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DAILY EAST OKEiiOMAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1808.
EIGHT PAGES.
ROOSEVELT DEUES HASKELL IS fill
Viishlnt!tin, Sept. ! When Wil
liam Jennings Bryan demanded of
President Roosevelt, "Show nu" he
found the president ready with the
g CO lis.
In.t nlRht Mr. Roosevelt gave out
a stntemcnt regarding Haskell and
his ronneotlon with tho Sandnrd Oil
company In which the charges form,
rriy made at"1 reiterated, and In which
the president characterise Haskell's
connection with the Bryan campaign
as a scandal and disgrace. Roosevelt
also dedans that the visionary and
chimerical character of Bryan's prop
aganda is gathering the trusts about
Ms standard, by reason of Its Imprac
ticability. The full text of the presidents let
ter Is given herewith:
White House, Washington, Sept. 23.
Tear Sir: In your telegram you speak
of so much of the charge against
Governor Haskell as dealt with his
i stations, while In Ohio, with the
Standard Oil company. Tou omit the
charge as to his relations with the
Standard Oil company's Interests as
shown by his action while governor of
Oklahoma, this very summer, this ac
tion being In part taken while at Den
ver where as you state he was by your
wish made chairman of the commit
tee which drafted the platform upon
which you are standing.
In my statement I purposely made
no specific allusion to the Ohio mat
ter, and shall at this time make none,
In spite of its significance and In spite
of the further fact that Governor Has
kell's close relations with Standard
OH interests while ho was in Ohio was
a matter of common notoriety.
ApimtiIs to RivonR
In Oklahoma it Is a matter of court
records. By this court record it ap
pears -that the attorney general of the
state, elected by the people, obtained
an injunction to prevent the Frairie
Oil & Gas company from building a
T'-pe lin and Governor Haskell found
this out while he was at Denver, as It
appear? "by the representations for
dissolution of tho Injunction made In
'his name on behalf of the state be
fore the co-art of superior Jurisdiction
to that whk-h Issued the Injunction.
In this the governor of the state.
acting as governor In his absence, had
aeked that the hearing be postponed
until the governor might return and
have an opportunity to Investigate tho
controversy. The governor sets forth
in the petition that he is the sole au
thority to determirvo such matters and
that the attorney general and the
judge of the lower Cfurt had no right
In the case and the action of the judge
of the lower court represented an
"encroachment by the judiciary."
Ila.-WHI Stand by Oil.
The attorney general opposed the
dissolution of the injunction stating
that the Prairie Oil & Gas company
wa. a foreign corporation which had
not accepted the provisions of the con
stitution applicable to such corpor.
ations and without the authority of
the law It was employing a great force
of men and teams to dig up across
and Into various highways of the state
for the purpose of laying pipe lines.
The governor prevailed and the In
Junction was suspended and the pipe
line was permitted to continue Its
work to use words of the attorney
general "without any color of the
law."
I call your attention to the fact that
the fU stion Is not whether or not the
Judge erred nr whether the Injunction
was proper. The point Is that the gov
ernor was alert to take out of tho
li;.nd. of the attorney general what
the attorney general felt was his
sworn duty and to prevent an alleged
il.";ince of the breaking of laws by
this .ii'!;cular great corporation. Far
a- I h.ui- .-(-fn, Governor Haskell has
ji.t even aKmpte. anything which
can be citil'-d a ,t-f.-ns.; of this action
ot his.
Action 1-4 Waiiioil.
It thus appears his action was as
lt.ejC'.-u'alile ns was wanton, except on
the tneorv In defiance of the attorney
A (i(H)l) STOMAC H.
3I'iin GimI llctiltli.
Ainiiitioii P't-incy
(1lC-l'flllllCVs,
illiil Siiceos,
Relief is not cure; o,ium will mop
fro.- rr.o-t exi ruiating pain, but It
won't cute the dlsea'v
And It's Just the same with alleged
dy.jn-j sia ur' s which contain pep
sin. The pepsin will help to digest the.
food, but tiie stomach is left In
wojse condition than it was before.
