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SEVENTEENTH YEAR NO. 35
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER I [90s
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But in the midst of all this Political Hurly-Burly the sky is serene and blue and the sun is shining clear without even a tremor or a wink
ROOSEVELT TURNS LOOSE ft
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Washington, Sept. 27.—Preisdont
■oosevelt late tonight made reply to
William J. Bryan's recent letter, in
which lie asserted that the Democrat-
ic party and platform were not get-
ting a square deal in the campaign.
The President's reply deals particu-
larly with Air. Bryan's assertion that
fhe administration has been neither
sincere nor effective in the prosecu-
tion of trusts.
.Mr. Roosevelt combats this charge
emphasis, and sets forth in detail
what has been done under his direc-
tion toward curbing the tendency of
capital to centralize with a view to
destroying competition.
The President accepts Mr. Bryan's
• hallenge to name a trust man who is
for the Nebraskan this year, and
quotes Judge Henry S. Priest of St.
l.ouis. attorney for the VVaters-iPerce
Oil Company, the Western subsidiary
of the Standard Oil Company. Judge
Priest recently said that he was for
Bryan and that Wall street believed
he would be elected. Mr. Roosevelt
rails attention to the fact that in
IXHti several corporations and indi-
viduals owning silver mines gave
thousands of dollars to the Bryan
campaign. Te names ex-Senator
Clark of Montana as one of these
contributors.
Mr. Roosevelt admits receiving
«ampaign contributions from Harrl-
ir.an and others in 1904. but calls
attention to his prosecution of cor-
porations. which gave to his fund,
after his election. He asserts that the
harm in campaign contributions lies
which he brought being directed
against combinations of wrokingmen
In that entire administration the only
cases brought against combinations
of capital under the anti-trust act
were four in number, two of which
were unsuccessful; one of the other
two being the case which was de-
cided by Judge Taft in favor of the
government.
"1'nder this administration a mass
of such cases have been brought, in-
cluding the case against the Northern
Securities Company, against the beef
packers, against the Federal Salt
Company, against the General Paper
Company, against the Otis and other
elevator companies, against the
American Tobacco Company, against
the powder trust, against the Vir-
gnia-Carollna Chemical Company,
against the Standard Oil Company,
and others.
"In a number of these cases the
government has already succeeded
by Injunction and otherwise. Some
of' the cases are now pending. In
hardly any important case against
great law breaking corporations ha-
the government yet suffered final d -
feat.
Tlie Progress in Rebate Cases.
"As regards suits to suppress rail
i way abuses, under the last Demo-
cratic administration there were 110
| indictments against shippers for re-
ceiving rebates or secret rates. 1'nder
my administrations there have been
forty-nine indictments for secret re-
bates resulting in eighteen convic-
tions, and in only four cases have
aim III I |
entirely in the motive. The men who j these indictments failed. The other
are in favor of Mr. Taft, he says, are twenty-seven cases are still pending.
_lying their money because they be- Among the railroads which have
lieve his election would make for the 1 been convicted are the Chicago &
SOod of the entire country. Citing j Alton, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
the
sary.
lain
sliver men's gift'.* :n 1898 as ail
vample of men who give in the hope
. f aiding themselves to the detriment
,,f others, he says that the gifts t >
Ill-van's fund are made with au im-
proper motive.
The President quotes from a letter
written by him before his election in
1904 in which he said that 110 corpo-
ration need expect any favors from
him because It added to the Republi-
can campaign fund. He asserts also
that Governor Hughes, who was men-
tioned by Mr. Bryan yesterday, had
>how 11 110 favoritism to the corpora-
tions who gave to his fund in 190ti.
Regarding the proposition to pub-
lish contributions before election. Mr.
Roosevelt says that such action
would be unfair to honest corpora-
tions, which sought to aid the public
in supporting a candidate, lor It
won''I cause them to be accused un-
justly of improper motives.
Mr. Roosevelt's letter follows:
"September 27. 1908.—Dear Sir:
I have seen your letter published in
This morning's papers, s to most ol
what you say about me personally I
,lo not regard any answer as neces-
When you say that 1 am unfair
your platform you reiterate cer-
1,pinions as to which 1 have
. 1 noted, with my hearty approval,
Governor Hughes in my tirst letter:
and these, therefore, it is also un-
necessary to answer. You have not
answered the Hughes speech, and in
my judgment you do well not to make
attempt.
