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THE MORXIXG- OKEGOMAX, FRIDAY, SEPTliaiBJiK 25, 190. HASKELL FIRES IT JIT G HEARS T Denies Need of New Party to Accomplish Reforms Ed itor Proposes. WHAT OKLAHOMA HAS DONE Says His State IX aft Carried Out All Independence League Platform Except On J'lank Accuses Hearst of Vanity. GUTHRIE. Okla.. Srpt. 24. W R. Hearst was taken to task for his attitude In the Providential campaign in a letter addrpFsed to him today by Governor C. . HavkcM. of Oklahoma. While discuss ing fully the issues of the campaign, Mr. Ha.kfU makes no allusion to Mr. Hearst's charge that he was Involved In an at tempt of t!ie Standard Oil Company to bribe F. S. Monnett, when the latter was Attornry-Grneral of Ohio. Mr. Haskell's letter Is as follow: To WlTliam R. , H"ar Dear Sir: Tou r!im that tiiere U need for a new political party and have Pouch t to organize nuch an rcanizatton. and have formulated a plat form. Oklahoma Carrlea Out Ilalform. In every Instance, except one. th De itinerary of Oklahoma in framing the con stitution and acta of the first legislative .slnn have covered everything you recom mend In the declaration of state principles In your platform. You alao find that the Denver pTatfnrm covers them, with only two exceptions. You will observe. Mr. Hearst, that the progressive Democracy of the .Southwest actually does things, while you are devoting your life to simply talking about what misht be dona. Amendments to Constitution. I aiffo heg to remind you that last Winter when Coupes was tn session. Oklahoma, through Senator "VV. 1... Owen, in the Heuate, and Hop. Scott Ferris, member of th House of Representatives, jat in Washington and Introduced resolutions providing for amendments to the Constitution of the United States, among others the following: (a) To elect Senators by popular vote; b legalize National income tax: (c to const Itutlonallzi an employers' liability act, which you Know, according to the Supreme t'ourt of the In i ted States cannot be en acted under the present Constitutional lim itations; d to allow the states the right to prohibit Interstate commerce shipments of convict-made goods into states where by state law conyict labor Is prohibited from competing with free labor. Loud Talker, Not Actor. I wrote you when these resolutions were introduced In Congress, and appealed to you for your official and editorial assistance. You ignored both. Your services might have been very beneficial on that occasion. Such things as these lead me to believe that you are a loud talker, but not a reliable actor. If Oklahoma Democracy has done la two i yean practically all you recommend In your platform, why don't you help those who do things instead of oppose their efforts? I Flea for Union IaJel. j In Oklahoma we believe that the organ ization of labor ts Indispensable to elevat trg humanity and protecting the toiler. We want respect for these principles to be part of the education of childhood and the prac tice i.f maiur yann. Therefore, we have begun by requiring the union label to ap pear on our common school books. No doubt three-fourths of the common school books aro used bv children of those who toil In the field, the mines, the shops, etc. Now let those who buy these books join the (Oklahoma politics and soon the union label will be on every book in the t'nion. Even in Oklahoma It can't be done at once, but the good work is started; let us all keep it going. Have you done as much ? If so, when and where? Only to Bnewt Hrnrnt. After reading the above and your talk compared with our acts done, tell your audience If there is any excuse on eartlt lor your efforts at a new political party except for the sole purpose of boosting i single solitary' individual who calls himself W. R. Hearst. C. N. HASKELL. Governor of Oklahoma. Its success due to any one man. but to the multitude of able men who are working together. In discussing the "modern corporation," Mr. Rockefeller says: "Beyond question there is a suspicion of corporations. There may be reason for such, suspicion very often; for a corpora tion may be moral or immoral. Just as a man may be moral or the opposite; but it k folly to condemn all corporations be cause some are bad, or even to be unduly auspicious of all, because some are bad. But the corporation in form and character has come to stay that is a thins that may be depended upon. "It is too late to argue about the advan tages of Industrial combinations; they are a necessity and if Americans are to have the privilege of extending their business in all the states of the Union and into foreign countries as well, tlfey are a ne cessity on a large scale and