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ZZmw!m mmmmmmmmmmmilii!! V - The Commoner, VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3g 14 ar"0 f rnvnini Mi'n nmnll business man moro than it would tlio groat business man. But it would affect tho latter, too. VTlieroforo, I hopo and bolievo that all far-sighted citizens who wish to -sob this country prosper in ma terial things will support Mr. Tuft. But above all I ask for support fqr him because ho stands for tho moral uplift of his nation, bocauso his deeds h'uVb made good his words and he causo tho policies to which ho is com mitted aro of immeasurable conso qu6nco alilco to tho honor and tho interests of tho wholo American peo ple 'Very- truly yours :' V ' "THEODORE Rl "jf 'THEODORE ROOSEVELT." .A-; .MONKTT'fl STATEMENT --tioncGrning Mr. Monott the Asso ciated Press' says: njolumbus, O., Soptombor 23."If Irqhargod Governor Charles N; Has kell wrongfully, it was because .Charles B. Squlors gave ino his jfomo," Frank S. Monnetfc,- former attorney general of Ohio, today made tliis statement on the privato car of William J. Bryan, on route from Prospect, O., to Columbus. Mr. Mon nott declared, however, that ho could ' nbt oxoncrale Governor Haskell from ,. the charges that had been made, that "no was a party to the $500,000 bribe "fund of the Standard Oil company, .vzipr could ho condemn him. .y4'AJl that I have against Governor Haflcell," he said, "is hearsay evl donee, and I have suggested that if wth,e' caso wero presented' to a grand. s jury, it would be shown .whether Governor Haskell has been wrong fully accused:" ' Mr. Mounott denied, that he had .nlade speeches in Oklahoma exoner- gating Governor Haskell, but that in pfrlnness to tho governor he lad stat 'uJtuQ facts as thoy ha4 come to him and said that if the charges wero pro'vod, ho would return to Oklahoma at his own cxpenso and denounce him. ,, In justico to Governor Haskell, Mr. Monnott statod that tho gdvor nor had repeatedly asked an oppor tunity to ,disprovo tho charge, and had been subpoenaed before the ox am inor who was taking testimony in tho Standard Oil hearing, but that he did hot , so appear, because thd court had ., qrdcrcd .the quashing of tho testimony. "I threatened-to arrest Mr. SquiOrsj if -ho did not givo me tho names oi the parties., to tho bribery proposi tion, whereupon he mentioned Frank Rockefeller, Fred B. Squiers J and .Charles N. Haskell q New York."l .Mil. HASKELL'S STATEMHNO.'. On September 23; Governor HW kell gavo to' tho Associated Press tho following statement; "To tho Associated .Press: Presi dent Roosevelt's letter is before me, and while this is tho first time in jmy life 1 havo been made the subject 'of a cabinet meeting, I am thankful' for tho distinction! and I wish to express my high regard for the office of president, and my profound respect for tho wisdom of our fathers in making it possible to change the occupant of that high office every four years without the right granted to a crown prince to. succeed, the king, "I assert that it is fair for me to assume that if my case was to be dignified by an , all-day -.cabinet mqet ingt that", beyond question,- Mr. Hearst and his campaign" associate President Roosevelt, loft no ,.stohe unturned to blacken my character; That being true, they certainly raked Ohio fore and after, concerning the Ohic&tandard.Oil cases of 18 9 ft, andr IKKS.II H1H jBHBfA Mnnmj'-niii . mil 05 for this Big Handsome Nickol Trimmed Steel I RANGE wiiiiQucyrnnningfiiOBftt-or reservoir.- Wlth-lilsth warmlnn elotot, pop- juaao wiwuroB coUln lined rcsorrblr, juBtun shown In cut, 317.3S. quorsoven, a wonderful baker, Bixno-H ceoKInq holoai. 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FRBB TRIAL OFFER B&SMgMQIl uiwbuji siuvKrAuruxT, i u l stttc St., niriot, ladlUft 150' ' 1 J:.rttiHt' ira MljJClO1 Tl- lATP k finding ahsolutely nothing roflocting on me, tho president tried to waive his charge of last Monday aside by saying he 'will make no allusion to that.' Ho drops this subject because his original statement was untrue, and he must know from what he and Hearst tried to find- in Ohio and failed, that I spoke tho truth when I said that novcr in all my life had I any interest in connection with or service for that company. "I say the president knows nqw that he tries to brush it aside without doing me candid justico. "Wore I to adopt the character of languago so commonly used by tho president I would spell it in fewer lotters tlian. falseliQod; "Mr.:'R6osevelt, I hopo to apeak lit Ohio soon. May I hopo to divide the time with some partisan .of.' yours. or Trince William