You say that vour platform de-
clares in favor of vigorous enforce-
ment of the law against guilty trust
magnates and officials and that the
platform upon which Mr. Taft stands
no such declaration. It was
cessary. That platform ap-
proved the policies of tills adminis-
tration and promised to continue
them; and here, as usual. I have only
to compare your worls with the deeds
tlie administration and of Mr.
You merely promise in your
platform that you Intend to do just
what this administration has done
and is doing.
Olney'* Inadhilv Against Trusts
show the dllference between
<leeds and words. I will compare the
record of tills administration with the
record of one of your most promi-
nent supporters at the moment, Mr.
Olney, attorney general under the
last Democratic administration. While
Mr. Olney was attorney general no
cases whatever were brought under
tlie anti-trust law against combina-
tions of capital, the only new cases
the
makes
not !
of
Taft.
M r.
To
SCilOOI. I, I MIS IT
OKI. VIHMIA CITY I Alii,
TIH It "ill VY, 01 Tdlll I!
Thursday, October Nth will lie school land da\
at the Oklahoma City state fair. All rue 1 _.000 lessees
—heads of families—should be there and each bring
ten non-lessee with them.
The Citizens League for t'.e Sale ol the School
hands has been given that da> by the fair manage-
ment to discuss the sale side ol the question. The
Serf side of the question will have their day Friday
and Saturday of this week. The sale side will have
some able speakers and literature.
OKLAHOMA CITIZENS LBAGl'K KOll THE SALE OF
SCHOOL I-AN DS.
JOHN COLOHIE.
President.
GEO. F. CLARK,
Secretary.
IIE A lis I' LIIIEL SI IT WILL WKK.HAN EDITOR APPOINTED
HE HEARD l> MIS80IRI. TO SI'CCKED HASKELL
Sins of the State <| ipital
rn
Again Disgrace t&z Re-
publican Party oftte State
the New York Central, the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific and the Chi-
cago. Milwaukee & St. Paul, while
scores of cases are still pending
against other lending railroads.
•Among the shippers that have
been convicted are some of the great-
est corporations in the United States,
as. for instance, the American Sugar
Company, the aggregate fine actually
paid being more than $150,000: Swift
& Co.. the Armour Packing Company,
the Cudahy Packing Company. Nelson
Morris & Co.. each of which was
lined $15,000. and the cases have now
been carried to the supreme court.
The Standard Oil case is still pend-
ing. This is a record of actual
achievement and beside it mere prom-
ises are empty indeed; and they
would not be made now with any pos-
sibility of performance resulting, if
it were not for the achievement
above cited.
About the Steel Company.
"You state that the steel company,
with my express consent, purchased
one of its largest rivals and thus
obtained control of more than 50 lu -
cent of the total output. This action
of the steel company (which inereas-
«d its share of the total output by
only about 1 per cent, and in no way
altered the standing of the company
under the law), may have been a vio-
lation of your plan. Cue ansurditv of
which has been exposec* by Governor
Hughes. Hut there was no violation
of the law. 1 was cognizant of the
ntire transaction. It was not en-
tered into by the steel corporation of
its own desire, but solely at the ur-
gent requests of the corporation pur-
chased and of the big banks holding
that corporation's securities, in order
to enable them to prevent a crash
which would have turned the panic
of last fall into the most widespread
disaster.
I should have indeed been derelict
in my duty if I had not so acted, and
efficiently used all the power of the
government where it could be legally
and properly used (as it was in this
ease) to see that the panic was kept
within the smallest possible radius
and the damage caused as slight as
possible. You would better under-
stand thep rinciple on which I acted
If you would rid yourself of the idea
that 1 a mtrying to discriminate for
or against any man or corporation be-
cause he or it is either wealthy or not
wealthy. I regard such discrimina-
tion in either direction as utterly in-
compatible with a spirit of honesty
and fair dealing. 1 base my distinc-
(Contimieri on Page 8.)
Criminal Action Hurried Before Cir-
cuit Court.
