New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-23
WHY KEENE ASKED NO PAY
L4WSON ON RUBBER DEAL.
Remarks Also on Standard Oil,
Third Avenue and a Local Paper.

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Thomas w. Lawson last night telegraphed
The Tribune long statement in reference to the
letter written TO him on July 70 by James r.
Keene which was published in The Tribune
yesterday Referring to Mr.. keenes assertion
that he had received no compensation for his
services in selling for account OF h II. Rogers
and his associates S22,O00,oOo OF Amalgamated
Copper stock at prices ranging from 80 to 90.
and that he expected no compensation and would
not have accepted any had any been offered Mr..
Lawson says:
Just at this stage Mr. Rogers and his associates
were loaded with Amalgamated There was
to Messrs Rogers Rockefeller and other members
of their pool. Governor Flower. the great market
STOCK MARIE o 3lsse % @ Geo 20 and IS cent pieces
long enough to dispose of them to the people in eA-
The hatred OF Standard or for James r. Keene
at this time selling at over par The neceSS ssh
Of James r Keene were pTessing nrSt . Tor me
3 Connection with R' his Rubber stocks certain
man succeeded in amagamating the oesIiqaIp ana
James r. Keene rolled up his sleeves for the most f
and the FUR few-the peoples fur
In consider alton of Keene doing the job up brown;
oil" Would subscribe one-half of the money neces-
sary TO hoat new rubber company; 4hI the oNH total
amount was 100000: STANDARD OIL S.5oO0O;
shss SS sfsndafd o sSo P1bc 'S ounce
ment was made, and everything went as merry as
pleted his job and-weu, STANDARD or never fGf-
name were yanked away from the new Iu s
company and James X heepe vas !q.s fra I IN his
marvellous career.
A LEAK AT NO % BROADWAY.
Mr.. Lawson, in addition TO his remarks about
MI Keene, goes on in a rambling way to make
some statements about Standard OIL, the ThirS
Avenue Railroad and The New-York CONNER
ciaI" episode. A few of his outgivings upon
these topics are appended:
For years there in the employ Of William
Rockefeller a man who handled all the eonhaentlaf
transactions and papers connected with them OF
standard Oil" In the midst of the copper deal A
Enormous transactions were being eondgcted in
Wall Street, ostersiby IN the name OF StanaaT 3
or; that is, when certain stock deals were mace
runor credited them TO Standard OIL" most
thorough secret investigation was started 2ut Win
out success Traps were iald atG HIatiy s, tLe
was found in them and the leak was discovered
MI Rockefeiiers eondentiaI man was quietly dis
missed. simultaneously with his dismissal the tTe-
rnendols Third Avenue bomb exploded and the
world-particuarly the financial world-for short
day was allowed a glimpse of the terribly black
duphcity which at all times underlies Wall Street
The services of the grand jury We're sought and
men. Mr.. Keene took a, vacation, and went to
Europe Right here would say 1t does cT not sg
because the System makes New-York uncom-
years. Innocent l men could be Toaded in states
prison from New-York courts with as much alacrlty
90 Bunny N4SS-
Replying TO articles concerning him which
have appeared in a local newspaper. Mr.. Lawson
says, III part
Donohue began a most vicious and indecent attack
upon me in the pages of THE New-York CONNER
length Of being crazy, and this article was imrnedi
6Tos6cast over tie world As soon as this article
appeared l wrote Donohue and invited him to come
TO ter %as pTvae one Re upon its recep caused
It to be advertised in other New-York papers that
following day letter was printed which purported
not That the newspaper fraternity may under
stand to what desperate lengths these men will go
which is in every newspaper office in New-York.
was copy Of the one sent Donohue VII. upon
paper man. pay him the sum of Sl00G0o, to be re-
given by him 10 any charity he sees At to select
then wrote Donohue another letter IN regard to
and which he published IN The New-York Com
neTca this ] s e 6 Tr sn1 g R [4e
I maintain, shows him. In the Hgnt OF MS supse-
taminate humans and I cannot bring myself to so
far wrong the animal kingdom by comparing him
with either:
'NEW-YORK COMMERCIAL' .
Wall Street Broad Exchange Building, No s
Spruce-st. D. Donohoe, Financial Editor Oc-
ISlfS Sir Your more Than kind letter brought
completely to my pins Ny hands a.. d are raised aH
lessly clawing the air In whatever / may in the
future feel ii incumbent upon me TO say about you
and your wriungS-and in all probability II may
be necessary for me to say a good deal-I shall
ALWAYS remember Thomas ". Lawson the man,
as one OF the most winning personalities with
whom have crossed blades during my twenty
years OF journalistic sword playa cavalier, Ike
the good SieuT BayGrd sans peur ct reprOche.
we of the newspaper tribe-the progeny Of Ha-
CARS offspring verify believe it-woTship own
gods cherish ideals ana. like the Ishnael-
I ties old work out deStineS separate
and apart from the scurrying throng that sur
rounds US.
our portion while living: when dead six feet of
earth ard oblivion; neither do ask nor look for
aught from God man save these inmemorial
heritages. Perhaps IL is for this reason that your
kindly words unsOughJ. unexpected and-wOe is
me!-so wholly undcserVed have touched me deeply.
1t is only simple justice TO tell YOU In view of
the utterly unwaTTanted deduction which I drew
from certain pecuar.ties of style and dicion in
your brilliantly conceived boldly executed and
wholly mastery narrative, that several DAYS before
] wrote my criticism Of it l stated IN an assembly
Of my fellows that would give the index finger Of
my right hand had the good Lord vouchsafed to me
the gift OF writing clearly, elegantly and
| withal 4s c0nvincingly as Thomas W. Lawson,
Very faithfully yours DENIS DONOHOE."
| two lines in his letter to show what weight can
| be put his vile assertions made since this
! letter has been In my hands. One is where he
! SAWS his deduction was utterly uuWarranted: the
! other where he he does not ask or look for
! ythine from God save the material
| ignorant and unintelligent of beasts.
/ would say here-and. OF course, l did not pub
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