The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-30
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aAARsr READS LETTERS OF
CAROLINA SENATOR AND
ARCHBOLD.
esue Cnricy Headed Johnny sollclts
nO@ps and Generous Assistance
vnom standard OH 10 Defeat sena-
zoe Ttllssan, His Political Bcnfac-
sos.


Hearst Get the state convention of his
copendence prrty into tumuit to-
m<ht by unpackins q few more In
Wrestling letters having to do with
United states senator's and Standard
on A former United States senator
va named In the letters which Mr..
astrst pulled out from his grip to-
rat. ex-senator John l. McLaur,u
South Carolina. Democrat. Mr..
Astsrst read letters from Senator Nc
IA''rin to John ID. ArcAboid and from
ths latter to Senator AcIAurin. while
shs crowd Of delesates and spectators
hooted and yelled and screamed. go
q. them Blily."
rn one Of the letters Senator Nc
1&srin wrote to MT. Archboid ne
spike OF being able to beat Senator
n''man. hh colleague. 'f properly
eni generously supported"
I'm the same collection was letter
q later date from Mr.. Archbold In
ducing the same senator to Freder-
Hicl l. Eldridgs, vice president of the
xihckerbocksr Trust company. ITO
ohcuss business questions OF mutual
tnl'srest" RSprsssntativs Joseph c.
Wolsy of Pennsylvania bobbsd up
ssain IN tonishrs snesf with several
: 0esressias letters. In one he told Mr..
Acbbodd of REP" senator Who
wsptsd loan of $1,000 and asked Mr..
Achboid. DO you want to make the
irvsstmsnts" t
Prior TO the 1900 campaign Mr.. sib-
IN wrote Mr.. Archboid another In
4 sssinE letter in which ne said Il
wasn't at al sure who the Ropubli.
cans were going TO nominate: that
the situation was q very interest
fng one and that hs was on the In
s'ds and that ne thought he really
better come on to New York and talk
bvsr. tN
a letter from Mr.. Archbold 20 N.
Y. Clark Of Pittsburs. under date of
Nov. 20. 1sss. showed that Mr.. Arch
bold was extremely anxious OF having
= frisnd named as Democratic senator
G Dsmocfat had . chance to sue
- Senator Faulkner.
s5ohn p. Elkins. . lawyer OF Ian
1asesr. Pa. seems to have written Mr..
Archbold in October. 1904. asking Mr.
Archbold to help his friends in the
rssnlas Republican organisation OF
chat district In the night with an
{ (aependsns organisation. adding that
tAs rssuiars were Mr.. Archbold's
frssnds
q p~fors reading these letters MT.
Hsarss sot after Gov. Haskell again.
Whine the audience roared its approva,
and sst tho air ringing with cowbells
"a al sorts Of shouts.
Mr.. Hsarst's contribution to the
HaskslI literature was an afadavit In
. suit brought by one John p. Bailey
IN Putnam county. Ohio. against the
Illinois steel company for $4,000.
tnat oein0 the amount OF the fee Has
Ill should have received. II was al
leged. for acting as attorney for the
steel company In the formation of
the Federal steel company. Haskell
having assigned the claim to Bailey.
This was the beginning Of the
United states steel corporation. Mr..
Hearst therefore added to the HASKELL
charges that of being an organizer of
the steel trust. and then took a part
ing shot at Haskell by reading
speech OF his ut a dinner at Tulsa.
Okla last February. In which ne
spoke up for the Standard OIL COM
n1any and said some nice things about
Ut As an example OF methods that
were never dreamed Of a few years
ago." said Hearst. II am going to read
you the following letters,