THE MOUSING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1903.
BRYAN STARTS TO
PAY TAFT VISIT
Sets Hour, Recalls Forgotten
Dinner, and then Sends
Regrets
JUDGE'S VOICE IS BITTER
Delivers Srcli o St. Paul T. M. C. A.
ad 'Will Go to Farno Tonla-ht.
Democratic Komlaee Starts
for Mitchell, 8. D.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 27.
Judge Taft and William J. Bryan ex
changed courtesies here today. Mr.
Bryan arrived at t P- M. and sent a
message :o Judge Taft that he would
be glad to call on him at the hotel
at 5:30 In the afternoon. Mr. Taft sent
word back to the Democratic leader
that he would be glad to see him at
that time.
Mr. Taft was scheduled to speak at
the dedication of a New T. M. C. A.
building In St. Paul at 2:30 o'clock
and he hurried back In an automobile
to keep hls engagement with Mr.
Bryan. When he arrived at the hotel
he found a message from the Nebras
kan which said that Mr. Bryan was
very aorry, but that he had forgotten
that he had a dinner engagement at
6:39.
Mr. Bryan suggested that. If It was
convenient for Mr. Taft, he would drop
In at the hotel on his way to the rail
road station, about 7 o'clock, and shake
hands with him. Mr. Taft, however,
had an engagement to speak before the
congregation of the Fowler Methodist
Episcopal Church here In the evening,
and he sent Colonel Daniel Ransdell
to explain the situation to Mr. Bryan
and convey his regrets.
Mr. Bryan expressed his regret at
missing an opportunity to greet Mr.
Taft and, after inquiring about the
condition of Mr. Taffs voice, said that
ho hoped that he would speedily re
cover. Mr. Bryan, while he was In the city,
stopped at the home of John Llnd, ex
Governor of Minnesota. At St. Paul
he was met by F. B. Lynch, National
committeeman, and escorted here.
Because of the fact that Governor
Johnson had a speaking engagement
In St. Paul he was unable to meet the
Democratic candidate.
Mr. Bryan left tonight for Mitchell,
S. D.
Mr. Taft's T. M. C. A. speech In St
Paul was before a large audience.
Mr. Taft will leave here at 5 o'clock
tomorrow for North Dakota. His prin
cipal speech in that state will be at
Fargo tomorrow night. His voice Is
much Improved.
CORNERSTONE AT NIGHT
Impressive Ceremonies by Browns
ville Oddfellows' Lodge.
FROWNSVILLE. Or.. Sept. 27. (Spe
n'M. The cornerstone for the new Odd
fo'lows' Temple !n thia city waa laid
vi'tt fitting ceremony Friday night. Tile
ceremony was unusual Inasmuch as it
was held In the evening Instead of In the
aay film
Grand Master Edward Hostetter, of
T.ie Dalles, presided, assisted by mem
bers of Calapoola Lodge, No. 43, of this
city acting as other grand lodge officers.
Mary visiting Oddfellows were present
from Albany. Hokey, Harrisburg,
Eugene. Coburg and Prawfordsville.
Past grand Master J. K. Weatherford.
of Albany, delivered a splendid address
on Odd fellowship. W. C. Truedale, also
from Albany and & past grand master,
spoke briefly on the good of the order.
The scene of the cornerstone laying
was made brilliant with arc lights which
made the ceremony all the more im
pressive. The streets were crowded with
people eager to see and hear.
Following the ceremony of laying the
stone, the members of Calapoola Lodge
and guests repaired to their hall, where
a banijuet and speechmaking were In
dulged in.
CalnpooU Lodge, No. 43, was Instituted
June 17. 1S73.
BREAK FOUR TRACK MARKS
Fast Going at Exposition In Vic
toria, B. C.
VICTORIA. B. C Sept. 17. Three track
records were broken and one Canadian
record at the closing day of the exhi
bition here today.
George Doge's Monvina. carrying 119
pounds, did the mile In 1:44. clipping 4-
from the track record.
J. B. Dodge's Muskoday did the mile
and a quarter in 2:10 4-6. making track
and Canadian record for a half mile
track, and M and M, owned by Mrs.
Coffee, of Oakland, did the seven-eighths
in 1:301-5.