require the agency of more than one corporation." Mr. Rockefeller recalls what he said at an official hearing that "if I were to sug gest any explanation regarding Industrial combinations it would be, first. Federal legislation under which corporations may he created and regulated. If that be possi ble. Second, In lieu thereof, state legisla tion as nearly uniform as possible, encour aging combinations of persons and cap ital for the purpose of carrying on indus tries, but sufficient to prevent frauds upon the public. OFhMS REPLY RAILWAY SUIT Manager Stubbs, of Southern Pacific, Makes Affidavit Regarding Lumber. CLAIM MADE RATE IS LOW HEADS CITIZENS' ALLIANCE Chicago Tribune Exposes Previous Kecord of Governor Haskell. CHICAGO, a-pt. 25. The Tribune to day publishes a story that purports to be a facsimile of the documents showing that Governor C. N. Haskell, of Okla homa, was the prime mover of and charter member in the Citizens' Alli ance, adjudged to have been a secret so ciety organized for the purpose of fight lng the demand of union Ittbor in Mus kogee, Okla., three years ago. The documents represented In the Tribune purport to show the signature of C- N". Haskell attached to a petition for membership to a set of resolutions. These resolutions are alleged to have been ad dressed to business men to discourage fanaticism of trade unionism, as it existed at Muskogee. They are repre sented as stating that "the laborers throughout the United States and backed by a central trades union are becoming Intolerable," and "the price of labor is being advanced to a prohibitive standard by these labor organizations." POLICE MAUL WRONG MEN Officers Mistake Peaceful Citizens for Crooks and Use Clubs. SKATTLE. Wash., Sept. 24. (Spe cial.) Believing they were dealing: with confidence operators instead of business men. policemen today arrested B. A. Cardwell. a mining engineer, with offices at 354 Arcade Annex, and Alfred W. Mackfe. a real estate dealer with offices at 851 Arcade building. Cardwell. who weighs about 300 pounds and is past middle age. was brutally beaten, and, he says, kicked by the policemen who made the arrest. After examining all concerned in the affair. Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant and Captain of Police Alex. MacDonald decided that there was ab solutely no evidence on which to hold the two men and they were released. BLAST FIRED BY HEARST (Continued rom First Page.) ROCKEFELLER AS AUTHOR Oil King Makes Denial of Accusa tions Against Hint. NEW YORK. Sept- 24. John D. Rocke- feller appears for the first time in the role of an author in a series of articles on "Pome Random Reminiscences of Men and Event." the first of which will appear on Friday In the October issuo'cf "The World's Work." Mr. Rockefeller gives as a reason for speaking; now. that "if a tentii of the things that tiBTp hrt-n snid are true, then dozens of able and faithful men who have b-en associated with mo. many of whom have passed away. must have been guilty of grave faults. For myself, I had decided to say nothing, hoping that after my death the truth would gradu ally come to the surface and posterity would do strict justice; but while 1 live and can testify to certain things it seems fair that I should refer to some points which I hope will help to set forth several much discussed happen ings In a new light. I am convinced that they have not been fully understood. "It has ben said that I forced the men who became my partners in the oil busi ness to Join with me. I would not have been so fthort -sighted. If It were true that I followed such tactics. , I ask. would it have been possible to make of puch men life-long companions?" Mr. Rockefeller speaks of the develop ment of the Standard Oil Company and says that the plan of selling direct to the consumer and the exceptionally rapid growth of the business "bred a certain antagonism which I suppose could not have been avoided." Of the direct selling to the consumer he savs: "This was done In a fair spirit and with due consideration for everyone's rights- We did not ruthlessly go after the trade of our competitors and at tempt to ruin It by cutting prices or In stituting a spy system." If any of the employes of the com pany were ovorzeakms in going after sales, he says- that they acted in vio lation of expressed and known wishes of the company. Mr. Rockef oiler says that In the early days the oil industry was considered a most hazardous under taking not altogether unlike the specula tive mining undertakings we hear so much of today. "None of us." he says, "over dreamed of the magnitude of what proved to be the latter expansion." Further on he says: "Another thing to be remembered about the so-called 'Octopus' is that there has lecn no 'water' introduced Into the capital (perhaps, w felt that oil and water would not have mixed), nor in all these years has anyone had to wait for money which tlit Standard owed. It Is a common thing to hear people say that this company has crushed com pet lions, only the uninformed Mm Zella Nuttall is now in Mexico could make surn an assertion. It has had director of tne Keia-crocker expe and always has had and alwavs will have I ttion which U excavating the pyramids v,,. ftf active competitors. 