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cf the Attorney General , of the state, and at all
hazards, he intended for some reasons of his
own to protect the interests of a great corpora
tion against the law. It has beer, suggested on
his behalf that, after all. he did not favor the
Standard Oil Company, but merely the Prairie
Oil and Gas Company. This claim Is disposed
of by the testimony of the Standard Oil Com
pany itself, taken in the latter part of 1907 in
the suit now pending before the United States
Court at St. Louis, against the Standard Oil
Company. In this testimony the -Standard Oil
Company, upon being required by the govern
ment to put in a list of all the .'coir. pan I in
which it held stock, or in which Its subsidiary
companies held stock, reported among the others
the Prairie Oil and Gas Company, total capital
10.000.0.00. of which the National Transit Com
pany's proportion was $9,999,500; and further
more it appears that the National/Transit Com
pany had a capital stock of $25,455,200. of which
the Standard Oil Company owned $25,451,650.
In other words, this Prairie Oil and Gas Com
pany was owned, all exoopt $500. by the National
Transit Company, and this National Transit
Company vw owned, all except about 53,550,
by the Standard Oil Company.
CONTRAST TO MR. TAFT'S ACTION.
Now. contrast your action in this case of
Governor Haskell with Mr. 'Taft's action as
regards Senator Foraker. as 4 set forth in his
letter of July 20. 1907. which . I quoted in my
statement. It was a matter of common no
toriety about Senator Foraker, as it has long
been a matter of common notoriety about
Governor Haskell. that he was the defender and
supporter of certain great corporation inter
ests and therefore hostile to the policies for
which the administration has stood. There was
no such convincing proof against Senator
Foraker at that time, however, as there was
against Governor Haskell. when, as you say.
he was with your approval made treasurer of
your campaign committee.
But Mr. Taft refused to be a party to the
renomination of Senator Foraker. even though
it was represented that only thus could he ad
vance his own interests, showing by actual
deeds that his words were true when he said:
"I do not care for the Presidency if it has to
come by compromise with any one on a matter
of principle. With a hundredfold clearer evi
dence before you as to the connection of Gov
ernor Haskell with the Standard Oil than Mr.
Taft then had as to the connection of Senator
Toraker with any corporation, you neverthe
less, having secured Governor Haskell as chair
man of the committee to write the platform on
which you stand, put him in as treasurer of
your campaign committee.
Let me add that Governor Haskell's utter un
fllmm for any public position of trust, or for
association with any man anxious to make an
appeal on a moral issue to the American people
lias been abundantly shown, wholly irrespective of
this action of his in connection with the Stand
ard Oil Interests. As an American citizen who
prizes his Americanism and his citizenship far
above any queston of partisanship. I regard it
au; a scandal and a disgrace that Governor Has-
Jnn should be connected with the management
of any national campaign. I have not the space
In this letter to discuss Governor Haskell s con
duct for instance, in vetoing the child labor
bill, or the fact that his name appears as one
of the defendants in various suits brought by
the government to prevent the Creek Indians
from having certain of their lands fraudulently
taken or his connection with various other
matters of this kind; but let me call your at
tention to his conduct in prostituting to base
purposes the State University, as set forth in
an article in "The Outlook" of September .»
last, under the heading of "Shall the People
Rule— in Oklahoma In this article you will
ace that Governor Hafkell was given full op
portunity to make every explanation, and that
he made none.
HASKELL AND USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
After setMng forth the farts as to Governor
Haskell's oonduct. -The Outlook"' article con
cludes as follows:
, On this Fiat» of affairs w» have two comments
,to make and two questions to ask.
The people of Oklahoma are taxed to support
th«lr educational institutions, from the primary
school to the university. They pay their money to
have their children educated. hen the politicians
uce this money to promote the imprests of a politi
cal machine or a church seer, they are guilty of a
breach of trust. What do the taxpayers of Okla
homa think of the use which their public servants
ar» making of the public funds? hat do they
think about this financial policy— the taking of the
money due their sons and daughters and diverting
It for the benefit of politicians, ecclesiastical and
Governor Haskell was one of Mr. Bryan's right
hand rn*n in the Democratic convention, and. at
Mr. Bryan's Instance, ha*= ;>een made treasurer of
the Democratic National Committee. It is appalling
to think what would be the results in the educa
tional systems of the Philippines and Porto Rico.
in the diEeinp of the Panama Canal, in the work
of irrigation and reforestation, in the administra
tion of the Postotnce. the Interior and Agricultural
department!", in the appointment* of foreign minis
ter* and consuls, if the spirit which has actuated
the Democratic authorities in the State of Okla
homa should be permitted to take control of the
federal government at Washington Governor Has
>e!l by art ion? which speak louder than words,
has' dc'"cljm?d Ms disbelief in Grover Cleveland's
motto. "A*pvb3ic onVe Is a public trust." And Mr.
Ha«kr-1' I? jx. representative leader in the Bryan
Democracy. What does Mr Bryan think of Mr.
Cleveland's principle? What do the American peo
rle think of Mr Haskcll's contemptuous reversal
of IT?