You don't want pepsin to digest
your food; you want the natural juic
es of your Honnch to dig'-st your
food. If you have dyspepsia or any
.'ton.ai h trouble, you want your stom
aeli so strong that it will digest its
o u food.
You cat. make your stomach so
Hi one that you can eat what you
v n t an i ail yaj want any time you
want. Vi'hotit distre-t
Mi-o-ta ui.'l cure your dyspepsia
or any -t'onai h double by building
up the flabby :.!!. and making the
stomach so strong tliat It will digest
food without artificial aid.
In other words, Mi-o'-.m cures dys
pepsia by removing the (au-e.
Talltnan & l'o. ure ti e agents for
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to every r ader of the Mast oregonlan
vhrse stomach is weak, who has In
digestion or dyspi psja, that Mi-o-na
Is guaranteed to cme or morx y back.
The price Is only St rents a box,
and one box is all you need to prove
that you are on the rii;ht road to
health and happiness.
''I can't say enough for Mi-o-na
tablets: they have done more for me
In one week than all the doctors have
for the two years I have been under
their care, and I will do all I can to
recommend It to my friends. You
can also use my name In your ad If
you like, for Ml-o-na Is better than
gold to me. I am like a new man,
end am able to work onre more for
the first time In over a year."
W. A. Ennls, 328 Green Street,
fyraeuse, N. Y.
general of the state and at all haz
ards, he Intended for some reason of
his own to protect the Interests of th
great corporation against law.
It has been suggested on hla behalf
that, after all, he did not favor the
Standard Oil company but merely the
Prairie Oil company. This claim Is
disposed of by the testimony of the
Standard Oil company itself, taken In
the latter part of 1907, In a suit now
pending before the United States
court at St. Louis against Standard
Oil company.
In this testimony the Standard Oil
company, upon being required by the
government to put In a list of all com
panies In which It held stock or which
In Its subsidiary companies held stock,
reported among others, the Prairie
Oil & Gas company with a total capi
tal of JlO.000,000, of which the Na
tional Transit company's proportion
was J9.999.500, and furthermore It
appears that the National Transit
company had a capital stock of $25,
455,200, of which the Standard Oil
company owned 125.451,650. In
other words, the Prairie Oil & Gas
company was owned all except $500
by the National Transit company, and
the National Transit company was
owned all except about $3,500 by the
Standard Oil company.
Hak'II vs. Foraker Gim
Now contrast your action In this
case of Governor Haskell with Taft's
action as regards Foraker as set forth
In his letter of July 20, 1907, which I
Quoted in my statement. 'Twas a mat
ter of common notoriety about Fora
ker as It has long been a matter of
ci mmon notoriety about Haskell, that
he was a defender and supporter of
certain great corporate Interests and
therefore hostile to the policies for
which my administration has stood.
There are no sach convincing proofs
against Foraker at that time, how
ever, as against Governor Haskell
when, as you say he was with your
approval made treasurer of the cam
palgn committee.
But Tan refused to be a party to
the nomination of Foraker even
though it was represented only thus
cruid he advance his own Interest,
showing by actual deeds that his
words were true when he said: "I do
not care for the presidency If It has to
ccme by compromise on any matter
of principle."
With a hundred fold clearer evi
dence before you as to the connection
of Haskell with the Standard Oil than
Taft then had as to the connection of
Foraker with any corporation, you
nevertheless have secured Haskell as
chairmaji of the committee to write
the platform on which you stand and
pui mm as treasurer or your cam
paign committee.
Let me add that Haskell's utter un
fitness for any public position of trust
or for association with any man anx
lous to make an appeal on the moral
Issue to the American people has been
wholly Irrespective of this action of
his in connection with the Standard
Oli interests.
