The Portland daily press., 1891-11-24
MAINE AND MAVERICK.
Chandler's Latest on Railroads
Banks, Beer and Politics.

BOSTON, November 23.-A Washington
despatch to the Journal says: "Senator
Chandler called at the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday and made an important re-
quest In the matter Of the Maverick Ma
tional Bank. Secretary Foster has not re-
covered from the severe cold contracted In
New York, and was not at the department.
Senator Chandler went therefore direct to
Comptroller Lacey.
The request was two-fold In character.
First, that the report of Bank Exam iner
Magruder. or Of his deputy, Mr.. Ever. in
the matter of the Maverick National Bank,
should be given to the public; second, that
the public should be furnished with list
OF the stockholders of the Maverick Ma
tlonal Bank"
The despatch continues that the como
law the names Of the stockholders should
be published as requested. The Journal,
appended to the Washington despatch.
prints extracts from an article In the Con-
cord Monitor, over the signature of Senator
Chandler. That article says:
Facts OF record here are OF nature ut
terly to condemn any Republican who may
undertake to help Jones and Sinclair in
their avowed purpose of using the Boston
and Maine railroad as political agency to
make New Hampshire Democratic and to
elect Sinclair United States Senator. Such
Republicans may meet the fate of Asa P.
Potter, who appears to have held 800
shares OF the Boston and Maine stock
which he was able to carry by pledging
such stock to the Maverick Bank as col
lateral.
''As long as Potter firmly held his stock
Jones and Sinclair could hope to sustain
the price In the market and make success
ful their scheme for making money on the
five millions Of watered stock. When their
plans went wrong and they needed money,
Potter inclined to sell his Boston and
Maine stock. This would have ruined
Jones and Sinclair. so they prevented the
sale. A large deposit Of Boston and
Maine money was made In the bank, but it
failed.
"Potter's stock pledged as collateral in
the bank goes into the receivers hands.
was important for Jones and Sinclair to
control the appointment of receiver, but
In this they did not succeed.
"In their distress Jones and Sinclair
have sought for new partners to take the
places in their railroad schemes Of Potter
and French; They are beseeching T. jeff.
erson Coolidge and Oliver Ames and Fred
l.. Amas TO come to their rescue, and Sin
clair offers to go out of the board with
Potter, and put out Sewall also. l have
the best OF reasons for believing that Mr..
Coolidge and the Ames will not be caught
in that trap. Jones and Sinclair so far
have used their names without authority
They nave no especial call to aid Jones,
Sinclair, Sanborn and Sulloway in making
their railroad and their stock speculations
measures for turning New Hampshire into
a Democratic state. Moreover they make
no cOncealment of their profound distrust
of the tricks and traps of Jones and Sin
clair. Imagine Mr.. Coolidge, Gov. Ames
and Mr.. Fred L. Ames, all gentlemen in
every instinct, sitting at a directors meet
ing presided over by Frank, Jones, with a
Will they also go into partnership with
Jones and Sinclair in their numerous rum
shops ?''T'