BRYAN'S MEASURES WOULDN'T WORK.
You close your telegram by saying that you
expect and will demand fair and honorable
treatment from those who are in charge of the
Republican campaign. I am not in charge of
the campaign, but am greatly interested in it.
I have shown you above fairly and honorably
that Governor Haskell is a man who. on every
account I have named, is unworthy of any po
sition in our public life. No further investi
gation of these facts is required. They are
Spread on Hie record before you. and they were
available before Mr Haskell was chosen for his
position as treasurer. You also say that you
■will not permit any responsible member of the
Republican organization to misrepresent the
attitude of your party in the present campaign.
You will have no difficulty in getting me to
represent it aright, for my sole anxiety is that
the people of the country shall understand this
attitude clearly, and shall then condemn it as
It should be condemned. You say that you have
advocated more radical measures against pri
vate monopolies than either I or my party as
sociates have been willing to undertake. You
have Indeed advocated measures that sound
more radical, but they have the prime defect
that In practice they would not work. I should
not in this letter to you discuss your attitude on
this question if you did not yourself bring it
•up. but as you have brought it up I answer you
that in my Judgment the measures you advo
cate would be wholly ineffective in curing a
single evil, and so far as they had any effect at
all would merely throw the entire business of
the country into hopeless and utter confusion.
I put Mr Taft's deeds against your words. I
ask that Mr. Taft be Judged by all his deeds, for
he wishes none of them forgotten. I ask that
you be Judged both by the words you wish re
membered and by -the words that seemingly you
and your party now desire to have forgotten. I
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ask that your present plan for regulat!ni) "
' trusts be Judged in connection with your"^past
utterances, that you did not believe in their
regulation but in their destruction: and again
in connection with your past utterances to the
effect that only government ownership by a
complicated national and state system of rail
roads would avail; and again by your past ut
terances when you proposed* to remedy all tne
sufferings of our people by a depreciated cur
rency. For several years now I have been stead
fastly fighting to secure thoroughgoing and
far-reaching control in the interest of the public
over the great business combinations which no
an interstate business. In this effort I nave
been as much hampered by the extremists, well
meaning or otherwise, who demanded visionary'
and impracticable radicalism, as by those other
extremists, no less dangerous, who stand for the
reactionary refusal to remedy any grievance.
One side, the side on which I am obliged to say
you have placed yourself, has shown itself to
be Just as much the enemy of progress as tne
other. I hold it entirely natural for any great
law defying corporation to wish to see you
placed in the Presidency rather than Mr. la "-
Your plans to put a stop to the abuses of these
corporations are wholly chimerical: how chi
merical your last plan is, you will yourself see
if you read Governor Hughes'* speech at
Youngstown. Ohio. To recall to your mind wnat
Governor Hughes said, I quote as follows:
When we consider those (proposed) remedies
(of Mr. Bryan against the trusts) • . • " c
find ourselves Journeying in a land of dreams.
Again the magician of 1596 waves his wand. At
a stroke difficulties disappear and the complex
problems of modern business are forgotten in the
fascination of the simple panacea. The most im
portant proposal of Mr Bryan is that any manu
facturing or trading corporation engaged in Inter
state commerce shall be required to take out a
federal license before it shall be permitted to
control as much as 25 per cent of the product In
which it deals." and no corporation shall be per
mitted to control "more than 50 per cent of the
total amount of any product consumed in tne
United States." , . . . „ _
It might be interesting to inquire what is the
meaning of "any product consumed in the. I n ton
States Does it refer to a class of commodities?
And if so. how shall the classes be defined? Or
does it refer to such separate article of com
merce' And if bo. what account does this pro
posal take of the skill and initiative of manufact
urers who have built up a more or less exclusive
trade in particular articles often protected by
trade marks, although in most active competition
with other articles designed for the same general
purpose and seeking the same market? In a de
sire to correct the evils of business are we to
place an embargo upon honest endeavor whose
activities present none of the abuses requiring
remedies? And. if not, what statutory definitions
shall be found to be adequate and Just if we lay
down our prohibition in terms of volume or ratio
of business and not in terms of right and wrong?
If we adopt Mr. Bryan's proposal, to what period
of production is the prohibition to apply? Is the
excess for a day or for a month to be considered?
Or is the average production for a year to be
taken? And what system shall be devised by
which suitable information may be furnished in
the nature of danger signals along the routes of
trade so that the manufacturer may know when
he Is about to exceed the prescribed ratio? He
may justly be required to govern his own con
duct, but how shall he be apprised of the conduct
of others upon which is to depend his guilt or in
nocence?
Let me repeat that no law-defying corporation
has anything to fear from you save what it will
suffer in the general paralysis of business which
any attempt on your part to reduce to practice
what you have advocated would bring. This
paralysis would affect the wage worker, the
farmer, th*> small business man more than it
would affect the great business man. But it
would nffect the latter, too. Therefore, I hope
and believe that all farsighted citizens who wish
to see this country prosper in material things
will support Mr. Taft. But. above all, I ask for
support for him because he stands for the moral
uplift of the nation, because his deeds have made
good his words, and because the policies to
which he is committed are of irnmeasnreablp
consequence alike to the honor and the interest
of the whole American people. Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. William Jenning6 Bryan. Lincoln, Xeb.
