Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-09-25
MR.. HEARST AGAIN.

William R. Hearst, In his speech ct
the opening session Of the state conven-
ton Of the Independence League In
Cooper Union, at New York, last night,
flung some more sensational bombs into
the 'enemy's" camp. Mr.. Hesrst had
q store of sensations In the form of let
ters from United States senators and
otherS to representatives Of the oil trust.
A new United States senator was
named 10 the letters which Mr.. Hearst
pulled out from his grip-former Senator
John L. McLsuriD, OF South Carolina,
q democrat. Mr.. Hearst read letters
from Senator McLsurin to John d.
Archbold and from the latter to Senator
McLaurin, while the crowd of delegates
and spectators hooted and yelled and
screamed:
In one of the letters Senator McLsurin
wrote to Mr.. Archbold he spoke Of being
stle to beat Senator Tillman, his col.
Ie que, "if properly and generously sup
ported"
In the same collection WAS a letter of
later date from Mr. Archbold introduc-
ing the same Eseastor TO Frederick l..
Eldridge, vice-president Of the Knicker-
booker Trust Company, 'to discuss bust
ness questions of mutual interest"
Ex-Representative Joseph O. sibley,
of Pennsylvania, bobbed up again in
last nights sheaf with several interesting
letters. Iu one he told Mr.. Archbold
of republican senator who wanted
loan Of 81, 900, and asked Mr.. Archbold
edo you want TO make the investment"
Prior to the 1904 campaign, Mr.. Sibley
wrote Mr.. Archbold another interesting
letter in which he said IL want at all
sure W no the republicans were going to-
nominal, that the situation was q very
interesting one, and that he was on the
inside, and that he thought he had really
better come on to New York and talk IT,
over.
A letter from Mr.. Archbold to N. F.
Clarke, of Piitsburg, under date of No.
vember 80, 1898, showed that Mr.. Arch
bold was extremely anxious TO have q
freud named as democratic senator If
a democrat had a chance to succeed Mr..
Faulkner.
Continuing Mr.. Hearst says:
81 have read letters TO show the cor
rIption 10 there publican psrty. / have
read letters and court records and sf1i-
davits to show the equal, or even greater,
corruption in the democratic party.
"The republicans have at least repudi-
sted their Foraker, but the democrats
cling tenaciously to their Bailey and
their Haskell.
"Mr. Bryan sustaips Haskell and writes
Mr.. Roosevelt proudly claiming to be
responsible for Mr.. Haskell.
''Mr. Kern rushes TO the defense Of Mr..
Haskell, although 1t would Re highly sp-
propriste for somebody to rush to the
defense Of Mr.. Kern. Mr.. Mack says
tbst when he said he had gotten $780,
600 be was only joking. Mr.. Mack,
then, to be perfectly frank, admits that
ne lied, and we, t, be perfectly frank,
admit that we don't know whether he
was lying then or is lying now.
"Mr. Bryan ard Mr.. Kern attack the
republican party for not prosecuting the
steel trust. Perhaps they hope that Mr..
Roosevelt will whip the steel trust out Of
The republican party and into the demo-
cratic party, as he did the oil trust. and
ihst Mr.. Mack will get another $780,
300"
The independents party nominated
Clarence A. shearu, counsel for William
R. Heart, for governor and full state,
ticket.