Show NEW NEWS of W I 1 by E J EDWARDS I 1 helped expose standard oil samuel andrews once indispensable to the company had been D 0 a carded so he told many of the trust a secrets I 1 told recently the story of the re caption I 1 received at the offices of the standard oil company at cleve land in 1878 at a time when I 1 had been instructed by the late charles A dana editor of the new york sun to make a thorough In aton of the origin growth and meth of the standard oil company that was in 1878 1979 and the report which I 1 then made was the first of any length that was ever printed oa on the oil trust I 1 had met a perfect chinese wall at the offices of the standard oil company the sentry of which was one of the blandest and poll est young men whom I 1 had ever iret wet I 1 told hire him that as I 1 could not get my in formation at first band hand I 1 aou would id un dermake to secure it at second hand so I 1 turned to samuel andrews I 1 had received an intimation that it if I 1 would call upon mr andrews at his home in the suburbs of cleveland I 1 would probably find him ready to talk mr andrews was the practical man of the first standard oil combination he lie was an experienced in fact a very able refiner he ile was of eng ash birth and had I 1 believe learned bis his trade in that country he was the man who made it possible for the rockefeller brothers to manufacture and market a very high grade of kerosene oil As he was at first in dispensable he was carried along in the various promotions out of which the standard oil trust so called was perfected in reply to a note ivr mr andrews wrote me that if I 1 would rail call at bis his he hase ase at a certain hour some morning he be would be glad to see me his home was a beautiful one perhaps two miles from the center of clee cleie land I 1 bound him in his library al though of quiet manner dressed in im maculate macuJa te taste and surrounded by luxurious ricus furniture and its yet it was apparent that mr andrews had known hard labor and labor with the hands there was no vanity or false pride about the man and I 1 thought that he was enjoying the riches that had come to him in a most reasonable manner it if there were any thackeray window light it was a signal for james iames W the actor to drop in after the theater when both were in new york in the same year 1853 that wll wil liam makepeace thackeray came to the united states on his first lecture tour james W settled in this country and took control of the first theater known as s in ney ner york city this noted actor and abe adrical manager had for one of bib great admirers the novelist ray while was a favorite in london he and thackeray became so well acquainted that the latter felt privileged at any time to visit the actor in his dressing room where thackeray always received a cordial welcome some time after thackeray had landed in america tor for the first time he called on james W at the latter a theater there lester wal lack who was stage manager for his father was introduced by his parent to thackeray for a few minutes I 1 took an instant dislike to the man said lester wal lack years after I 1 thought he was about the most supercilious appearing man whom I 1 bad had ever seen but all of that first impression soon passed away and I 1 speedily found myself myself in intimate companionship with the nov alist in turn thackeray seemed to take toke to me and was delighted when he discovered that my lodgings were only a few doors distant from his every night that I 1 am home he suld sald enthusiastically I 1 will put a lighted candle in the window of my sitting room when you see it there on your way home from the theater ou are to come in that will be my ignal to you that I 1 shall be glad to see you every evening I 1 am not away at a lecture or a dinner that you are wanted within perhaps two or three times a week I 1 would discover the signal in the window and whenever I 1 entered thackeray s sitting room he would bound from his seat and literally em ein brace me there were always two or three other friends of thackeray pres ent and we had good cigars thack eray was a great lover of a good cigar now curiously enough during all those sessions which were prolong ed some times until three 0 clock in the morning for thackeray was the greatest night owl I 1 ever saw his guests had to do all the entertaining thackeray would lie curled up on the sofa from the end of which his long legs hung over and call upon one of us for a story another tor for a song still another tor for a song and dance I 1 remember one night singing a duet with ostentation it was not for his sake but for the sake of his family you know I 1 am no longer con necked with the standard oil corn coin pany mr andrews said by way of preface I 1 am out of it I 1 have been used tor for all the value that is in me and I 1 presume that I 1 am no longer useful I 1 thought I 1 detected a hint of resentment sent ment or chagrin in mr andrews manner and I 1 told him frankly that I 1 had heard that he had been recent jy frozen out of the standard i oil C company not exactly that he replied no it wasn gasn t that but I 1 have been bought out I 1 dont suppose the standard oil company would have been any sue cess at all it if it hadn haan t been for the fact that I 1 showed the company the dav av to refine oil economically and to market it in successful competition I 1 thought my ability of that kind was worthy of equal recognition with that of the men who looked after the elnan caal end of the business but the practical man unless he has plenty of money is the man who la Is of least consequence and when others have been taught all be he knows then he Is to not of any more use and Is let out it Is always so I 1 shall be very glad to tell you all 1 I D dosia 0 nt blasted a s e d expectations how governor hoffman hoffmans s refusal to prevent a great tweed fraud utterly ruined political fu tures of himself and others one of the ablest democrats of bis his