"IT WILL KEEP," SAYS BRYAN.
Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 23— When the letter of
President Roosevelt In reply to Mr. Bryan's tele
gram was shown to him to-night Mr. Bryan took
it, but without reading the contents said:
"I'm too tired to-night. It will keep until morn
ing."
"ABSURD," SAYS HASKELL.
Attempts Reply to Charges in Presi
. _' dent's- Statement.
[By Telegraph to Th«» Tribune.;
Guthrie. Okla.. Sept. 23.— "1f President Roose
velt's statements are correctly quoted, he has
crawled into a hole which is scarcely big enough
for him to turn around in. and before he gets
through with me I will plug up the hole," said
Governor Charles X. Haskell to-night, when shown
the substance of the President's attack upon him.
"Roosevelt, in his attempt to "butt 1 into practices
u^ed in ward politics, ha* placed himself just
where I want him. and I will make him sorry for
It." said the Governor.
Taking up the Roosevelt arraignment in detail,
the Governor declared 1t ridiculous.
"In condemning me for my attitude toward the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company." said Governor
Haskell. "R.iosevelt is impugning the acts of his
former Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Hitchcock.
It was Hitchcock who granted the Prairie com
pany its rights to build a pipe line in what is now
Oklahoma, and I have done nothing more than
r <>«=p«>ot the vested rights that the Prairie com
pany had when the state was admitted to the
Union. I could pursue no other legal course. I
stopped the company from building a gas pipe
line into th» state because It had no right to build
it. but Hitchcock gave the company the right to
buiid an oil pipe line.
"As to vetoing the child labor bill." he went on,
"it had some provision? in it that would work an
absolute hardship upon working people as well as
employers. A stenographer could not work in a
lawyer's office or any oth* place if she was under
e-ghteen. and a minor could not even work after
school to support a widowed and sick mother or
-r. assist In securing an education."
Governor Haskell declart-d that there was abso
lutely nothing to the charge of Creek land frauds,
as he had never deßit in Indian lands.
•owing to clouded titles, I .have never considered
Investment vi Creek farm lands a good business
investment." he said. "As to the charge of mixing
politics with the state university, I am only one of
several members of the board of regents and have
never attended more than one meeting of the board.
Mr. CMcc is chairman of the board and controls
its actions."
' The Governor said that there was nothing new
in the statement of Monnett that he got his infor
mation ac to Haskell s alleged connection with
Standard Oil from Squires, of Cleveland.
"He stated that in his petition in the case," said
the Governor, "and has never claimed to have
direct/information on the subject. If Roosevelt ie
looking for a fight, he couldn't have come to a bet
ter place to get it," he continued. "Roosevelt's
entire statement, so far as now before me. is ab
eurd and ridiculous. I will give full reply when I
have all his statement. Has he questioned the size
of my family yet?"
"T'se a club," waa the advice given by Governor
Hsskeii to-night to persons desiring to debat©
with William R. Hearst. He said:
"Hearst Is a man without a party, and without
a following. What would be the use of entering
into an argument with an avalanche of charges.
The only way to debate with Hearst is to use a
club."
It was understood here that Haskeli would an
swer Hearst and Roosevelt in a speech at Sapulpa.
but his train failed to make connections, and ho
did not attend the Sapulpa meeting.
THINKS HASKELL WILL HURT BRYAN.
Woodruff Refers to His Standard Oil Con
nections — Hug-hes Coming Here.
At Republican state headquarters yesterday It
wan announced that Governor Hughes will make a
non-political speech at the German Orphan Asy
lum, Mount Vernon. on Tuesday, October 13. The
same night he will make a political speech In
Mount Vernon and another at New Ro£he!le. He
lirol.ably will speak at Poughkeepsle on October 14.
State <"hairman Woodruff said:
"When the Republican National Committee se
lected George R. Sheldon for treasurer there was a
great commotion among the Democrats because of
Mr. Sheldon's so-called Wall Street connections. It
now develops that Governor Haskell has in the
past not only enjoyed Standard Oil hospitality, but
also had Wall Street connections, which facts will
operate against Mr. Bryan among the voters in the
West."
I Jim H. — Important home news. L«tt«r a* ' Central
Fcfioffic*. New York. MAX UEaLU.
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NEW-YORK DAILY ' TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. l«w
WOULD DROP HASKELL
COL. GUFFEY. DELIGHTED.
Chairman Mack Sees Nothing
Wrong About Treasurer.
The charges regarding the Standard Oil con
nections of Governor Charles N. Haskell, Demo
cratic national treasurer, and the disclosures
of his Wall Street career are beginning to
result in a strong demand for his retirement
from any participation in the national campaign.
Several Democrats of prominence declared pri
vately yesterday, while unwilling to speak for
quotation for obvious reasons, their belief that
Governor Haskell was dead weight for Mr.
