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(FROM HEARST’S MAGAZINE FOR JULY)
New Standard Oil Letters and Their Lessons
The Standard Oil letters
published in HEARST’S
MAGAZINE have followed
the trail of debauchery of
public servants through
Ohio, where United States
Senator Hanna was the chief
beneficiary, into Pennsyl
vania, showing there the
benefits derived by United
States Senator Quay and
Representative Sibley
through the betrayal of the
people who put them in of
flee.
Hanna is dead. Quay is
dead. Sibley is in the same
condition politically, having
been driven out of the race
for re-election by these same
Standard Oil letters, and
having been indicted on a
charge of bribing voters.
But Penrose- Boies Pen
rose, the “bravo of the
trusts’’—still lives. He is
still a United States sen
ator; still a Republican
“leader’’ in Pennsylvania.
And herewith is given some
brief account of the trans
actions between Bravo Pen
rose and the Standard Oil
Company, through its pay
master-general, John D.
Archbold.
Quay Appointed by
Standard Oil Governor.
In view of the disgraceful dis
closures concerning Quay, how
ever, all of the Standard Oil’s
power and money and all of
Quay's political shrewdness were
Hot enough to bring about the re
election of Quay to the United
States senate. The legislature
failed to elect Quay ami ad
journed without being allowed to
elect anyone else. Thereupon
Governor Stone, who. owed his
office to Quay and who was
Known as a machine puppet and
a Standard Oil tool, promptly
appointed Quay to fill the va
cancy.
Further proof of Governor
Slone's illicit association with the
Standard Oil (’omapny is plenti
fid and will be produced in due
time.
After' Governor Stone had fill
filled some part of his obligations
to the Standard Oil by appointing
Quay in defiance of the popular
protest, the scene of battle shifted
to Washington. The Federal Con
stitution thoughtfully provided
that senators should be selected
by legislatures of the states when
those legislatures were in session,
and the United States senate had
held that the governor had no
right to appoint a man when the
state legislature had refused to
elect
The Standard <hl Company,
however, was i/ot bothered by
any scruples or any constitutional
points or any national or political
policy. It needed and wanted
Quay in the senate, as well as in
control of the state machine. and
it was determined to pay any
price and to pull every wire con
nected with the office at No 26
Broadway in order to accomplish
this end.
Politicians Costlier
In Pennsylvania.
The price of politicians in Penn
sylvania is probably higher than
in any other place in the world,
and the politician without a price
is scarcer in Pennsylvania than in
any other place in the world.
Quay was typical of these de
bauched conditions and politically
responsible for them; but the
trusts were responsible lor Quay.
They needed that kind of an un
scrupulous politician, and Quay
was willing to prove himself on
every occasion the kind of tin
scrupulous politician they needed.
Quay, like Hanna. never hesi
tated to draw liberally upon the
gi <; t corporatiomt. Hanna was
—MAGAZINE SECTION
Some Features in Hearst’s Magazine For July
Another “George Helm” story, by David Graham
Phillips; “The 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 “The 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 “Get-Rich-Quick
Wallingford” stories; “The 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
sometimes appalled at the amount
necessary to conduct corrupt poli
tics suec.essfiilly, and in the pre
ceding article we have seen him
refer to such sums as "simply
awful.
Mr. Archbold seems to have had
very much the same estimate of
some of Senator Quay's requests,
particularly at the difficult and
dangerous period above described.
Three weeks after Quay's escape
by means better to be devined
than described, Archbold wrote in
reply to Quay’s request for funds
as follows:
26 Broadway, New York.
(Personal) July 18, 1898.
My Dear Senator:
I have your favor of the 15th
and will do as you request, pro
vided that you finally say that
you need so much. Please ask
for it in installments, as needed,
from time to time, not all at
once.
I have your kind note aboftt
Walter and will do as you suggest.
Very truly yours,
JNO. D. ARCHBOLD
Hon. M. S. Quay,
Mountville,
Lancaster Co., Pa.
