The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
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 Bliss a Big SUM.
Bliss Denies and Ham.
iItoH Shows Receipt.

The following interesting articl
from the New York Herald Ct Msrcl
20, shows the eans used in 1886 b.
the Republican; to defeat the electio,
OF William, Jen lings BryoD:
II see chat Cornelius n. Bli2S, treas
urer OF Ghe Be ubiican national com
mite, ienies taat he had received
from ne fer tt 9 New York Life tht
sum Ut SIS, ,oo( for campaign purpose
in 1896" said Former Judge Andrew
Hamilton Wednesday, comnentin;
upcn Mr.. Bliss assertion that be neI
er met the oge.
Maybe tris might stimulate hi!
memory bit," he added.
Judge Hamilton reached inside the
breast pccke5 Of bis cat and produc.
II Sheaf OF vouchers. some Of which
bore the signature OF the foremost
rren ins6nanceof today, and stripped
of white receipt from such as tbs
| Republican national com nittee uses
He smcothed out the bit Of paper
gaz~d St it with an amused smile, anc
spread j. ast upon the table In his
apartment
L ,oks as II it was up to Mr.. BIS:
to think some more, does it noi?'
continued Mr.. Hamilton.
The receipt is a voucher for s75. .00(
signed oy NJ Bliss and dated Octobsl
l and 20, 1896 It is explained tina,
the amount vas paid over ip two pay
ments. the first one Of s1U. 900, or
October /, and the balance OF s65. .00(
on October 20, the figures at tae
left hand lower corner Of the voucher
being raised from $4,000 to SIS.
OG0.
When 1t WAS first br 'ught to TIE
attent on Of The Herald, on Sunday
that Andrew Hamilton said lie held q
voucher showing that he had PAID
SIS, 900 to Mr. Bliss, in addition to
the so 900 admitted by Mr.. Mccall
70 haue been paid to the campaign
fund OF the Repuo ol!can party in 1896
MI Bliss asked concerning the mat
tor, and be denied all knowledge OF
s. ca payment. His exact lanuage
was:
Such a statement Is utterly false.
Z, as treasurer OF the Reku olican na-
sional com nittee, did not receive any
uone7, nor was any ucher therefore
issued by me- I do not know And 9"
Hamilton, would not know him IL ]
should see him, and never heard Of
nim until recently"
In his home, 189 Madison avenue,
" sterday, the 10 ,55er was aglln call
ed to the attertlon OF Mr.. Bliss.
Since APPLYING tt you for infor.
nation about the alleged payment oi
an addi:i nal SIS, 900 Into the Rapub
lican national commuters fund ir
1896 BY Andrew Haniltan, new evl
dercs has come to hand, MI. Bliss
Can you recall the incident today p
was asked.
II have said all I care to say about
;he maJter," returned MI. Bliss. ''Nc
such sum was Iaid over BY Mr. Ham
ilt,n or the New York L fe NJ,
word ought to be accepted as final"
But iG is now known that votch
er exists"
That is untrue. No receipt e1
lists. Ifany one says so he lies. Have
you seen such voucher?n
Yes, Mr.. Bliss, and have a pho
tograph OF that YOU cher. Will yol
let me show 1t to you in order tina
you may pass upon the genuinenes
Of the signature?''
No sil: I won't lo)k at 1t. I de
cline to say another word about th
matter"
Judge Hamilton explains the exist
snce OF the check and takes 8 p,cu!
lar delight in recalling the careful
manner in which the payment va
kept { f the books Of the New Yo1l
Life.
Bliss wanted more money" b.
said. II DON'T know anything abou
the $50, 600 which Mr.. Mccall &C
knowledged was paid to the Rspuhii
Can campaign fund in 1895. TIA
was another matter. Bus I know
was instructed to pay this money t
NJ: Bliss, and that / borrowed SIS,
100 upon my notes and passed it eve
to Mr. Bliss. 7 lirst passed over $40,
or0 md gos MI. Bliss receipt Tor II
and when / raised the balance l pai4
that over, sand il order to simpiif
she transaction caused the additio
s65. 000 to be receipted for uroa th
same vcUcher, preserving the tw
dates % payment, 20 days apart.
II borrowed this money and whe
I was reimbursed took up the note
s1d settled the indebtedness. kno7
this transaction does not appear /
the regular way upon the books {
the New York Life.
Bu5 you do not suppose, do yot
that Andrew Hamil5cn was payin
s75, 900 OF his own money to the r;
publ Campaign fund? AS ma
ter OF fact, the entire transaction ca
and will be proved to the satisfac5io
Of everybody in due time. Do the
want any more vouchers OF this sort
> II notice that several men On tt
. executive committe have intimate
that they ought to make good to NJ
4 McCall's estate the amount Ct s148
: 900 which Mr.. Mccall paid over
4 sh9 Republican fnnd. That is a
r right, but I am in position to te
g them that they will have to Jay oVs
= much more than s148.oC0 to squa
the actual money contributed to tt
campaign funds by the Ne" Yol
Lite during the last 13 years. 10
e SIS, 900 is one addition. Let the
l. gs5 busy and fnd more.
Z 10 commenting on the above tl
il Columbia State says: Mr.. Bliss So
lie. Judge hamilton conhd.nt