Bryan to carry now, and would render best ser
vice by resigning all part In the campaign.
Members of the national committee are pre
paring to use every influence at their command
to force Haskell out of the treasurers office be
cause they believe he will hurt the national
ticket and the state ticket here. Their attitude
is that when he was put into that place nothing
was known of his alleged corporation connec
tions or his Wall Street promotion record, and
that Mr. Bryan certainly would never have per
mitted Governor Haskell to be so intimately as
sociated with him If he had known of those in
cidents.
COLONEL GUFFEY DELIGHTED.
Colonel James M. Guffey. of Pennsylvania, who
was thrown out of the national committee large
ly on Governor Haskell's account, and John T.
McGraw, of West Virginia, a member of the
executive committee, came to town yesterday.
Colonel Guffey was at no pains to conceal his
delight at the present situation.
"Haskell on the night the committee on cre
dentials made its report yelled "Back to your oil
tanks!' at me," said Guffey to some of his
friends. 'It looks like 'back to the oil tanks'
for his now, and if the managers of this cam
paign have any good political judgment they'll
send him there so quickly that the oil -will
smoke with the heat of his coming."
Such was not the opinion of National Chair
man Mack, though. He said that if any evi
dence of the kind produced against Senator
Foraker had been brought against Governor
Haskell it might be advisable for him to step
out of his place with the committee, but that
no such evidence had been adduced, and noth
ing was in evidence up to date which could de
mand his retirement. Until proof came from
President Roosevelt, or some one else, substan
tiating the charges Governor Haskell, said Mr.
Mack, the national committee would take no |
action in the case.
"Is Governor Haskell to remain treasurer of
the national committee?" was asked point blank
of Chairman Mack. His reply was:
"I know nothing to the contrary."
"Will the national committee take any action
against Governor Haskell if his defence to the
various charges against him is not considered
satisfactory?"
MACK SEES NOTHING WRONG.
"My attitude is this," said Mr. Mack. "If
they will show me the same evidence against
Governor Haskell that was produced against
Senator Foraker I shall expect Governor Has
kell to do the same thing Senator Foraker did,
but it is only fair to him to say that no such
exMdence has been produced up to date."
Mr. Mack said he had had no communication
with Governor Haskell. He denied that the
Oklahoma man had been chosen directly by Mr.
Bryan to run the committee on resolutions at
Denver, and later to be national treasurer.
"Mr. Bryan's relations with Governor Has
kell are the same as his relations with any other
member of the national committee,"' said he.
He said specifically that he did not consider it
his duty to demand any expanation from Gov
ernor Haskell on any of the charges.
Chairman Mack yesterday added another
chapter to the incident of the $300,000 cam
paign fund. He indicated that any use of such
figures was a bluff, intended to induce contribu
tions by an appearance of prosperity on the
part of the committee.
NEW LIGHT ON $300,000.
"When I started in the newspaper business
twenty-seven years ago," said he, "I didn't have
a cent, and I soon found the way to get business
and obtain money was to have money, or at
least simulate prosperity. At the first meeting
of the national eommjttee I did my best to make
the committee see it that way— that we'd never
get contributions if we were pleading poverty
all the time.
"I made up my mind that if there was any
thing the committee wanted to help along the
campaign we'd have it. and if the worst came
to the worst I knew several friends of mine in
the party who would help settle up in the end
rither than see us go into a big hole, because
the old party is going to live long after we're
gone. So we've put up a prosperous appear
ance right along; but the campaign fund is far
less than $3(X».0(K)."
Mr. Mack said that the rule laid down by Mr.
Bryan that no ccntribution of more than $10,
000 would be accepted from any one person was
still in effect.
Guthrie, Okla.. Sept. 23.— Governor Charles !C.
Haskell would not discuss the story from New York
that an effort was being made by several national
committeemen to effect his removal from the treas
urerßhip of the Democratic National Committee.
"I cannot see anything in this that seems to re
quire any reply from me." he said. "That the
publication of the Oklahoma Prairie Oil and Gas
Company charges ha? occasioned this movement
on the part of the Democratic committeemen I do
not believe to be true. "
SUIT AGAINST HASKELL.
C. S. Loder Having Hard Time to
Collect Judgment for $41,890.
Among the suits instituted against Charles N.
Haskell since his elevation to the Governorship of
Oklahoma is one by Cornelius S. Loder, of this
city, to recover $41,850 76, costs and interest on a
judgment obtained against Hask.'ll in New York
City on February 2i, 1900. The suit Is pending at
present In the United States Circuit Court, sitting
in Guthrie. Okla.
The judgment wa» ohtained for money which
H;is>kell owed the Illinois Steel Company in con
nection with his promotion of tne Detroit & Lima
Northern Railroad in the late We. He wai not
only the promoter and presidei.t of this road,
which later went into th« hands of a receiver at
great loss to tho bondholders, bat also the con
tractor for the confitruction of the greater part, if
not all, of the. road. For supplies obtained from
the Illinois Steel Company, he admit 3 that he
gave the concern a personal note for $45,000 and
lnterf-ht at 6 per rfiit
This debt was assigned by the steel company to
Mr. Letter, and Haskell was represented by his at
torneys in court when the judgment was obtained
against him. , Haskell, however, owned claims
against the Illinois Steel Company. One of these,
for JG3.GOO for alleged breach of contract, he as
signed to a business associate named John T.
