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PAGE TWO Strength, Sleep and Appetite Restored at 100 Years of Age. i MRS. SUSAN HURLBUT, 100 Year* Old Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey is an gli ohiti i pure distillation of malted grain, grent care being used to i have every kernel thoroughly malted thm destroying the y rni and produelog a predig*»Ht«»d liquid food In the form of a malt oas'-nco, which la the most effective tonic stimulant ami Invlgorator known to science; softened by warmth and vnoistun its palatahillty and fr«•* ilotn from lnjuriouH HUbstanccs render It so that, it can be retained by the most sensitive Stomach. H Is Invaluable for overworked men, delicate women and sickly children. It strengthens and sustains the system; Ih a promoter *»f health and longevity; make# the old young and keeps the young strong. If you cannot purchase Duffy’s Pure /d alt Whiskey near your home we will have shipped you In a plain ease, i-xjircf h prepaid, hi follow; 1> . tluiri six bottles, $1 per bottle; six bottles, $5.60. One case, 12 bottles, $ 19,00. H. mil to Duffy Malt Whlske\ Co Itocle u. r. N Y. bv express order, postofflcc money order, or certi fied check l’pon receipt of ord« r. y od* will bn shipped Immediately according to directions. Keferenr«*»: Any Ho* h< at* r Hunk or Trust Co., Dun's or Hradstreet's Agency. BRYAN STRONGLY ATTACKS HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT IN REPLY TO LETTER Hunkull ns Matter to be Threnhed Out by Accused Man — H ukben a Bcnettciury of Tv*ustn He Pretends to At tack. Mil AV AIKKW, Win IWenrttns hi* lino* I* <ta«* of Governor lln»k**ll •gainst the chars on whirl) havi- boon hrmight nuninat him "until th* chatfc** (ait he examin'd in nonm rouri when* imrlUanphlp torn not titan." W'm. .1 Bryan. dattmrraUc can* dldale for |irv*«klot>t, on hla way from Madlami to thin city today, fc#v«* out for puhlbatlnn hla reply to President Roosevelt's recent letter in responac to hla lel«*sram on the aubjmt Mr. Rrytn spotikN of the election of Mr. ItartkcU aa governor of Oklahoma and says that the rnn at I tut Inn sw»« adopt ed and lhat Governor Hstkell wn elected In spite of the efforts of your administration and in rpito of a speech made In Oklahoma by Mr. Tail ' Mr. Bryan charges among othci things that the stend trust 'With your express consent." purchased one of |ta largest rivals and thus obtain* <1 control of more than (Ml per cent of the total output lie asks (he pres* Ident If he will Insist that In pc** mining I hla you showed less fa* or to the tnonoimllMtc corporations than Y do In opposing It." Mr Hr van abruptly charges that Governor Hughes, quoted by Presi dent Roots#volt as having '‘riddled the democratic trust remedy was himself ttif beneficiary of the trusts and rites the campaign contributions to the Hughes election fund two years ago Among these are .1 V Morgan. John D Rockefeller atul An drew (‘arneglo and W'm Nelson Crom well TAFT’S SILENCE MEANS MUCH. ihirsulng thU •uhjeot further, Mr Bryan way* that ait the president quota* Governor Huithni hi- tikes It for granted that fudicr Taft fiu not expressed himself satisfactorily on the treat question Tha latter of Mr Bryan la aa fob Iowa: Milwaukee. Paptember Id. t*o*. Hon Theodore Kooaeralt. President of the V S Washington, l' C 1 ieai tilr While I have not vet House Raiser J. W Olffin, practical house raiser ami mover, can be found at 841 Broad St, McAuliffe's Plumb ing Shop. received your letter and Hhall not un- , til I reach home next w»*i*k. I hava j read a copy of It In the press, and beg leave to submit the following re ply: Mr Haskell, having voluntarily re algm-d from tho committee that he might be more free to prosecute those who have brought charges against ' him, 1 need not discus* the question of Hh guilt or innocence, furth* 7 than 1 to t-ay that the public Her vice which he has rendered and the vote of con* j fldencc which he has received from the people of hla state, ought to pro t«*< t him from condemnation until ft»e charges can he examined in some eourl wher* partisanship does not I Idas slid where campaign exigencies do not compel prejudgment. 1 would | not deem It necessary to address you further, but for the fact that you sleze upon the charges and attempt to | make politics! capital out of them. You e\on charge that my connection with Mr. Haskell’* selection as a i member of the resolutions commit l lee ami a* treasurer of the commit* I too raises a question as to my sin* ; eerily ns su opponent of trusts and : monopolies As an Indhldual and as the candt | date of my part y. 1 resent the charge i and tcpc| the Insinuation. 