1 ' un "d Moon- 7h rk be1" . . . i carried, on with, runds rumwhed by Mrs, -mw duuwu never i TVnitelaw juid, sad Mrs. Crocker, of San the Knickerbocker Trust Company, New York, tftf Broadway: "My Dear Etdrldge: It gives me pleas ure to Introduce to you hereby Senator J. I.. McLaurin, of South Carolina, who de sires to discuss with you some business question of mutual Interest. 1 cannot speak In too bltrh terms of Senator McLaurin. for whom I bespeak your kindly consideration. "Verv truly i-ours, -JOHN D. ARCHBOIiD." Senator McT.aurin is a Democrat and JtaUey Is a Democrat end Bryan's man Has kell In a Democrat, but do not Imagine that the Standard Oil Company is a narrow par tisan concern. Not at all. It Is Inspired by a spirit of independence. Is Is as inde pendent as we are. and if we would pre serve our liberties, we must be as Indepen dent and n.in-partlsan as it Is. This letter is about a Republican Sena tor: Invest 91000 in a Senator. "Personal and confidential. "House of Representatives, Washington. D. C. Nov. 23. 11M3. My Dear A.: A Kep. United States Senator came to me today to make a loan of fiono. I told him I did not have It. but would try to get It for him and yould let him know in a day or two. Do you want to make the investment? He Is one who will do anything in the world that Is right for his friends, if ever needed. Plcae telegraph me yes or no. I will give you til name when I see you. I don't know but what I ought to come over and see you. Events are crowding and I am on th lnlde of them. And think I am playing no small hand and want to know whether to go ahead. The nomination of a Uep. President la not settled. No man can safely predict the nominee and guess I have got hold of the real situation as closely as any one here. "If you nerd me for any purpose, tele graph me and I will come over. Slncerel v yours. "JOSEPH C. SIBL.EV." The word "rep." cannot possibly mean reputable. We are powitiv on that point. It might possibly mean reprehensible, l-ut it more probably means Republican. The above letter undoubtedly relates to a Repub lican Senator, but do not. as I have said before. Imagine that thtse great corpora tions which make Investments In the peo ples representatives are partisan institu tions. Don't Care Which Party Wins. The next letter shows how thev are ready to take advantage of any turn in any election and to have their candidate chosen, no matter whether a state goes Democratic or Republican. Here Mr. Hearst read a letter to N. F. Clarke from John Archbold. Its con tents referred to a Iemocratic Senator to succeed Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia. The letter clearly showed Gov ernor Fleming as its choice for the office. Mr. Hearst continued: Can you not see that it makes no differ ence to t hese great corrupt corporations which of the parties win? Can you not see that the only thing the corporation Inter ests are afraid of is a new party, aa Inde pendence party ? Mr. Hearst received another demon stration and the convention proceeded to other business. Mr. Allen was made permanent chairman. The platform indorses the National plat form in Its entirety and pays high trib ute to Mr. Hearst, mentioning especially his recent disclosures of "corrupt corpor ations in both the names " The platform urges direct primary nom inations; contains a strong plank on antl- mjuncnon; a declaration against the blacklisting of employes; another for the election or 1 nited States Senators by the people; a condemnation of the "scandal ous methods disclosed to exist in the stock exchanges in the City of New York," and a demand that the instltu- 1 iiuu ut- uniuKiu unuer rigid state control, I and also declares in favor of Mnm the elective franchise upon women. The following ticket was named: Gov ernor. Clarence J. Shearn, New York; Lieutenant-Governor, Dr. Daniel W. Fln neraoro, of Pottsdam; Secretary 'of State, Frank Stevens, of Nassau; Controller, Willard Glenn, of Onondaga; State Treas urer, William A. Deford, of Albany; State Engineer and Surveyor, M. J. Caiiero, of Kings; Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. Ruben