Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-18
New Evidence of Dealings for
Cash With Legislators Elected
by the People, With Corrupt
Corporations, Revealed in
Black and White.
ArchboId, the Present Standard
Oil Head; Wrote instructions
Regarding Legislation to
Foraker and Others, and
Then Paid Royalty.

TNHIS is a plain straightfor- i
ward narration of facts
N Some of these facts are
well known; many of =
them have not been made public
before. Taken altogether in the c
light of later events, they made it
possible for the first time to write
clear, connected history of a
crime against popular govern
ment William Randolph Hearst
who first made public the facts of
this Standard Oil conspiracy John D
aptly characterized it as an "oUT-
RAGE AGAINST THE SANCTI- penslve
Try OF OUR CITIZENSHIP, can
AGAINST THE INTEGRITY OF
OUR GOVERNMENT. !"
There is no greater danger to
~ A.opUOl.o' ~ S0-S' 'lloA 0Alls These
. n'.;, P :, ''' '1N'- O-"S" lie,
The duty of telling the truth oe'
and the whole truth, in matter
of this kind, Is far from being pleasant one,
but it is duty that ought to be performed.
It will lead into some dark labyrinths of
American politics 1t will involve the careers
of many who equally with Foraker and Sib-
ley and Bailey, have been trusted by their
neighbors and honored by their country. It
will, in some cases. involve the names of men
now dead. But it will recite nothing but alb
solute facts disclose nothing without author
itative data, based on documentary evidence,
and reveal such truths as ought in honesty
and propriety to be revealed
Joseph B Foraker, Senator from Ohio, was
shown to be taking money from Archbold;
Joseph c. Sibley, representative from
Pennsylvania, was shown by correspondence
to be, in the words of Mr.. Hearst, a wretch
ed little political spy, introduced into Con-
gress by the Standard Oil Company to re-
port to them on all legislation in which they
had an interest"
Joseph Bailey, Senator from Texas, regard
ed by many as the most brilliant man in the
Upper House, and hailed, in this same DILL be-
daubed correspondence, as the coming leader
of his party, was placed on the rail of public
obloquy and ridden outside the bounds of ma
tional honor Mr.. Hearst disregarded party
lines in making these disclosures
Each of these three men was shown by
documentary proof to have been taking mon
ey secretly to represent interests opposed to
those that he was sworn publicly to uphold.
Each, in his own way, paid the bitter penalty.
But what about John d. Archbold, the man
who handled the money" the man who
with such amazing ease and frequency drew
$4,000 certificates of deposit by which cleo
tions and even laws were influenced What
nano1fy xran ro1Qcnd ITroR1t him.
Chance has placed In my way some ex-
traordinary documents It happens that
those documents. consist almost entirely Of
the surreptitious correspondence of John D.
Archbold-who was Methodist deacon on
one hand, and purchaser of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians and corrupt laws on the other. In
the conspiracy against popular government
that these letters reveal, the personality of
Archbold becomes too trivial and unimpor-
tant for consideration.
When Hanna made his Napoleonic entry
into national politics and took the control of
the State machine away from Foraker, the
Oil Trust, with characteristic breadth of
mind. kept both factions in its way and is
ned orders simultaneously and with equal
ace to both of the leaders. Let us, for the
e of historical accuracy, take Archbolds
RS to the two Ohio Senators at this
= in their chronological order The first
e Nrraker:
-. 26 Broadway, New York
~ January 20, 1899.
}ssse sr Senator:
VS.. your very kind note of the
which please accept thanks
that you will watch care
phase of the matter and
~ thing undone. We may
with you regarding
:, Of the case within the
~ L. Will it be at all pos