The suit of Governor Haskell
against \Y. II. Hearst will be tiled in
some county of Missouri. The gov- I
ernor's decision to this effect was ,
made known Tuesday afternoon.
Attorney H. F. Simrall of Kansas
City, a member of the legal firm of
Simrall & Trimble, will represent
Mr. Haskell. Mr. Simrall has arrived
from Kansas City, and is in confer-
ence with Governor Haskell.
No definite plans, further than the
decision to begin the proceedings in
Missouri, have be-ii aiinoniM.'1 Mr.
Haskell says they have not been set-
tled. To the question "In what coun-
ty in Missouri will the litigation be
commenced?" Mr. Haskell returned
the query: In what county in Mis-
souri are circuit courts now in ses-
sion ?"
I'his indication of immediate action
marks all the governor's thoughts
and plans relative to the Hearst
suit. He wants no delay whatsoever.
Asked as to whether the President
would be made a defendant, the gov-
ernor said he had not fully satisfied
himself as to the legal status o. t'u
chief executive. He stated that he
would not file suit against for " •
Attorney General Frank Sheets of
Ohio.
"What's the use of going after
small fry?" he demanded.
"Will the suit against Hearst be
for criminal libel?"
"Well," he answered, "1 am not su-
ing Hearst for any money. You can
unt on that."
The governor explained that lie
did not desire to bring the libel pro-
ceedings against the New York edi-
tor in this state because Mr. Hearst
would set up the claim that he could
no" secure a fair triai in Oklahoma.
Attorney Simrall. the governor's
counsel, is one of the best known
trinl lawyers in northern Missouri,
lit formerly lived in Liberty, fifteen
iiiiYs from Kansas City. Mr. Haskell
1 earl of him and his ability while
retiming to Oklahoma from Chicago
last week. Attorney Shnrall's part-
ner Attorney Trimble, is at present
on the bench in one of the circuit
ourt.' of Missouri.
Mr. Haskell prefers that the suit
be brought in a county near Kan-
sas. if court is in ? ession in cry of
rhc adjacent confirms.
KWMINKKS liovims CHOSUN.
The following appointments of
medical examiners, which were made
by Governor Haskell undei tin' pro-
visions of Senate Hill No. 181), were
announced yesterday toy Private Sec-
retary Sandlin at the governor's of-
fice:
Allopath: Dr. W. T. Tilly Musko-
geet; Dr. A. M. Chambers, Poteau;
Dr. A. M. Butts, Holdenville; Dr. A.
10. Davenport, Oklahoma City.
Osteopath: Dr. H. C. Montague.
Muskogee; Dr. J. E. Price, Guthrie,
alternate.
Homeopath: Dr. 1). W. Miller,
Blackwell; Dr. ,1. Hensley, Oklahoma
City.
Eclectic: Dr. Frank P. Davis. Enid.
Physio-Medico: Dr. A. K. Lewis.
Ryan; Dr. .1. A. Briggs. Atoka, alter-
nate.
New York, Sept. 26.—Herman Rid-
der. editor of the Sraats Zeitung and
vire chairman of the publicity bureau
of the Democratic national commit-
tee, was tonight appointed by Na-
tional Chairman Mack as treasurer
of the national committee to succeed
Governor Charles N. Haskell of Ok-
lahoma. who resigned his position
early today in Chicago.
Mr. Kidder was seen at the Hoff-
man house tonight and said:
"Mr. Mac k offered me the position
of treasurer and I accepted for the
reason that I favor tariff reform, and
as the only hope of tariff reduction
is in the success of Mr. Bryan and
the Democratic party. I consider it
my duty to take the office and do
everything in my power to assist the
Democratic party win '/iat the people
may be relieved from the extortion
of the trusts protected by high tariff."
STANDS BY HASKELL.
Tlie Oklahoma Governor Has Not
Been Proton t.nilty. Says the
Democratic Nominee.
Milwaukee, Sept. 26.—Defending
his knowledge of Governor Haskell
against the charges which have been
brought against him "until the charg-
es can be examined in some court
Where partisanship does not bias," W.
J. Bryan, on his way from Madison
.to this city, gave out for publication
this afternoon his reply to President
i Roosevelt's recent letter in response
to his telegram on tne subjec t.
