The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-04
WHAT TBEAT BRYAN
Some Inside History OF the Cam
paign OF 1896.
4 CORRUPTION FUND
OF Eve Million Dollars Raised by the
Trust Magnates Few Days Before
the Election for Special Use
in Five Doubtful States
and Given to Hanna.
4 CORRUPTION FUND

Thomas W. lawson charges thai
Henry e. Rogers, president Ct TIE
Amslgamatsd Copper Company anc
one OF the leaders OF the STANDARD Oh
group, directed tie raising # a S5 OOO,'
900 fund to buy Eve doubtful States
for William Mckinley in the 1896 elec,
ton. The charge is made in the JAN
uary issue Ct Everybody'S Magazine,
5he sale Of which Mr.. Rogers tried
vainIy to stop by threatening criminal
libel proceedings against the Ameri.
can News C.mpany, which is the gen
eral distributing agent tor 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 AddjckS, OF Delaware, and Mr..
R yers. Lawson for Add,cks had ar
range a settlement with Rogers by
which the latter was to be paid S6, ,O0O.-
600 on specific 6aie for bis rival gas
plants in Boston and other In portant
concessions. The money vas to be
raised by a new issue cf Bay State
Gas stock.
Everything was running smoothly,
when R ger Fuster, a well known New
Yolk lawyer, acting for a client, threw
the Bay State Gas Company into a
receivership, DWIGHT Braman being
appUintei receiver. The receiVerShip
proceedings were put through with
such rush in the Delaware courts
that Addicks only knew Ct it after the
receiver had been named.
DISASTER FACED SPECTATORS.
Unless the receiver could be DIS
charged and Addicks regain posses
sion Of the comoany all hope OF rails
ing the money q, cessary to perfect
the settlement arranged with & gers
would have to be abandoned; the war
would be continued, and Lawson, Ad
dicks AID all OF their following crush
ed. Lawson hints that AodickS cen
templated suicide wien he first heard
OF the receiversh:p.
Lawson says he went to see the Bos-
ten broker to learn il the recelVership
could be ended. Heasked the broker;
What's the price," and the latter, he
says, replied: $3.50, 900 for the lawyer
and his client, who had 500 600 OF
Bay State bonds, and 1000 fer
himself ard those behind him, Law.
son 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 sum In sucn a
tickllsh business. He does not want
to get mixed up in matter in which
any one mans treachery might mean
State prison"
Lawson then vis;sted 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
tie sources Of b; Zira; first, through
treachery on the part Of FusUer, Bra,
man or AGo;cks, he m'g 1T be accuse d
CT bribing court officer, the receiver:
Addicks might blackmail him BY
charging him with conspiracy, or a
conspiracy charge might be brought
by Bay Strte ST. ckholders al d be held
| fer tremendous damages. he refused
to put himself into any such trap.
put forward a Gezen ways to meet the
emergency, but le would have none
OF them.
ROGERS ALLEGED PLAN.