Quay was not the only Penn
sylvania political leader, not the
only Pennsylvania United States
senator, not the only political
agent of thy trusts mixed up in
these questionable banking trans
actions and in the general politi
cal corruption of the state. In
1895 a law was introduced in the
Pennsylvania legislature requir
ing banks having stale deposits
to pay interest. The bill was re
ferred to the finance committee,
which included Boies Penrose and
W. 11. Andrews, known as ‘‘Bull
Andrews. "Bull'' Andrews was
a brother of W. R. Andrews, who
was Penrose's private secretary,
and was also at one time a mem
ber of congress—thanks to the
Quay machine.
Remember all of-these gentle
men, for in the Standard Oil let
ters we shall meet them again.
Penrose had at this time been
with Quay for over eleven years,
serving faithfully the machine and
the trusts, which supplied the ma
chine with fuel.
Already we see he was on the
finance committee of the legisla
ture training for his present place
as chairman of the finance com
mittee of the United States senate,
which carried with it the party
leadership.
It is hardly necessary to say
that the bill requiring the banks
Ito pay interest on state funds was
never heard from after it reached
I that Penrose committee. The state
; money continued to he loaned to
I banks that would lend it out
again to politicians.
Quay continued to demand and
receive subsidies from the Stand
ard Oil. A sample letter in this
correspondence is the letter writ
ten by Archbold on September 22,
Archbold was taking a vacation,
but his vacation gave him no re
lief from the demands of Quay.
So, promptly on his return, he
sends Quay the usual secret cer
tificate oi deposit for *12,500. He
"complied with pleasure.' so he
says, and probably this is true,
for certainly he did so with protit
to f he Standard Oil
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY. .JUL. y zu, ihiz.
No. 26 Broadway, New York,
• September 22, 1898.
My Dear Senator:
Answer to your favor of Sep
tember 11 has been delayed be
cause of my absence on vacation.
It now gives me pleasure to in
close you certificate of deposit to
your favor for $12,500, in fulfil
ment of promise. Very truly yours,
JNO D. ARCHBOLD.
Hon. M S. Quay, No. 100 States
Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
Letters and telegrams and tele
phone mesasges to Penrose, to W.
R. Andrews and further contribu
tions to Quay had kept the Penn
sylvania machine rotating at its
highest capacity during this criti
cal period in 1899.
The following letters are repro
duced as examples of the Oil
Trust's activity. The unusual
feature of the correspondence is
the appearance of a cashier's
cheek instead of the customary
certificate of deposit:
No. 26 Broadway, New York,
September 25, 1899.
My Dear Senator:
In accordance with request in
your favor to me of the 23d, I now
beg to inclose you cashier’s check,
National City Bank of New York,
to your favor for SIO,OOO.
Very truly yours.
JNO. D. ARCHBOLD
Hon M. S Quay, care W. A. Pat
ton, Philadelphia, Pa.
May 5, 1899.
Hon. Boies Penrose, Philadelphia:
I would like to talk with you
over the telephone tomorrow
(Saturday) morning at 10:30. Can
you give me a call number and
address on which I can call you at
that time. Please answer.
J. D. ARCHBOLD
May 6.
Hon. W. R. Andrews, Washing
ton, D. C.:
Your kind telegram received.
Many thanks. I have had the
talk. JNO D ARCHBOLD.
As Quay's admission to the sen
ate began to appear more and
more doubtful, the Oil Trust
turned naturally more and more
to Boies Penrose, not only as its
representative in the upper house
of congress, but also as the man
tq look after its affairs in connec
tion with the state machine.
But the trust was not yet ready
to give up Quay. Quay's appeal
for help to headquarters at No. 26
Broadway launched an amazing
intrigue to seat this recognized
representative of the trusts in the
United States senate in opposi
tion to the will of the people and
the fundamental law of the land.
“Few Letters More
Humiliating to People.”
I submit that in all this
wretched Standard Oil corre
spondence there are few letters
more disgraceful to our govern
ment, more humiliating to our
people, than those reproduced be
llow. These letters were written
by John I). Archbold, who has
since been made president of the
Standard Oil Company, to Boies
Penrose, who has since been made
chairman of the finance commit
tee of the United States senate.
Nothing shows better the activity
of the Standard Oil in defending
its own—the extent of the Stand
ard Oil influence, the close rela
tion which exists between all the
privileged interests and the pow-
erfui control which these interests
have over their representatives in
the national government.
