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HARD ON BLISS.
Another Sensation in the New
York Life Insurance.
CAMPAIGN TRIBUTE
Paid to Defeat Bryan In First Cam
paigu. Hamilton Declares He Paid
Charm n Bliss a Big Sum.
Bliss Denies and Ham.
ilton Shows Receipt.


The following interesting article
from the New York Herald Of Marcel
20, shows the means used in 1896 b.
the Republicans to defeat tho election
OF William Jennings Bryon:
Il see that Cornelius N. Bliss, treas
urer Of the Republican national com.
Mite, denies that he had received
from me fer the New York Life tht
sum Of $4,000 for campaign purposes
in 1885," said Former Judge Andrew
Hamilton Wednesday, Commenting
upon Mr. Bliss assertion that he nev'
er met the judge.
Maybe this might stimulate bill
memory a Bit" he added.
Judge Hamilton reached inside the
breast pocket Of bis coat and produc.
ed a Sheaf Of " uchers, some Of which
bore the signature OF the foremos,
men insfnanceof today, and stripped
of a white receipt from such as the
Republican national committee uses.
H. smcothed out the BIT Of paper,
gazed at it with an amused smile, and
spread it fat upon the table In bis
apartment
Il ,oks as II 1t was up to MI. Bliss
to thirk soma more, does 1t noLP'
continued Mr.. Hamilton.
The receipt Is q voucher for S75. 000
signed by M Bliss and dated October
l and 20, 1895 It Is explained that
the amount was paid ever 10 two pay.
nents, the first one Of slU, 900, on
October l, and the balance Of s85 600
on October 20, the figures at the
left hand lower corner Of the voucher
being raised from $4,000 to- SIS,
900.
When it was first brrught to the
attent on Of The Herald, on Sunday,
that Andrew Hamilton said he held q
voucher s?lo wing that he had paid
s75, 900 to Mr. Bliss, in addition to
the SO, 900 admitted by Mr.. Mccall
to haue been paid to the campaign
fund of the Republican party in 1898
Mr. Bliss asked concerning tho mat
tor, and he denied all knowledge Of
81 Gu payment. His exact lanuage
was:
Such a statement Is utterly false.
I, as treasurer Of the Republican ma
tional committee, did not receive any
money, nor was any voucher therefore
issued by me. 1 do not know Andrew
Hamilton, would not know him II l
should see him, and never heard Of
him until recently"
In bis home, 18S Madison avenue,
yesterday, the m litter vas again call.
ed to the attention Of Mr.. Bliss.
Since applying tt you for infor.
nation about the alleged payment Of
an additional CTS, 900 Into the R.pub.
licau national commuters fund In
1895 by Andrew Hamiltap, new evil.
derca has come to hand, Mr.. Bliss
Can you recall the incident today ?"
was asked.
II have said all I care to say about
the matter" returned MI. Bliss. mo
such SUM was paid over by Mr.. Ham
ilton or the New York L fe. Ny
word ought to bs accepted as final"
But IL is now known that q sotch-
or exists"
That ia untrue. No receipt ex-
ists. II any one says SO he lies. Have
you seen such q voucher"
Yes, MI. Bliss, and I have a pho
tograph Of that voucher. Will you
let me show it to you in order that
you may pass upon the genuineness
Of the sigpature?'
No sir: I won't Look at 1t. I de
cline to say another word about the
matter"
Judge Hamilton explains the exist.
ancs of the check and takes q pecul-
lar delight In recalling the careful
manner In which the payment was
kept Cf the books Of the New Yorh
Life.
Bliss wanted more money" be
said. II don't know anything abou,
the $50, 600 which Mr.. Mccall &C.
knoWleoged was paid to the Rspubii,
can campaign fund in 1895. Taat
was another matter. But I know ]
was instructed to pay this money t.
Mr.. Bliss, and that l borrowed s75,,
900 upon my notes and passed it ovsl
to Mr.. Bliss. 1 first passed over $40,
OcO and got MI. Bliss receipt for 1t,
and when l raised the balance l paiC
that over, Iand In order to simplify
the transaction caused the addition
s65, 900 to be receipted for uIoa the
same voucher, preserving the twt
dates Of payment, 20 days apart.
II borrowed this money and wher
I was reimbursed 1 took up the noteI
ard settled the Indebtedness. I know
this transaction does not appear II
the regular way upon the books O
the New York Life.
But you do not suppose, do you
that Andrew Hamilton was payint
S75, 900 Of his own money to the Re
pub lean campaign fund? As q mat
ter of fact, the entire transaction Cal
and will be proved to the satisfac jiol
Ut Every body In dua time. Do the.
want any m1re vouchers Of this sort
Il notice that several men on tn