Apix'iiN to Citizenship.
As an American cltzen who prizes
his Americanism and lis citizenship
far above any question of partisan
ship, I regard It as a scandal and dls
grace that Haskell should be connect
ed with the management of any na
tlonai campaign. I have not space In
this letter to discuss Haskell's con.
duct, for Instance, In vetoing the child
labor bill or the fact that hi.s name
appears as one of the defendants In
various suits brought by the govern
ment to prevent the Creek Indians
from having certain of their lands
fraudulently taken, or his connection
with various other matters of tne kind
but let me call your attention to his
conduct In prostituting to base pur
poses the state university as set forth
in the artcles In the Outlook of Sep
tember 5 last, under the heading.
hall the People Rule in Oklahoma?"
In this article you will see Haskell
given full opportunity to make every
explanation and he made none.
After setting forth the facts as to
Governor Haskell's conduct, the Out
look article concludes as follows:
Haskell's Conduct In Oklahoma.
"On this state of affairs we have
two comments make and, two fjues.
tion.s to ask The people of Oklahoma
are taxed to support their educational
institutions from the primary school
to tho university. They pay their
money to have their children edu
cated. "When politicians use this money to
promote the interests of a political
machine or church sect they are guil
ty of a breach of trust. What do tax
payers of Oklahoma think of the use
vh"h their public servants are mak
ing of the public funds? What do
they think about this financial policy,
taking of money due their sons and
daughters and diverting It for the
benefit of politicians, ecclesiastical
and civil?
"Haskell was one of Bryan's right
hand men In the democratic conven
tion and at Bryan's Instance was made
treasurer of the democratic national
committee.
I'olicie! Mu-t Ho Continued.
"It is appalling to think what would
if the result in the educational sys
'rns of the Philippine and Porto Ri
co, In digging the Panama canal, In
the work of Irrigation and refores
tation, in the administration of tho
nostoffiie, interior and agricultural
! partments, n the appointments of
loi - t'li ministers and consuls, if th-
-pint which actuated the democratic
authorities In the state of Oklahoma
be permitted to take control of the
federal government at Washington.
"Haskell by actions, which speak
louder than words, has declared his
disbelief In firover Cleveland's motto:
'Public office is public trust,' and
Haskell Is a representative leader In
I;ryan's democracy. What does Bry
an think of Cleveland's principle?
What do the American people think
of Haskell's contemptuous reversal of
it?"
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 Haskell Is a man who on every
account I have named Is unworthy ot
any position In our public life.
Now, further Investigation of these
facts Is required. They aro spread on
record before you and they were
available before Haskell was chosen
for the position as treasurer.
You also say you will not permit
any responsible member of tho repub
lican organization to misrepresent the
attitude of your party In the present
campaign. You will have no difficul
ty In getting me to represent It aright
for my sole anxiety Is that the people
of the country shall know this atti
tude clearly and then shall condemn
It as It should bo condemned,
ltrynn Favored by Trusts.
You say you have advocated more
radical measures against private
monopolies than either I or my party
associates have been willing to under
take. 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 dis
cuss your attitude on this question If
you did not yourself, bring it up; but
an you have brought it up, I answer
you that In my Judgment the measures
you advocate would be wholly Ineffec
tive 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.
Taft's Record of I)eedM.
I put Taft's deeds against your
words. I ask that Taft be Judged by
all his deeds, for he wished none of
mem forgotten. I ask you be Judged
both by the words you wish remem
bered and by the words seemingly,
you and your party now desire to have
forgotten.
l as your present plans for regu
lating trusts to be Judged In connec
noii mm your past utterances that
you do 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 railroads would
avail; and again by your past utter
ances when you proposed to remedy
all the sufferings of our people by
depreciated currency.
ror several years now I have been
steadfastly fighting to secure a thor
oughgoing and far-reaching control
in the interest of the public over bus
iness combinations which do inter
state business.
