| Show HEARST FLAYS fLA YS STANDARD OIL AS SPONSOR FOR DEMOCRACY Driven Out of Republican Party by Roosevelt It I Was Welcomed Wel- Wel corned by Democrats and Fatted Fated Calf Was Killed DIGS UP SOME SENSATIONAL LETTERS TO FORAI ER Shows Effort Efort of Trust to Control Legislation in Is Its Favor Traces Flow of Coin to Official Dough Bag I J XI i umbu 0 Sept A double i V low upon the Stand and ant thu tho lc l now organIzatIon before bor than people In 1 hail hal thie J. J city Jy tonight b by j. j illS 11 Ind party t for L anti William n It Ir ant J the the Standard Ol 01 for tor lt Its determined deter deter- mined to crul crush out lon tu the trust Graphically lie he narrated the tho nd that had b en employed I by the agents of tim tho to Lu put him out of at ir 1 who followed Mr Ir HIt HIt- Zen n created a 0 b by the pred- pred of facts which shel that when the tho Standard 01 company wu w. driven out of oC the Republican partI by 11 It I was d with open Upen by the fart party anSI Ihl IhlI tile fattened calf wa In Ith honor I cJ Itle Is Ir Heard sty friende it I ha bai been een said alt that party parl hM has ever be been n formed with with- opt a groat I 1 wih that and I 1 claim that there thoro neV r ba been a greater granter before beCore th the t. t morlen than the tho Ie nc birth the Independence a to Arty n tu t nl hi That is 18 the preservation aton of the government as tho fathera founded It It it I has been tho habit oCal of oC all al though founded originally on high to succumb c 1 to the which wealth and power held out to them It I has bc th the good fortune or rather the fate Cate of American 8 directed our that the old partes baLl been debauched and dis- dis a new hail hal been hoen born to represent the and the pee peo- nl nie We 0 claim caim that when Theodore elt whipped the Standard Oi t the party we corned that convicted criminal with open arms Yo We claim caim that the tho Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party for tor Mr r. the fatted calf calC arid that hero thoro J Ia more rejoIcing Catel Q this one sinner who has joined oln the DemocratIc cause than there thero c at 18 the s oC ot rh D tr i 8 ilU i J ro to 1 you not 8 as Democrats Democrat or I Re- Re HE- HE American bu lU as and lUll ask you ou to Tall raU to your OUI country's z to count country traIn from tO t dangot flint Can en threaten 13 within tho from ianes tho the tho corrupting poJ 1 ot or uni un- un 2 S d. d T 3 i lea cf lober tioW i o to l n b by tr r. r John c D. D Arc JQ d chin chief agent o of the tho Standard QU nn an intimate S nl ot of Mr er anti tr These letter been who hn has In- In ziven me b by a a gentleman l en n with this slant giant o of the Standard urd Oil on but lest he be sub sub- I 1 ma may not ge iame thia mona mon men otel to the persecution ot of a po t OU lit It Letter G N Y darch 9 1900 I Senator Senator-i havo your favor Dear My Iy Senator Senator-I which latter let lat letter with of oC last nl night ht ter latt with letter from Mr l Eliott corn com wih on leter same 1 beg to send you herewith Perhaps It i would be batter belor lerew h. to make a demonstration n against the ninth certainly the tho bill but clause t. t to which Hr Ir Elliott llott roten retes be outs and the tho same samo should is 15 true ot of house bill hl out 0 o. o CO also In- In ts by tr 1 Price In relatIon to tot corporations In w the tho same ro el n clause occurs Am glad m objectIonable that the tho to hear that you think siua- siua t t heDt Is fairly wen well In hand band Uon I. I t ton Very truly yours ours cr trulY JOIL D D. L. L eon J. J B. B D Foraker I D-C. D G C T ew York March larch 26 Six Six- 1900 lion 1 D B. 1500 J. J b b. C C. wIth Senator tn now beg to O ow favor favor fa- fa l of depoSit to your yew Cc certificate ou for tor I vor truly receipt and oblige yours your vet very Ind JOHN JOIL D D. Feb lG 16 Ut Is still on- on fr I Dor Dear S lere bill ts sUl It I th so 10 var very to bo be rIdICUlOUS bi I nut flUt a as after and I noo nono It I there needs will wi to be be lc looked no hear from In yOU killing asto as It n anxious to It as a whole to the tho a Y Vry ry truly JOU D. D ARCHBOLD 4 eUon J 1 B. B Foraker D c. c iIii C JIe that those thOS You will wil see not gentlemen rea read at random bu but letters are re leter Ae sequence natural theY haY a s. s the next ew York 4 17 G you car cor- Senator Senator-I MY Deal Do favor or of to your or of deposit at n a In InUa Inthe really Wo VO are arc I send this and will wU the matter mater but frank taU tall with wih Ua hayo very ory a glad to 10 10 offers If you you when scarcelY again ex- ex s 0 desire elre I need over the tho great our outcome of