ATTACKS CHURCH OF TODAY
(Continued From First Pa.
church as an inotltution with its med
dling In politics. Its competition for the
crowds, its efforts for popularity and all
the hurdy-gurdy shame of turning that
which we call "the divine services of
God's house" into a place of merchan
dise and amusement, is a grotesque trav
esty upon the mispion and message of
the church as we find It in the life of
C'hrtM.
"The church has forsaken the work
given her by her divine Lord and has
taken tip a work of her own. The
church is attempting to soclalixe and
legislate society into the kingdom and
Is fast losing her influence and power
by so doing. If the church has a tnes
age today, a great issue of eternal truih
and moment to men, she Is not speaking
It. but Is substituting social attractions
of clubs, amusement halls, musical pro
grammes, billiard tables and a circus
Iierformance of Republic service for the
solemn holy call of the Christ to eternal
life and holy living.
"Has it come to this that the only
wav the modern church can hone to
win and hold men is by the billiard table-rlub-vaudevllle
scheme? I believe that
the institutional methods of the modern
church a.e a complete failure to ac
complish that for which Christ came,
and that churches must forsake these
methods or close their doors.
Rrllgloa Regarded as Joke.
"Reverent, sincere, serious religion is
so lampooned and made light of by our
niodern pulpiteers that one would almost
believe the Christian religion to be a
cheap joke that no one should take
seriously. The disgrace of the modern
pulpit where the preacher Is forever
lambasting' the City Council, 'skinning"
the lawmakers preaching politics, vilify
ing society, holding-up individuals to ex
ecration and 'hashing up' sensations ac
companied by the operatic performance
of unchristian, professional musicians
deserves Just the 'contempt which "the
church is more and more receiving. The
church must Add a message or cease
to exist for the hurdy-gurdy is about
played out. We must look at men bound
to the Judgment seat. We must see
men with the light of eternity on their
faces. Have we a message for men who
are the heirs of eternity? Do we be
lieve that the Gospel of Christ will bring
results? If so. why should we substitute
things for Christ?
"As I look out from this text upon the
church with her ungodly medley of am
bitious efforts, I wish I could place a
placard In every church with this Just
rebuke. 'Mind Tour Own Business." the
business of bringing men to God, of
bringing God to men. The church is
trying to do too many things science,
philosophy, politics, intellectualism. Re
form and society absorb the attentio-i
of the church and, as the church has
widened the circumference of its activi
ties to include all these Interests, it has
lost in power and has departed from its
Christ-given mission.
Two MV Supreme Issue.
"The two M's money and members
have come to be the supreme Issue of
the modern church, but there is a vast
difference between a church and a crowd.
and money is not tne nrat neea ui
4. ..rfiinAtnnr tttf without
motion because It has forsaken its mes
sage and mission. x-jko diihu nci
I.-.!).- tr Thiiiir Rrnolcs. the world Is
i . . 1-, r Ttfinnt vou to
fa j in lu - 1 " - - .
tell me what you know about God. and
the church is replying wmi cimii n.
clown pulpiteers, oratorical mountebanks
and a soclal-religlo Institution which has
forfeited all right to be regarled and
respected as a divine and holy messenger
of the eternal truth aooui uoo.
t , flMjiniinn rs,nfrontlnff the
church Is not ia it up-to-date," but can
It grip men for God and the Christ life?
Can the church only exist by the suffer
ance of amusements ana umuiuuuuiu-
u-i ii -v.- h,iieri return to her for
saken Lord her neglected message, and
the method or unnsi ior me i.,;u
of mankind? Christ is the message of
hrh x-nt the Christ of creed or
philosophy or theory, but the Christ we
. i i Tha
find in His own leacuiug.
Christ who lived a human life but lived
it divinely and perfectly. The Christ
who reveals God as love, man as eternal
and life as service. Will the church re
cover her lost self in the Christ life
and message?"
SCHOOL REVENUE GROWING
Less Than Three-Mill Tax Sufficient
In Washington State.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Sept. 27. (Special.)
State School Superintendent Dewey has
certified to the State Auditor that the
census school population of the state June
1 last was 247,997, and under the law the
State Board of Equalization must fix the
school levy at a sum which, less receipts
from other sources, will produce 510 per
school capita.
Last year the census was 235,052. and the
Board estimated receipts from all sources
would produce about J631.0W. so levied a
3-mlll tax amounting to $1,719,212.
Revenues from outside sources this year
will be considerably greater than last.
For Instance, last year State Land Com
missioner B. W. Ross collected for the
current school fund about $180,000, of
which $98,000 came as rentals from school
lands and the balance as Interest on con
tracts from school lands.