Adams. The day after Mr. Loder obtained his
judgment against Hasktll Adams brought suit In
Ohio to recover $f>5,000 from the, Steel company, and
attached Haskell's debt, alleging that it wan the
property not of J-oder, but of the Steel company.
On February 17, 1903, John V. Bailey, another
friend of Haskell's, brought suit against the Illi
nois Steel Company for $52,600 on an alleged con
tract for legal services, the claim having been
owned by Haskell. He also attached Haskell's
debt, alleging that it was the property of the Steel
company and not of Loder. Haskell, in the suit
now pending against htm, alleges that Loder can
not bring action against bin. because the debt In
'question is the property of the Il'.inois MMi Com
pany, and has been attached, in effect, by him
self.
The defendant Governor also maintains that the
Btatute of limitations in Oklahoma, one of his own
creations, by the way, since he was responsibly
with Bryan, for the provisions of the new state's
constitution, throws out the judgment against him.
The law of the state Is that a foreign Judgment,
unless sued o n within a year of th* date on which it
was obtained, is null and void. The judgment was
obtained in New York in 1900, and the suit was
first Instituted In Oklahoma In 1908.
But there are complications, unfortunately, for
Governor Haskell. In the first place, for Judgments
obtained before Oklahoma became a state the old
statutes of limitations In force in the territories of
Oklahoma and Indian Territory still hold good. In
the Territory of Oklahoma no foreign judgment
could be sued on afttr a year from the date on
which it was obtained, but in that part of Indian
Territory now incorporated in the State of Okla
homa the time limit was ten years. Governor Has
kell asserts that he has been a resident of the State
of Oklahoma for six years. As the state was born In
1907, the question arises, Was he a resident of
Oklahoma or of Indian Territory before statehood'
was granted? Thla he does not say, and the as
sumption of his prosfvutors is that the ten-year
limit applies to his case, but that he has moved
into a county where the one-year limit obtains in
an attempt to bensftt by its provisions.
Mr. Loder's attorneys have- filed demurrers to all
the points in Governor Haskells defence. They
point out that he does not fear judgments which
might be rendered against him in favor of Adams
and Bailey, his assignees, but rather courts the
rendition of such judgments. He will, no doubt,
th*y say, make an attempt to save himself from
double liability by pleading in the suits brought by
his associates against the Illinois Steel Company
that he is not indebted to the steel company be
cause a judgment has been rendered in favor of
Loder.
MOXXETT ON BRYAN CAR.
Can Neither Exonerate Nor Con
demn Haskell, He Says.
Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 23.— "1f I charged Governor
Charles N. Haskell wrongfully, it was because
Charles B. Squire gave me his name," said Frank
S. Monnett, ex-Attorney General of Ohio, to-day
on the private car of William J. Bryan, en route
from Prospect, Ohio, to Columbus Mr. Monnett
declared, however, that he could not exonerate
Governor Haskell from the charges that had been
made that he was a party to the $500,000 bribe
fund of the Standard Oil Company, nor could he
condemn him.
"All that I have against Governor Haskell," he
oaid, "is hearsay evidence, n"nd I have suggested
that if the ca.=e were presented to a grand jury it
would be shown whether Governor Haskell has
been wrongfully accused."
Mr. Mcnnett denied that he had made speeches
in Oklahoma exonerating Governor Haekell, but
eaid that In fairness to the Governor he had stated
the facts as they had come to him, and paid that
if the charges were proved he would return to
Oklahoma at his own expense and denounce Mr.
Haskell.
Mr. Monnett said that the Governor had repeat
edly asked for an opportunity to disprove the
charge, and had been subpoenaed to appear before
the examiner who was taking testimony in the
Standard Oil ouster suit in Ohio, but that he did
not so appear because the court had ordered the
quashing of the testimony.
"I threatened to arrest Mr. Squire if he did not
give me the names of the parties to the bribery
proposition, whereupon he mentioned Frank Rocke
feller. F. B. Squires and Charles N. Haskell, of
New York." he said.
Mr. Monnett said further that Governor Haskell
"phoned, wired and wrote." asking an opportunity
to exonerate himself and that Governor Haskell
was the only one of the three men who did. "He
said at that time," Mr. Monnett said, "that there
was a W. C. Haskell. 'who trained with the
bunch." to use his own words, and he at that time
held some public office in Washington. That was
the first intimation I had received that there might
be a mistake in the Haskell charge."
The method of payment of the bribe, said Mr.
Monnett. was that he should receive the key to a
safe deposit vault, where the $600,000 was to be
deposited, and he was told that he could first go
and see it, and then let it remain In the deposit
box until he retired from office or until he got
ready to take the money out. Finding that he
was about to be arrested for offering the bribe,
Mr. Monnett paid that Squire disappeared to New
York, and that despite his efforts Squire had not
been in-licted.
