Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-19
AN UPRIGHT MAN.
Abis and Upright Man OF Busioess-mr'
Payne Unconnectsd with tue stanosrd
uu COMPANY His Election as
United states seuator.


United states senator.
Mr.. Henry B. Payne, the senator elect,
Ia not interested in the Standard Oil com
pany. does not own dollar Of its stock,
aud never did. lie is not, nor has he ever
been. the attorney of that corporation, az
has been frequently stated in the press.
The only interest he can possibly have in
the Standard oil company arises from the
fact that his sou, Col. Oliver Payne, is
treasurer Of the company.
A Cleveland gcntlcman tells the facts
about the business and financial affairs of
the Payne family. When Nathan, eldest
son, arrived at his majority he was given
sl00, 900 by his father and told to take
care of himself. He embarked in the coal
business, founded tho firm OF Payne,
Newton & Co aud has, at tho age OF 40,
become moderately wealthy man. lis
father has had nothing to do with his
sons coal business, aud has not even been
accused of IL in tlo papers.
When Oliver became OF age he, too
was provided with capital by his father,
and set out to paddle his own canoe. He
chose the oil business, aud, by good fact
and industry has worked his way up to
be treasurer Of the Standard oil company.
His father has had nothing to do with oil,
and knows nothing OF the affairs of the
company.
ut is a queer fashion in the Payne fami.
w." said MIR. Fred Wallace, q retired law
yer, aud for many years MIR. Payne's pri-
vate secretary, that not one OF them has
anything to do with the others business
affairs Henry B. laid il down as a house
hold law that each tub must stand on its
own bottom, aud while their social inter
course has been very close, the business
-. i. hoo
were strangers. They are not even stock
holders in tho same concerns and bank At
different banks, or did when | WAS more
familiar with their affairs, aud, suppose,
do to this day
Cleyelandors declare that even If the
Standard oil company had any use for Mr
Payne in public station they could get
leSs service from him than from stranger
his regard for his honor and name beirl
80 Jealous and severe. Said au oil Tetiner
whose interests are auJayonistic in some
ways to those Of the Standard company
"The Standard folks have no use 10
United states senators. One seTvile mem
ber OF the Pennsylvania Legislature
worth more 10 them than q row of con
gressmeu. We small fry refiuers are no
alarmed about that ct all. | am not muCI
in love with the Payne family, but know
that the old gentleman is the last man il
the world that would, as q senator, dt
anything that could be construed into Al
act of friendship for the Standard folks
We found that out To our salts faCtiUI
when he was iu Congress-
"Didn't some Of the StIndArd people
interest themselves in his election ?'
His son Oliver aud John Huntington
Oliver fairly wOgships his father, an,
Huntington is au old friend OF tue family
That's all there is of that. | know tina
the Standard company as a corpOratiO
took no interest Whatever IN Mr.. Payne
election. Col Rockefeller, president q
the company, is Republican"
In conversation with gentleman VII
was at Columbus during the late senatorial
contest, if contest 1t can b8 called,
learned that a corps of detectives, hlreC
by Pendotou and guided by John G
ThOmpsuu, were continually at the heel
Of the Payne managers, endeayOring I,
catch them using money that all the how
ia the papers about grease" "oil,
corruption, Sc, was worked up design
edly by P6udletOn's managers 10 prepdT,
the ground for au explosion thCy eN
pected to make by an alleged diacov
cry Of attempted bribery that poudlt
ton member of the House was sent t
the Payne headquarters to sell his vote a
decOy that the Payne managers ale
had detectives on the track Of John Tnuml
son, Clark Irvine and other Peudletu
lieutenants. No money was used lcgit
mately in the senatorial contest. payi
had 4S votes out of 81 and could have
10 more had they been needed. HIS clcC
tiOn brings TO the from. in Democrat
politics ripe, earnest, powerful man.
Henry b. Payne is a business man hin
self he is, or was a few years ago a dire
tor in eighteen industrial corporation
embracing iron mining, manufacturing
aud banking His business and persons
popularity is such that he could d. whi
was never done yet, tako Ohio away fro,
the Republicans in a presidential election