New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-16
THC CONNECTICTT HOLD-IP.

Nothing could have been more 0ppOitnne ihan
| the discovery made il few days ago by Our
| Rryan contemporary. The \ew-Nork journal.
that Mark Hanna was getting ready to eNpehd
| IS 900 OOO--honcst dollars in large type-in the
| purchase of votes in the doubtful states. ~
served TO put honest voters in those States on
! their guard against the emsSaries of the ihSidl-
| Gus Hanna and il also set many other persons
| upon the line Of inquiry suggested by the inho-
cent silveritc who wanted 10 know whether after
| free coinage began. his share would be brought
| TO him or he should have to 90 after II. NO less
| opportmne is our contemporary later discovery
| of some of the sources from which the corrupt
and insatiate Hanna proposes to extract his
| miscellaneous millions Chief Of these according
| to orr contemporary are The mOneycd insil'i-
| tlons-the savings banks. National banks ana
| insurance companies of our sister state or Con-
nccticut. Not long ago. as we learn from our
vcracjous and wcll-inforned contemporary. the
huStling Hanna. in pursuance of his diabocai
| nropramme. said 10 Ex-Governor Bulkeey OF
Connecticut: Il want Il million dollars from
| Connccticut. and want It quick Whereupon
the Ex-Governor went to work 10 meet the
| reqnisiton.
| Now. Morgan Bulkclcy is not only bad man,
Governor for two years of deadlock when
! many eminent Democrats thought he ought I"
get out and give them show. but he is also
| business man. So according to the precise AMI
| detailed information derived by our contempo-
| rary from the most authentic sources he i'm
| mediately made list Of all the National banks.
| savings banks Insurance companies. trust ana
| investment companies IN the State. with the
| ,r thni nj
| sessed them one-eighlh Of per cent on both.
In proof of lis statement The Journal prints
the whole list covering TWO columns of its valll-
able space. What more conclusive proof Of this
juiuultv could there he than This; Fortunately.
| Morgan had only lust entered on The highway
mans career which he had laid out M the III
| stgaton Of Hanna when THE Journal threw
| lis srarchghi on the whole business. That II
| struck terror into the moncyed institutions OF
| Connecticut goes without saying. From Green
| witch 10 Thompson aud from Stonington Ia Sails
| bury there was universal alarm. II pervadrd
| thc whole State Without doubt many officers
| of financial institutions who remembered how
| Morgan had opened The State llonSe with
| sledyc- hammer during the deadlock shlvere1 ~
| they thought of the possibility that presently
he would appear ~ their doors with the Foot
Guard or the Putnam Phalanx and through
Judge Advocate Joe Barbour order them TO
| hold up their hands and deliver onc-eighth of
| per cent Of their assets.
| Fortunately no one fed. The exposure Of the
| gigantic hoid-up had cone in time To save them.
| In fact. as learn from n trustworthy CORE
| spondent Of "rhr Journal" writing on space
' and al great length Morgan had been baked IN
| the hol,l-up right in his own town Of Hartford
before h. had started in Ia dcvasiatr the adioin-
| lng towns Several bank officers who were ap
| preached 10y this correspondent answered his
| questions with caution bordering on ilmidity.
| evidently not having quite recovered from their
| terror II remained for Major James Roi'er.
| president of the Hartford National Bank. 10
| 'pllt down his foot on Governor Rulkclcy-
! proposiiOl. In answer 10 the correspondent
he smiled grimly When Major Bollcr smiles
| grmy nj anybody who either represents
| paper or offers paper for discount it j. consd
| cred quite significant in Hartford financial cir
cleS Being pressed. he said he had not been
| approached on the subject of the assessment. bni
| if he should be-. he would Eot stand it. This
| seemed 10 settle the matter for The entire state
| Major Boiler * not fighting man noiwith-
| standing his military tiile--lmi when he smiles
| grlmly' II j. generally understood in Hartford
| that he means business.
The danger Of the Conneclicnl hold-up may
now be considered past. The officers Of
moneycd institutions in thai State may now
| breathe freely. And vel. that unconscionably
| bad man. Morgan Bulkeley. when asked by a
reporter of "Thc Hartford Times" II he had any
thing 10 say. replied You can say that I've
Ego, most Of the milllor. ana the rest Of IT Is IN
sight ! will have it all by tomorrow night.
We suspect that This WAS n cold bluff. Major
Boilers grim smile had ?lready knocked the
| s,utiing out Of the assessment. and Morgan knew
IT, II Is grl 'vous disappointment, 10 the wicked
Hanna of course. and TO the voters in the doubt
ful States who were waiting 10 be bribed. hut
what relief it must be for the moncycd instltu-
lions of Connecticut.