1 have | been in public life for clghte*'ti years, and I have been sufficiently con Hpicttoua to make my conduct a mat j tor of public interest. I have passed i through two presidential campaign# »in which party feeling ran high and ‘epithet was exhausted l have no hesitation in saying you cannot find ar. act, a word. <»r a thought of mine to justify partisan charge HASKELL HAD FINE RECORD. I have never been Informed of any charge lhat had been made against Mr Haskell connecting him with the Standard Oil company or with any | other trust I had known him as a leader In the constitutional cooven tion of Oklahoma and had known him as one of the men principally responsible for the excellent const 1 tut lon which has sine# been adopted and adopted by a majority of over one hundred thousand, seventy thou ►and of which were furnished by re publicans 1 had known of hla elec tion to (he governorship of thai great voting state bv a majority of some thirty thousand 1 had known that the constitution wa« adopted and that tSoveruor Haskell was elected In spite of the efforts of your administration and In *plte of the -pecchcs made In Oklahoma h* Mr Taft You sav that It was a matter of common notoriety that Mr Haskell was connected with (he Standard Oil com pa nt 1 have a right to assume that If so serious an objection had .x! .*d to Mr Haskell's election and had been a matter of common not or tety in Ohio, as >ou say. Judge Taft would have felt it hla conscientious du!> \o warn the people when he | spoke in Oklahoma If he did not h»v«* the knowledge whv can it be assumed that 1 bad It* And If he had it, how can >ou etcuse hla fall ur* to communicate the Information Mrs. Susan Hurlbut, 81 N. Franklin St., Wilkes Barre, Pa., who celebrated her 100th birthday anniver sary on Jan. 7, 1908, and is the only centenarian in that city, praises Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as the world’s best tonic stimulant and invigorator for the aged. It has restored her appetite, given her health and vigor, and enables her to sleep well. She is remarkably well preserved for one of her advanced years. Mr*. Hurlbut. In a letter received Jan. 29, 1908. ttaya: "I have taken Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, and I tan truthfully *jy It hatt given me Strength, makes me aleei> well and gives me a good appetite. Your med icine Ih the heHt tonlr for people to take If they want to live to be old and to be In good health. You may print thin If you wish.” Thousands of haters like Mrs. Httrl btit'a are received from grateful men and women in all walks of life, Tem perance Advocates. Ministers of the < lon pel. Doctors, Statesmen, and the working men and women, who thank Cod for what Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has done for them. to the people of Oklahoma? If you feel It your patriotic duty to denounce Mr. Haskell when he is only a mem ber of the national organization, how iniirh more would Mr Taft have felt It hi* patriotic duty to denounce Mr t.askell when he was aspiring to bo the thief executive of a great state? I could have no kri iwledge of the suit to which you retor when he #a, appointed chairman of the resolu tions committee of the democratic national convention because the suit was begun while he was at Denver and a* a matter of tael l did not know unything of tho nature of the , suit until after he was made tread urer of the national committee, and no fair minded person can decide tin i on the merits of your charge with- I out an examination of the enabling : act passed by a republican congress nd the provision* of the licenses of franchise Issued to the oil company ] by your administration. Aft EX-PARTE STATEMENT. I need hardly tefer to the newly found evidence upon which you lay to much stress, \i/. The article in Tha Outlook of September sth. My attention was never called to that »■ tide until I re id the published copy ot your letter and while 1 have great respect for The Outlook, and I site |H»*e I have for tho writer otltheugh you do not give his name) I would h vrdly feel lusiifbil in deeldinr promptlv ns you do on an expert a statement without investigation You present an Indictment against our platform declarations on the trust question, but you do not refer to all of the plnnl** and do not deal Jnsily with those to which you do refer. Our plat toi m declare* m favor of "vigorous enforcement or the ertn i nal la* against guilty trust mac nates ami officials." Your platform does rot contain any such demand. Will yon sa) that your platform is better than ours in that respect? Our platform demands that corpora tions beyond a certain size be com pelled to sell at the same price !u a!! parts of the country, due allow ance being modi tor the c<i*; of transportation, Will you deny tha' thl* i» In the interest of the con sumer and In the Interest of the smaller competitors? We present a plan und< r w hich no corporation will be permitted to control more than one half ol the total product fi ha* tieen stated that the ste-d renipai" with v oir express consent purchased one of Its largest rivals and thus ob tained control of niece than fifty p, r cent of the total output. HTI you Insist Ihst In permitting tills you show«*d less favor to the m ’nopolt»- tle cor t M>raitons ilmn 1 do in op'-ostex It* You quote st leu* h trem a speech made by Governor Hugh.