Mr. Bryan speaks or Hie election of
Mr. Haskell as governor of Oklahoma
and says that "the constitution was
adopted and that Governor Haskell
was elected in spite of the efforts of
your administration and in spite of
the speech made in Oklahoma by Mr.
Taft."
Mr. Bryan charges among other
things that the steel trust, "with your
express consent." purchased one of
its largest rivals and thus obtained
control of more than ">0 per cent of
the total output. He asks the Presi-
dent if he will insist "that in permit-
ting this you showed l^ss favor to the
monopolistic corporations than I do
in opposing it."
( alls Hughes a Trust Beneficiary*
Mr. Bryap abruptly charges that
Governor 'Hughes, quoted by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as having "riddled
the Democratic trust remedy," was
himself the beneficiary of the trusts,
and cites the campaign contributions
, to the Hughes election fund two
i years ago. Among these are .1. P.
Morgan, John I). Rockefeller. Andrew
Carnegie and William Nelson Croni-
| well. Mr. Bryan says that as the
i President quotes Governor Hughes he
i takes it for granted that Judge Taft
has not expressed himself satisfac-
torily on the trust question.
S\0\Yi:i> IN >V(MH) VIU>.
Snow fell in Woodward last Sat-
urday night, preceding the cold wave.
Olie Kirtley, a cattleman on the
Panhandle road south of Woodward,
was in the city Monday and said the
snow was quite general.
This Is the earliest snow in Okla-
homa for over twenty years.
* The Republican party of Okla- *
* lioma can never turn around but *
* it is met with the sins of the State *
* Capital as a stumbling block in *
* its path. If it accuses the appo- *
* sition with graft, it is answered *
* that it has the chief of grafters *
* as its official organ. If it demands *
* purity in politics, it is pointed to *
* as the chief corruptor of politics. *
•If it points to its past achieve- *
* ments with pride, it is humiliated *
* with a rotten record of its chief *
* political beneficiary that over- *
* whelms its history for rectitude. *
* In every campaign the Re pub- *
* ljcan nominees for office are com- *
* polled to carry the burden of the *
* State Capital's corruption on their *
* shoulders, until it is doubtful if ♦
* the party can ever get from under *
* and regain the confidence of the *
* people. And now, as the party is *
* making an onslaught upon the *
administration of Governor Has- *
kell, it is in the predicament of *
the housekeeper who sweeps her *
parlor carpet with a r>room soak- *
ed with the mire of the swill bar- *
rel. All the public officers that *
ever had anything to do with the *
State Capital, justly or unjustly, *
have been injured ;n public- esti- *
mation.
alleged outrageously exorbitant pric-
es charged by the State Capital Print-
ing Company for territorial printing
and supplies, intending to substanti-
ate the proceedings cojiimenced Mon-
day against the Capital and others
for defrauding the territory. The
comparison is prefaced by the follow-
ing introductory:
On behalf of the state, we have
brought suit against the State Capi-
tal Company, which incuicTes Dennis
Flynn, Bird McGuire and J. H. Bur-
ford, to recover $105,000 unlawfully
taken from the state treasury.
The statement below as to prices-
charged Kay county is a proper
comparison for the charges made in
Oklahoma Territory. They howl
about there being nothing in this case.
Read these figures and then tell me
what you think of it.
C. N. HASKELL,
Governor.
Hon. Charles N. Haskell,
Governor.
Guthrie, Okla.
Dear Sir: I have made a careful
comparison of the Kay county ac-
count attached hereto and compared
our, or rather I should say, the state's
prices with those charged by the State
Capital prior to statehood, and brief-
ly I find as follows:
July 18, 1908, 52 poll books $52.00
<■ I State price (recent election).. .">.20
— June 21, 1904. 12 Okla. Statutes.90.00
Governor Haskell, in the name ol ' state \>r\ce. 12 Okla. Statutes... 31.00
the state, filed suit Monday in the Lo- | October 12. 1906, 7500 original
gan county district court asking, and duplicate tax receipts 75,00
judgment for $195,062.18 against the i State is buying same for 52.40
Guthrie State Capital Printing Coin- December 21, 1899, 100 sheets car-
pany, Dennis T. Flynn. Republican
candidate for United tSates senator:
Bird S. McGuire, representative in
congress from the first district, and
John H. Burford. ex-chief justice qf
Oklahoma Territory. The petition al-
leges that the defendants unlawfully
demanded and receded from the ter-
ritory this sum of money for state
printing done between 1891 and 1907.
