co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02

Senator Owen says if YOU want 70
know how he stands look in Brad
street and Dunn Wall street Financial
Agency Reports.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02

Haskell says if you want to know
how he stands read what the judges,
the merchants and the Democrats OF
his home locality say.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-02

I w J. Crump
Jas T.. Garrett
j. w RanileId
w f. Il. German
Guy T. Nelson
! Fred =. Bransun
| Homer Baughman
Irwin Donovan
Sam V. O'Ilare
W S. Wiley
| Chas Baeg
This committee elected the under
signed Chairman and Secretary and
adopted the following resolution.
"And whereas, We believe that the
rame Of G. n. Haskell should be
f'p'Gq Ior the Jas@sraio s s.' '5 i6c Demo-
cratic voters of the state at the com
ing primary election. we. therefore,
recommend TO our Democratic breth'
llen Of Muskogee county the signing
of the petition 10 said State Election
Eoard. and also express the belier
that the success Of the Democracy in
/ MuskOgee county in particular. and
IN the state in general, will be vast
llr benefited by the vigorous and un-
waverng Democracy which is al
ways in evidence when G.. N. Haskell.
the man who does things, is pres
.ent" Isl n
In response to the recommendations
of our committee to the NIuskogee
County Democracy there have been
signed and presented to rs petitions
under the following caption:
&C. NJ HASKELL"
tfft bn Man WIN nnpc 'rhiupc "
County Of Muskogee,
State OF Oklahoma
We. the undersigned Democrats
voters Of said Muskogee county. do
hereby petition the Honorable State
Election Boaid--to place upon the
state primary ticket at the coming
Eerelal pr'msry election the name OF
G. y. Haskell, of Muskogee, for tho
fficc of United States senator from
the state Of Oklahoma and declare
our intention to vote the Democratic
ticket At said primary and at the en-
suing general election.
In the City Of Muskogee, which, at
the last general election, east total
Of siXtecn hundred and thirty-two
GG32) Democratic woes these petl-I
tions now in our hands have been
signed By fifteen hundred and one
05oD Democrats.
In the total OF Muskoeee county,
where at the last general election. a
total of thjrtytwo hundred and forty
one (224D Democratic votes were
cast the total number Of signatures
to these petitions now in our hands
arc two thousand four hundred and
tnrec (2iO2l.
We are also pleased to advise yoi
that from the immediate neiehDof-
hood adjoining Muskogee county re-
quests Lave been made by the Democ'
racy TO Join with our committee in
he petitions to be presented to yo",
ana unOn a petition. heading similar
10 the one used in Muskogee coInty,
the Democracy of the City of Table
quah Cherokee coanty. and the ad-
joining precincts where total OF
eight hundred and eleven (Sll) votes
We're east by the Democracy at the
last general election petitions are
in our hands signed by six hundred
and thirty (G30) Of said Democrats.
From the city Of Waeoner and the
adjoining precincts were a total Of
less than -four hundred G0W Demo
cratic votes We're east at the last
general election similar petitions are
u hands signed by a total of three
hundred and forty (9i0) Democrats.
From the City Of Coweta, Wagner
county anG he adjoining precincts,
where a total Of one hundred and
fortyfOur GAO Democratic votes
We're east at the last general election
similar petitions are in our hands
signed by a total OF one hlhdred and
thrtytWo 032) Democrats.
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Home Democrats Want
Haskell For Senator

Home Democrats Want
Haskell For Senator
To G. n. Haskell
Muskogee. oklahoma.
iDear Sir;
Having received the resolution
adopted on the 27th day of January,
nineteen hundred and twelve by the
Democratic County Convention of
Woodward County, Oklahoma. endors.
ing YOU for the nomination for United
States Senator and having read your
reply thereto; from among your
Democratic neighbors in Muskogee
the following were selected as com
mittee:
Farrar L. Mccain
n A. Gavin
w y. Patterson
W u narrower
W W Momyer
w. =. Miller
Thos. =. Smith
H. J.. Jackson
benjamin Nratin
John r. Kennedy
". .. Carr
Thos. H. owen
John l.. Wisener
" e. Jackson
j. E Wyand
BENJAMIN =. Wheeler
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
Organize to Aid Farmers.

