The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-07-05
ALABAsIA RECEIVED s27, 900.
This Amount Said To Have Been Sent
to Hanna To Beat Reed.

Washington. June c9.-(Speclal)-Dr. VIII
liam Shaw Bowen. The New York World
STAFF correspondent. has sent the following
story to his paper:
the disgraeeful patronage combination
Effected b. Mark Hanna in the south mas
by no means been confined to Louisiana
Ills agent. Cousin William Mckinley Us
borne. pursued his operations in the line
Of buying up delegates elsewhere. lie Sc
cured delegates 10 the st. Louis convention
from Alabama by rs questionable means
rs hc used in employing Wimbcrly. Demas
and Cohen IN New orleans in the winter
OF 1898.
Alabama republicans were I'm majority
favorable TO the selection Of Speaker Reed.
Hanna knew this. ana he set to work to
prevent Reed delegates from being chosen.
lie visited his winter residence at Thomas
ville Ga. and passed short time there.
-Four Alabama republicans made a pill
ErimaG.. To the Hanna residence. They
were william Youngblood. OF birmingham.
William Vaughn. also 81 Birmingham: d..
J. W. Hughes. 81 Birmingham, and \. Nab
son. of Montgomery.
ION his first visit 20 Alabama Cousin Os-
borne masqueradcd As a Boston shoe
drummer lie furnished To- loungblood
the money required TO turn the desires Of
the intelligent republicans from Thomas Il.
Reed To his own relative.
Osborne Furnished 20 YoungbloOd differ
snf sums of money Ia secure stat" conven-
tion delegates who would select Mckinley
delegates TO 81 Louis. \ letter which was
sent o. New orleans in expectation of the
arrival there of osborne fen into the hands
of "a certain individual lie did not hesitate
To steam the envelope. To read the con-
tents. copy what he read and then seal the
letter again.
..I'll. Doodle pso; 90 capture Alabama from
Reed was thus sircumstautially laid bare.
Altogether Mark Hanna sent 10 Alabama
through Cousin osborne about S27.e00 IL is
understood that a considerable portion Of
this Doodle fuud was pocketcd -''hogged."
Ia employ th- picturesque local expression
by some 81 those 20 whom 10 was handled
''Noungblrtsl At al. We're promised control
or the patronage Of the state. lie was the
first man u Doe rewarded by the president.
lie WAS showed into the treasury depart
mont as auditor FOR the interior depart
ment. lie thus became an associate of tho
secretary of the treasury. Mr.. Gage.
Vaughn was promptly made United States
attorney for the Northern district OF Ala
baml.
''Th,. nomination of Or Hughes FOR post
master 81 birmingham was sent 10 the sen
at., about seven weeks ago. The unsaNory
r.,f.titation Of the man preceded him. not
withStamding President Mckinley's indorse-
mont and support.
This. average senate committee will stom-
ach some pretty tough suhjccts-as witness
the swallowing OF M'tnrd. VINO mas heeA
selected hv the president for the governor
ship III Arizoua-hEt the committee on
postofTiges and postroads could not asslmi-
late Hughes readily All attempts 20 OBJ
tain q favorable report have thus iar fall
81. There are about seventy other post
masters hung up by the committee for in
vcstigation.
Charges ~ dlsgraceful nature have
been FLED against Hughes. Recently a pa
per signed by the Baptist ministers Of Bir-
mingham and vicinity was received by the
committee. Tine Rev nr. Gray ana the
Rev. DR.. Haze. distinguished i'm Alabama.
are among them. Hughes is described as
demands
"Afahson. the fourth member OF the
doodle quartet. is ia Washington working
for the contamination Of the 1ianna-Os-
born. bargain lie has stated that il
Hughes IS mot confirmed 10y the senate
Hanna viii F,e that he is made postmaster
afNer congress adiourns."