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The Commoner,
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3g
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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
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'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
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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
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special-rato.oC- six- cents. n. word per in
sertion the lowest iato has boeu
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favor to tho Standard Oil company Land Co., Wicliita Falls, Texas!
in granting that franchise renuired,
mo to pursue that policy in the caseJ
you criticise.
"The president comes to. tho loca.j
auuiip vi pur state ana asaus me
for vetoing a child labor b'ill, True,
I did so, simply be6auso the bill went
too far and included things not de
sired by our peoplo. Union labor
representatives approved my veto. L
hope the president will Survive this
veto of a local bill and permit us to
run our 'local affairs.
"Tho president comnlaius that wa
J removed certain processors from oui,:
state normal schools and proparp '
Lury buuooi in violation ot civil ser?
vice rules. That is, the president,
in his usual impetuosity and reckless
jusrpgara of others, misstated the?
facts. Less than one-fifth of "the
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