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New Standard Oil Letters and Their Lessons
The manner in which the
chosen representatives of
the people betray their trust
for money and stand with
the great trusts of the coun
try never has been more con
clusively shown than by the
publication of the Standard
Oil letters.
These letters prove con
clusively that votes and in
fluence were bartered for
“certificates of deposit,’’ and
that United States senators
and others have betrayed
their pledges for their own
financial gain.
These letters, published in
HEARST’S MAGAZINE,
have been widely read, and
have awakened the people of
the United States to the
realization of corruption fre
quently hinted at but never
before proved. New and
startling letters in the July
number of the magazine con
tinue the shameless story of
the shame of the lawmakers,
chapters of which already
have been told in the May
and June numbers.
Following are a few ex
cerpts from the oil letters
in the July number:
Editor's Note—ls you want to
know who runs this Government,
and how—and it is your duty as a
citizen to know—you should read
these Standard Oil letters. We
have shown you how Standard Oil,
with Archbold as its political pur
chasing agent, bought control of
Ohio, and now we show you how
the same thing was c(one in Penn
sylvania. Before we finish we will
show you that this condition is
typical—that the majority of the
states of the Union are controlled
by corrupt corporations.
We have seen in the first two
articles on the Standard Oil letters
that the Standard Oil Company
completely controlled the politics
of (thio.
In this series of articles we are
dealing with the oil Trust, and we
will see in this article and in the
succeeding articles that the evil
conditions which existed in Ohio
are repeated in Pennsylvania.
In fact, the whole of govern
ment in both of those states lay
in the hollow of the Oil Trust's
greasy hand, and many a political
palm did that same trust grease
■with its oily hand
The main extender of the glad
hand and the greasy hand to ser
viceable politicians was the oily
Mr. Archbold here in Pennsylva
nia as in Ohio.
Our letters in Pennsylvania are
again mainly to and from Mr.
Archbold, the same Mr. Archbold
whom we knew and noted as '•The
Political Purchasing Agent of the
Trust " in Ohio.
Here again in Pennsylvania are
distributed the same secret certifi
cates of deposit for services ren
dered the trust. The political
names are alone different. Instead
of Senator Hanna we have Sen
ator Quay. Instead of Senator
Foraker we have Senator Penrose.
Instead of Congressman Grosvenor
we have Congressman Sibley, as
characteristic samples of trust se
cret service men.
To make the comparison more
perfect, we have in Pennsylvania,
as in Ohio, an Attorney General
controlled by the trust to pr -\< nt
the law from ever reaching the
trust.
W<- have judges appointed at
the instance of the trust and a
Governor acting at the beck and
call of the 1 rust.
Quay the Engineer
In Pennsylvania.
We l ave a similar glimpse into
the internal workings of the polit
ical machine. We st>e what a con
stant supply of Standard Oil is
required Io make the machine run
smoothly. We see Quay as chief
engineer of the machine, and
Archbold as the busy oiler
We M the successful operation
>f the machine resulting in the
of Standard oil
‘smeu in Pennsylvania as in
I 1 t ii- b. cin with the election
‘ ’ Sjhi.o • ■ Tin Standard <til’s
wretched little political spy, as
Mr. H< arst has called him.
‘The efficient medium," as
*—MAGAZINE SECTION
“I WILL DO AS YOU REQUEST, PROVIDED YOU FINALLY SAY THAT YOU NEED SO MUCH,” WROTE ARCHBOLD TO QUAY
In answer to Quay’s demand for money, Archbold complains the sum is large, and tells Quay to ask for it in instalments. How large a sum
must it have been that the Standard Oil Company asks to be allowed to pay it in instalments?
Personal July 18, 189JM '
My d«ar Senator:
I have your favor of the 15th, and will do as you
request, provided you finally say that you need so much* Please ask
(for it in instalments, as neaded,. from time to time, not all at once.
I have your kind note about Walter, and will do as (
you suggest.
Very truly yours/
Hon. M. S. Quay, .
Mountville, '
Lancaster Co., Pa* '
•i 'i I). Archbold will soon he
men tn term him.
When last we encountered Mr
Sibley he was acting as a re
triever for the Standard Oil in the
house of representatives. Mr.
Archbold had been out gunning in
the house of representatives for
new statesmen to add to his
Standard Oil bag. Mr. Sibley,
faithful dog of the trust, pointed
reliably in the direction of the
game and stood stiff and rigid
while Mr Archbold fired his cer
tificate of deposit.