A big source of revenue for the current
school fund which is constantly growing
Is the interest coming from the invest
ment of a permanent school fund. All the
money from the sale of school lands or
timber thereon goes into the permanent
school fund, and under the law the state
can never spend a single dollar of this
fund, but It may use Interest from the in
vestment of these funds, and this Interest
now amounts to about $lio.000. Other
sources of the current school fund come
from fines and forfeitures in certain crim
inal cases.
The State Board of Equalization will
probably estimate the 'outside sources
of revenue of the common school fund
at as much or more this year than last,
but as the gross valuation of the property
of the state (which is yet to be deter
mined by the State Board) will be greatly
in excess of last year, it may safely be
predicted the school tax levy will not be
as much as 8 mills.
BARRETT OFF FOR COAST
Seek to Interest 'Western People In
South American Republics.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Sept. 27. John Barrett, director
of the Bureau of American Republics,
left today for Albuquerque, where he wll
address the Irrigation Congress. He will
also speak before the Trans-Mississippi
Congress at San Francisco and then
spend 10 days in Portland. October 12 to
21. On October 22 he will have a con
ference with the Seattle Exposition di
rectors in regard to participation of the
Bureau and the Latin-American coun
tries in the Exposition.
Mr. Barrett will make no Political
speeches, but will endeavor to interest
the people of the Pacific Coast States In
the vast opportunities in the republics
of Central and South America which
border on the Pacific Ocean.
NEW ROAD T0PEACE RIVER
Canadian Faciric Surveys Through
t
Northern British Columbia.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Sept. 27. A spe
cial despatch from Winnipeg says:
The Canadian Pacific Is rushing Its
survey through from a point near
Athabasca leading to Grand Prairie,
north of Edmonton. Alberta. From there
the main line is being extended to Pine
Pass. The company is concentrating Its
efforts on a survey through Pine Pass
and from that point the line will be
extended through British Columbia to
a point north of Prince Rupert.
The Canadian Pacific is now massing
all Its available construction outfits and
material. Before Spring opens the grad
ing gang will be pushing through from
Edmonton to ttie Peace River. The
Grand Trunk Pacific and Great Northern
Railways both have had survey gangs In
this section of the country during the
late Summer.
Tender Armerla Back From Nome.
I ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 27. (SpeciaH The
lighthouse-tender Armerta returned to
this port today from a visit to the light
houses and light stations as far north as
Nome." Captain Gregory reports that
pleasant weather was encountered during
the enure trip ana not an acciaent oc
curred. Supplies were delivered at all
the stations, a number of buoys were re
placed and new ones located. Inspector
Werlich returned on tne Armena irom
Sitka.
Indiana Prepare for Potlatch.
SPOKANE, Was. Sept. 27. (Special.)
Elaborate preparations are under way
at Toppenish for the big Indian potlatch,
to be held there for 10 days, beginning
October 5. There will be 10 tribes repre
sented, the Yaklmas. L matillas. Tala-
maths. Warm Springs Indians, those from
Pendleton, Colville, Moses Coulee, the
Tumwaters. the Puyallups and the Nex
Perce s. The entertainment includes
dances, pompom dances, races, horse-
breaking and various Indian ceremonies.
Olympla Beer. "It s the water." Brew
ery own bottling. Phoney Mala 671.
A S1S7.
ANSWERS BRYAN
WITH HARD FACTS
Roosevelt in Reply Refers to
Own Record in Fighting
Lawbreaking Trusts.
INTERESTS PREFER BRYAN
President Quotes Standard Oil At
torney to Substantiate Charge.
Flavs Haskell Vith
oCurt Documents.
(Continued From First Pare.)
to the Supreme Court. The Standard Oil
case Is still pending-. This is a record of
actual achievement, and beside it mere
promises are empty Indeed and they would
not be made now with any possibility of
performance resulting If It were not for
the achievement above recited.
You state that the Steel Company, with
my express consent, purchased one of Ha
largest rivals and thus obtained control of
over 50 per cent of the total output. This
action of the Steel Company (which In
creased Its share of the total output by
only about -4 per cent and in no way altered
the standing; of the company under ths
law) may have been a violation of your
plan, the absurdity of which has been ex
posed by Governor Hughes. But there was
no violation of the law. I was cognizant
of the entire transaction. It was not entered
Into by the steel corporation of Its own
desire, but solely af the urgent requests of
the corporation purchased and after the
big baulks holding that corporation's se
curities In order to enable them to prevent
a crash which would have turned the panic
of last Fall Into most widespread disaster.
