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New Standard Oil Letters and Their Lessons More Letters From and to Archbold, of the Standard Oil Trust, Further Showing How Legislation Can Be Bought. Whenever revelat ions aome to the public, showing how legislators sell their trusts for cash, they are eagerly read. The amazing betrayal of the people by U. S'. senators and minor officials, elected to serve the people, as set forth in black and white by the publication of the Stand ard Oil letters, has awaken ed the nation to a corrup tion never before proved. In HEARST’S MAG-A ZINE for June new and startling letters show the methods of the Oil Trust in buying legislators and legis latures. They continue the astounding story told in the May number. The following are a few excerpts from the wealth of material in the JUNE NUMBER. It is difficult to believe that the man who was “holding the bag” into which corporations like the Standard Oil Company were drop ping certificates of deposits for the purpose of controlling legisla tures ami courts and American politics generally, should have been seriously considered as a can didate for president of the United States. Such was the fact, how ever, after Hanna’s boughten vic tory in Ohio in 1903. The condi tion of Hanna’s health was in all probability the one thing that kept him from permitting his name to be used. Nathan B. Scott, of West Vir ginia, another Standard Oil sena tor. had. before the tragedy that placed Roosevelt in the white house, announced himself for Hanna as the next candidate of the Republican party. The possibility of nominating Hanna was discussed favorably with Archbold by several of the Oil Trust’s paid politicians, and there was a strong sentiment for him among the Wall Street oppo nents of progressive politics. After Hanna’s death, Gunton's Magazine, which was subsidized by the Oil Trust, said of him: In the death of Senator Hanna the nation has lost one of its fore most statesmen, the Republican party has lost its greatest leader and the labor movement has lost a powerful friend and co-operator. ’ ’ Now that some of Hanna's let ters to Archbold have been made public, posterity will be able to judge for itself as to whether or not Hanna was a “money-bag” politician. Posterity may also he able to guess with considerable accuracy whether Hanna’s elec tion "by the largest majority ever given to a United States senator in the Republican state, of Ohio” was due to a change in popular sentiment, or whether it was due to change distributed recklessly from the corporation money-bag which Hanna held. Corruption Money From Criminal Trusts. The Standard Oil letters make it fairly clear that the corruption money for use in this and similar debauched elections came from criminal corporations, but it came into the bags held by political bosses and public officials who represented the criminal corpora tions. It was then distributed to debauch the electorate and the legislature. There can be no doubt that it was distributed with the full knowledge and direction of the political bosses and the public of als who were at the same time i! political ami financial agents of 1 he 1 rusts. The point of dominant import in these articles, however, is not the character of Senator Han oi. it is not the specific action of senator; it is the obvious fact <>l an evil and successful effort of the trusts to control the govern- / '— —--- - . - - 1 ' -5-ertate. tX* —-tf-/ 5 * ZUIY' - s'''' ' UNITED STATES SENATE Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1903. My Dear John: I am in receipt of yours of the 15th inst.. and reply that I can not go East, as I can not leave this situation for a day. I know you will do the fair thing, and I want the State Republican Committee to get a liberal subscription from you this time. Although the fight is all directed against me, I don’t want them to think I am selfish in taking subscriptions from my friends to use in the legislative fight, nor do I feel like bear ing the whole burden, as there is more than ME interested in the result. There is no haste about it. only we must cut our garments to our cloth. Sincerely yours, M. A. HANNA. (Personal) P. S— You people can be of great help in Allen county. Hancock and Wood counties, which, if successful, will secure the election of THREE members. This whole fight is against corporations and me as their champion. . M. A. H. ment. In order to prove that con trol, it became necessary to pub lish these letters of Senator Hanna and Foraker and of Archbold. There are other letters in this Oil Trust correspondence with other senators to show how widespread was the conspiracy against popu lar government. We shall now see that the trusts’ paternal interest in Ohio polities extended also to Ohio’s represen tation in the lower house of con gress. Note this letter to General Grosvenor: 26 Broadway, New York, October 12, 1900. My Dear General: I have your favor of the 10th, and it gives me pleasure to en close you herewith certificate of deposit in your favor for SI,OOO to aid the good work, and with very best wishes, I am, Very truly yours, Jno. D. Archbold. Hon. C. H. Grosvenor, Athens, Ohio. John Deacon Archbold, it will be noticed, is always aiding in some “good work.” Is it not sin gular that “work” so “good” should require the secrecy of the certificate of deposit ? Obviously, General Grosvenor was another member of the Oil