who- will defend your action in tills instance f . "President, Roosevelt comes'- feo Oklahoma and finds a substitute for his Ohio failure; Does ho mean in tlio case of tho state against, the Prairie Oil and Gas company, whicb he complains I compelled to- ha dis-; missed? ''Yes, I did havo it dismissed. Yes, we all know that the Prairie. company is a Standard Oil. company, offspring, and don't forget the president claims to liaye. known. thi& also, and I charge that tho present allies, Hearst and Roosevelt, know I havo acted honestly. ' First, the Prairie Oil company. got its franchise in our state, not from, mo,, but from Rooscvolt'a secretary of the interior, long- before the state had begun and- had its ma ln- line built, audi operating,, and. congress in our statehood- bill, was . careful to declare that our new state when or ganized must Tespect, all such vested rights and existing franchises. That was. all I did. and, jthA federal courts, stood ready to. call, mo down if. I violated the Roosevelt territorial franchise.. . 'Now, Mr.- President, whyjiid your- secretary of the mteripr granti what line franchise- in our jthen-helploss: territory and fasten it otiour pew state- by a provision of ;the 'statehood bill? . Will Mr. 'Hearst' or-tiie-president nlease answer?- "I will also remind the provident, tnat.tne company tried- to. enlarge. Its, rights. io as to include a gas; as well as an oil privilege This I defeated, and even last April,, Mr. President, your secretary of. the interior tried to help the Standard Oil gas privilege against my protest by actually grant ing them a franchise to lay an inter state gas line also. I notified the secretary that since statehood your days of giving valuable franchises in our state had passed, and I would re sist laying the pipe line only after you cancoled your unlawful ac. "I assert again that my act in that caso was not only required by what federal authority had bound us to do but that tlio public interest of our own peoplo, based on conditions growing out of your original special faculties aro changed. All changoa wero for good cause other than poll-' tics, and done by boards of regents and not by tho governor. "Tho president complains that there are several suits pending against mo to roclaim Creek Indian lands. The president should havo gone farther and said that I was not a dealer in Indian land and only came in as a subsequent purchaser and only incidentally a-party without personal interest at all and especially he should, have said that it is quite apparent that those who' are being sued in those land cases claim to bo and apparently, are, tho victims ot political chicanery which the presi dent can better oxplain. than I. in short, tho president, and Mr. Hearst picked the wrong man, aiid'aro now driven-into ward i)olitlcs? rather than to surrender like- men. "The president., assumes that, all Oklahomans are . gr,afters,v just be cause his territorial associates justi fied the name; thatall .qxrajlroad Subscribe JFi&wti$ittg Bept. This denartnuant'ls. -for the-exclusive use'oC Commoner- subscribers, and special-rato.oC- six- cents. n. word per in sertion the lowest iato has boeu matlQ for. them. -. Address jall communi cations .to. The. Commoner.- 1-lncoln, Neb. 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That is, the president, in his usual impetuosity and reckless jusrpgara of others, misstated the? facts. Less than one-fifth of "the P IFTY CENT SONG, WORDS AND 1 music; four Bryan songs, and how to get a .homestead, 2K cents. S. IT. Birdsall, Pino Bluffs, "Wyo. TWO BILLYS ARE RUNNING FOR A President. Grandest p campaign songs; Sent anywhere, 10c. By John Mesel, Leavenworth City,, Kansas. ONAPS IN LANDS CLOVER, DAIRY- Ing and grain, In central Minne sota. Send for list., A. Murray, Wadena, Minn. WICHITA COUNTRY, "BEST IN TnVns fnr flvn Urvtraaa.1rnr" nr Ifl- D RYAN TWO-STEP," PICTURE AND - music; catchy , air, rich melody. Postpaid, 25 cents. Sold by dealers or send to Tucker Pub. Co., Platte City, Missouri, WE ARE MAKING THE HANDSOM ost Bryan campaign watch foD on tho market. Send 2Gc for sample and circulars giylng wholosalo pricos to clubs and dealers; monoy return(n If not as represented Reeso & Co., Vesoy St., Now York O. MEEK, KISSIMMEE, FLA., has hn.rcn.inH in orancro. timoer, ranch, truck, and phosphate lands, R. i,irili iH Omn ii' iiAN TO VICTORY," THE CAMPAIGN yJ soncr of tha century which Will win votes for tho victor, "equal riffnw for all and special privileges" for nono. 25o . por tj'opy, AddroW .jMrrf, Helen Clirirnberlln, Box 710, ; Storm La Iowa. yu-l:--.-!.-! 'Th lUMitlli