New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-20

mernng Session was exchanged. and the work laid
out for the afternoon ess sapes snd ana @
e. 5:So o'clock the real business OF the day began
ny f pf abs BOOKS %as In Which bribery records were
kept FOR be it noe arev due fo tbs tbo S-
oughy systematic IN w at a ITS M rs
wTe In turn the subordinates pre-
Tepc oe 81 o She go over hes
ments sizing up" the actual results for submis.
$50 O'clock the Machine dined the remains of
the feast having been removed, the doors were
outsider could possibly have obtained tse
ehusetf 70 PIE Piee Inc say at O'Clock any evening
during the session. he might easily have ma ssH
sails on the night OF the first day OF interna-
tionaI horse sale. This IS what he would see Nh IN
Tomies chiefs. all in their shirs sleeves smoking
which was printed list Of the members Of the the
asar h Sead Of the aS oMe him
self. frowning severely over similar sheet haVhg
the chiefs would cali off the Of the Legs
latoTs report'ng as they went @:9ns' me from
not my man a from sI my ye miar .1;t
... fr lan '. raised price SO making it $50
agreed $40 paid account total of SEQ due raised
because =; told him that he had got s1O MUG
AS each man reported. the other chiefs .,. and
disputed points was arrived at Iow!e "I ptef
concerned recorded the order in the little e. no os
book which each carried. All reports IN a. rasj
Towle retired 10 Room Il and speedily TetuIn t
with the stun consisting of cash, stock puts
o the or chefs 0 fa the promises they made
for the day It would be obvious to the outSi ns i
that large Proport9n Of the ba d baganed
with the different members of the machlne . IL
sell their votes not only in committee but IN tq b
paid when the votes We're cast though sometht aT
E waT PPa aTnet seemed to be made in cash calls
Bay State Gas or Dominion Coal OF gfetes
or Canada The latter appeared to be a class q
remuneration Towle favored prooaoly oecdu'e -
You NAV ask here Could such things hapP pen
ctizens Of Boston 50 habituated to the corruption
Of thsiT fis soee bbins campaign conducted
in full daylight from Young Il, I1otes a Am ,
can community honest sturdy souls who can p De
depended TO come forward IN eneTgeiieS me-
Above the hubbub of citys roar their yolfes
hurrnq throng pauses second in its mad T9sh
after dollars to listen to their taf OF a a Is not on
earth The practical politicians: whose anar IL Is
to heed and counteract {heSe an Of any contest
between theories and the stuff They kho" the
TheTe were pubic meetings IN Boston good r gov
t ,tizens examinations howled robbery and
nsIfeasance For a few weeks MASSACHUSETTS
seemed ali wrought up From the space the papers a
gave the protestants one might imagine that there
chance for virtue but 3s the neal pay by day
night by night the machine GROUND aT pcnner
whitney and Towie only smiled at the cam9r ana
awaited the moment when as ioW SsodYeS ~ a
il ''tha reformers had yawped themselves u
Thai day came at last One by one all Hi in IRE per
bonds-to-compei- promises clauses - taS
en 1oed do 7Rd a Ghsf the Ds2 you hs
the Massachusetts Pipe Line Charter was ,, GuS
passed and sent on to the GovernoT' u fast law
ahd tbat once appended all Towles promises to
pay became due.
But the Governor vetoed the bill. and desperate
effort was made by the promoters to pass It over
the veto. Failing in this, they acceded to the Gov
ernor's demand that the charter be amended SO
that the highest price at which gas could be soio
was 60 cents thousand and then he would sign II
This did not enable the promoters to carry out
their promises Mr.. Lawson concludes the incident
as follows:
wild eyed desperate Creatures Towie and Mr..
bo had a%ays o9e ee sP0h IN f ay 0 f m
had heretofore beheld him to fear neither man nor
him deeply. sincerely He carried large travelling
lawson for GODS sake don't do what they are
all doing-don,t upbraid me! I've got TO get out
fti every one II stay it's states prison
the pap anS togeh a Whitney so has gwen
what cash he had on hand. and this check of $1,000
RG no gh to E Of foy but
# you IN y o & h sTons me w Se9 e Ike
child.
CalleQ secretary ana III snort george
Tcwle. with the $4,000 in gold and the bags of
"evidence. faded out Of life and into the gray
mist of eternity.
A few days after a vessel dropped anchor off the
island of Jamaica; George Towles body carried
ashore and buried. and -Lr Patch escorted
hack 10 the ship. few days later. with weights of
! lead to carry il to its last resting place the
oceans bottom; the latters dead body was dropped
over the vessels side. And somewhere floating the
| high seas is a venturesome sailor captain and
crew. who when in their CUBS it's said tell strange
| tales Of bags Of gold and queer documents.
simultaneously the members OF the Great and
| Good Court OF the old Commonwealth Of Massachu-
e O ord we'd
Of them could tell from where. their promised vote
money, In the form OF yarn that the STUFF be-
! longing tc them had been delivered 10 George
| Towle. but that Towle had decarnped with it to
| foreign shores, where he living in luxury with
| Mr.. Patch.
sent two police officials to the island Of Jamaica
and had the contents Of the coffin marked George
| II. Towle' Photographed. could not photograph
the contents Of the oceans bottom.
! LAWsON,S RIIcKEr SHOP cRusAnE