Roble Lyon, of Bath. Present Action Said to Be for Pur pose of Preventing Enforcement of Charges on Timber Southward. . SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 24. Affi davits were filed in the United States Circuit Court today by J. C. Stubbs, traffic manager, and R. B. Miller, gen eral freight agent, at Portland, in the injunction suit of the Southern Pacific Company and the California & Oregon Railroad Company, against the Interstate C om merce Com m I ssi on. The suit was brought to enjoin the Commissioners from enforcing a rate of $3.10 a ton on rough green fir lumber between Willamette River points and San Francisco, and bay points, this being the rate established against the protest of the railroad officials, who claim that $5 a ton is little enough. In his affidavit Mr. Stubhs says that the rate of a ton is a low rate, and that it Is impossible to make the busl ness pay at a lower rate; that the rate was originally So, but on the represen tation of R. A. Booth, and other lumber men of the Willamette Valley that they were In financial straits It was lowered to $3.10, but with no promise that it would be permanent. He even assured them at the time that the rate was un remunerative, and was only made to pull them out of a financial1 slough. Later it was raised, and then came the appeal to the Commission, which resulted in its being again cut. In his affidavit. Miller went over the same ground at greater length, calling attention to the fact that in l.SSS there were only one or two small mills In the Willamette Valley, but that after the rate had been reduced to $3.10 a ton in lf&9 to foster the business, the result was so apparent that there are now 150 large mills In the same section; that prior to 1901 the valley had no outlet for lumber to the east via Portland, but In that year and since the shippers have been able to compete with the Portland shippers In Eastern shipments, the only difference being the tariff be tween the local point and Portland. KELSO'S FIRE LOSS $14,000 Prompt Printing Company $12,000 Plant. Loses KELSO. Wash., Sept. 24. (Special.) Fire this morning destroyed the plant of the Prompt Printing Company, the pho tograph gallery of W. A. Pratt and the meat market of D. Becker. The blaze was discovered at 5:15 o'clock. The plant of the Prompt Printing Com pany was the most valuable of Its kind in Southwest Washington. It is almost a total loss, being valued at about $12,000, with $4000 insurance. The losses on the other structures will approximate $3000. The cause of the fire is unknown. CHARGE AGAINST HASKELL I Continued From First Page.) belief today that no ofUcraT action would be taken by the National committee, but that the whole matter would be settled by Mr. Bryan and Mr. Mack after the can didate had satisfied himself of all the facts In the -case. Mr. Mack said he knew nothing of the report from Wa6hlnpton that Mr. Haskell had tendered his resignation, and that he had Issued no order calling a meeting of the National and executive committees. Conners Claims Xcw York. State Chairman Conners made public to day figures of his preliminary canvass of the state, which showed, he said, that Bryan would carry the state by 100,000 plurality. Mr. Conners 6aid: "The reports received by me show that the Democrats will carry 31 out of 60 counties, and that In Manhattan Mr. Bryan will receive 125.000 plurality and in Kings County he will receive 25,000 plu rality, making 160.000 plurality for Greater New York. Taft will come down to the river with about 50,000 plurality and Bryan will carry the state by a clear 100,000. IJeutenant-Governor Chanler will have at least the same Democratic plurality in the city, and will come down to the river with a plurality that will exceed that of Hughes." VICTIM OF 1IASKELIS KXIFE Former Oklaliomans Confirm Charge About State University. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 24 The Morning Astorlan tomorrow will say, in effect, that explicit statements are at hand here showing that Governor Haskell's tacit denial of President Roosevelt's charge that the Governor of Oklahoma did dis charge a large proup of Republican edu cators from the public Institutions of the new state is false, an entirely confirm ing the President's finding. One staement is made by Secretary John H. Whyte, of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce, who is Just in receipt of a letter from his oid friend and college chum, Thomas Walter Butcher. ex-Presi dent of the State Normal School at Ed mund, Okla.. who gives In detail the facts behind the President's charge, and who himself was among the first to fall before Mr. Haskell's