(Personal) December 7, 1899.
My Dear Senator:
Referring to our conversation by
telephone and your favor of yes
terday, one of my associates, who
is on friendly personal terms with
Mr. Smith, of the L. & N., has seen
him and had a very full talk. It
seems that Mr. Smith had just
been in Washington. He seemed
1) know that Senator Deboe will be
all right. I have had a very
strong letter written to both Sen
ators Proctor and Ross, of Ver
mont, which I hope will have
some influence with them. I have
not as yet found any ground of
approach to either Senator Tur
ley, of Tennessee, or Senator
Fairbanks, of Indiana. I have a
possibility as to the latter, which
I will know of tomorrow morn
ing, but it is not sure. Unfor
tunately, Mr. Flagler was South.
I communicated with him at once
by telegraph after Mr. Quay’s
visit.
I earnestly hope that the out
come will be all right, and will be
glad to aid continuously in any
way that I can. We all feel
rather disappointed over the pres
ident’s treatment of the corpora
tion, or so-c lled trust question. I
inclose you a bit of today’s Wall
Street gossip on the subject.
I have taken the liberty of tele
graphing you today, with refer
ence to the appearance of our
Mr. Howard Page, to answer a re
cent adverse witness before the
Industrial Commisison. The wit
ness referred to, George Rice, is
so erratic and ridiculous as to de
feat himself with anybody who
would give his testimony careful
consideration, but I think, aside
from its unfairness to us, there is
a possible political point in hav
ing it answered.
Very truly yours,
Jno. D. Archbold.
Hon. Boies Penrose,
Washington, D C.
The battle between the trusts
and the people is on. Quay with
his Oil Trust division is endan
gered. Smith, commanding Mor
gan's L. & N. railroad column, is
ordered to the front. He has re
connoitered and reports Lindsay
doubtful but Deboe all right.
Proctor and Ross are ordered to
be in readiness for action. Flag
ler is hastening from the South
with reinforcements, and in all
the excitement Archbold, commis
sary general, stands coolly and
does not neglect to interest him
self in such details as adverse wit
nesses before the Industrial Com
mission.
(Personal) December 11, 1899.
My Dear Senator:
I have your kind favoi - of Sat
urday. We appreciate highly
your effort with the Industrial
Commission with reference to Mr.
Page's appearance. We are ad
vised today that the examination
is put over until tomorrow. I
am making a further special effort
today to reach Senator Fairbanks
on the Quay case and hope to do
so. We shall not soon forget Guf
fey’s course in this whole matter.
I have favorable word from Mr.
Flagler.
With kind regards, I am
Very truly yours,
JNO. D. ARCHBOLD.
Hon. Boies Penrose,
Washington, D. C.
The hat lie rages. Commissary
General Archbold decorates Pen
rose upon the field for loyal ser-
vice to the trusts in regard to the |
Industrial Commission.
Fairbanks’ column has been
summoned and Flagler with his
reinforcements, like Sheridan, is
“only twenty miles away."
Let the people tremble. The
Hessians of the trusts are hasten
ing to the scene of action. But
amid all this evidence of trust
heroism one man fails. Guffey
has deserted. How painful I Gen
eral Archbold will “not soon for
get Guffey's course in this whole
matter.’’ Guffey has the remains
of a conscience and so is no fit
soldier for the Standard Oil.
But what is the latest news from
the front?
December 13, 1899.
My Dear Senator:
I have been doing what I can
and hope that some influence has
gone especially to Senator Fair
banks that will have some effect.
I just at this moment had a call
from our friend, General Charles
Miller, of Franklin, Pa., who has
asked a personal friend of his
from Indianapolis, Ind., who
knows Senator Fairbanks very
well, to go to Washington at once
and see what he can do.
I most earnestly hope that mat
ters are progressing more favor
ably than the newspaper accounts
seem to indicate.
Very truly yours,
JNO. D. ARCHBOLD.
Hon. Boies Penrose,
Washington, D. C.
When congress assembled after
the holidays the committee of five
which had the Quay case in hand
reported against permitting Quay
to take his seat. The report was
based on purely constitutional
grounds and made no reference to
the treasury scandals in which
Quay had been implicated or to
his corrupt relations "with the
trusts.
