The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
AN EX-ENQU[RER EDITOR
Charges John R. Mclean With Expendlng
100000 to Elect Senator Payne.
Tho Enquirer Publishes the Startling
AndavIt OF exchanging Editor
Criswen of That Paper--Text
of the AffldAvit.
rFrnm tho Cincinnati ENQUIRER. !


"After the October election Of 1885 Mr.
Mclean came into the Enquirer Office
where was at work, and complained II
rather bitter spirit against the Stand
ard Oil Company not having recipro
Gated to him In q proper way, and saiC
that they had sent $3.50 into some cOun
ty near Cleveland to help them elecj
the candidate for Representative or Sen
atOr, l don't know which, and said that
when Mr.. Payne was q candidate fol
United States Senator Mr.. John Mclean.
had spent 100000 Of his own money tC
effect Mr. Psyne's election. REMARKED
that that was q good deal Of money fol
a private citizen to spend for Q big cor
pOration like the Standard OIL Company
Mr.. Mclean said, nevertheless, he had
spent that much money Of his own tC
elect Mr.. Payne, and had elected him
and In return for that they had sent
$3.50 into this county; and prior to the
election of Senator Payne, and prior tO
the caucus that nominated him, Allen
o. Myers came into my office, In the
Enquirer office, and said that Casper
Loewenstein, Representative from
franklin county, had demanded So OOC
to vote for Senator Payne. Mr.. Myers
was apparently very Indignant at the
fact that the price was 40 eX0rbitant
and said he didn't want to pay it-didn't
want to pay so much money.
II got the impression that they were
willing 10 pay reasonable sum, but the
Sc, 900 vas too much, but he said that
Casper LOewenstein had marked up the
price, knowing they had to have his
vote. but he said before he would pay
Sc, 600 for him he would have to see Mr
Mclean, and he left the Office, l suppose
with the intention of seeing Mclean
about it. When suggested to Mr.. Nc
Lean that 1t was big amount Of money
to pay to another man, he said that II
cost a great deal of money to get these
Representatives and Senators to vote for
MIR. Payne, and they had to be bought,
1t took money and great deal of 1t to
satisfy them. And he (Nr. McLean) has
frequently told me that he would defeat
MIR. Pendleton's election no matter what
1t cost him. He told me that on num-
ber of OCCASIONS"
Q.-You are willing to make oath to
these matters before the committeep
A.-0h, yes; certainly.
Q,-D0 you object to putting that In
the form Of an sffidavitP
A-Not at all. He (Mr McLeRD) ap
peared to be very much In earnest when
he talked about spending this 100000
In addition, wanted to say that W. P
Thompson, who is supposed to be an
fficef Of the Standard Oil Company, had
been in consultation with Mr.. Mclean.
at the Enquirer Office prior to the eau
Gus which nominated Senator Payne.
Il would like to be positive about one
occasion. remember very well about
the fact Of his having been there. He
was introduced to me by Mr.. Mclean,
and sat In the Office talking with me,
waiting until Mr.. Mclean had time to
talk privately with him.
R. W. CRIsWELL."
"Sworn and subscribed to before me
this. 18th day of June, A. D. 1886.
THOMAS j. MYERS
Notary Public"