9 Treat AU Men Alike?
I should Indeed have been derelict In my
duty If i had not so acted and efficiently
used all t ie power of the Government where
1tscould be legally and properly used (as
It was hi this case) to see that the panic
was kept within the smallest possible, radius
and the damage caused as slight as possi
ble. You would better understand the prin
ciple on which I acted If you would rid
yourself of the idea that I am trying to
discriminate for or sgalnst any man or
corporation because be or It Is either
wealthy or not wealthy. I regard such dis
crimination In either direction as utterly
incompatible with a spirit of honesty and
fair dealing. I base my distinctions on con
duct, not on relative wealth. When the
same men who were leaders in the steel
corporation acted in connection with the
Northern Securities suit In a manner which
I regarded as contrary to the law, by my
direction successful suit was Immediately
undertaken against them. If tbey violate
the law In connection with any act of the
steel corporation I will immediately pro
ceed against them. Until they do violate
the law they will be treated precisely as
any other corporation great or small which
obeys the law Is treated.
I treat each man and each corporation
with a view solely to whether he or It Is
acting rightly on a given occasion. Let
me give you an example. I have proceeded
against the corporations of which B. H.
Harriman Is the bead on certain points
where I belfeve they have violated the law,
but when. In connection with the breaking
of the Salton Sea dam. one of the Harrl
man corporations repaired the dam. I. last
Winter, did everything to have Congress
reimburse Mr. Harriman for so much of
tha obligation as I felt ought to come upon
the United States. I would hold myself
unfit to be President lr. Decause i prose
cuted Mr. Harriman where I thought he
had broken the law. I yet hesitated to do
him justice where f thought the facts re
quired that Justice" should be done him.
In exactly the same way I have acted and
shall act as regards the steel corporation
Oil Men Supporting Bryan.
Tou ask me to name single official con
nected with a law-defying corporation who
has declared or will declare that be is supporting-
you. In a St. Louis paper which
reaches m. at the same time that the
papers containing this published letter of
yours. I And a statement from Judge Henry
S Priest, attorney for the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, the Western subsidiary or
representative of the Standard Oil Company.
In which he announces that he is for
Brvan and states that Wall street believes
that Bryan will be elected. In rosoonsc to
the question as to whether he could quote
any of the Standard Oil magnates as feeling
that way. he answered: "I did not say I
saw any of the officials of the Standard
Oil Company. I am giving you what I
found was the drift of opinion among well
posted politicians as well as bankers.
"I guess Governor Haskell Is all right.
They have not proved anything on him.
have they?""
The newspaper clipping goes on to say
that "Judge Priest waa one of the lawyers
who fought Attorney-General Hartley In
the state's ouster suit against the Waters
Pierce and Republican Oil comxanles. His
lejral practice is chiefly with the big cor
porations and his firm la counsel for the
United States Company and the North
American interests in St. Louis. Judse
Priest is credited with originating the
phrase. "Bribery is a conventional offense."
which he used in an arcument at the trial
or R. M. Snyder, the Kansas City million
aire, now detd
You say that the trust magnatra know
their own lr.tereats and are supporting
Judge Taft. So far as their Interests are
simply interests of the business community,
and especially of the wage workers. I be
lieve they will support Judge Taft. So far
as they have SDecial interests which are to
them more important than the general busi
ness welfare. 1 believe they will support
you. I base this belief upon what hap
pened in 1S96. . Your success then would.
In my belief, have been a calamity for tne
country from the standpoint of the wel
fare of the business men. farmers and work
ing men. Just as in my belief, your success
now would be a calumlty to the country
both from the standpoint of business and
especially of the interests of the wage
worker) and from the standpoint of morals.
