The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-02-01
TRIED TO BRIBE
New Yo!k Newspapers TO Support the
OCEAN Ssip Subsidy Scheme.
WHEN OFFER WAS MADE

The business Manager Of the ecur-
nal of Commerce Claims that He
Was Approached by Ship Builders
Who Made Improper Proposals tc
Him.
Revelation OF several attempts to
buv the editorial support OF the New
York Journal Of Commerce in favor
of ship subsidy legislation, which
that paper has consistently opposed,
was made IN Washington to the
haUse ship subsidy Investigating
committee Wednesday by Alfred w;
Dodsworth, business manager OF The
Journal Of Commerce and CONNER
,cial Bulletin.
Earlier in the day Paul G. Faun-
Ter, representative of the Uranium
Steamship line. against which the
so-called London conference hnes'
controlling what is alleged to De ~
ner cent. of the Atlantic passenger
trafic are arrayed. tol5 how railroad
authorities in this country. notaoi!
the Central Passenger ASSOCIATION a,
chicaso. had refused to sell tickets
routed over the Independent lines
unless the independents obtained the
sanction OF the conference lines.
AS q result OF todass evidence MT
Dodsworth's brother. John w. Doas-
worth, the editor Of The Journal o.
Commerce, wil! be recalled to Wash
srgton to explain why he failed to
eplsghten tie committee during MS
recent testimony. 1t is probably that
Charles A: Conaot of New York, a
former Washington correspondent
NAV be asked to throw light on an
effort to subsieize the paper, claimed
to, have bee1 forwarded through him
to The Journal Of Commerce, whlch
he then represented, and the fedora
authorities may take notice OF TIE
evidence as to the railroads discTlm
inations, against the independent
steamship lines on foreign tickets.
AmSed W. =Dcdsworth said that MS
: pape4 never naa been subsidized DE-
any interests whatever and its busl-
ness and editorial columns had no
relation. But, be testified, about SIX
years ago an unknown came into ms
Office and offered to pay The Journal
of Commerce 100000, taking
Il ,oo8, 900 copies OF his paper, for the
I insertion of an article in one issue
supporting the ship subsidy leglsia-
80 s sesasess disclose his
El5entssysrrfsss his proposition was 70
be accepted Ssprp7'osiiss=sn was IN
+se event OF acceptance, to make out
certified check Immediately for
$4,000 to bind the agreement anG
70 pay the balance of 100000 upon
n,rh}ieation Of the article. Mr.. pods-
worth said ne Immediately called MS
:. .s-scS- John W., into his Office as
a wisnsss~so tse conversation a25 tn:
: proposition was turned down as an
attempt to male an imprope: al
.rangement.
Pressed by the committee, MI.
Dodsworth said that about 80 years
ago his father was sitting n his Of
fee on the same publication and John
Roch, the ship-builder. who was then
building ships and was active for
ship subsidy bill, entered the Office,
laid down a blank check, asked Doos-
worth to fill out the check aI1 stol
writing against ship subsidy Il"
offer was refused.
About two years ago. DodsWorIn
said, another man tried to buy the
SUPPORT CT the paper for $4,000 and
during the Spanish-American war the
Spanish government tried to buy the
peFT2o-'s support.
Mr.. Olcott, Representative Long
worth of Ohio and other members OF
the committee criticised the two
brothers for failing to submit this
information to the committee before
now, pointing out that John W,
Dodsworth, in his testimony some
time ago, had been asked as to sucn
matters and had denied any infor-
nation such as that disclosed today,
The witness said the committee
would have to ask the brother why
he failed to disclose the information.
Mr. Olcott asked the witness who
represented the Spanish government
when It tried to buy his papers sup
mort. Mr.. Dcdsworth replied tina.
the information OF the proposition
came from Charles A. Conaat, VINO
was ahen the papers Washington cor
respondent. Pressed as to the iden'
tity Of the man who made the offer,
Mr.. Dodsworth said that his father
or brother may have been told, but
he himself had not sbeen told.
Mr.. Conant communicated the
proposition in a letter, said the wit
ness, who afterward qualified this by
saying he thought it was a letter, al
ter the committee had stated 1t woulc
like to have the letter. Representa-
tive Hawley of Oregon asked how
much money was proposed in thai
offer and the witness said he did no
know. His father was then manas
ing editor
The $4,000 proposition was from
tall. dark-haired man" who sale
he was LOBBYIST in Washington
Mr.. DoGsworth said he could no.
undertake o name the persons who
made the 100000 offer but he be
ieved it came from ship subsidy in
terests and when pressed as to wha
he meant oy that he mentioned tht