Trust herd. The Strange Argument Os General Grosvenor. He served the Oil Trust in the house of congress, and openly acted and argued to their advan tage. In an article in The Inde pendent, entitled “Concentration of Wealth a Safety to the State,” General Grosvenor advanced the peculiar argument that while a wide distribution of wealth was desirable, that distribution was attained profitably if the few who owned the wealth were sufficient ly scattered over the country. Says General Grosvenor: “A great manufacturing cor poration Avith branches through out the states of the Union and widely distributed, is as complete | and perfect a distribution of wealth as would be the distribu tion of the money value of the stock of the corporation in the hands of the persons interested in its promotion.” Alter his election to the house of representatives in the fall of (FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR JUNE) ‘WE MUST CUT OUR GARMENTS TO OUR CLOTH.” VZROTE HANNA TO HIS FRIEND ARCHBOLD, OF THE OIL TRUST 1900. General Grosvenor wrote a letter of thanks to the political manager of the Standard Oil Com pany and received the following acknowledgment. 26 Broadway, New York, November 20, 1900. Hon. C. H Grosvenor, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My Dear Sir: I have, your favor of yesterday and beg to thank you very cor dially for your kind expression. I fuily agree that the retirement of the gentleman is a matter of very special congratulation. I wish again to congratulate you on your own magnificent run. Very truly yours, Jno. D. Archbold. •John Deacon Archbold having contributed to the “good work” of electing a friend of the Oil Trust and retiring a representa tive of the people, finds matter for “very special congratulations in the result.” Result: A Job For The General's Friend. The Standard Oil Trust not only helped to take care of General Grosvenor, but helped to lake care of General Grosvenor's friends, and, in fact, placed General Gros venor under as many obligations as possible to insure General THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN .AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1912. Other articles of compelling interest in Hearst’s Maga zine for June, which is now on sale at the news stands, include: “Modern Ships Unsafe?” by Charles P. Brewer; “How to Insure Safety at Sea,” by J. Bernard Walker; “How Shall We Solve the Divorce Problem?” a sympo sium; including President Taft, Bishop Doane, Winston Churchill, Hall Caine, Frederick Townsend Martin, Prof. E. A. Ross, Thomas Hardy and others; “Shuster’s Own Story,” by W. Morgan Shuster; “America Is One Big Cash Register,” by Harry Furniss; “The inside of the Cup,” by Winston Churchill; “The Story of George Helm,” by David Graham Phillips;” “Captain Kidd in Wall Street,” by George Randolph Chester, the creator of “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford,” and reviews of art, books and science by the best writers. Grosvenor’s aid in all “good work” which affected the trust and in nobly maintaining the "credit of the nation" for the special advantage of the trust. October 3, 1901. My Dear General: Referring again to your favor of.September 6th, regarding Mr. Bond, of Columbus. I had been delayed in answering awaiting I some report on the matter. I re- I gret to say that I do not now have anything definite as to promise of employment for him in the locali ties named, but if he will decide on a locality which he would pre fer, we will send him out and put him on the roll. I am sure that work will be found for him with in a very short time, if not imme diately. If you will, therefore, let me know what your wish is in the matter, I will endeavor to meet it as nearly as possible. Very truly yours, Jno. D. Archbold. Hon. C. H. Grosvenor, Athens, Ohio. Although there was no work for Mr. Bond just then, he would be sent out ami “put on the roll.” Any one who could be made use ful to the Standard Oil Company •was put on the roll." whether their usefulness lay in a business way or a polilwal w;r. Having published the letter from Archbold to Grosvenor, we will now publish a letter from Grosvenor to Archbold. The letter is .written on the paper of the "('omniiltee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Repre sentatives. U. 5.," but is sent from Athens, Ohio. The reader will note that eon i gressmen, as w r ell as senators, in I writing to the trust for favors, I prefer to write upon official pa . per. thus delicately calling Io the 'attention of the trusts the oppor- Itunity these officials have for re turn favors through their respon sible positions in the national gov : eminent. A Delicate Hint For a Contribution. General Grosvenors subtlety and delicacy is shown not only in • his use of the official paper of his | committee; but. in bis graceful ; one might almost, say elegant -re i quest for a contribution. COMMITTEE ON THE MER CHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES, House of Representatives, U. S. Charles H. Grosvenor, Chairman. Athens, 0., Sept. 27, 1904. John D. Archbold, Esq., New York City, N. Y My Dear Sir: j I have had some correspondence with our mutual friend Sibley, which you will understand, and he has suggested that I go in per son to see you. It is exceedingly difficult for me to get away from here by reason of my local cam paign, but if you think it neces sary I will come to New York, but