One of your supporters, ths Nw York
World, in February last printed a ltst cf
contributions to your campaign fund of
lPtm. connecting th names of Individuals
and corpoiations owning silver mines who
made contributions to the aKgregite amount
of I2SS.O0H, one of these contributions being
of S1.1H.0OO and another of s-tioOrt. etc.,
etc. Now. all the great financial magnates
who then contributed -to your campaign
fund would have preferred business pros
perity to business adversity other things
being equal: but thev would rather have
had the Immense profit that v-ould have
accrued to them from the free coinage of
the 50-cent dollar than the smaller ptulit
which would have accrued to them merely
frem the general Industrial urosnerlty of
the country. Because of their personal in
terests and against the interests of the
community at large these trust magnates
then supported you. My belief Is. and the
statement of Judge Priest quoted above
and the attitude of many men of large
financial Interest warrant me In expressing
the belief, that those trust magnates whose
fear of being prosecuted under the law by
Mr. Taft is greuter than their fear of
general business adversity under you. will
support you and not Mr. Taft.
Money Had No Influence on Hughes.
I come to what you have to say about
contributions and bere you furnish your
own answer. You state that It appears
from the published statement of the con
tribution for Mr. Hughes' campaign for
Governor tw years ago that various men
of wealth, some of them connected with
big corporations, whom you name, to the
number of nine, contributed from $20,000
to $500 apiece. You ask, "would the fact
that these gentlemen contributed to his
campaign fund strengthen or weaken bis
testimony against the reasonableness of
our anti-trust remedy?" And later you
continue by asking. "Are you willing to
say that any publio Interest waa served In
mm v Mnl.Mllnv until aftar election the
contributions made to the Kepubllcan cam.
palgn committee by Mr. Harriman and
those collected by him for others? Are
you willing to say that the publication be
foie election of contributions then made
,,ti hm nn affect ? Toa then nropose
to publish the names of contributors be
fore election and ask us to do the same.
The amounts you' mention as contributed
to Mr. Hughes are utterly trivial compared
to the amounts I have already mentioned
as contributed to your campaign In 189,
but In my Judgment the amount contrib
uted has nothing whatever to do with the
point at issue. The question was, for In
stance, whether Mr. Clark, of Montana,
when be contributed heavily to your cam
paign fund, had a proper motive and
whether your actions would or would not
have been lntluencea properly or impivii"
ly by that contribution and tbe same ques
tion applies to Mr. Hughes and lo me In
the case of Mr. Hughes and myself the
answer Is fortunately easy. You have noth
ing to do but examine our records in the
offices to which we were both elected. You
either knew or ought to have known be
fore writing that In not one Instance has
Mr. Hughes, as Governor, done one thing
of any. kind, sort or description for any
one of the contributors you mention, or for
any other contributor to his fund which
ought not to have been done, and would
not have been done If no contribution bad
been made. Yet you clearly imply that
be is and has been Improperly influenced
by the fact of these contributions having
been made. Do you consider such an Im
plication either straightforward or sincere t
o favor to Contributors.
In a letter to the chairman of my cam
paign committee on October 2o. 1004, I
specifically approved of the conditions under
which the National committee was accept
ing contributions, saying that their accept
ance was to be -with the explicit under
standing that they were given and received
with no thought of any more obligation on
the part of the National committee or ol
the National administration than is Im
plied In the statement that every man shall
receive a square deal, no more and no less,
and this i shall guarantee him in any event
to the best of my ability." If they sub
scribe for the purpose of securing sucn na
tional welfare and with no thought-of per
sonal favors to them, why their action la
entirely proper. I - continued: "In return
ing the money to them (any contributors)
I wlsb It made clear that there is not the
slightest personal feeling against them and
that they can count upon being treated
exactly as well by the administration, ex
actly as fairly as If we had accepted the
contributions. They shall not suffer In any
way because we refused them. Just as they
would not have gained In any way If we
had accepted them."" No
National committee has ever directly ol In
directly suggested to me that" I should
either do" or leave undone anyth what
ever because any one had contributed or
had failed to contribute.
These are the facts. Now for your pro
posal You have yourself furnished lis
c3e'mnaUon. You have quoted the subscriptions-furnished
to Governor Hughes as
reason to distrust Governor Hughes' atti
tude toward corporations and I am ob
liged to say that this cannot be sincere on
your part, for you know well what the
Governor's attitude has been throughout hi.
il, vo.i nuot the subscription of Jnr.
H.YV PalBont int'errerewitn
Harriman and ask if It would not have af
fected the campaign If known.
Bryan's Stand Insincere.
Thereby you have furnished an excellent
merely for partisan success the chance, by
precisely the argument you have made.
,Po create to morepurpo the false iimpr
slon that you are now seeking to create.