* iu which he rldtrules one of our antitrust Hughe* who wss counted as otic of party and his opponents the rear--- teßsry element? Did not Governor Hughes have the support of h. New York telegut lon 'n the convention. of 'he republicans most conspicuous tying corporation*• You are certain i) aware of ibe fact thai in tin- THE AUGUSTA HERALD. BATHING HABIT MAY BE THE CAUSE OF MAN LOSING LIFE DRESDEN, Torn Jim Swift, a farm er living nsu here, i. a victim of tho lialhlug habit and may pay with his life for Ids violation of tils non-bathing re solution. Swift hits been constitutional ly opposed to baths hut a few days ago while working in the field* ha was struck with a pain in hi* leg*. Some on statement filed by George R. Shel don, (hen treasurer of the republi can state committee, two years af ter Mr. Hughes' election it appears lhat the following contributions were made lo the campaign fund: .1. P. \ Morgan |2>t.'MHi; John D. RockefeJ | ler 15,000, Andrew Carnegie $5,000, Charier. M. Schwab $2 000, John W. Gates $2,000, W. E. Correy $2,000, | \V. Nelson Cromwell SI,OOO, W. F. !: . M | Several of these men are known to I lie officially connected with tho trust's. STRENGTH OR WEAKNESS. Would the tact that th"*e gentle men contributed to his campaign fund strengthen nr weeken his testi mony against the reasonableness of our anti-trust remedy? "You cannot have failed to notice that Governor Hughes in his speech assum"d th l - role of the critic aud not that of the constructive states man. Any one possessing a vivid Imagination and a pen can find ob jections lo remedial measures. Lord i Macaulay Is quoted as saying that : eloquent and learned men could be found to dispute the law of gratita tion if there were any advantage u. : be gained by it, but when "knorn abuses' 1 are to be cured, an ounce • of remedy is worth a pound of laull-l finding. As you quote from Gov. Hughes,: I take it for granted that Mr. Tatij has not yet expressed himself in a satisfactory manner on the subject for you would naturally prefer to j quote from the presidential candi- j date wherever possible. You say,. Let us repeal that, no law defying c orporation has any other reason to j tear front you savo what it will suf j ler In th" general paralysis of busi- : ness," etc. ROOSEVELT NOT AN EXPERT. Referring to the last part of the sentence, first, 1 might question your ability to act as an expert as to panic preventative*, since you now have one on your hands, but as to your charge that no law defying cor poration has reason to fear the di rect effect of the antitrust remedies which I favor, permit me to suggest tha' votir testimony on this subject I* not conclusive. You are a wit ness, to be sure, hut your Interest In the result of the election must be iaken into consideration in weigh ing your testimony. There is better evidence. The trust magnates know their own intert ta aisd the) in supporting Judge Taft. Not one of the trust ; magnates helped to serure my nom-j illation while It |s a matter of “rom mon notoriety” that they were con spicuous in the republican campaign | and it is equally common notoriety 1 lhat they ure supporting your party In this campaign. If you will name a single official connected with “a law defying corporation" monopoly or! trust, who has declared or will de clare that he Is supporting me, 1 will publicly warn him that I will enforce against him the present criminal law and will enforce against him also the laws demanded in the democratic platform as soon as those laws can he ] enacted. Rut there is another fact, which raises a presumption in favor of our party and against your party. I re ferred to it in m* former letter to you, but you Inadvertently overlooked It in your reply, and the member* of your cabinet called In for censulta tlon. evidently did not notice it. I stated that we had not knowingly received a dollar from any of them connected with a corporation known as a trust, and that any money so received would be returned as soon as we received knowledge of the fact. I now remind you that your conven tion deliberately rejected by a vote of 9 to 1. the plank favoring publicity as to campaign contributions. Mr. Taft has repudiated the action of the convention and rebuked the members of the convention hv declaring him self In favor of. a publicity law, but he favors publicity after the election, while we favor publicity before the election Which do you regard as th<* better plan? To let the people know before the