KadhiiN vs. Itii-t binaries.
In this effort I was much hamper
ed ny extremists, well meaning or
otherwise, who demanded visionary
ami impractical radicalism, as by
those other extremists no less dan
gerous who stand for reactionary, re
fusal to remedy, my grievance. One
side, the side on . which I am obliged
ti say you have placed yourself, has
shown itself to be just as much an
enemy of progress as the other.
Trusts Otiose Judge Taft.
I hold It entirely natural for any
great law defying corporation to wish
to see you placed In the presidency
rather than Taft. Tour plans to put
a stop to abuses of this character are
wholly chimerical; how chimerical
your last plan Is, you will yourself
see. If you read Governor Hughes'
speech at Youngstown, Ohio. To re
call to your mind what Governor
Hughes said I quote as follows:
When we consider those (propos
ed) remedies (of Bryan against trusts)
we find ourselves Journeying In a land
of dreams. Again the magician of
IS 96 waves his wand. At a stroke
difficulties disappear and the complex
problems of modern business are for
gotten in the fascination of a simple
panacea.
'The most Important proposal of
Bryan Is that any manufacturer or
trading corporation engaged In inter
state commerce must be required to
take out a federal license before It
shall be permitted to control as much
as 2o per cent of the produce In
hich It deals, and no corporation
hall be permitted to control more
than 50 per cent of the total amount
of any product consumed In the Unit.
1 States,
Xcecls Explanation.
"It might be Interesting to inquire
what is the meaning of 'any product
consumed In the United States?' Does
It refer to a class of commodities and
If so how shall classes be defined?
"Or does it refer to each separate,
article of commerce? And If so, what
account does this propositi take of tho
skill and Initiative of manufacturers
who have built up more or less an
exclusive trade In any particular arti
cle often protected by trademarks,
although In most active compeltioii
with other articles designed for the
same general purpose and seeking the
same market?
"In a desire to correct the evils of
business we are to place the embargo
upon the honest endeavor of those
whose activities present none of tho
abuses requiring remedies? And if
not, what statutory definition shall be
found to adequate and Justify us In
laying down our prohibition In terms
of volume or ratio of business and
not In terms of right and wrong?
"If we adopt liryan's proposal, to
what period of production Is prohibi
tion to apply? Is excess for a day or
for a month to be considered? Or Is
average production for a year to lie
taken? And what system shall be do
vised by which suitable Information
may be furnished, so the manufac
turer may know when he Is about to
exceed the prescribed ratio?
"He may Justly be required to gov
ern his own conduct, but how shall he
be apprised of the conduct of others
upon which Is to depend his guilt or
Innocence?"
Predicts Business Puralysls.
Let us repeat,' no law defying cor
poration has anything to fear from
you save what It will suffer In a gen
eral paralysis of business which any
attempt on your part to reduce to
,
Thts woman says that after
months of suffering Lydla E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever.
Maude E. Forgie, of LcesburgjVa
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
Hl want other suffering- women to
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound bas done for me. Foi
months I suffered from feminine illi
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
using the treatment you prescribed 1
felt like a new woman. I am now
strong, and well aserer, and thank yo
for the good you hare done me."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ilk
and has positively cured thousands 01
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tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has jruMcrt thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
practice what you have advocated
would bring.
This paralysis would affect the
wage-worker, the farmer, the small
business man, more than It would uf.
feet the great business man. But it
would affect the latter, too.
Therefore, I hope and believe that
all far-sighted citizens who wish to
see this country prosper In material
things will support Taft.
Rut above all, I ask for the support
for him because he stands for th
moral uplift of the nation, because his
deeds have made good his words and
because the policies to which he Is
committed are of immeasurable con
sequence alike to honor and the Inter
ests of the whole American people.
Very truly yours, Theodore Roose
velt, to the Hon. V. J. Bryan, Lincoln,
Neb.
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