The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-15
THEY'RE ALL ONE.
The Havemeyers, the Spreck-
elSeS and the OXnards
Are, According to the Washing
ton Star,
IN ONE GREAT TRUST.
Spreckels and Oxnard Fight
Hawaiian Annexation
Openly While the HaVemeyers
IN ONE GREAT TRUST.
Openly While the HaVemeyers
Fight 1t Secretly.

Washington, June 15.-The Evening Star
publishes the following concerning Henry
Oxnard: There are several Oxnards in
the United States, but the Oxnard re-
ferred to is Mr.. Henry OXnard of Califor-
mia, Nebraska, New York and Washing
ton. The reason why it is a matter of
public interest to know who Oxnard is is
that both at the special session of con-
greSS last year and the present regular
session he has. to the neglect Of his own
business resided almost continuously in
Washington and devoted himself to OPP
posing Hawaiian annexation, and is now,
according to his own story, fighting single
handed. He would have the public believe
he is doing this for his own benefit and
on his own responsibility, and that he has
no connection with the sugar trust. In
fact, he publicly and privately declares
that the sugar trust is opposing him and
SeSSed of direct and positive private in
formation that the sugar trust is oppos-
ing with desperate energy the annexation
of Hawaii, and that Oxnard is working
der these soV yum 10 the foowng
facts connected with Mr.. Henry OXnard'S
pedigree and history are OF public inter
Mr.. Oxnard is a member of family
who were engaged in the business of re-
filming sugar in Brooklyn. They Joined
with those other poor but honest citizens,
Havemey and Searles. in forming the
sugar trust some few years ago. the OK
nard refinery. in common with the others,
being gathered into the fold of the trust
and paid for in sugar trust certificates
After the conclusion of this deal both
Henry and Robert Oxnard, his brother,
who had been his partner in the Brooklyn
refinery, journeyed to the Pacific coast,
where the sugar trust was entering upon
| a campaign to freeze out or amalgamate
all rival refneries. Robert was made the
the Pacific coast, and to fight the Sprecl-
els refinery, which finally resulted in the
Spreckels' San Francisco office thereupon
became the headquarters OF the sugar
trust in San Francisco. and Mr.; Robert
Oxnard thereupon moved in, and to this
day his desk stands upon one side and
Claus Spreckels' upon the other of one
meanwhile Robert and Henry Oxnard,
partly with their own funds and partly
| with funds furnished by other sugar trust
| magnates began the beet sugar business
Robert and Henry Oxnard. Havemeyer
ana Searles are ares stf the owners of these f
spreekeIs refinery by the trust. Claus
| business. Havemeyer and Searles there
upon obtained a half interest therein, UNI
not sell. Claus Spreckels is now making
| the fight of his life to defeat annexa ton.
and ex-senator FELTON, of California to
Washington to lobby against Hawaii. in
spending about two months here in that
work the details of their operation being
Star. Claus Spreckels also purchased a
newspaper, the San Francisco Call, for
now running it at an estimated loss of
about $500. 900 per annum. The Calls spe-
For months there has scarcely been an
issue without an article upon the subject,
columns daily. Since the 1st of Deem
Der last the San Francisco Call has been
mailed free to each member of congress.
Mr.. Spreckels is evidently one of the gem
erous creatures who loves his fellow men,
and is happiest when giving away some
Last summer Henry Oxnard collabor-
ated with Claus Spreckels at San Fran
cisco, and jointly planned the anti-annex-
alton campaign in California, Oxnard i'm
a n Sl rf0
and making transparent effort to work
} up senmemt asansI anneXatlqm by pub
their beets for the coming season if am
nexation were defeated. Later he re-
versed the operation in Nebraska. where
he is also interested in the sugar business,
by trying to compel farmers to accept 80
alton were ACCOMPLISHED At the same
time he caused to be circulated petitions
to congress against annexation Mean
agents up and down the coast in an effort
to secure signatures to petitions against
ITO summarize who Oxnard is: He and
his brother Robert were among the origi-
Becoming the ' partners of Haveme s and
Searles- They continued in partnership
sugar BUSINESS in caiifornia. Robert o be
came and continued the manager of the
cessfully forced Claus Spreckels' sugar re-
finery into the trust, and ACQUIRED for his
Searles, partnership in Spreckels beet
sugar business as well.
There you have it: Havemeyer, Searles,
Spreckels, Oxnard; Spreckels, Oxnard,
Havemeyer, Searles; Oxnard. Havemeyer,
Spreclxels, Searles, all mixed up like
bucket of cells, so no one can tell where
one begins and the other leaves off. Henry
aOXnard and Claus Spreckels are playing
the wicked partners in this drama. and
would have us believe that they are OPP
posing the good partners Havemeyer
and SearleS.
Neither Havemeyer nor Searles is per-
sonally in evidence in Washington, but
although Mr.. Searles is the truly good
member of the aggregation of that talent,
there is direct and positive evidence that
the recording angel is obliged to inscribe
a sulphurous stain opposite Mr.. Searles'
name whenever the Hawaiian annexation
question is mentioned in his presence
while Mr.. Havemeyer, who makes no pre-
tensions to poverty, exhausts his vocabu-
larry and INDUCES up to the limit under
like conditions.
"Further information as to who Oxnard
is and concerning his anti-annexat ton per-
formances in California, Nebraska, Chi
cago, New York and Washington is avail
able if needed"
Beauty In Blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. Ne
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-