Guthrie. Okla.. Sept. 23— When shown the state
ment of Frank S. Monnett, ex-Attorney General of
Ohio, late this afternoon. Governor Charles N. Has
kell said he had no statement to make concerning
the alleged Standard Oil deal other than he had
made "during the time Sheets, of Ohio, invaded
Oklahoma in the primary campaign, making the
charge against me."
• My statement at that time," said the Governor,
•'was 'I had no connection whatever with the af
fair and know nothing about it.' "
Governor Haskell said that there was nothing new
in the statement of Mr. Monnett, as it embodied
nothing which Monnett had not already said in
Oklahoma. The Governor said that he could prove
by a number of Republican editors who were pres
ent when Mr. Mannett made a speech in Oklahoma
City that Mr. Monnett exonerated him In the
speech, whether he intended to or not.
Cleveland. Sept. 23. — Charles B. Squire, who is
mentioned by ex-Attorney General Frank C. Mon
nett as his informant regnrdlng Governor Charles
N. Haskell's connection with the Standard Oil
ouster suit in Ohio, was formerly an insurance
agpnt here. He went to New York City several
years ago to take the management of a fire Insur
ance company.
There is a Charles B. Squire engaged In a gen
eral insurance brokerage business at No. 45 Cedar
street, this city. At his office yesterday it was said
that Mr. Squire had not been th«re for several
days, and information as to his whereabouts was
refused. A pn-6on saving that he represented Mr.
Squire, however, said that he was certain that it
wns a case of mistaken identity, and that there
could be no connection between the Charles B.
Squire who has an office here and the man men
tioned in the Cleveland dispatch as having been ex-
Attorney General Frank S. Monnett's informant In
connecting Governor CharU* N. Haskell with the
Standard Oil ouster 6uit in Ohio.
MR. HASKELL'S RECORD.
Glimpses of a Napoleon of Finance
in Action.
Some of the things laid at Governor Haskell's
door by his political antagonists and former Wall
Street associates, which have caused many of his j
Democratic colleagues to desire his retirement, are: |
That he attempted to bribe Attorney General ■
Monnett. of Ohio, in 1899 to let up on certain suits ,
against the Standard Oil Company. Court records |
have Attorney General Monnett charging Mr. Has- ;
kell with plotting with Frank Rockefeller and F. j
B. Squires about the $500,000 bribe which later was j
reported to the official by Charles B. Squires. The I
charges never came to trial. Mr. Haskell since has
stated that the Haskell referred to in the docu
ments was another man.
That as Governor of Oklahoma he restrained the
Attorney General of Oklahoma from procedlng
against the Prairie Oil and Gas* Company, a sub
• Mary company of the Standard Oil Company.
That he engaged In. various railway floatlon j
schemes In which properties of dubious worth were
transformed by obscure bookkeplng Into attractive i
looking investments, their bonds sold to unsuspect
ing Investors, and the properties then permitted
to lapse Into the Inevitable receiverships. Some o' {
the roarti mentioned were the Lima Northern, the
Detroit & Lima Northern, the Columbus & North
western, the Toledo & Detroit Shore Line, the New i
York, Btabonlnf & Western and the Ohio Southern, j
That In- avoided Judgments obtained against him j
In his Wall Street career and Involved the cases |
In ii web of litigation to escape payment of his
debts, and that he has been practically a bankrupt I
since ISSB, not daring to carry property In hl3 !
own name, with Judgments against him In Ohio j
and this state.
Haskell, in 1888, organized and began construct
ing the New York. Mahoning •& Western Railroad,
obtaining rights of way for nothing simply by \
taking possession la some cases, later becoming
Autumn Outings
AT GREATLY REDUCED FARES
TO THE
ADIRONDACKS
GREEN MOUNTAINS
AND THOUSAND ISLANDS
Excursion tickets on sale September 15th to
October 6th, good returning to October 31st.
REDUCED RATES AT MOST HOTELS
Practically ali hotels and boarding places quote
special rates during the Autumn.
For information ace ticket agents or apply
to L. F. Voaburgh, General Eastern Pas
senger Agent, 1216 Broadway, cor. 30th St.
Telephone 5680 MadUon Square
or B«nd a stamp to Adrertising Depart
ment, Grand Central Station, N. V . for
folder giving rates, routes and particulars.
involved In injunction proceedings on that account.
The South Chicago Rolling Mill Company, which
furnished rails, later replevined them because they
were not paid for.
Similar tactics were pursued with resrnr.l to the
Lima Northern, which went into the hands of a
recel\-er before It had been in existence six months,
whose lines never were finished, and whose prop
erties, absunly inadequate to secure the millions
of dollars of stock and bonds sold by Haskell.
were heavily mortgaged in the beginning. The De
troit & Lima Northern followed this, with E. R.
Thomas as president and Hask< 11 vicp-prppident.
But Haskeil was too much even for Thomas, him
self somewhat of a meteoric financier, and he last
ed only a year, until th«» Inevitable receivership.
