The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-12
HASKELL IN F|NE:
FORM, P0URS HOT
|NT0F|ELDs CAMP
Speaks With Ferris to Vast Crowd.
"Peeiinn" Political Opponents In
State and Nation In Plea
for Democracy.
SAINT NO CYCLONE" IN
STATE HE DECLARES
Predicts Democrats viii Be Back
Into FoId-FIeIds All Right as
Newsboy but Would Make
"Darn Poor Governor"


since he served the people of Okla
homa as their first governor, and
although he Is 'over the hill" In a
financial way and resides In New
York. the greatest financial center
in the world, c. N. Haskell has not
lost the fighting spirit. has not lost
the art Of ripping political oppon-
ent TO ribbons aud still takes a
keen delight In literally "romplng
on" republicans Of the state and
nation.
This was demonstrated clearly
last night when 'the governor"
spoke TO an immense crowd that
packed the court house lawn seats.
with the overflow standing on the
sidewalk. Choctaw avenue at Fourth
was practically blocked with cars
as was Fourth street. For nearly
two aud a half hours. this crowd
listened TO G. n. Haskell and Scott
Ferris. former congressman from
this district and when they had fin
ished, the crowd yelled for more.
Linn Introduces Haskell.
Will Linn, district judge who for
many years has been warm per-
sonal friend of the governor, intro
duced him as "the first governor
Oklahoma ever had and the best one
the state ever will have" and as
the only living man whom the late
Col. Theodore Roosevelt could not
rope, throw and tie."
In his opening remarks Mr.. Has
kell spoke of Roosevelt and declared
that despite their differences. he had
learned in the later years of Roose-
velts life to respect him as
square, fair man. He said that he
had received letter of explanation
and apology from Roosevelt in
which it was stated that the Colonel
had conducted a personal investiga-
tion of the differences between Has
kell and himself and found that the
whole trouble was caused through
the efforts of an unscrupulous Okla
homa man who misrepresented facts.
There "Ain't No Cyclone"
"Up in my office at New York,
we kept getting letters and tele-
grams and newspaper clippings
about things going ON down here at
home, until began to get scared to
death that there was cyclone de-
veIoping that would blow the whole
democratic party clean out of the
state,' said Mr.. Haskell.
$50 / said, Scott, let's go down
and see what's the matter at home
and here we are. Say, let me tell
YOU something. When | got down
here and looked things over found
out there amt no cyclone. Reminds
me Of the fellow who heard some
frogs hollerin' down in swamp. He
went to town and contracted with a
cafe to deliver three million pairs
of frog legs He went out and beat
his swamp out and caught five
frogs. Then he wanted to cancel
his contract with the restaurant
man. He said, Them five frogs
made SO much noise that thought
there were five million Of EN-
That's what's happened down here.
There were about five fellows hol-
lerin' down here and up in New
York it sounded like there were
five million of EN-"
Broadsides for Fields.
With the direct aim Of an ex-
perienced fighter, "the governor
poured broadside after broadside in
to John Fields, republican candidate
for governor and proceeded to pick
certain of his statements to pieces.
"Do you know this little weazened,
scrawny fellow with about six
whiskers on each side of his chin,
who is running for governor on the
republican ticket?' Haskell asked.
.That's John Fields, And do you
know who John Fields is? I'll tell
vou. He is Arthur Capper's news
hoy. He's editor of the Oklahoma
Farmer. Say, he could call it the
Oklahoma Farmer and have it print
ed in Michigan, but would 1t be the
Oklahoma Farmer? Do You know
what that little shrimp does? He
has that paper printed in Topeka,
Kan. Don't even distribute it from
Oklahoma. All John does is draw
his salary from Capper. They ship
if down here to him from Topeka.
He's not bad newsboy, but he