election what Influences are at work or to let them know af ter the election? Are you willing to say lhat any public Interest was served In 1904 by concealing until after the election tho contributions made to the republican campaign fund by Mr Harriman and those collected by him from others? AS TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. \re you willing to say that the pub lication before election of the con tributions then made would have no effect i>n the election’ As | have said we shall publish the name* of con tributor* above one hundred dollars Will yon ask rour national commit tee to publish before the election the contribution* above one hundred dol Ur* ot if you regard this a* too ama',l a sum the contribution* above a thou eand dollar* or If thl* too *mall, the contribution* above ten thousand dol iarm* If not. what rea*on can you give to the public for not doing *o? I lu*lst that our willingness to let the public know the source* from which *. receive contribution* raise* a pre sumption In our favor that must be overcome before you ran ask the peo ple to accept your *tatement that the * to (oar from republican succeed than from a demtvcrailc victory. In <-occlusion -mi sav that vou ask *upi«ort for Mr Taft. because he •laud* for tho moral uplift ot the na advised him to bathe his feet In cold water and he did so. Th*- pain imme diately disappeared hut when Swift with drew hia feet they were numb from the knee down. An operation was perform ed and both legs were removed from the knee. It is not expected that Swift will survive. i tlon. because his deeds have made good his words and because the pol icies to which he Is committed aro ! of immeasurable consequence alike to the honor and the interests of the world American people. I dare to com pare my efforts for the moral uplift ing of the nation with his efforts, my deeds with his deeds, and the policies to which I am committed with the policies to which he committed, and more than that, if I may assume that : he will follow in your footsteps, I dare'j to compart my ideal of the presidency ; with his. I do not regard it as prop er for the president, to use his prest ! ige. his influence or his patronage to 1 aid one member of his party as I against another who aspires to of fice and I regard it as a violation of the obligation that the president owes to the whole people as an officer that belongs to the whoie people as a party asset for the advancement of a personal friend and a political j prestige. Believing lhat the president | should not be tempted to use that | power for his own advantage—and it j is equally repugnant to the spirit of our institutions that he should use it for any one elses advi l tag° I tried ito secure an amendment to the con stitution admitted the president to a single term, and I have announced in three campaigns that If elected that I would be a candidate for renomina- II lon. I believe that, occupant of so high an office, with such an enormous power at his command, should be ab solutely free to devote himself un selfishly to his country's welfare and I am sanguine enongh to believe that entrusted with the power I would be able to make my administration so successful that members of my party could, without interference from me. 1 select the one most worthy to carry on the work begun by me—so suc cessful that the administration would speak for Itself and that it would not be necessary for me to defend it in bulletin or pronunclamentos. I think I could in this way give to the mem bers of the opposite party as well as to the members of my own party, 'a square deal.” Very truly yours, W. J. BRYAN. Just Exactly Right "I have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for several years, and find them just exeactlv right," says Mr. A. A. Felton, of Harrlsville, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis comfort. Best remedy for constipa tion. biliousness and malarja. 25c at all druggists. AT THE MECKLENBURG THE MECKLENBURG, CHASE CITY, Va.—The brilliant weather of the past week could not be excelled ; and September has created for it self with its charm its own patron age, which Is sufficient to keep the hotel bright with life and animation i An old time Virgfnia Cake Walk Wilt j lake place Thursday evening in 'the : ball room and will be an occasion o' I much fun and merriment. A large j number of visitors have been booked for the National Beagle Club of Am > rira, which will meet here October 123rd. Horseback riding, golf are the ! outdoor amusements, while bridge | keeps the guests pleasantly employ-. |<d indoors. . The South is very well represent ed here by Mr. St. John Kinloch, I Miss M. I). I.eldine and Miss E. S. Pelxer, Charleston, P. 0., Mrs. Ed. Watt and Miss Milliner, Reidaville, N. C , Mr. and Mrs. VV. (}. MH t ler. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Wingo of 1 Richmond. Mr. Wm. \V. Chamber j lain. Norfolk. Miss May Jones, of (Richmond, Mrs. Jus. Penn. Jr., Dan- I vllle. Other guests here are Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Bruce, Emporia, Cap-. !N. O Berry, R. P. Howell, Golds boro, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Kenlly, West Point. Ga.. Mrs. S. Y. Tay ! lor. W. A Stephenson. J. It. An derson. Danville, W. B. Sullivan, Washington. B. T. Savage. J. J. Hones. Mis* May Glenn. South ltos- I ton, T. H. McMillan. Mobile. Ala., Iw. II Miller, A. Klrhell, Miss Ben • lah Eichell, Richmond, R. s’. C. [ Glenn, New York. A. 1.. Ward, .las. \. Roberts, Lynchburg, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O’Brie, Durham. Dr. W. A. Parrott, Kinston. W. D. Cates, t’. C. Hitt, C. J. Miller. L. S. V olf. V\ . W. Chamberlain. W A. Bigltie, H ■V. Daniels, Norfolk. J A. Stewar. Jr.. Easton, Md.. L. D. Hankins. Wilmington, N. C.. H. Mitchell, Chicago, 1. C. Anderson, D. 1 rran . Danville. \V. M Cahart Altoona. Pa., V. M Moon, Fredericksburg, J. P. , Jeftress. Virginia. SUGGESTIONS KOR OCTOBER WEDDINGS I Mr A J It-nkl la taking time by th. ! forrto<*k. in muklnx *ug(i'xtion* for thr October *»ddtng gift*, in hts advcrtl.-*** tnrnt In thti matter, and by the my It Isn’t a bad Idea to thing about It and make selection* before the pre-mrst Piece* are picked up. HAD STICK AND FIST FIGHT AT HORSE GALL Cue of the Pp.r l, y Was Fitted For Hla Work. HORSE HALL. t>. C- A g.ncr.il fist 1 »nd stick tight took pine* near Mr !». H Connelly’i old mill between the Wtxxle boy* and a Simmon* toy. %Vh» i ’ the fight Km at it* height Mr. I*. A Stanley joined the fray, taking aid-* with the Wood* boy* and bcutng up ffimmnn* pretty bad *1 he «ai brought up before Judg* R.tul* ,ml St .miry *». tlnej »l.|o No further trouble U expected from the i'**- Night And Day Bank Open Regular Banking Hours baily 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Saturday's 9 to 12,5:00 to 7:30 p. m “Gives The Laboring Man a Chance ” Pays 4 Per Cent Interest on Savings. Citizens Bank 931 Broad Street. JUCSE WOOOIFF HITS HASKELL ilfflLl WASHINGTON. —President Roose velt had planned to issue another statement tonight regarding William R.. Hearst Standard Oil exposures, until he learned that Judge George W. Woodruff, assistant attorney gen eral, had already made a public state ment along that line. It was then an nounced at the executive office that the president would let Judge Wood ruffs statement stand for the night. The statement of Judge Woodruff is in response to Governor Haskell’s public charge that the president in sisted upon granting a franchise to the Prairie Oil and Gas company and that all that Haskell did to favor the company was necessary to comply with the law. Judge Woodruff's state ment was made after the records of the interior department had been fully examined. The statement is as fol lows: “With reference to the recent con tention about Governor Haskell's ac tion in the case of the Prairie Oil and Gas company, oil pipe line in Oklahoma and the action of former Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and Secretary Garfield concerning the pipe line privileges to that same company, [ will state briefly ami def initely without argument of any kind, the exact points at issue and the ex act facts concerning them so far as they are: From the records of the department of the interior: “Congress, on March 11, 1904, pass ed a law providing for the granting of pipe line privileges In the then Indian Territory, now a part of the state of Oklahoma. “The secretary of the interior, as lie is always obliged to do when any iaw is passed affecting his depart ment. issued April 12 the rules and regulations to effectuate that law. HOW IT WAS SECURED. “The Prairie Oil and Gas company applied even before the regulations were promulgated lor a pipe line priv ilege and after the most careful con sideration Mr. Hitchcock in a letter which is and always has been a pub lic document found that It had com plied fully with the law and his rules anil therefore April 14 approved its location for pipe and it proceeded to build and which thereby nas been able to furnish a means of transpor tation to millions of barrels of oil from Oklahoma. "It Is absolutely impossible to find any paper, memo or letter of record in connection with the granting of this pipe line privilege which shows that President Roosevelt had anything whatever to do with it. "It is extremely probable that In the course of a new law Involving a momentous question like this one, Secretary Hitchcoek conferred with the president before issuing his rules and regulations. "That is the custom and a very proper custom I know of Secretary Garfield's In all cases of new and im portant legislation. Such conferences may possibly