Judgment for the full amount is
asked for against eac ?. defendant.
The petition against the Capital
company, while making Flynn. Mc-
Guire and Burford co-defendants,
contains no direct allegations con-
necting them with the alleged print-
ing graft, but an amended petition is
to be filed later containing allega-
tions of that character.
The petition is filed in behalf of the
state of Oklahoma and is sworn to
by Governor Haskell. The governor
alleges in his first cause of action
that "The defendants, at the speciaj
instance and request of the duly au-
thorized officers of the Territory of
Oklahoma in that behalf, did furnish
to the said territory printing for the
year 1891, and did. on or about the
:ilst day of December, 1S91. fraudu-
lently and unlawfully demand, re-
ceive and cause to be paid by said
territory the sum of $3757 in excess
of the reasonable value of the print-
ing as fifrnished by them for said
year. That said defendants, an I each
of them, then and there became liable
to repay to the Territory of Oklahoma
the said amount so unlawfully re-
ceived. collected and caused to be paid
as aforesaid, together with the inter-
est thereon at the rate of 7 per cent
per annum until paid."
Itemizes the Account.
Then follows a series of allegations
for each year, alleging the following
additional overcharges:
In 1892, $607; 189;:, $9048; 1894,
$608; 1895, $5839; 1897, $193; 1898,
boil paper 0.00
State buys all its needs, per 100
sheets 2.50
March 23. 1895, numerical index 32.00
State gets its nuemica! indexes
for 15.00
Bound records are charged from
$20 to 32.0*
Staee prices (full Russia bound) 17.00
October 4. 1899, 1 do/. Session
Laws. 1 do/.. Statutes 126.00_
State price for same thing (except
double amount of printing) . . 43.2#
November 2,1895, 4 (four) bottles
mucilage t 1.75
Any corner drug store sell it for .40
500 paper fasteners (notice this) 8.5#
Highest price ever known to have
been paid 1.25
January 31, 1896, 12 stenogra-
phers' note books 15.0#
Highest price paid by state for
bound, per doz 4.^0
March 13, 1896, 1 dozen Justice of
the Peace Dockets 22.00
State buys the most expensively
bound at 7.50
In many instances the State Capital
has charged Kay county $300 for 100
blanks, when the State Capital's own
catalogue quotes a price of $1.50 per
hundred.
Assuring you that I have made the.
most careful examination of the
prices quoted in this letter and on
the account. 1 beg to remain, very
respectfully yours.
1). C. LESTER.
Assistant State Printer.
Judge Burford filed an answer to
bis connection with the suit, setting
up, among many allegations, that the
suit was not properly file I as no one
could initiate the same but the attor-
ney general or his assistants in be-
half of the state.
II \SK I I.I. WINS SI IT.
Judge R. E. Campbell, of the United
States district court, in session at
$417!
$19,179; 1902, $2250
$1904. $4500; 1905,
$4236; 1907, $5697;
I
1899, $9439: 1900. $8138: 1901, j Muskogee, handed down a decision in
the case of the Baileys, of Ottawa, O.,
against Governor Haskell and the
Indiana Contracting Company of
Muskogee. The suit was filed about
a month ago. and the court was asked
by the Baileys, who own 500 shades
of stock in the company, to appoint a
receiver to take charge of its affairs
on the ground that *hev are being
1903, $22,800;
$25,191; 1906,
total. $126,021;
interest. $69,041; grand total, princi-
pal and interest, $195,062.
The governor asks a temporary in-
junction restraining the Capital com-
pany from selling or transferring its
property, and alleges that the com-
pany "is now and has been for a long I mismanaged by Haskell, who is pres-
ident of the company. The court
held that the allegations were un-
founded and the case was ordered
dismissed at plaintiffs' cost.
time Insolvent."
Siipplimentnry Statement.
Governor Haskell Tuesday made
public a digest of figures showing the
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