if I do, could I see you on Sun day, the 9th of October? I must make a hurried dash to New York and back, and I would like very much to meet you, if it is possible, at your residence on the morning of Sunday. Could you meet the emergen cies just as well without my com ing to New York? I think you will understand it, as you know I have come to you for friends, but never for myself, and now there is a great necessity at home. I am not complaining of the gen eral tendency of my campaign, but it is most burdensome, and one that requires the utmost care and the utmost ability to meet great emergencies. There are 10,000 coal miners in this district, and there are seven counties, stretch ing from the Ohio river on the south to within twelve miles of Columbus on the north, and cover ing about 45 per cent of the coal output of Ohio. You can see something of what I have got on my hands, with a state committee unable to assist anybody and a fight all myself alone practically. Now, if it is best for me to come to New York, please say you will see me as suggested. Yours truly, C. H. Grosvenor. The character of General Gros venor's request might not be fully understood by a reader of pecu liar innocence and ignorance of political affairs, by a reader who had not read the Hanna and For aker letters. Think how much more the Standard Oil Company paid its senators and its congressmen than the poor deceived public paid the men whom it thought to be its senators and congressmen. And observe how much better those senators and congress men served the Standard Oil than they served the public. General Grosvenor mentions his correspondence "with our mutual friend Sibley which.” Grosvenor says to Archbold, "yon will un derstand." Sibley, continues Gros- PAGE S—MAGAZINE SECTION Few Illuminating Facts in Writ ing on General Grosvenor and Others Illustrative of the Cor rupt Methods of the Oil Ring. venor. “has suggested that 1 go in person to see you.” Archbold could very well “understand” this correspondence and this sugges tion, for Sibley has been described by Mr. Hearst as “a wretched lit tle political spy introduced into congress by the Standard Oil Company to report to them on all legislation in which they had an interest. ’ ’ Joseph C. Sibley, congressman from Pennsylvania, was a sort, of trained elephant for the Standard Oil. He was always on the look out for other congressmen and senators who could be captured. He reported such facts promptly to hunter Archbold, and then took the assignment to decoy the public officials into the Standard Oil stockade at No. 26 Broadway. Read the following letter from Archbold to Sibley: 26 Broadway, New York, January 13, 1902. Dear Mr. Sibley: I am duly in receipt of your favor of the 10th, in all of which we are much interested. We ap preciate your courtesy in bring ing any such matter to our atten tion, and value, beyond expres sion, your kind and friendly atti tude. With reference to our Ohio friend, our feelings are most cor dial, and we will be glad to lend ? hand in a reasonable way. HOW WOULD IT DO FOR YOU TO SAY TO HIM THAT I SUG GESTED THAT HE SEE ME FOR A LITTLE TALK? If this proves impossible within the nec essary time, he can write me under personal cover and I will answer him promptly and confidentially. I can not learn that we or any of our people have taken any active interest in the New Jersey sena torship matter. What you said to Mr. G. met the case thoroughly and we thank you cordially for it. Os course, I am much interested as to who your dark horse may be, and if you are in a position to in timate to me, in confidence, who it is, IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO EXTEND SOME AID. Heartily reciprocating your kind wishes for the New Year, I am, Yours very truly, Jno. D. Archbold. Hoi; J. C. Sibley, Wk’H-igton, D. C. No Doubt the Elephant Received Its Reward. What a close and friendly re lationship between the hunter and his pet elephant. How hunter Archbold pats his pet elephant on his scaly back and appreciates his “kind and friendly attitude.” How hunter Archbold smoothes the thick skin of his pet elephant and thanks him for his “courtesy in bringing any such matter to our attention. ” Undoubtedly the elephant re ceived its reward in a more sub stantial way, too, for betraying its own kind and delivering them to the hunter. Whether the hunter felt, a secret contempt for so traitorous an elephant or not, he nevertheless could not but “value beyond expression "the elephant's “kind and friendly attitude.” Always anxious to invest the Standard Oil’s money profitably in public officials was John I). Archbold, purchasing agent of the trust, never failing to get good re turns on his investment in the way of public favors and special privi leges, running the government at Washington from the Standard Oil headquarters at No. 26 Broad way, reaching out for senators and congressmen, for Democrats and Republicans alike, through his paid political agents, killing laws that the trusts objected to, promoting measures that would be of benefit to the trust, reward ing all faithful public officials with secret certificates of deposit. A busv man was John I). Arch bold. When we have a John D. Arch bold and legislatures and con gress subsidized by John D. Arch bold. what is the use of state and national governments maintained by the people? What is the ne cessity of the citizens paying pub lic officials?