The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-02-23
HARRINGTON ON HARMON MEET
Says It's Right TO Separate Reaction
aries from Progressives.


NJ +. Harrington of O'NCill has
written the following letter with re-.
gard to the coming Harmon meeting
at Fremont:
O'Ncill, Ncb. Feb. l6.--Mr. Mark
G. Perkins. Fremont Nob Dear Sir
! am in receipt of your invitation tr
attend a JIdson Harmon meeting al
Fremont. While | shall not attend
your meeting, as am opposed to Har.
mon, | believe such meeting is all
right, Just as | have been urging the
friends Of the progressive democratic
movement to hold Il similar meeting
II is best for all that the progrcssivcs
who favor Wilson and Clark, and the
rcaCtiOnarics, who favor Harmon.
should line up in separate camps for
the primary, so that the people may
get to understand, and the issue be
clearly defined. | recognize the right
of any man to be Il rpaCtiOnaTy who
wants to, and the reason why | will
not attend your meeting is simply be.
cause | do not agree with YOU. The
same class of people are known a.
conservatives in England and they
honestly believe in the things thai
they advocate. realize there are
many good men who are supporting
JudsOn Harmon The reason | viii
not support his cause is that | do not
view public affairs from the same
standpoint | know llarmon's history
quite well from the day that he be
came the general attorney political
manipulation, and pass pCddlcr for the
Cincinnati Hamilton & Dayton rail.
road, up TO the present time, inCud.
ing, among other things. the midnight
bond deal that he helped to manipu.
late in Cleveland's administration a.
! o'clock in the morning, and "A con.
| tract signed by j. =. Morgan who was
present, as the contract itself states
"fOr j. =. Morgan & Co. of New York
and n. NJ. RothsChild & Co. OF London, 20
and which contract gave these inter
CStS the control of the bonds before
q dollar of money was paid. or the
bonds printed The bonds were put
on the market, and before they were
printed or any money paid, Morgan
and RothsChild had the bonds sold for
| more than $S,000,000 above what the
government got. How the money was
| divided is known only to those who
were in the deal But is was bad
enough that, when it was minated
| that a second bond issue might be
necessary the democratic New York
| World. which was the most influential
paper in the election of Cleveland, ap.
pealed by telegram to every national
bank in the United States including
the banks in your town and mine, to
subscribe for some of the proposed
issue of bonds as a matter of patriot
ism. The banks responded, and Har.
mon and Cleveland through the pub.
Lefty given. were not able to pull
OFF, second midnight bond deal with
-. p Morgan & Co. of New York and
n. NJ. Rothschld & Co. of London"
Mr. Harmon, as the attorney general,
acted in preparing this contract for
the government, and 81. p. Morgan &,
Co. of New York and n M. Rothschild
& Co. of London" were represented at
the same midnight deal by Mr.. Stet-
son of New York, who was Cleve-
| lands law partner at the time he was
elected president.
am extremely glad Of this meeting
of yours because it will start the fight
and ultimately the democrats OF Ne
braska will find out who Harmon is.
Yours truly,
M. F. Harrington.