Mr Taft's reputation. Mr. Taffs acts on
"e bench and In the executive service
snap. oTwahy h
mibKo'nntVib'ut,ng"or fining J? cf tribu
Tore4 tb-an-lt TS a
the action of Governor Hughes I em
phatically approve of the Plication of
canfbaign expenses after the election
whether provided for by law or not You
have shown by this letter of yours that if
The contrTbut ions to JMr. Huffhes' campa Dn
fund had been made public before election
you and those who act with you would have
striven to give the false impression that
Mr Hughes was unfit to be entrusted with
the position of Governor; and .7" hv'e
shown by this letter of yours that if Mr.
Harrlman's contribution to the campaign
fund of 1904 (and Incidentally. I may
mention that I am informed that this par
ticular contribution was not used for the
. nn v.nf In ihA New York
j aiiuii i t'o"1 i - -
state campaign) had been known before
. - . . i anrl Vfilir KllTsODrt PTS WOUld
have endeavored to use the fact of Its hav
. wiari. a an Insincere and un
truthful argument to show that I could
not be trusted to deal out exact Justice to
Mr Harriman. No stronger argument against
your proposition has yet been advanced thiUi
this that you have unconsciously advanced.
I now come to the important part of your
letter, your attitude toward Mr. Haskell.
You stifete that Mr. Haskell has voluntarily
resigned from the committee. You speak
of the public service which he rendered
and protest against any condemnation of
him except such as may come in a court.
Out of your own mouth you are con
demned. ' You thereby set up that stand-
am OI iW UU11COLJ , WUH-U .. ""-
bane of this people in endeavoring to get
equity anu. tmr umbi
tain among high-minded men, from great
DUBiness c-" i" anuiio ..uu.
like Mr. Haskell. Apparently you disclaim
even anaing jui. omi" -.. 'ap
position in which you placed him, so that
: . . . i 1. 1 ea. will onH v-r.i
utter no word of condemnation of his gross
esty. , On the contrary you strive to make
It appear mat ma iuibcuiiuuui iu hi.oi -
.1. O. -A l-lil aiAmnan las nil
ence to nm 7innuiu -" vw"i"j -
of which he 1 accused; whereas, shameless
though this particular act of his la, It Is no
worse than countless others in his career.
Evidence Against Mr. Bryan.
T contrast your action In this cane with
that of Mr. Taft In reference to Senator
Foraker. Mr. Taft's statement when the
question of his nomination waa at stake
was that he would rather not accept it at
the price of sacrificing principle by sup
porting Mr. Foraker for Senator. You do
not venture In so much as the slightest
possible manner to censure Mr. Haskell
for his manifested misdeeds, and you ask
that he be held guiltless of them unless
ronvlcted in a court of law. although you
well know that as regards the worst of
them no action in a court of law would
lie. You say you were Ignorant of Mr.
Haskell's record. If so. It was wilful ig
norance on your part. I call your atten
tion to the letter of I T. Russell, editor
of the Morning Democrat, of Aramore,
Okla.. In which, writing to you on Sep
tember 24, 1908, he states:
"Tf you were ignorant of such charges It
Is because you refused to read them when
presented to you wnen you visnea uki
hnmn. last Fall In the interest of candi
date Haskell. At that time I personally
presented to you ten typewritten pages of
charges against Mr. Haskell, covering his
operations in nio, rew xorx, Ar-tansae,
Texas and Oklahoma. The charges recent
ly made by Mr. Hearst were all made by
me at tnat time. -
You ask that we leave the courts to deal
with Mr. Haskell. As to some matters the
courts have already dealt with him. As to
others, various private individuals) whom he
has - wronged and the united Statea Govern
ment on behalf of helpless ones whom he
has wronged are striving to have the courts
so deal with him. . M. La. Knoot, attopney for
the Creek Nation, writes me as follows: "In
October. 10. Mr. Foulke, of Richmond, Ind.
was sent to Investigate the matter of the
townelte frauds in the Creek Nation. Mr.
Foulke's report Is in the hands of the Secre
tary of the Interior. All parties connected
with these townsite fnauds have used the
same means and methods. Upon the report
filed by Mr. Foulke, I, as attorney for the
Creek Nation, was directed by the Secretary
of the Interior to file suits in equity for the
cancellation of all deeds to town lots in the
Creek Nation where the same had been
cured by fraud. Proceeding upon inertructions
and after full Investigation, I find that Gov
ernor C. N. Haskell, among others, had se
cured deeds to quite a number of lot In Mus
kogee by conspiracy and fraud; that he had
had these lots scheduled in the names of dum
mies or Tetraw men who lived In the State
of Ohio and elsewhere, and then had them
quit-claim back to him without consideration.
