The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-10-23
A DEEP Laid PLOT
WALL STREET CONSPIRACY TO
NAME A DARK.HORSE
To Side TRACK WILSON

Thomas W. Lawson, Of "FrenHed
Finance" Fame, Before Senate
Campaign Fund Prosers, Gives In.
formation Obtained in . General
WAY" Of the Facts Above Stated.
The sinister system" formed a
deep laid plot to control the pres
ent Presidential election, Thomas w.
Lawson, Of Boston, told the Senate
campaign contributions committee
Thursday. Mr.. Lawson was careful
to impress upon the committee that
he knew only in general way" OF
the alleged colossal scheme to NOM
mate and elect candidate salts
factory to the Wall street interests. "
The conspiracy OF the Wall street
interests, of which Mr. Lawson know
in 3 general way, included, he
declared, the defeat OF Col. Roose-
velt at the Republican National Con-
yention, the nomination Of President
Taft and the injection Of Col. Rooss-
welt into the campaign al q third
party candidate to "split the Republs-
can party; all this wathdat the
knowledge or consent Of Col. Roose-
velt.
Then Mr.. Lawson knew, in gen
eral way, mysterious fund OF ST.
a0o, 900 had been raised in Wall st.
to deadlock tho Democratic Conven-
ticn at Baltimore, prevent the nom
nation Of the candidates before the
Convention and to name dark horse
satisfactory to the SYSTEM who was
to be elected. "I communicated this
Information to Mr.. Bryan" said Ar.
Lawson, land as a result Mr.. Wilson
was nominated and the scheme fail
ed"
The committee went after Mr..
Lawsor's conspiracy story rather
sharply and endea1ored in vain to
pin him down to statement OF his
basis for the recital. He said he had
private means Of information. many
OF them confidential, and finally In
formed the committee that when a
bit Of information became known to
him he took particular pains to ar
range matters 80 he might not know
the exact source Of the information.
This rather took the committee Oh
its feet, and the Senators questioned
in vain in an effort to get SPECIFIC
information from the witness. He
said in an effort to defeat tho "sys-
TENS plans he had financed $780,
600 Independent advertising cam
paign in behalf Of Cal. Roosevelt in
the hope that he could be nominated
on the Republican ticket and elected.
Senator Pomerene and the witness
became involved in heated argu-
ment when the Senator demanded MI
Lawson's authority for his statement
regarding the s1,o00,o0o raised to
control the Baltimore Convention.
Mr.. Lawson said he believed that in
curry was not within the committees
Jurisdiction.
"Do you understand the scope Of
this committees power?" demanded
Senator Pomerene. The witness half
rose and pounded his clenched lists
on the arm Of his chair. He slared
at the four men behind the long COM
mittee table and leaning toward them
shouted:
"I don't think could misunder-
stand the scope Of this committees
work so far. I've read the record.
I understand what J. Pierpont Nor
gan and the other men Of his class
have been compelled to answer. y
don't believe this committee should
seize upon me just because am on
the side Of the people against these
men. Oh yes, I understand these
things. With all difference to the
committee, the testimony OF those
men before this committee mas been
regarded as joke"
Mr.. Lawson testified that he knew
ain the same general way" Of contri-
buttons amounting to from 100000
to 100000 to the fund OF Alton 3.
Parker in 1904, made by the Stand
ard Oil group. He said, after
lengthy explanation. his information
On this point came partly from con-
yensations with the late H. H. Rog-
ers, of the Standard OIL Company.
''This investigation said Mr..
Lawson, seems to be a matter OF
passing the buck up to dead men. l
don't like to do It, but / guess III
have to-" .
In defining his general way" OF
knowing things. Mr. Lawson said:
81 am in the public statement bus
mess. All I know Is general way.
! sometimes say know, In public
statement, when I think know.
When say I think, I usually guess"
AS the last witness OF the day the
committee heard John c. NeCo!l. sec
retary Of the New York Life 1nsur-
ance Company, who placed in the
record the widely published story OF
the s4s,700 contribution by the New
York Life to the Republican fund in
1904, in connection with which G.
W. Perkins was indicted IN New
York.
Ki,l Victims With Wooden Axes.
A new collection OF several thou
sand vesnons nsed by the cannibalS