have led to a misunder standing front which Governor Has kell's claim that the president order ed Mr Hitchcock to grant the privi lege might have arisen 1 haven’t the sl-ght. st doubt that there were no or ders of any description and the best evidence of this Is the telegram from Mr. Hitchcock In which he says that a statement of that kind is an abso lute falsehood He, of course, knows better than anybody else. "To resume then. Mr. Hitchcoek, ami later Mr. Gnrfleld. in allowing the extension of the line last April acted directly In accordance with the law. ' Governor Haskell's aetion. how ever was on the face of It at least exactly contrary .is will be seen by noting the following fact: St. Angela’s Academy FEOPENS SEPTEMBER 14TH. I AIKEN. S C . CONDUCTED BY THt SISTERS OF OUR LA-fV OF MERCY li--mr.li- a- .1 :v*y grhnol offers and cllmfl i K k' tab *• •! f *mm- ct»l Cour***», Plano Violin, (iultar. Mandolin V’tollr Ce!!« Vote* t'ul’ure. Crayon Pa’ntlif la oil and water-color*. FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO OIRECTRESS SCHOOL BOOKS and School Supplies, as Bags. Straps, Pencil Boxes. Pads, Ink. Pencils, Pens. Second hand books taken in exchange for new ones. RICHARD S STATIONER? COMPANY. SUNDAY, SEPT. 27. ! "The constitution of Oklahoma with 1 “the formation of which Governor Haskell had much to do, provided that certain definite action must be taken by corporations before they should j have the right of eminent domain ! among which requirements was the incorporatinos in the State of Okla homa and he filing of a list of the stockholders officers and directors of the corporation. BROUGHT SUIT IN EQUITY. “When Attorney Gereral West of Oklahoma found that the prairie Oil and Gas company was about to build a pipe line which would cross public highways and private land involving the exercise of the power of eminent domain, he brought suit in equity to restrain the company by injunction from doing this unless it complied with the clear mandates of the state constitution. “The question at issue is not should the pipe line be built but should the company comply with the require ments of State law and this was all that Attorney General West tried to bring about. He did not pretend that he would prevent the building ot the line if tne company complied with the State law. “Governor Haskell, 1 am told, un der good authority, attempted to have Attorney General West withdraw the suit and thus allow the pipe line build ing without compliance with the state law. He refused to do sp. "Thereupon, as I am informed and have not seen it denied, Governor Haskell obtained from the supreme court, of the slate a writ of prohibi tion against the attorney general and the lower court to prevent the' carry ing out of the Injunction obtained. "Thus you will see* tho president’s claim against Governor Haskell is that he acted sincerely against the laws of Oklahoma to help out this company, whereas the truth concern ing the department of the interior is that it acted directly under and in accordance with the laws of the Uni ted States which the secretary is bound to effectuate and merely re quired any applicant for the privilege to qualify under that law which this particular company did very well. | "Then to resmue, tha difference is I simply that the secretaries of the in terior administered the law In good faith to the best of their ability while Governor Haskell took extraordinary steps to prevent the effectuating of the iaw of the state of Oklahoma. HASICELL DIDN’T PROTEST. “One more matter, namely, the claim that Governor Haskell protest ed against any action of, Secretary Garfield last April or any other time. The only correspondence which can he found in the records is a telegram from the governor to the secretary and a reply. They are as follows: "Guthrie, Okla., April 22, 1908. "To Hon. James R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior. Washington: “We want to harmonize with your official acts and therefore ask you to advise us if you claim power to grant franchise to pipe lines involving right of eminent domain in onr state. Kindly advise rue. "C. N. HASKELL, "Governor of Oklahoma "Department of the Interior, "April 23, 190* "To Hon. C. N. Haskell, Guthrie, Oklahoma: “I grant to pipe lines nothing what ever but permits to cross or use re stricted allotment* and tribal prop erty. I heartily concur with your de sire for complete harmony between Federal and state official acts. "GARFIELD, Secretary "There is no appearance of a pro test In tho governor's telegram. It was not so regarded by the secretary at the time and it will be believed that the telegram was a mere request for Information and a promise of co operation by state officials aa far as possible with the department which it will be seen the secretary heartily I responds in hia telegram.”