Next came the Detroit Southern, a combination of
the two previous roads, which finally was merged
into the Detroit. Toledo & Ironton. still with an ac
companying receivership and a practical lo?s of
every cent to the investors who bought Has'cell's
bonds.
Haskell in 1895 was attorney for Mills W. Barse,
receiver for the Ives syndicate, which heM I'SQZ
shares of Ohio Southern, a controlling Interest.
According to records in the United States Circuit
Court here, Haskell in December, 1895, met B.irse
and Charles H. Roser In the H-">tel Netherland
here to discuss the sale of this Ftock. Rop*>r was
an engineer in the employ of Haskell. a man with
out property. Barse agreed to sell the sto^k to
Roser at $12 a sharp, an agreement was drawn
up. which was signed by Roser and Haskell as
guarantee. This agreement was taken by Barse
before Judgo Lacombe, who approved it aftfr it
was thrashed out in court. Haskell being present.
Roser never paid the drafts for the stock, and when
Barse retired as receiver they still were unpaid.
Before Arthur H. Masten. appointed master to
hear testimony, Haskell lat»r testified that he
never paid any attention to th^t contract, and did
not consider it binding. Finally he and Roser
petitioned to be relieved of the contract, savin?
they had been acting for Barse and n*>ver had had
the stock in their po^espion. Mastens report was
against them in every particular. He found that
they, did have the stock, which »Haskell had de
posited with the Manhattan Trust Company, re
ceiving negotiable certificates therefor, which cer
tificates remained in his possession until I<W. An
order eventually was Issued against Hask<=ll and
Roser for the full amount of the claim. $I^3.l>t 31.
the United States marshal to levy on their property.
In 1904 John J. Townsend, receiver, recommended
that a settlement of $22,000 be accepted from
Haskell. Barse still is held responsible for the
rest of the Haskell debt.
The registration days this year are Monday.
October 5; Tuesday, October 6; Saturday,
October 10, and Monday. October 12. All who
intend to vote must register on cms of these
days, between 7 a. m. and 10 p. m.
DOZEN BRYAN SPEECHES.
Democratic Candidate Talks to
Heart's Content in Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 23. — Twelve speeches to
larg* crowds marked the second entry of William
J. Bryan. Democratic candidate for President, into
Ohio during the present campaign. His closing
speech was made here to-night to an overflow
crowd of twenty thousand persons.
Mr. Bryan's appearance on the platform created
a scene of enthusiasm whloft took some time to
die out, but the de-monstration was repe-ated when
he was formally introduced by James Kilboiime.
the Democratic candidate for Governor of < >hio
several years ago. While Mr. Bryan was speaking
Judg* Harmon, the prose-nt Democratic candidate
for Governor of the state: John J. Lentz and others
were addressing the crowd outside.
In none of his remarks did Mr. Bryan touch on
the bribery charge against Governor Haskell.
During the day in this city the Democratic can
didate for President spoke to four thousand pre
cinct committeemen, the number being so large
that the hall was emptied In order to accommodate
those who had not heard him talk on organization.
These meetings were followed by addresses to the
Commercial Travellers' league on the trusts, and
to the. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen. His remarks to-night were on the Issues
of the campaign generally, but hi." speech to the
representatives of the brotherhood was devoted
exclusively to the labor question, and more partic
ularly the plank in the Democratic platform de
manding a trial by Jury In cases of indirect con
tempt. In these remark 3hp took occasion to refer
to the attempts made in lE-6 to pass a law cover
ing such, cases, and quoted a telegram signed by
labor leaders, asking that the proposed law of
1396 be passed.
Mr. Bryan used that as an argument against the
position of Mr. Taft that the plank of the Demo
cratic platform relating to indirect contempt cases
was an Insidious attack en the judiciary. He men
tioned the names of Senators Allison, of Iowa;
Hale, of Maine. Morrlll. of Wrmont; Culiom. of
Illinois; Sherman, of Ohio: Hawley. of Connecti
cut, and others as having favorp.l Dm measure in
the Senate, and he again demanded that Mr. Taft
"apologize to these big Republicans for slandering
them as he slanderpd them in this matter."
TO NAME BLAiKMAR.
Justice O'Keefc Will Nominate
Jurist to Force Issue.
According to reports in Brooklyn yesterday. Jus
tice George J. O'Keefe. a friend of Justice Luke J.
Stapleton. of the Supreme Court, will present the
name of Justice Abel B. Blackmar to the Demo
cratic Judiciary convention.
O'Keefe is a delegate to the convention from the
Ota Assembly District It is now believed that
eighteen of the twenty-three delegates of Kings
County will vote for Stapleton and his Republican
colleague.
Senator P. 11. McCarren was considering yester
day, it was said, a ticket made up of Isaac M.
(Capper and James D. Bell. Kapper is counsel of
the McCarren organization and Tell is chairman Of
the county committee. Justice Stapleton refused to
discuss the situation. *
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UPSTATE CONGRESS NOMINATIONS.