affairs 8 Very truly yours yO JOHN D D. JOH Washington Hon helL J J. J U T. D. D u friends Is some docu- docu There Thore my of how bills are art do- do evidence and cEded to be le unwise Intimation of at the some ome the tho defeat of such tonal load to cau causes es that ou the conclusion con con- read you bills 1 I will wU written by Mr Ir of a letter leter of at atI wile who a a. representative ot of otI Sibley Sible lower house th the lo er from rom I Pennsylvania congress 6 Mind you ou a Is s his tte title I from thal I flut Dut In fact he is hi a a representative I I O believe of oC the Standard 01 Oll company I The letter leter was written to Mr Ir Archbold Arch Arch- bold boll and low 1 Mr Sibley told tol I Mr lr Roosevelt Roose el that he should be cretul care care- cre- cre tul how lie he offended the Standard Oil Ol an ho could not afford to do ent merol merely upon the support ot of the tc people ent This Is the conclusion or of the letter Keep 1 off Of 01 Oil For rOl the the first time In 0 my life I told the tho some plain If I unpalatable ble truths as to the tho politically Co cally and that no man should 1 wIn or deserve to win who depended upon the tho rabble rather than Ullon the conserve conserve- s the tivo man ot of affairs I dont don't know as ho really reay 1 cl all allI 0 I salt but he thanked rue me wih with apparent out ent Anything you ou may desIre tie tie- sIre iro Jero In 0 my rower er 1 please advise c Sincerely ly yours our JOSEPH C. C SIDLEY SIBLEY I Mr Ir did not seem to lo h heed ed edIr Mr Ir Sibleys Sibley's wc well Intentioned advice and he prosecuted the Standard on Oil and i the tho Standard OIl 01 wont out of thu lIt HI I n part and Into the pint party Th The party part welcomed I It Mr Ir appointed C N. N Has Has- kohl ot of the kel Standart Stand Stand- Stul- Stul I art arl OI to be chairman of oC his corn com on platform After n a platform had hal been beon drawn rawn up I 13 Mr ll which was a satisfactory to the Standard Stand Stand- Stanl- Stanl ard Oi Mr Bryan mado treasurer treas- treas ot of his hil national campaign fund to collect from th the Standard OU substantial sub suu- l c evidence ence of the great grent monopoly's monopoly's olys oly's That hat appreciation was prompt promptly forthcoming when Mr lr I Mack suddenly announced that ho had discovered I cred co which had been ler left over from the last campal campaign n. n When hen I the whole country countr tell tel into roars ot of laughter at the tho Mea Idea or of anything being being be- be ing left ler over o from a. a a campaign that Tom Ta Taggart gart bad hal managed Mr Mack corrected his statement and admitted having received the contribution He robn Jy received It I through Ur Mr Has Has- Ial- Ial keli for Is a man who IH has haH or of thousands or of l toJ- toJ Ian ars before for the tho Standard Stanl rt OIL Mr lr was one or of the thc men who is hi to have attempted to brIbe out OUI great reut and honest former attorney FrancIs T Tell I. I fry 1 I Mr states that Charles N. N r. I late of at Now Cf City I F. F B. B 1 Squire secretary of cit tho thio on Oil company wore or con con- conI I d lna l to con J Nj g action r by b L. L 8 u I n tiIt t or the ho UC E itoi- itoi r hl In nt n me flied In your courts courts' I As to the request In tho said I addressed s l to the tho attorney gen gem oral tu to name tIm tho party part who had the tho I BUOn with him therein thereIn referred I to and to name namo parties partes connected th therewith there there- re- re I with wih representing the tho Standard ard OIl OIlI 01 I company plaintiff Hn says that tho said saidI I party art so o calling him b by fromI from I Cleveland and the party part the tho I set forth In time thc compLaint was Charles B. B Squire formerly o of Cleveland now ot of New ow York City am and tIme tho and officer representing represent represent- Ing time the Ol company compan that time the said Charles B. B Squire claimed the tho parties and amI to whom tho proposition I Ihal hail come In somo way to him were WOlO hal Rockefeller or of Cleveland and anda a stockholder ot of the company compan P. P P. P Squire secretary or of the Standard Oil 01 company comon cud Charles N N. late ot of New Nw York City p F W w. Bennett who I beleve believe is II your our pr present assistant to the at attOrney general gen gee oral eral makes affidavit duly sworn and ands says 6 s On January 2 2 1899 1 was special counsel In the office or of Attorney General Gen Gee i eral Prank Franl L. L Monnett nt at luncheon that day Mr Monnett told me the tho substance I of a a remarkable proposition which had hod been made to him that morning by Charles S. S S S IU t then