By this dishonest meant, he succeeded In get
ting deeds to a large number of lots belonging
to the Creek Indians at one-half their ap
praised value. I have filed quite a number of
milts against Governor Haskell, in which con
spiracy and fraud is charged, and the man
ner of consummating It is set out in detail.
"Haskell has not filed any answer in any
of these cases. He has simply, through his
attorney, filed dilatory motions such as de
murrers, pleading to the Jurisdiction, etc.
He dare not answer and deny the allega
tions, net un in our bill: such an answer
would be a sworn lie and known to be by
the larie number of 'straw men' and
dummies he used In perfecting the
fraud."
For this particular act of the man whose
public record you Indorse, you may rest
assured that the Interior Department will
endeavor to see that the courts do "jus
tice" to him.
When Mr. Ha-tkell was In New York,
various Judgments were filed against him.
I will not at tne moment: aiscuw
charges of perjury and fraud made against
him by Attorney Albert H. Walker, of Ohio,
in connection with the suit decided by
Judge Lacombe in March, 1902. But tne
records of the county clerk of New York
County show that on February 21, 1900. a
judgment for damages and costs amount
ing to f 42.235.43. recoverea in m oupmmti
Court of the county, was filed against
l-harlM N Haskell. On April 2. 190. this
Judgment was returned on the Sheriff's ex
ecution satisfied to the extent of only $29.80
and the remainder of it remains still un
satisfied. In this instance your prwp""
tht Mr. Haskell be left to the courts does
not seem to have produced thoroughgoing
Justice. . .
Neither shall I touch upon the various
Buita of all kinds noar pending agaln&t him
for all kinds of reasons. Thus, it Is report
ed in the press under date of September
19. that a $500 Judgment naa oepn o
tained trains t Mr. Haskell by an attorney
of Arkansas, who was employed by him, to
lobby before the City Council of Mus-cogee
to nut through a franchise.' Tne attorney s
fee was never paid, but the franchise was
granted.
Nor again shall J toucit upon xne
simlle tmblished In the press of September
25 last, showing Mr." Haskell's having three
years ago joined an organisation to pre
vent union labor from entering the city In
which he lived. Indeed, as regards this
statement. I wish distinctly to acquit Mr.
Haskell of being opposed on principle to
either trade unions or corporations, for I
wish to acquit him of being opposed on
principle to anything.
Now as to Governor Haskell's connection
with the Standard Oil Company in Okla
homa. Governor Haskell advances the fact
that the United States Government per
mitted the Standard Oil Company on tha
same terms as any and all other companies
to enjoy the legal privileges to which it
was entitled on the Indian Reservations of
Oklahoma, as his Justification for having
given It Illegal privileges to which it was
not entitled In the State of Oklahoma. The
excuse furnishes the measure of Governor
Haskell's xncral quality. - The Federal act
of March 11, 1904, conferred upon thg Sec
retary of the Interior the right to grant
permits for gas or pipe lines to cross the
Indian Reservations. Regulations to carry
out this law were drawn up by the Indian
office and approved by the Secretary of the
Interior, April 12, 1904. In compliance With
the law and the regulations the Department
of the Interior permitted the Standard OH
pipe line company (The Prairie Oil '
Gas Ctmpany) and the various rival pipe
line companies such as the Oklahoma Na
tional Gas Company, the Gary River Gas
Company, the Dense Portland Cement
Company and others (the Texas and Gulf
Companies) all on the same terms and un -der
the same conditions, the right of way
across the Indian Reservations.
Government Showed No Favors.
No preference or privilege was given to
any company that was not also granted to
all the others. Any other action than that
actually taken by the Interior Department
would have been as grossly Improper as
the actions cf Governor Haskell himself.
The Government Is neither for or against
any company, but it -required each to obey
me law. tts action was precisely like the
action which It took, for Instance, in Dro-
ceeding against the Standard Oil Company
in me reoate matter; it did not thus pro
ceed because the -Standard Oil Company was
Involved, but because rebates had been
granted ; it would have proceeded just as
quickly against the rivals of the Standard
Oil as against the Standard Oil itself. Our
only concern was to punish any guilty party.
