The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-30
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 stolen and sold in this way. The thieves worked at their leisure. It Is not thought necessary to say more at present or to mention names. Cor roboratlon of the go-between's story of three years ago lay in his return of some of the correspondence at the time. The production of stolen letters by Mir. Hearst is further corrobora- ton now. Obviously, among such coterie, authenticity of their output Is not to be lightly accepted. The oppor- tunities for falsiflcation, suppressing of context distortion of passages are many"
 Ex-Unlted States Senator John Lowndes McLaurin of South Carolina, has arrived In New York and tonight gave out the following signed state- ment regarding the correspondence between himself and John D. Arch bold, vice-president of the Standard oil company as recently made public by W. R Hearst:
 An effort has been made to create a political sensation by the publication of certain correspondence between Mir John A. Archbold, vice-presldent of the Standard oil Co.,, and myself. For that correspondence I have no apolo- gies 10 make. At the time the letters were written had the honor to enjoy. and am proud still to possess, the | friendship of MT. Archbold. for whom have the highest regard. At the time the letters were written I was l engaged In bitter struggle in whicn was involved not only my own politi- cal future, but the economic and polit- ical principles for which I stood and which, stated briefly meant the eman- cipation of the south from the ignor- ant prejudice of the Bourbonism and | the bloody shirt Into the freedom of an enlightened self interest and .he progress of an intelligent industrial ism.
 Tn the support of these principles, and the hope of this progress. I saw then no impropriety In enlisting. If | practical, the assistance of the most progressively administered and the most intelligently officered corporation that human intelligence has yet pro- | duced. Nor has the enormous body of statutory crime since created or tho | hypocritcal affectation of morality assumed by some of our legislatures and congress, in anywise changed my point of view or quickened my con science of expediency. as seems to have been the case with some of my former colleagues and associates.
 "The constituencies that they repre- sent do not hesitate to take Mr Car negies trust produced and tariff-pro- tected money for their churches and | libraries or to accept Mir Rockefcl- lers largess for the education of the negro whom they have disfranchised,
 'Jf political campaigns are to be run without money and political pro- gress is to be achieved without flnan- cial expenditure, 1t is high time that both rarties should be apprised of the arrival of that Utopian era, but un- til that period has arrived 1 can see no reason why l. when battling for what I conceived to be the right should refuse to seek or decline tc accept the support, whether financial or personal. which I stood in need of Men may die but right principles per. sist and in the end they will trl. umph.
 "I believe that the south, and espe. cially the state of South Carolina, is today throttled in It's natural progress and its intelligent exercise of the righ of self government by an ollgarchy which keeps alive the preJudices of { past generation through the perpetua tion of ignorance and the fertilization of corruption. and I shall welcome thu day when the educational propaganda which can only be spread by the use O money, whether 1t be Standard Oi money or railroad money, or any othe money save that derived from th' governmental sale of whlskey, will en able the people to see more clearl. their own interests and cast out thos leaders whose hypocrtlcal moralit! and ill-disguised selhshness Is respon SlDle TOT IHe ldCL LHdL III LHe SDuln II llteracy is greater and the increase, population and wealth slower than il any other great section of the Union.
 "It Is the fashion of present da. political hypocrisy to decry the corpor ation, to abhor the trust and to pre- , tend in public life to prescribe the in fuence of wealth; but as In this coun
 try and in this age wealth is, and mus be, the reward of intelligence. I an not willing to be considered amongs those cowardly enough to deny it. tn , influence which intelligence has al l ways exercised under every form o government thus far devised. Of - government of ignorance have ha enough in my native state, I hope fol $ and shall continue to work for, gov , ernment of Intelligence.
 (Signed) "Jno Lowndes McLaurin. ''
 Senator McLaurin has been in Ne
 York day or two, and is leaving to
 p,orrn,- ,,,nrt,i,,u for South Tsoroli,