hen or of Cleveland I lie I Isaid said that Squire had promised to conic come comeback back and repeat In I my presence he bald told the tho attorney general After Mr r. r Squire had gone over OVI the tho thon tn in much the same language as os Is set ton down In thit tb attorney generals general's bill bUI or of complaint In the bribery briber contempt case Mi- Mi I. I Monnett asked Squire to tell tel me where the the conversation with Hsk- Hsk Hash Hash- eli el Rockefeller and Squire the alleged Standard Oil 01 representative had taken place it I Is II my mn recollection that Squire said he was ill I Ll it the time and ana that the parties had come to his house In Cleveland Hh U ra C A Mr Monnett Monnet makes maltes the following at- at In r regard gard to the way In which Inc charges he made wore were dismissed On returning to Colubus Columbus I pro pre pared to take tako depositions or of all al parties concerned including Charles N. N Hadkell Hd at which turn of the procedure OD Charles CharI A. A the to presIding justice JUt JUt- jus- jus tice of the tho Supreme court called me meto meto to the hail of the court room and 1 l found him hal with S. S H H. Tolles ot of time the firm ot of Kline KUne Carr Toles and Goff the tho attorneys or of the Standard OIL al company ot of record In this case CUKe and lion Hon Larry also one of the Standard Oil Oi attorneys attorneys at- at Nei ot of record sittIng slUng with said sid judge and In their presence Judge Judg gave then them credit tor for InformIng Inform Inform- log Ing him that I 1 was about 0 o take the depositions upon the complaint In contempt con con- tempt which involved the Standard on Oil of officials In Is I in g numerous witnesses ses and tc Charles N. N lakel I 1 received a 0 verbal or- or tier dor from Judge to cease cens talc talc- 01 log Ing tho testimony and ho he ordered mu mo moto muto to dismiss time the proceeding for tor taking laking depositions with the dra drastic tc remark that the court could take care are ut of Its Its own honor and preserve Its own dignity and could determine when any litigant was In contempt without the tho assistance assist assist- once ance WU ot of the tho attorney general In this matter mater roee On Monday mornIng the date set let for or the part of the tho witnesses having been boen subpoenaed appeared and acting notary lion U. U D. D Dillon Dion ot of lon notified the wit wit- Columbus publicly wi- wi that Chief Justice had ceases 0 ordered the proceed legs dismissed I or Of we must that that Chief Chot Justice acted with the tho purest motives und and Ibm th morality ButI But Dut I we vu do 10 know too that the Standard occasionally takes an interest In Oil In support of their friends anti and polities in opposition to the peoples people's friends If I do not know this characteristic action you of the tho Standard on OH I Ivl vl read acton the tho following letter tram from Mr John JohnI you leter I D. D Archbold again to Senator ForI For For- I aker ak 26 BroadwaY December 1 18 Dear I You Senator ot of course coure know MY ly for elec- elec candidacy or of Judge Durket court bench ot of 1 the Supreme I to lun that his hi dee re-dee- Ohio We Ve r-olec- r tion to the woud bo be In theline the as followed In such line of oC usage lne strongly Ohio and we feel eel very cry tim In eminent qualifications and his that integrIty him to this fur fur- further great thor ther lv hope thai mu v mn ci t J oil 01 H e Li c. c s I HEARST FLAYS STANDARD OIL t One Continued Km m with Ith this view and will favor favot election Mr no Rogers ers Joins and anti alt I most moaL heartily In this expression mo me rr sincerely yours Vcr Very ey to you Ou JOHN D. D D Hero Is 19 another and letter lotter f I is oils OH I I 7 York March 20 0 20 26 Brond Broadway way waye Now e surprised sur sur- are aro Wo Senator Senator We Dear Dc-ar S It 1903 My Mv that to learn priced rl cd beyond rn ire meas nS law in of or r W. W Bennett Jennett Smith recently attorney general general general gen gen- i F. F 6 S. Monnett is In the race ruco for tho the Ohio of oC eral the thc lie of ot Ohio upon attorney generalship Republican f ticket with sith Mennett Mon Mon- associated c Bennett was against ab us In Ohio nett In lit case 1 something and antI I J would rould like to tu tell you ou of ur antI and Impressions r of on our 11 experience in tho thu case If It you 1 tho the man gained will at all 1 I am sure you OU or knew know him hint candidacy ou ought ht not to tobe toi his lila t that j agree considered from any point i be seriously 5 i. i of view to have havea It favor Cavor a L would esteem d. d I 1 on a line from you yours f JOHN D. D ARCHBOLD i |
