Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-21
Standard Oil Company Offers a Stiff
Inducement.
MONNETT MAKES CHARGES.
ohio Attorney General Say. ssc Has
Proon Lawyers for the Dee
Tense Reliant.

no testimony today. II was agreed TO
have a hearing In the case u the state
u Ohio against the Buckeye Pipe COM
pany. branch Of the STANDARD oil
company. In the Office " MIR. Mills. act
Ing M commissioner for the State.
Mcssrs Elliott and cline. counsel for
the standard on company. sont let
ter to Attorney General Monnctt of
Ohio today. demanding that he make
public the name Of the man who Of
fcrcd him bdbc 1, discontinue his
nght. This is the letter;
Hon, y. q. Monnctt. Attorney General
Of Ohio.
ION March I, George Rice announced
TO the public press that bride OF Ave
hundred thousand dollars. less hum
dred thousand dollars commission. had
been offered you to Induce you to stop
or delay proceedings against the STAN
dard oil company now pending In the
superior court Of ohio.
You are reported to have denied en-
tlrely ut Toledo. the Rice story. but
by the time you arrived at Columbus.
the same day. you concluded that the
story was true. and. accordingly. In
various newspapers on the morning OF
the 9Th Inst. you made statement that
tho standard oil company. through
some friend 81 yours had offered you
fiO0.Qo0 90 influence your action with
respect 10 the case pending against
It and other companies In the supreme
court OF Ohio. Reputable newspapers
Of the State. notably the Cleveland
Leader. the Toledo Blade and the ohio
state Journal. have called upon you TO
disclose the name OF the friend who
thus corruptly approached you.
You ore quoted Ia the Cleveland
Plain Dealer Of the sth Inst. as saying
that II you were 10 give Out the name
of your friend. half a dozen depart
montH would be- after him at once. and
" might DO they could force or persuade
HIN 10 keep his mouth shut. You de-
not seem 10 realize that the reason
given by you for refusing To disclose
the name ~ your friend II an admission
that tho company does not know the
name u the party whom you say was
commissioned Ia offer you 100000. and.
therefore. you must have known that
the alleged friend made the offcr 10 you
without the authority or knowledge OF
the Standard oil company.
''in the New York World OF the 9th
Inst. you are represented nH saying that
you had written the friend who had
tried TO bride you that you would not
expose him until public Interest de-
mandcd IL.
In another Interview Ia the CONNER
cinl Tribune. OF tho 9Th inst. you are
represented as saying that your friend
had agreed Co protect YOU The ar
rangcmon, for protection seems TO be
mutual.
80 far ~ your statements connect
the Standard oil company with any at
tempt 20 brib. you. they are totally
false, You have thu names, or claim 20
have, not only of the friend who APP
preached you. hut also OF others acting
with him, because on the itth inst, you
raid In the public press that these mon
were tclcgraphing you from New York.
while nothing IN your story has d.
rcctly AonneCtcd the standard on COM
pany With the attempted bribery. You
have desired the public 20 assume said
connections. We now demand that you
R,vc N" name or names of the persons
who made such an o~cr 10 you, claim
Ing 20 represent the standard on com.
Uany, that we may take steps 60 qulet
this last and most vicious ~ the many
false and sensational stories TO which
You have given currency"
With reference to this letter. Attor-
ncy General Monnctt said he would re-
MY 10 II after he had consulted with
the supreme court Of Ohio.
4 hearing In the cnHc ~ the state Of
ohio against the Buckeye Pipe Line
company was begun this afternoon In
the Office Of Commissioner q, Edgar
Mills, The hearing was held that the
attorney general might take the de-
positions In the proceedings brought In
ohio 10 annul the charter Of the
buckeye company for violation OF tho
W0a0l Ns.as ~. oil Ns.s.
the prosecution II that the Standard
OF trust rull exists, and that, despite
the law. the buckeye Pipe Line COM
pany IN atlil q member Of IT, The
buckeye Pipe Line company was or
ganized for the transportation OF crude
oil, Its headquarters are In Linn, o..
and its capital stock n $40 100000, II.
II, Rogers IL the prfldent,
At the proceedings today NJ. II. FL
Holt and VIRGIL T.. cline represented the
company Attorney General Monnctt
appeared for the state " Ohio. w. l..
FlaRg acted as his assistant.
AZ preliminary. Messrs, Elliott ana
Cline agreed 90 admit a copy OF the
testimony given IN October last by
John u. Rockefeller In the standard
on company case, provided tho ONO
court should decide that such evidence
however holding that such testimony
was not competent
George Rice was the first witness
called, Mr., iflngg asked him lf he ever
owned n certificate Of the standard on
trust. and he answered yes. The Wit
ness Identified aa his property two GER
tlncatoa. one certificate ~ the stand
ard OF trust. and the other n certificate
81 ASSIGNMENT u LEGAL title. both orig
inal certificates.
Have you ever owned trust GER
tincate ~ the kind called n certificate
Of equitable interest, which YOU handed
into the trust. and for which you re-
ceiNcd n certificate known rs nm as
rignment OF legal tltleg' asked Mr.
lelagg.
Mr., Rice said he could not reply I'M
less given an opportunity to explain.
ana Mr.. FLAGS asked, "Dld YOU ever
hand In 20 the trust a certificate for
which you received stock OF constitu-
ent company
Mr. Rice said "Ycs." and again asked
20 be allowed Ia explain. Mr., Flngg
held him to yes" or mo" an-
hwer
Mr.. Flags nsiSed an explanation Of
The exchange OF stock certificates. and
Mr.. Rice showed that nj the dissolution
NJ the trust he received In place OF a
certificate Of stock a certificate OF as
slgnment OF legal title. which entitled
hin 10 his proportion Of the property
owned by the twenty different compan-
les represented In the trust.
The last certificate conveyed 10 me,
haid Mr. Rice. IAN equitable interest