The San Francisco call., 1908-10-10
TWO LETTERS READ

(Personal)
26 Broadway, September G. 1900.
Dear Mr.. Cassatt In Mr.. Patton's absence.
venture TO write You a political question
which seems to me Of real Importance and in
terest.
In the twenty seventh congressional district L.
Emery Jr the old-time agitator. is running for
congress against j. c. Sibley of Franklin. Slbley
has had as You know rather yariegated politi
cal career, but he Is now again sQuarely In the
republican fold and l think sound In every
way.
Emery's election would certainly be great
misfortune, and l venture to ask that you do
everything possible in the matter In Mr.. Sibley's
favor on the sure ground that all corporate
and vested interests will have full considera tion
at his hands With kind regards. / am very
truly yours, JOHN D.. ARCHBOID.
To A. J. Cassatt, president, Broad street sta
tion, Philsdelphia Pa
Il read in Ell Paso," said Hearst, "a
letter from Mr. Sibley spying and re-
porting on President Roosevelt. l shall
now read one from Senator McLaurin
democrat. Here is that letter:
CONFIDENTIAL
Bennettsyille. s. c., September 30. 1906.
Dear Mr.. Archbold: In the same mail by
which your letter came was one that / wish TO
quote few sentences from apropos of your
remarks about Mr.. R The writer OF that
Senator Hanna in matters of Importance.
He is a shrewd, close observer, not over scru-
pulous. but very intelligent man whose public
experience and acquaintance Is wide
l knew him well in Washington and when he
saw my article in the Sun he wrote me a long
letter indulging in some unexpected criticisms
OF the president, 10 which l replied, combating
his position.
He said in part. viz: Reading on Sunday
Lawsons Frenged Finance recalled to my mind
a remark that l heard him tRooseyelt) make
that he hoped some day TO be able to take a
fall out Of that Standard oil gang, and IL he sue
eeeds himself mark my words. he Will try to
make good his statement, as he believes IT. will
appeal to the masses and keep him In the center
OF the stage"
/ thought 1t might be a friendly act to copy
this and give it to you in strict confidence. From
my isolated position. | can not say whether 1T
that l not unmindful of your various kind
actions toward me. With kndest regards. yours
sincerely JOHN L0WNDEN McLAURIN. :
To MIR. John D. Archbold.
Summing up his charges against Sib-
ley and McLaurin. Hearst said in con-
clusien Well Mr.. Roosevelt surely
did take a twenty-nine million dollar
fall out of the Standard oil gang, and
the Standard oil gang is going to nail
his hide to their barn door If it can.
And honest Tom Hisgen has taken
many fall out Of the Standard oil
gang and the Standard oil gang is go
ing to nail his hide to It's barn door if
IT can"
HISGES PROVES PROsY
When the main event of the even
ing had been pulled off, McIsaac In
troduced Hisgen, who had sat through
the remarkable passage at words be-
tween Hearst and the crowd without
displaying any emotion.
Hisgen proved to be a prosy talker,
not above doing occasional violence to
grammar and very much impressed with
the idea that the crowd was very much
impressed with him.
The doodle dee presidential candidate
began with the earthquake and handed
out few compliments. His pink
face got pinker as he told how proud
he was of this city and pinker still
when he expressed his pride in being
a candidate for the presidency.
He said the country owed a great
deal to Hearst and didn't get any ap-
plause for the remark. So he took an
other tack and laid his domestic his
tory at the feet of the audience. How
he was born and grew up and went to
work WAS carefully detailed and then
that splendid discovery of a new way
to make axle grease was gone into.
The axle grease drove many of the
crowd away. More went when he told
with pathos how he pawned an old
violin. Still more streamed out when
beauty rose, but some wavered uncer-
tainly when he thanked God he had
Irish blood in his veins.
Then kerosene came into the story
and many yawned. But Hisgen worked
his cuff out of his sleeve in the ex-
element of the tale and declared that
Standard oil had not enough money to
buy one hair on his head, which was
a mean thrust at John DIS badness.
With a shot at Taft and another at
Bryan, a word for the laboring men.
several for the ladies and whole lot
more for Bunker hill, Hisgen brought
the meeting to an end.