The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
WHAT BEAT BRYAN
Some Inside History of the Cam
paign Of 1896.
A CORRUPTION FUND
OF Eve Million Dollars Raised by the
Trust Magnates q Few Days Before
the Election for Special Use.
in Five Doubtful States
and Given to Hanna.
A CORRUPTION FUND
and Given to Hanna.

Thomas w. lawson charges that
Henry II. Rogers, president Of the
Amaagamated Copper Company and
One'of the leaders Of the Standard Oil
group. directed the raising Of q s5 O0O,-
600 fund to buy five doubtful States
for William Mckinley in the 500 elcc-
ton. The charge is made In the jan
uary Issue Of Every boGys Magazine,
| the sac of whi"sf ; Rogers tried
vainly to stop by threatening criminal
libel proceedings against the Ameri
can News Company, which is the gen.
eral distributing agent for periodicals
and magazines.
Lawson makes the charge in con-
nection with his exposure Of the secret
OF the Bay State gas fight between j.
Edward Addicks, OF Delaware, and Mr..
II .gers. Lawson for Add;cks had ar
range a settlement with Rogers by
| which the latter waS to be paid 6,000,-
600 on n specific da, a for his rival gas
plants In Boston and other I'M portant
concessions. The money was to be
raised by a new issue Of Bay State
Gas stock.
Everything was running smoothly,
when r. ger Foster, we'll known New
York lawyer, acting for client, threw
the Bay State Gas Company into q
receivership, Dwight Braman being
appointed receiver. The receivership
proceedings were put through with
such rush in the Delaware courts
that Addicks only knew Of it after the
receiver had been named.
DISASTER FACED spECULAToRs.
Unless the receiver could be dis
charged and Aodicks regain posses
sion Of the comoany all hope OF rails
ing the money nj cessary to perfect
the settlement arranged with r gers
would have to be abaDdoned; the war
would be continued, and Lawson, Ad
l'dicks and all OF their following crush
{ >Yi,l,, ,i.--S-s.iits =!
TEN plated suicide when he first heard
OF the receiversh;p.
Lawson says he went to see the Bos-
ton broker to learn If the receivership
could be ended He asked the broker;
What's the price?" and the latter, he
says, replied: $50, 900 for the lawyer
aud his client, who had Sl00, 600 OF
Bay State bonds, and $780, 600 fer
| himself and those behind him. Law.
son said he tcld the broker receiver
that the only hope of gettiog the
money was from Mr.. Rogers, saying:
THE question is how to get Rogers
to advance SO large sum In such a
tickls business. He does not want
to get mixed up In a matter in which
any one mans treachery might mean
State prison."
Lawson then vis!Sted MIR. 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
treachery on the part uf Foster, Bra.
man or Add,cks, he might be accused
Of bribing court officer, the receiver:
Addicks might blackmail him by
charging him with conspiracy, or a
conspiracy charge might be brought
by Bay Strte stockholders ard be held
for tremendous damages. He refused
to put himself into any such crap. l
| put forward a dozen ways to meet the
emergency, but he would have none
Of them.
| ROGERS ALLEGED PLAN.
Finally he suggested method
which was certainly perfect Of It's
kind. He hogan By letting me into
the secret that the chances uf Nc.
Kinley victory In the election the fol
lowing week looked pretty bad, and
that the latest canvass Of the States
showed that unless something radical
were done Bryan would surely win.
Hanna had called into consuIt; Ion
half a dozen OF the biggest finans as
In Wall street, and 1t was decided tC
turn at letst five Of the doubtful
States. 10 do this fund Of S5, ,OOG,
600 had been raised under Rogers
direction, to be turned over to Mark
Hanna and McKinleys cousin, O.,
borne, through John Moore, the Wal
street broker, who was acting as r &
erS' representative In collecting the
money.
1T would be legitimate for thu
National Committee to pay out money
to carry Delaware, and he (Rogers
would arrange 1T that the coin to sat
isfy Braman and Foster should come
through this channel. Thus he woul(
be completely'protected.
" Lawson, said Mr.. r gers, look
ing at me with deadly seriousness hi
voice charged with conviction, i
Bryan's elected there will ce such ,
panic in this country as the world ha.
never seen, and with his money idea!
| and the crazy headed radicals he viii
! call to Washington TO administer tn,
!, nations affairs business will surel,
be destroyed and The working peopl,
suffer untold misery. You know W,
all hate to do what Uncle Mark saw
is necessary, but It's case OF some O
Us sacrificing something for the coun
, try's good. Bryan's election woult
act our country back a century, and
believe it's the sacred duty OF ever,
honest American TO do what he cal
to save his land from such calam
lty.
IN VISIT TO BANKER MOORE.
8 Continuing, Mr.. Lawson writes.
: Havirg clearly set forth the politi
cal Situation through which we shoul
be saved, Mr.. Rogers proceeded t,
map out my own program. First,
must Herfect an alibi for him by goin
to Fost>er and Braman and impress
ing thaem that he was absolutely ou
\ of tiit, affair, and must under no cir
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