The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-06
A CORRUPTION FUND

A CORRUPTION FUNI
OF Eve Million Dollars Raised by th
Trust Magnates Few Days Before
the Election for Special Use
in Five Doubtful States
and Given to Hanna.
Thomas w. lawson charges tina
Henry II. Rogers, president Of th
Amaigamatad Copper Company ant
one'of the leaders Of the Standard Oh
group. directed the raising of S5 600,
600 fund to buy five doubtful STATE
for, William Mckinley In the 500 elcc
ton. The charge is made In the Jan
uary Issue Of Every bnay's Magazine
the sac of whirs :. Rogers tried
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 Addicks had ar
range a settlement with Rogers by
which the latter was to be paid 90, ,OOO,.
900 on specific date for his rival gas
plants In Boston and other I'M portant
CONCESSIONS. Tine money was TO be
raised by new issue Of Bay State
Gas stock.
Everything was running smoothly
when r. ger Foster, well known New
York lawyer, acting for client, threw
the Bay State Gas Company into 9
receivership, Dwight Braman being
appointe1 receiver. The receivershiI
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 srECULATORs.
Unless the receiver could be dis
charged and Addicks regain posses
sion Of the comoany all hope OF rails
ing the money nt cessary tx perfect
the settlement arranged with r Rers
would have to be abandoned; the wal
would he continued, and Lawson, Ad
dicks and all OF their following crush
II TZ-,,M.7at sii.5-=s-.i.. -. :, - On
templated suicide when he first hearc
OF the receivershp.
Lawson says he went to see the Bos
ton broker to learn il the receivershiI
could be ended. He asked the broker
What's the price?" and the latter, h,
says, replied: $3.50, 600 for the lawyer
aud his client, who had 500, 900. o.
Bag State bonds, and $3.50, 900 fol
himself and those behind him. Law
son said he tCld the broker receiver
that the only hope of geltiog the
money was from Mr.. Rogers, saying:
The question is how to get Roger:
to advance 50 large & sum In such {
ticklish business. He does not want
to get mixed up In a matter in which
any one mans treachery might NEAR
State prison."
Lawson then visisted MIR. Rogers
He says in his article:
Rogers refused absolutely to be ;
party to any payment that could bt
traced back to him. He canvasset
the sources OF haZlri; first, through
treachery on the part of Foster, Bra
man or Addicks, he might be accusoo
Of bribiDg a court officer, the receiver
Addicks might blackmail him by
charging him with conspiracy, or ;
conspiracy charge might be brough
by Bay Strte ockholders ard he helt
for tremendous damages. He refused
to put himself into any such trap.
put forward dozen ways to meet th
emergency, but he would have nom
Of them.
ROGERS ALLEGED PLAN.
Finally be suggested a metho'
which was certainly perfect OF it
kind. He hegan by letting me int
the secret that the chances II Nc
Kinley victory in the election the fol
lowing week looked pretty bad, an,
that the latest canvass Of the State
showed that unless something radica
were done Bryan would surely win
Hanna had called into consult; 10
half q dozen OF the biggest fnanS =.
turn at letst five Of the doubtful
States. TO do this fund OF a5, ,OOG,
600 had been raised under Rogers
direction, to be turned over to Mar
Hanna and McKinley's cousin, O.
borne, through John Moore, the Wa
street broker, who was acting as r G
erS' representative in collecting til
money.
1t would be legitimate for th
| National Committee to pay out none
TO carry Delaware, and he (Rogers
would arrangeit that the coin to sat
sfy Braman and Foster should com
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, =
Bryan's elected there Will re such
panic in this country as the world Ia
never seen, and with his money idea
aud the crazy headed radicals he wi
call 70 Washington TO administer tn
nations affairs business will surel
be destroyed and The working peopl
suffer untold misery. You know "
all hate to do what Uncle Mark say
is necessary, but It's case OF some {
Us sacrificing something for the cour
try's good. Bryan's election woul
set our country back a century, and
believe it's the sacred duty OF ever
honest American to do what lie ca
to save his land from such calan
lty.
n VISIT TO BANKER MOORE.