Utlca. N. V .. Sept. Curtis F. Allaiume was
to-day nominated for Congress by the Democrats '
of the 27th Congress District, comprising the
counties of Oneida and ITMIIHMI. to succeed Rep
resentative James S. Sherman.
Waterloo N. \ , Sept. 23.— Andrew C. Cornwall.
of Alexandria Bay, was to-day nominated for Con- '
gress by tLe Democratic Congress Convention of I
: the SSth District. 1
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NO PLUM FOR MURPHY.
Mayor Appoints Anti-Cassidy Man
as Tax Commissioner.
Mayor McClellan yesterday passed up to -»^r!ei
F. Murphy and "Joe" Cassidy. his lieutenant ta
Queens, another left-handed compliment by ap
pointing as Tax Commissioner, at *7,000 a year.
John J. Halleran. to succeed the late Thomas L.
Ham'lton. Halleran until yesterday was Superin
tendent of Sewers, and he belongs to the Grosser-
Mara- Harvey wing of the Democracy. The ap
pointment was made, it is understood, to ,!»:r.on
strate \o the organization in Queens that tfel Mc-
Clellan administration is with the antl-Casaldy
forces.
Local Democrats, who look a good way? ahead.
said yesterday that, with Brooklyn. Queens. Rich
mond and part of The Bronx against Murphy in tho
next city convention, the Tammany boss would to
unable to dictate the nominations.
Mr. Halleran is a real estate dealer, and '.iv»s at
Flushing. He is a member of the county commit
tee of Queens from the 4th Assembly DM :
a member of the Shinnecock Democratic Club, of
Flushing.
CHANLER NOTIFICATION.
Will Be Held at Red Hook on
October 1.
Announcement was made yesterday by Chair
man Conner* that the notification of the nominaM
on the Democratic state ticket would be he'd on
Thursday. October 1. at Red Hook. tMe home <rf
Lieutenant Governor Chanler. Ex-Judge Alton R
Parker, permanent chairman of the state conven
tion, will make the notincation speech.
"The Democrats put up a great ticket, and tt
was selected by the people. " Mr. Conners said, tn
a burst of enthusiasm. "There were two hundred
and forty delegates, representing more than f"rty
counties, who wanted Chanler named. Waft th«y
got him; and the other candidates were not nam««
by any bosses-it's a peoples ticket, and its goina
to win. "
Charles F. Murphy was at Tammany Hall y«»
terday afternoon. He said he had had a talk wtth
Chairman Conners about Democratic prospects.
No speakers had been selected yet. he said. f"r the
Tammany ratification meeting on September 30. but
he said he expected several of the state eandidaM*
to be present and speak. H? would not talk about
the Haskell-Standard Oil affair.
CHANLER HAS A BUSY DAY. -
Addresses Crowds at County Fairs at Oneonti
and Cooperstown.
Cooperstown. N. V.. Sept. 23.-Thls was a TnMf
day for Lieutenant Governor Lew..? Stuyvesant
Chanler. In the forenoon he visited Binghamton.
next he mad* a speech at the Central New Tori
County Fair, held at Oneonta. »nd he ended tfco
day by speaking at the Otsego County Fair her*
In each of the places visited the Democratic candi
date for Governor was greeted by cheering thou
sands.
The Lieutenant Governor caused considers^.*
amusement by his references to the agitation if
investigation of farm conditions, saying there «»•
no need of his telling the farmer* how to ventilate
their bedrooms or how to show consideration for
the wives of the farmers, as these Important mat
ters had been fully covered by another.
After a short reception and luncheon Mr. CM3
ler was taken by automobile to CooperstowTU where
he addressed a large crowd at the Otseso Count?
Fair. He was cheered repeatedly during his speeds.
The Lieutenant Governor dwelt on the subject of
good roads In the rural districts and other netd«d
Improvements. f
SENATOR EMERSON RENOMINATED.
Plattsburg. N. V.. Sept. 23.— James A. Emersca.
of Warrensburg. Warren County. N. V.. was to-*»y
renominated for State Senator from the C'.tnto*-
Essex-Warren district at the Republican conven
tion, held here. Resolutions were adopted 13
dorslng the administrations of President Roosevelt
and Governor Hughes.
CAT DRIVES BURGLARS AWAY.
[By I>l<»jrr«ph to The Tribune. 7
Plttsburg. Sept. 23.— Burglars at 3 a. m. to-«U»
tramped on the tall of the family cat in *&•
home of D. A. Connors. No. «537 Frankstown »*♦
nue. and the cat attacked the Intruders with WCB
fury and noise that they were forced to escss*
by a back window, leaving all the family •»▼*
piled up on the floor ready to carry away. Mr-
Connors says that he will buy the cat the &* e3t
collar to be had for money. _
READY FOR ACTIVITY.
You need not delay any desired
purchase of real estate for fear that
money may be scarce. We nave
plenty of money to 'end on good first
mortgages. Telephone for one of enr
attorneys to draw your contract and
we will make yen any reasonable
loan required.
TiTIE GUARANTEE
AND TRUST C 9
Capital and Surplus, - $12,000,000
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