Then Mr Sibley brought in the
bird that Archbold had winged
and laid it humbly at his master’s
feet, and Mr. Archbold patted
good old Sibley and praised his
faithful service.
The co-operation of hunter
Archbold and good dog Sibley was
not an accident.
Hunter Archbold had picked
out faithful Sibley for his good
hunting points and reliable* char
act er.
Hunter Archbold had early rec
ognized good dog Sibley's devo
tion to “corporate and vested in
ter ’Sts," and his fine nose for pry
ing into other people’s business
and detecting weak and approach
able statesmen.
Hunter Archbold had promptly
realized how “efficient a medi
um " on the hunting grounds at
Washington Sibley could be and
had taken an active interest in
placing good dog Sibley in the
house of congress, where he could
do effective work for the Stand
ard Oil Company.
Sibley a Valuable
Man to Play Spy.
The peculiar value of Mr. Sibley
to the trust is made clear in the
following letter:
March 29, 1900.
Gen. Willis J. Rulings,
Pittsburg, Pa.
My Dear Sir:
Responding to your favor of
yesterday, I think you will readily
see that we :an not take the ini
tiative in such a matter Could
you ask Sibley to go to the pres
ident on it? I think he would be
as efficient a medium as could be
employed Very truly yours,
JNO.D. ARCHBOLD
Mr. Archbold and the Standard
Oil Company did not like to "take
the initiative in doubtful mat
iters. Sibley had no hesitation
about taking the initiative or any
thing else, for that matter, and
Oo Sibley was found to he. as Mr
i Archbold says, “as efficient a
medium as could be employed “
Mr. Sibley reported on Con
! gressmeri. reported on Senators,
and reported on Presidents He
ismaked and spied and wrote all
’hat he had learned to Mr. Arch-
I bold.
In the previous article we have
’seen him at work in the house
|of congress. In subsequent arti
cles we shall read his reports on
the President of the United
States and his eager willingness
to bring the first officers of the
Republic within the range of Mr.
Archbold s activities.
In the present article we shall
I observe reproduced in fae simile
Mr. Sibley's report written and
IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1912.
(FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR JULY)
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Part of a letter from Sibley, the busy Standard Oil spy, to Archbold, the Trust’s Polit
ical Purchasing Agent.
SOME FEATURES IN HEARST'S MAGAZINE FOR JULY
Another “George Helm” story, by David Graham
Phillips; “ Lhe New Woman and the Old,” by the famous
Italian historian, Guglielmo Ferrero; “If Glasgow Were
Running New York City,” by Hon. Frank L. Cohen,
Master of Works of the Scotch city; “Divorce Versus
Democracy,” by the brilliant essayist, G. Chesterton.
Another instalment of “ Lhe Inside of the Cup,” Winston
Churchill’s now celebrated novel, illustrated by James
Montgomery Flagg; “Captain Kidd in Wall Street,” by
George Randolph Chester, author of the M Get-Rich-Quick
W allingford” stories; “ Lhe Autobiography of Admiral
Dewey,” and reviews of art, the stage, science, finance
and politics by the best writers.
• THE JULY NUMBER IS NOW ON SALE AT THE NEWS STANDS
signed in his own hand of his spy
ing operations in the s'enate, his
description of his efforts to earn
the approval of his trust masters
set forth'in such detail as almost
to resemble an itemized bill.
There are many such reports,
many other instances of keyhole
watching and tale hearing from
Mr. Sibley to Mr. Archbold. But
the one that we reproduce here
will give a sufficient example of
Mr Sibley’s assignments and ac
tivities. The others will be repro
duced in due time.
Joseph C. Sibley, Chairman
Committee on Manufactures.
House of Representatives, U. S.
Washington, Feb. 26, 1900.
My Dear Mr. A
Yesterday I had a long' talk
with a friend in the senate whom
you know I have always regarded
as one of the strongest men in
that body. ‘ Mr.*B., a Democrat.”
He is wholly and unalterably op
posed to the Prest. s and Gar
field's policy vs. corporations. I
think he is prepared to make a
great fight against the vicious
principle that the Govt, can open
my books or reveal my trade se
crets because some one thinks I
am engaged in making too much
money.
He has the courage and the abil
ity to make a legal argument on
the floor of the senate second to
no man of that body.
Had you ought not to have a
consultation with him some day?
One great man at the proper
time would be a ‘‘tower of
strength and safety.”
He comes nearest today to be
ing the leader of his party of any
one man in it.
If you want to see him, I think
I could arrange for him to call,
when in N. Y. I put in all day
yesterday in the Dem. Cloak room
of the senate and I guess I an
swered about 25 different sena
tors ‘' What is the trouble in
Kansas?” I told them that ‘‘it
was an attempt to nullify the law
of Supply and Demand.”