Denver.-Organization of the Farm
ers' Finance Company was completed
at a meeting of the Chamber Of Com
tnerce agricultural committee, when
officers were elected. The purpose Of
the company is to further the develop
ment of the semi-arid districts of the
state.
The primary object of the company
is to give relief to farmers of eastern
Colorado, and other semi-arid portions
Of the state, who have been unable to
make their farms pay. This aid, it is
expected, will enable each of the farm
ers to get new start along the right
lines, without doing business with
loan sharks.
The railroads running through the
so-called dry farming" lands of east
ern Colorado have announced that
they will cooperate with the new COM
pany and it is expected that the roads
will subscribe a goodly portion of tho
100000 stock to be issued as soon as
the company is incorporated.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
State Must Return Santa Fe Tax.

Washington.-In decision handed
down in the Supreme Court by Justice
Holmes, Colorado was declared to
have exerted unconstitutional privi-
lege in collecting from the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railway a tax Of
$7,629 under a statute Of 1907, which
applies a license tax to foreign cor
porations. Under the terms of the
statute itself, the judgment will have
the effect of requiring the state treas
urer to return the amount to the rail
way company. Justice Holmes de-
clared the tax exacted of the Santa Fe
is obviously unconstitutional. He cited
various cases involving telegraph COM
panies and the Pullman company,
wherein those concerns were absolved
from all but the original license fee to
do business in various states on
ground that the greater part of their
business was outside any single state.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
FOREIGN.

Believing that all the Instructions
against the government are largely a
result of the publication of sensation
al news, President Madero and his
cabinet have appealed to the perma-
nent committee in congress to sus-
pend that article of the constitution
providing for free press and have
been given negative reply.
Two hundred Mexican revolution
lists were killed in an attack on San
Pedro, garrisoned by 200 federal troops
and 100 rurales. Four thousand poems
surrounded the town. They attacked
portion of the city left unguarded
by the defendants. All Of the seventy
rebels leading the attack fell at the
first fire. More than 100 who followed
were moved down with the second
volley. The Vasquistas beat a retreat
Two assaults were made on the town.
A reflex of the threatened national
coal strike will go into effect Feb, 20
in Scotland, unless meantime the own
ers accept the principle of a minimum
wage for all men and boys employed
underground, is seen in notices given
by the blast furnace owners through
out Scotland to their workmen The
contracts of the worklnen are thus ter
minated Feb. 80 The furnace owners
are of opinion that national coal
strike is inevitable. 1t will affect
about 100000 men.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
New Law Would Aid Farmers.

Meeker.-Should the bill now pend
ing before Congress. providing for the
reduction from five years to three OF
the time required by the government
In whivh to prove up on homestead fill
ings, become law, its benefit to this
section will be untold. All over the
Western slope are dry farmers with
large families-poor men without a
dollar except what they earn during
the six months vacation previously
granted them out OF each year-who,
after the five years continual resi-
dence clause went into effect, were
able to retain their holdings only with
the greatest difficulty, and in a num-
ber of instances, suffered want and
privation. Each of these men. under
this new ruling, will be able to take
enough time from his own place to
earn money during the busy season to
carry his family through the rest OF
the year, and also help materially In
making improvements on the home
ranch.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
WASHINGTON.

A bill authorizing the withdrawal of
sovereignty of the United States from
the Philippines has been introduced in
in Congress.
Only Congress and not the Supreme
Court of the United States may object
to the initiative and referendum meth
cd of legislation in the states, SO the
court decided.
James X. Polk, Jr., direct descend
ant of President Polk and son of
Bishop Leonidas Polk. first Episcopal
bishop of Louisiana. dropped dead in
Paris, Texas.
Secretary Fisher of the Interior De-
partment has supplemented his oral
testimony given before the House pub
lie lands committee against the Borah-
Jones bill to reduce the term Of a
homestead entry to three years, by a
written report, which has reached the
committee.
Plans for a military government
for the Panama canal zone modelled
after that of Iibralter are being drawn
by the War Department. Between s.
900 and 5000 troops are to be sta
toned permanently on the zone. The
fortresses guarding the ends Of the
canal will be made the most powerful
in the world.
Maj. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, adju-
tant general of the army. was stripped
of his office by order of President
Taft, and will appear before a court
martial on charges said to embrace
conduct prejudicial to good order and
discipline and insubordination.
The Hardwick sugar trust" investi.
eating committee. after many weeks
of open hearings in Washington and
in New York and almost continuous
work since last May, have reported
to the House that a sugar trust exists.
No recommendations are made.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
SPORT.