time a man too who possessed a per bonal magnetism that had gained for him great popularity was john T hoff hoffman man he ile was twice elected gov arnor of new york state and before his election as governor was mayor of new york city mr hoffman was as first elected gov arnor in 1868 and it was then said that this election would undoubtedly lead to his nomination for president in 1872 governor hoffman was fully aware all along that influential poll of his party in the state were planning the capture of the democrat ic le national convention of that year so co that his nomination would be as george william curtis and the tears rolled down thackeray rays s cheeks as he listened to our sentimental ballad but try as we would we were never able to persuade him to sing a song or tell a story or do a dance he en us with good cheer and we were bound to entertain him with song and story and dance ah those were rollicking nights with thackeray fh rh ackeray he seemed to me like a magnificent overgrown boy and after his departure tor for his homa home in england as I 1 passed the lodgings every night I 1 looked yearningly at the window still hoping that I 1 might see there the familiar light beckon ing me to enter into his jovial com P an y copi right 1911 by F J edwards al rights reserved I 1 know about the organization anc C growth of the standard oil company mr nir andrews went on to say 1 don it know it all but I 1 know some things but I 1 must ask you to be careful not to suggest in any way that I 1 feel that I 1 have not been right ly used he then went on to give me much of the information which I 1 had un successfully tried to obtain direct from the standard oil company in formation that subsequent In eions conducted ted in the name of the law proved to be absolutely correct occasionally there crept into what he said some hint of the strong feel ing of resentment which he be apparent ly entertained that be had not been treated fairly by his old associates afterwards I 1 teamed learned that mr an drews had received tor for his interest in the standard oil company something like 8 an immense fortune for that time so it was apparent that the resentment he felt was not due to any sense of poverty but rather ir ri ritaj tallon tion that after the service which he had bad given to the standard oil 01 company there should have been as he thought a disposition to cast mm aside and because of this resent ment many of the things that the pub lic lie was anxious to find out about the tb organization find the methods of the th oil trust were for the first time made known to it in the printed page copyright 1911 by E J edwards al rights reserved and felt convinced that they could with him carry the state ol 01 new york even though general grant was again candidate for president these politicians of influence who had already brought about the election ol 01 mr hoffman as manoj of new corli and as governor were the leaders of 0 the tammany hall ot of that diy daiy and their leader was william al boss I 1 weed in the senate in the state legisla ture of 1871 which was controlled by the democracy mr air tweed caused to be named a committee on cities whose members he himself selected he was himself a member of that com cittee that was the committee velch had authority to report favor ably or otherwise meas measures urea relating to the government of new now york city shortly after the session began tweed offered a resolution which authorized the commissioners who had authority over the construction of the new court bouse house in new york city to audit bills without limitation of expenses in burred and to add the same to the taa ta levy which was then made up in al bany it was the measure which made the gigantic county courthouse fraud frauda possible all of the wise politicians realized that there was some imbor tant joker behind this resolution and although some effort was made to limit the amount permissible for the county court house commission to audit nevertheless tweed forced the resolution through the committee by b tour four votes out of five after that was done came the cru caal and what pro fed to be the fatal moment for gov john T hoffman A senator went to mr hoffman and urged him to use his influence to have this measure defeated governor hoffman looked steadily and sternly at the senator for a few moments he ile tools took the resolution res ui up and rend read it over and over again then turning to the senator he asked do ou mean to impute dishonest dishonesty to the county courthouse commission 0 ers of new yo york rk who are sworn pub officers officer sf the senator replied that it seemed to him unnecessary to impute any dis honesty since the measure on its tact fact was a dangerous grant of fin fenanda ancia power again governor hoffkin asked do you mean to impute dishonest to these public officers 7 the senator was silent well said governor hoffman ris ing from his chair I 1 don t and be cause I 1 don t I 1 won t interfere in measure how different his own history and that of the tweed ring would have been had governor hoffman said I 1 do impute dishonesty and I 1 will in for by reason althis of this meas ure uro which the legislature passed and governor hoffman signed bills largely fraudulent to the amount ef e s x mil lion dollars passed the chanty court house commissioners 3 cid aa it was tb th disclosure of thebe frauds that led tc the overthrow of the tweed ring la in november 1671 governor hoffman s I 1 don t cost him all bis his political future it cost tweed his leadership and his liberta and brought him to a prison cell 11 II cost richard B connolly the comp of the city his resi residence demce it IV the united states tor for he fled to eu rope and it cost A oakey hall jhc was mayor of new york when tha th tweed looting was going on the unit ed states which it had long been hia his ambition to secure copyright 1911 by E J adwards al all rights 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