Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-25
MOREBR|CKS THROWN
Hearst Springs Another PoIIt-
ical Sensation.
QUOTES FROM ARCHBolD
Correspondence With McLaurln Re
garding Tillman.
HASKELL AND STEEL TRUST
sibley's Offer Of Friendship OF
Senator Who Was After
$1,000 Loan.
HASKELL AND STEEL Ihool

>rru Work.. September PIN MS
-, ,efore the state convention OF the
.so,oa narty in Cooper Union last
-. y,-u,i.n r Hearst. speaking of the
a,,acks by Bryan and Kern on the stee,
-. soo1ored that perhaps they hopeo
t,.- Mr. Roosevelt would whip the steei
49,. of ,he republican party. and into
Tho democratic party as ne dlo Tue VII
trust and Mr.. Mack Will get
100000.
Then came the first sensation-the ueC-
,or.+ion that Charles n. Haskell, already
charged with being an agent OF the oi
,.,,st was an agent of the steel trust,
also.
Mr. Hearst read court records to show
that Haskell, in Ohio. had appeared d.
attorney in the amalaSamation OF the
Illinois Steel Company and the feoera
Steel Company, and how, having erected
the transfer, he sued the trust Tor soo'oVt
fees.
Reads More Letters.
Then he read letters from senator JOIN
L. McLaurin of South Carolina, VINO ne
said dickered with Archbold OF the stand
ard Oil crew, and asked for Standard vi
support to help him beat Tiiman Tor re-
election to the Senate.
He declared that Representative Slb!ey
had limited 20 Archoold IN a letter lidl
the friendship of a we'll known republican
senator could be secured py the OIL tlus'
for a loan of 81 600. Mr. Hearst went on
with the assertion that the Standard Oh
Company owns not only democrats OF the
Bailey and Haskell stamp. but repuhll-
cans like John P. Elkins or Pennsylvania,
who asked Archbold. IN aho'her letter
in the straight republican ticket and see
that il got through.
Another letter bore the signature OF
John D. Archbold and was addressed 10
y. f. Clark of Pittsburg. In IL Mr.. Arch
bold spoke OF the coming election OF a
democratic senator in West Virginia and
asked Mr.. Clark TO use his influence 70
have Gov. Fleming declare himself can
didate, las there is no man better quail
fed or who would make more capable
senator.
Haskell and Steel Trust.
Mr.. Hearst read the following affidavit
regarding Gov. Haskell and the steel
trust:
In the court of common pleas of Put
nam county, Ohio. John P. Bailey, former
law partner of Haskelvs. sued the Hill
nois Steel Company. and the following
paragraphs are extracted from the com
plant:
Plaintiff AYERS that within and dur
ing the year commencing July 1. 1897
one Charles n. Haskell who was during
said time an attorney at law, at the
special instance and request of said de-
PENDANT. the Illinois Steel Company, acted
as agent and attorney for said defendant
the Illinois Steel Company, and about the
acquisition by said defendant of certain
property and in the formation and or
ganization of the Federal Steel Company
and in the sale by the said defendant OF
certain stocks 10 the said Federal Stee
Company and in the sale and transfer by
said defendant 10 said Federal Steel Com
pany of certain ore lands, so called, and
certain other properties
$50, 900 q Fraction of His Profits.
"And plaintiff AYERS that said services
Of said Charles n. Haskell rendered to
said defendant by him as aforesaid were
and are of the amount and value of $50
OOO and were and are but a fraction OF
j per cent of the profits realized by said
defendant from said services. and tina;
said charges. fees and compensation are
reasonable and just.
"Paintin AYERS that afterward said
ECharles N. Haskell duly sold. assigned
fand transferred TO this plaintiff Sll his
said claims and demands against said de-