In ten fierce rounds, Pierce Mat
thews of Denver won over Dennis Ma
girl of Denver at Springfield. Mo.
Wildcat" Ferns of Kansas City and
Clarence English of Omaha have been
matched for a fifteen-round bout at
st. Joseph, Mo.
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma giant,
had the better of every round in a
ten round bout with Jim Stewart, the
Brooklyn heavyweight, in Brooklyn.
1t is almost certainty that the Jim
Flynn-Jack Johnson battle for the
heavyweight championship of the
world will be staged at Las Vegas, N.
M.
The National League baseball
schedule for 1912 has been adopted
and made public. The schedule pro
vides for 154 games but the season
will be three days shorter than last
year, beginning one day earlier and
closing four days earlier. The season
will open on April 18th.
Jack ("Twin") Sullivan of Boston
and Howard Morrow of Syracuse
fought ten rounds to a draw in Cleve
land. Morrow was surprise, as he
got to" Sullivan frequently and eff
fectively. He had Sullivan's eye and
nose bleeding. Morrow's best work
was in covering, avoiding many heavy
blows.
Gilpin observer., 1912-02-22
PRESIDENT SUBMITS IMPORTANT
MEASURE TO CONGRESS
WITH APPROVAL.
HITS COURTS DELAY
SAYS JUDICIAL AFFAIRS SHOULD
BE ADMINISTERED WITH
GREATER DISPATCH.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Washington.-Presid Taft has
submitted to Congress the report of
the employers liability commission
and the commissions proposed liabil-
ity and workmcn's compensation bill,
accompanied by a message urging the
the most advanced piece of liability
legislation yet presented.
The President sets forth that the
proposed law not only would insure to
employees of railroads engaged in inter-
state commerce quick adjustment of
their claims for damages, but also
would relieve the courts of vast
amount of work and enable them to
administer judicial affairs with great
er dispatch.
"In the first place." says the Presi-
dent, "the question arises, whether
under the provisions of the commerce
clause, the bill could be considered
to be a regulation of interstate and
foreign commerce. That seems to be
already settled by the decision of the
Supreme Court in the employers u
ability case.
"The second question is whether
the making of these remedies exclu-
sive and the compelling of the railroad
companies to meet obligations aris-
ing from injuries, for which the rail-
road would not be liable under the
common law is a denial of the due pro-
cess of law which is enjoined upon
Congress by the fifth amendment to
the constitution in dealing with the
property rights.
This question, the report takes up
and it's exhaustive review of the au-
thorities makes clear, as it seems to
me, the validity of the act. 1t is suf-
ficient to say that the argument of
the commission is most convincing to
show that the police power of the gov
ernment exercised in the regulation of
interstate commerce is quite sufficient
to justify the imposition upon the in
terstate railroad companies of the
liability for the injuries to it's en-
ployes on an insurance basis.
1.-The third objection is that the
right of trial by jury. guaranteed by
the seventh amendment, is denied. AS
matter of fact, the right is pre-
served in this act by permitting jury
to pass on the issue when duly de-
manded, in accordance with the limi-
tations of the act"
President Taft then alludes to the
alleged iniquities attending personal
injury litigation. He declares that
perjured testimony, emotional juries
and badly constructed laws limiting
liability, have tended to hamper the
administration of exact justice while
the heavy expense of litigation has
rendered it almost impossible for the
poor man to command his rights. In
referring to the conditions because
OF this form of litigation, the Presi-
dent says:
"The administration Of justice today
is clogged in every court by the great
number of suits for damages for per-
sonal injury. The settlement of such
cases by this system will serve to re-
duce the burden OF our courts one
half by taking the cases out of court
and disposing of them by this short
cut"