partisan ax. Another and incontestable witness against the Governor Is Professor J. G. lmel, of the Astoria High School, who was also one of the numerous victims of-Mr. Haskell's bias In this relation and who tells the story of the political ouster alleged by Mr. Roosevelt. BOYS' S CHOOl SUITS OUR BOYS' CLOTHING is made with the same care and attention to detail as our men's This puts it in a class by itself. Our prices are no higher than the ordinary sorts elsewhere. Shown in our large, roomy, well-lighted JUVENILE DEPARTMENT makes shop ping a pleasure. BEN LEADING CLOTHIER for I will on an hour's notice go to Guthrie and appear before a board of Inquiry and there testify under oath, mak ing the telegraph records a part of the hearjng, the same to speak for itself, the conditions to be that the telegraph rec ords be made public and agree to testify under oath and answer all questions tending to prove or disprove my charges." CAMEROX STAXDS BY' HASKELL School Superintendent o'f Oklahoma Sends Message to Roosevelt. GUTHRIE, Okla,. Sept. 24. State Superintendent of Public Instruction E. D. Cameron, in a 2000-word letter to President Roosevelt, . answers the charges made by the President against Governor Haskell for conducting Okla homa state schools for political and un justifiable benefits. He says the statement Is a bare falsehood and unjustified and that Roosevelt, finding that he could not prove his charges against Haskell on his Ohio record, defends to the dirt and filth of a ward politician to wil fully and malignantly slander Governor Haskell and the educational depart ment of Oklahoma, which Cameron says Is recognized as one of the best sy; terns in the world. STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY Severe Results From Rainfall and Electrical Tempest In California. LOS ANGELES cal.. Sept. 25. A storm of unprecedented extent and duration for this time of year visited this city and the surrounding counties during the past 48 hours, the rainfall amounting to sev eral inches In some places and the elec trical display which accompanied the storm resulting In considerable property damage, particularly at Bakersfleld, where a ranchhouse was struck and de stroyed. A cloudburst in the Kern River oil fields caused the loss of a great quantity of oil which escaped to the irrigation ditches. At San Luis Obispo, a barn was struck by lightning, destroying it and so terrifying the horses that six had to be shot. Telegraph wires are down in many directions and several washouts along the railroads ere reported. The storm reached as far south as San Diego. WRIGHT MAKES GOOD TRIP LINCOLN FACTION QUITS Withdraws Ticket From Field in West Virginia. CHARLESTON. W. Va., Sept. 34. The Lincoln Republican state committee, which early this morning withdrew its state ticket from the gubernatorial con test In this state, today addressed a state ment to the Republican voters, saying that they fear that the slate electoral ticket would be endangered with two in dependent tickets in the field. The committee declined to indorse the candidacy of William B. Glasscock, the newly chosen regular Republican guber natorial candidate, alleging that his se lection was at the dictation of Senator Elkine. Aeronaut Remains la the Air spite a Heavy Wind. Do- LB.MANS, France. Sept. 24. Wilbur Wright made a successful (light this afternoon against a wind that was blowing at the rate of about IS miles an hour. He remained up for a frac tion more than 64 minutes, covering officially 39 kilometers (24 miles), which is about half a kilometer more than the distance he made for the Michelcn prize on Monday. In reality Mr. Wright covered about 35 miles, the force of the wind obliging hiin to make wide turns. Free Xciv Year Services. Free services in commemoration of th Jewish New Year will be held tonight lit 7 o'clock, at 229 Caruthers street. Services will also be hold there tomor row morning at 7 o'clock. Both services will be conducted by Rev. Joseph Saglosky. Anti-Cigarette Law Valid. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Sept. 24. The State Supreme Court today, in the Spokane case of H. S. Winsor, sustained the con stitutlonallty of the act of the last Legis lature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers. The Spokane court held the law void. OPEN LETTER TO BRVAX Editor of Oklahoma Paper Writes of Political Sltnation. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 24. L. T. Russell, editor of the Ardmore, Okla., Morning Democrat, who is in Kansas City, gave the Associated Press tonight an open letter to William J. Bryan, in which he calls attention to the fact that charges made by W. R. Hearst against Governor Haskell relative to the Gover nor's connnectlon with the Standard Oil Company had previously been given to Mr. Bryan, who refused to read them. Mr. Russell also gives what he 'alleges to be proof of Mr. Haskell's intimate re lation with the Prairie Oil & Gas Com pany. The letter concludes: "In the past Mr. Haskell's answer to all charges have been you are a liar." I wish to say that the statements made above cannot ba ana wared ia that .way, BUILT UP THEJLOOD An Erie Pastor's Wile Tells How . She Overcame a Trouble During Her Girlhood. What anaemia is, how to recoirnize It and the value of the tonio treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills should be known by the mother of erery grow ing girl. Araemm is simply lack of blood. It is one of the most common and dangerous diseases with which growing girls suffer. It is common because the blood so often becomes impoverished daring de velopment, when girls are too frequent ly allowed to over-study, overwork and suffer from lack of exercise. It is dan gerous because of the steal thiness of its approach, often being well developed before its presence is recognised, and because of its tendenoy to grow so stead ily worse, if not promptly checked, that it may run into consumption- Mrs. . Wolfe DeWitt, of Reed and Twenty-third streets, Erie, Pa., the wife of the pastor of the Second Baptist church, suffered with anssmia for two or three years before she beard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and was cured by their use. She says : "When a girl and at the period when I was growing fast I was in an aneamio condition and suffered terribly. I waa weak, without ambition and the least exertion tired me. I had suffocating spells, severe headaches at the base of the skull and over one eye. I was al most bloodless, and my ears were so transparent you could almoetsee through them. I had no appetite and finally became so weak I had to leave school. "I would be faint at tiroes, and the suffocating spells, the doctor said, were due to a nervous affection of the heart. "I began taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and only took a few boxes before I was restored to perfect health. I can heartily recommend the pills to all young girls suffering from anaemia." Send today for a copy of our "Diseases of the Blood." It gives further infor mation about anaemia and is free upon request. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are for sale by all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid, upon receipt of price, 60 cents per box; six boxes for $3.50, by the Dr. Williams Medkriao Oomgaayy Bcheaeo. jaowjy ; TKe Store with w . r l w a Liberal Money Back Policy SAM. E. WERTHEIMER, Pres. and Genl Manager. CORNER EIFTH AND ALDER FRIDAY IS BARGAIN A FEW SNAPPY SPECIALS FOR THRIFTY SHOPPERS DAY $12.50 VOILE SKIRTS $5.95 Made of fine quality all-wool voile, jet black in color and trimmed with fold of taffeta silk or silk trimmings, cut full and wide, and sold regularly at $12.50. Friday special $5.95 $8.00 LADIES' SWEATERS $4.95 Newest effects in ladies' Sweat ers; some made in combination of colors, such as white and blue, white and red, white and oxford; cut double - breasted effect, with collar and cuffs, and sold regular ly at $8.00. Friday special $4.95 $17.50 MILITARY COATS AT $7.95 Come in black only, 32 inches long, made of fine all-wool kersey, lined with guaranteed satin, trimmed with silk military braid, and worth actually' &j qp $17.50. Friday : special. .? $35 TAILORED SUITS $18.75 Made of all-wool novelty mixtures and plain color broadcloths, in 32 and 36-inch-length models; some are strictly tailored, others nicely trimmed and lined with cither taf feta, silk or good quality satin; newest-cut skirt. Sold regularly :......$18.75 WOMEN'S $4 AND $5 SHOES $3 AND $3.50 Better quality women's Shoes, in all the newest shapes and styles; sold elsewhere at $4.00 and $5.00. Here at $3.00 and $3.50 $2 WAISTS at $1.25 30 dozen Waists in stripe madras or plain linen, strictly tailored, laundered collars and cuffs and pleated fronts. Sold regularly at $2.00. Friday special $1.25 Milli mery Satin Finish. Felt Flats AH Colors, 95c New Felt Dress Shapes with- high crowns, all the newest stjles includ ed, in black and colors, and sold regularly at $2. Friday special 95( $10.00 Street Hats at $6.98 Beautifully Trimmed Hats; fine imported silk, satin and velvet Hats, hand made and trimmed with fancy feathers, wings and the new Po cahontas effects in" all the new Autumn colors, and actually sold at $10. Friday special $6.98 WATCH FOR EXTRA SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S SELLING ITHI 107.0i