Our effort Is to do equal justice to all and
to exact Justice from all alike. We are no
more to be swayed from this course by
desire to punish a corporation than by de
sire to favor it, no matter whether it is
the Standard Oil or any other company.
The permit of the National Government as
set forth in the telegram of the Secretary
of the Interior to Governor Haskell of April
23 last was merely to cross or use the re
stricted allotments and tribal property of
the Indians; it had nothing to do with the
question of compliance with the laws of the
State of Oklahoma and conferred no priv
ilege to cross territory In Oklahoma out
side of hese reservations. Governor Has
kell refuses to permit any proceedings to
be takn against the Standard Oil Com
pany, although this company declines to obey
the law of Oklahoma. He claims that the
Standard Oil's rights were superior to the
requirements of the Oklahoma constitution
for which he was himself mainly responsi
ble; he took the decision ofthts question
away from the courts and against the opin
ion of his Attorney-General he decided it
in favor of Standard OH corporation. The
Attorney-General of Oklahoma has made
the following statement In this matter:
"The President's statement as to the
Prairie OH and Gas Company suit Is less
than the whole matter In Its whole Iniquity
because on the 23d of April I had Informed
the Governor that the action taken by the
Prairie Company was Illegal and should be
enjoined and that I had an open Injunction
suit. At that time, April 23, the Governor
agreed with me as to the illegality of the
action and approved the bringing of the
Injunction.
"The same day the Governor left the
state to go to Denver, the Prairie Com
pany started to trespass. This I believed
was pre-arranged between the Governor and
the Prairie Company, as the Prairie Com
pany rushed the laying of its pipe line dur
ing the absence of the Governor from the
state.
Haskell Reeks of Oil.
"I wired the Governor on the first of
July asking whether ne had given tho
Prairie OH Company permission to build
their line. His reply evaded my question
and instead of answering It he said that
he was satisfied that the Prairie Company
would not violate the law.
"Between the 22d of April and the 22d
of July Governor Haskell received no ad
vice from me. as his legal adviser, as to
the matter and if he had received advice
from his assistant Attorney-General he did
not do me the honor of submitting the same
to me.
"When he heard of the bringing of the
suit he directed the acting Governor to or
der me to dismiss the suit and indulged in
insolent language to the effect that he
would not tolerate any proceeding by me
except at his direction. The use of this
insulting language regarding me, ' together
with his sudden change of heart between
April and July evidences that some very
deep and controlling motive of a personal
nature was back of his action.
"The only person that the prohibitions
could help was the Standard Oil Company
and that he hazarded as much as he did
for them, as he did after his sudden change
of heart, supplies the necessary factor for
any intelligent man to reckon whether the
Governor of Oklahoma has a leaning to
ward the Standard Oil Company, and there
fore the President's statement seems to me
a very mild rebuke. Charles E. West, Attorney-General
of Oklahoma."
The National Government obeying both
the law and the principles of sound moral
ity discriminated neither for nor against
the Standard Oil Company or Its rival. Gov
ernor Haskell, against the law and against
every principle of honesty and fair deal
ing discriminated In favor of the Stand
ard Oil corporation. Failure to see the dis
tinction between the two cases indicates
moral rather than mental obtuseness.
I believe In radical .reforms and the
movement for such reform can be success
ful only if it frowns on the demagogue as
it does on the corruptionlst; If it shows it
self as far removed from Governrrent ty
a mob as from government by plutocracy.
Of all corruption the most far-reaching for
evil is that which hides Itself behind a
mask of furious demagogy seeking to
aro-pe and to pander to the basest passions
of mankind. No better exemplification of
this type of corruption could be found than
In the case of Mr. Haskell.
You have uttered no word of condemna
tion of Haskellism, as we thus see it.
That you consciously sought to bring It
about I do not believe. That it was the
natural result of the effort to apply in
practice your teachings I have no question.
Yours truly.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon; William J. Bryan, 1-lncoIn, Neb.
"
HASKELL RESORTS TO ABUSES.
Denounces Rooaevelt mm "Four-flasher"
In Speech at Guthrie.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 27. Governor
Charles N. Haskell addressed a large
number of citizens on the steps of the
Royal Hotel at 6:30 o'clock tonight. He
denounced President Roosevelt as a "four-
flusher" and repeated his defense to the
charges made against him by the Presi
dent. Later tonight the Governor issued an of
ficial statement containing his address.
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