Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-02-22

IRWoON'O W1AS1eNne. : I;
He Throws Down the Gauntlet to the
Chief oeatorAe fs the. etapdard
OH Company. .
Especial 10 the Appeai.)
Boston Feb. 21st.-Today Lawson
author, Of "Trenzied Finance throws
down the gauntlet to James H. Bech,
MISUNDERSTANDING General of the
U. 8. and chief Orator and consul of
the STANDARD Oil Company in IN open
letter which says: 4 !
Shortly after Frienzied Finance
made its appearance. you and James H.
Eckles, ex-comptroller of currency of /
the United States now representing
the financial system" l. am attacking
and exposing, have been selected -
sling mud at me at public dinners AMI
banQuets one in the west and the 4
other in the east You did this when /
ever you knew that it was safe, that
is, whenever was not at hand to
personally answer you.
Tonight at a dinner of the Boston
Underwriters Association here in my
own city you are arranging to again
unlimber your mud batteries upon me.
Now that the International League of
Press Clubs are endeavoring to raise
the remaining fifty thousand for equip
ping a home for journalists, J. Pier
pont Morgan has been asked to furn-
ish the last $4,000, provided the fund is
raised before June 80. am asked to
furnish like amount. 1t is as yoI
know a most worthy cause. You and
your bosses of the Standard Oil and
The Big Three" insurance crowd and
the Amalgamated City Bank have
never been known to come out in the
! open in any Of your attacks, but have
| always crawled back into the safe
shelter of the ambush. Therefore 1
make you the following offer, II you
Standard Oil, its leading author,
man SO thoroughly versed in public
| declaration as to stand at the very
| front Of the great public speakers Of
tbs day, vii! meet me at Faunil Hall,
tie cradle of American liberty and
! free speech, will meet me, a layman,
WHO has never delivered a public ad-
dress, and there debate in the open
| before an audience, the crimes and
public villianies Of your employers,
within ten days Of the assault you are
!, to make upon me tonight in the house
| Of your friends, l will pay over to
the Journalistic League the sum Ut
! 5000 and if you decide that it is best
We will raise further sum by charg-
ing admission to the Hall. l think
by such means. If you will bring
along your talanted colleague from the
+, west Mr. Eckles, so much the better
and if you wish I win guarantee 10
have every ticket in the hall sold to
your friends and l will ask no odds
but the privilege of replying to what
you say.
Now Mr.. Beck l will dare you to
help along this good cause and incl
dentially give the people an honest
chance to learn the truth. You have
made Onslaughts on me in public ad-
dresses, where l have had no oppor-
tunity to reply. In your last address
in Philadelphia you called me a
"Frienzied Fakir" a Wild Run-a-muc''
etc. In spite of the wages of sin
which you get from the Standard. Oil
company you surely will not prove
yourself SO cowardly as to do this ans
not accept my fair proposition her.
extended
l await your answer in the reports
which l will read tomorrow of wha
you say in the house of your friends
the insurance people
Yours THOMAS w. LAWSON.
This bold defy is creating a sensa
ton which is shaking up staid OH
Boston and the paper running the chal
lenge is running its presses to tn
fullest capacity to supply the extras