The Cotton Growers could as
well with their surplus crop this
year demand some Spinners to
pay last year’s prices. That in
creasing the production from 6,000
bbls, to 40,000 per day meant a
surplus, and in oil as in cotton
the surplus fixes the price of the
whole crop.
If you think of anything for me
to do let me know, but I guess the
members of the H R., including
the speaker, pretty well under
stand the situation.
I could quietly give away a
dozen or two more of the little
books. I have bought and given
away many copies of Lloyd’s
‘‘Newest England,” and I think
it is doing good work.
If at any time my long scribbles
annoy you, chuck them in the bas
ket, but one has, at times, to pour
out wrath somewhere, and I make
you the victim. Sincerely yours,
JOSEPH C. SIBLEY.
P. S.—ln Re power to fix R. R.
rates. Mr. B. is for giving power
to make rates, but will fight the
idea of a separate court. I was
sorry not to be able to change his
views on that topic.
The ‘‘Mr. A.” to whom the
above letter is addressed is. of
course, Mr. Archbold.
The “Mr. B.” whom Mr. Sibley
describes as “a Democrat” and as
a “great man” is conclusively
proven by Standard Oil docu
ments to be none other than Bai
ley, of Texas.
We see Sibley revealed in his
regular occupation, spying and
tale-bearing for the Standard Oil,
laboring for the Standard Oil in
terests. arguing for Standard Oil
causes, distributing “little books”
“quietly” and displaying his
eager willingness to serve the
trusts in any way.
"If you think of anything for
me to do. let me know,” says Mr.
Sibley, and probably there was
nothing that Mr. Archbold could
think of that th? servile Sibley
was not ready to do.
We have seen him in past chap
ters decoying for Mr. Archbold,
templing fellow congressmen into
the snare.
We have seen him now ‘‘put
ting in all day in the Democratic
cloak room of the senate." lobby
ing for the trust, though under
pay from the people.
We have seen him distributing
trust literature which Mr. Arch
bold stands ready to substantiate
with certificates of deposit.
Quayism Only a
By-Product of Oil.
We see him sounding out. sena
tors, reporting satisfactorily on
Senator Bailey and offering, in
case Mr. Archbold is willing to
see Senator Bailey, ‘‘to arrange
for him to call when in New
York."
Finally, we see Sibley confident
ly reporting that he guesses the
"members of the house of repre
sentatives and the speaker pretty
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well understand the situation ”
The usefulness of Mr. Siblev m
the Standard Oil and the w av ,
and means of his election having
been made clear, the .judgment of
Mr. Archbold having been justi
fled, let us turn to other and ’more
important phases of the corrunt
politics of Pennsylvania.
Quayism has become a word to
be handed down in American his
tory. It means the same thing i n
relation to state and national gov
eminent that Tweedism means m
relation to city government.
The essential purpose of this
article is to prove by convincing
facts and Standard Oil documents
that Quayism was merelv a hv
product of the Standard Oil Com.
pany; that Quay himself would
never have been possible except
for the corrupt and unscrupulous
activity of the big interests
Back of Quay stood the criminal
trusts supplying the with
which he debauched the politics
of Pennsylvania. Quay was mad"
by the trusts, supported by the
trusts, directed by the trusts, and
relied upon by the trusts to do a
grade of work that even the more
self-respecting servants of the
trusts would not consent to do.
Sibley was the trusts' sneak and
spy. Quay was the trusts' bully
and bravo. There was no vile or
violent deed that he would not
commit for his trust masters, and
in serving them he often plun
dered and foraged for himself in
such a desperate way as to bring
him within the clutches of the law
Quay knew that he could do
this with safety; that he was too
useful to the trusts for the trusts
to abandon him, too dangerous to
the trusts for the trusts to desert
him.
When Quay came within the
clutches of the law, the trusts rose
superior to the law and rescued
him. When Quay’s villainy caused
him to be rejected by the state
legislature as a candidate for sen
ator, the trusts rose superior to the
legislative body of the state and
caused him to be appointed by
their private trust governor.
When the senate of the United
States repudiated Quay and re
fused to recognize his stained and
soiled credentials, the trusts rose
superior to the United States sen
ate and sent Quay back to sit
among them, elected by the crimi
nal power of corrupt money, a tri
umph of desperate and debauched
politics over a subject people
(In next Saturday’s Georgian more of
the interesting Standard Oil letters will
be printed.)