The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-23
Disaster Faced Spectators.

Unless the receiver could be discharged
and Addicks regain possession of the
company all hope of raising the money
necessary to perfect the settlement ar
ranged with Rogers would have to be
abandoned; the war would be continued
and Lawson Addicks and all of their
following crushed. Lawson hints that
Addicks contemplated suicide when he
first heard of the receivership.
Lawson says he went to see the Bos-
ton broker to learn II the receivership
could be ended. He asked the broker:
whats the price?" and the latter, ne
says, replied. $4,000 for the lawyer and
his client, who had 100000 of Bay State
bonds, and $4,000 for himself and those
behind him. Lawson said he told the
broker-receiver that the only hope of
getting the money was from Mr.. Rogers,
saying:
THE question is how to get Rogers
to advance SO large a sum in such
ticklish business. He does not want to
get mixed up In a matter In which any
one mans treachery might mean state
prison"
Lawson then visited Mr.. Rogers. He
says in his article
'Rogers refused absolutely to be a
party to any payment that could be
traced back to him. He canvassed the
sources of hazard first, through rreach-
cry on the part of Foster, Braman or
Addicks, he might be accused of brib-
Ing a court officer, the receiver; Adj
dicks might blackmail him by charging
him with conspiracy. or a conspiracy
charge might be brought by Bay State
stockholders and he be held for tremend-
GUS damages. He refused to put himself
into any such trap. I put forward a
dozen ways to meet the emergency, but
ne would have none of them.
Rogers Alleged Plan.
FINALLY he suggested a method which
was certainly perfect of its kind. He
began by letting me into the secret that
the chances of Mckinley victory In the
election the following week looked pretty
bad, and that the latest canvass of the
states showed that unless something rad
ical were done Bryan would surely win.
Hanna had called into consultation half
dozen of the biggest financiers In Wall
street, and 1t was decided to turn at
least five of the doubtful states. 10 do
this fund of 100000 900 had been raised
under Rogers direction, to be turned
over to Mark Hanna and Mckinley s
cousin, Osborne, through John Moore, the
Wall street broker, who was acting as
Rogers representative In collecting the
money.
at would be legitimate for the national
committee to pay out money to carry
Delaware, and he (Rogers) would ar
range 1t that the coin to satisfy Braman
and Foster should come through this
channel. Thus he would be completely
protected.
" Lawson said Mr.. Rogers, looking
at me with deadly seriousness, his voice
charged with conviction, If Bryan's elect
ed there will be such a panic in this
country as the world has never seen, and
with his money ideas and the crazy-head-
ed radicals he will call to Washington
to administer the nations affairs business
will surely be destroyed and the working
people suffer untold misery. You know
We all hate to do what Uncle Mark says
Is necessary, but it's a case of some OF
us sacrificing something for the country $
good. Bryan's election would set our
country back a century, and l believe it's
the sacred duty of every honest Ameri-
can to do what he can to save his land
from such a calamity
Visit to Banker Moore.
Continuing, Mr.. Lawson writes:
'Iiaving clearly set forth the political
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