On January 5, after the receipt
of the report, Archbold wrote Pen
rose. saying:
“Sorry to learn today of the
committee report in the Quay
case, but still hope for favorable
action in the senate.’’
The Oil Trust had good reason
to hope for the senate, but Sena
tor Hanna's presidential ambi
tion saved the day for decency in
that body.
Senator Hanna, whom the Oil
Trust thought it owned, and whom
it had owned to the moment of his
Quay revolt, ran off to Ohio, leav
ing the Oil Trust lacking just one
vote in the senate to reseat its dis
credited representative.
Depew, whom the Oil Trust
reached through the New York
Central, was in favor of Quay.
Senator Fairbanks, whom we have
seen Archbold trying so desper
ately to reach, voted for Quay. So
did Deboe, as delivered by Mor
gan’s man Smith. So did Foraker.
Penrose, Platt. Scott, Sewell, Mc-
Laurin, Spooner, all of whom have
appeared or will appear in the list
of Standard Oil proteges or pen
sioners.
Quay went back to Pennsyl
vania, anil, supported by Standard
Oil campaign funds, started a
movement to get control of the
legislature in a manner which sur
passed in insolence, in outrage, in
audacity, all of his previous cam
paigns of corruption.
The result is a matter of history
today. Quay and his supporters
made a majority out of a mi
nority. At what material cost is
known only to the dispensers and
the recipients. At what moral
cost is known to every citizen of
the state.
Quay’s return to the senate
was a scene of triumph. Great
quantities of American Beauty
roses adorned his desk and his
chair. Senators of both parties
and trust lobbyists who knew no
party crowded around him. and
Deacon Archhold sent him the
following letter with his benedic
tion and’ a more material contri
bution enclosed :
26 Broadway, New York,
October 30, 1902.
My Dear Senator:
I duly received your favor of
the 26th. Not because we think
we should, but because of your
enticing ways, I inclose you cer
tificate of deposit for SIO,OOO. I
have heard that you have recently
j said some disagreeable things
about me, for which I think you
ought to be ashamed.
Very truly yours,
JNO. D. ARCHBOLD
Hon. M. S. Quay,
Hotel Walton,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Fortified Hills Is Proving
Attractive To The People
With The Pay Envelopes
IN spite of the unpleasant weather, great interest
in Fortified Hills has been shown by prospective
home-builders. Greater interest would be evi
denced if people only realized the beauty of Forti
fied Hills, its accessibility and, best of all, the easp
with which a valuable home-site may be obtained.
Fortified Hills is properly named. This prop
erty is much higher than other portions of the
city. Sixty years ago it was covered with breast
works for the defense of Atlanta. No little senti
ment would be connected with the ideal, peace
ful life at Fortified Hills. This section has in
correctly been called “ West Atlanta Park.”
Mr. E. W. Grove has spent several hundred
thousand dollars in the substantial development of
Fortified Hills. He is determined that this section
shall lack nothing which will make it ideal for
homes. City water was arranged for at an ex
pense of $6,000. Cement sidewalks, sewers, electric
lights, telephone connections combine with the
parks, drives and handsome fountain to make For
tified Hills a beautiful, convenient, modern site for
homes.
Fortified Hills is not made beautiful simply to
sell. It will always he beautiful. All property
owners sign an agreement for the maintenance of
the parks and drives. This means only an annual
payment of 7 l-2c per front foot by each purchaser
and Mr. Grove pays the same sum on all unsold
property. And the money is paid to and handled
by committees of the residents in each “place.’’
The construction of the Bellwood Avenue via
duct will greatly benefit this property. As this
viaduct is now under course of construction, For
tified Hills is to receive the benefit, not wait for it.
Because Fortified Hills is a beautiful residence
section many people fear to investigate. If they
could but understand that this section is for the
homes of men. or women, whose pay envelopes
contain from $25 to S4O or SSO a week, they would
not hesitate. The terms will convince even the
most cautious that the desired home may be a reali
zation, not a castle in Spain.'
The river ear line, at the corner of Broad and
Marietta streets, will take you to Fortified Hills.
But twenty minutes from the city hall, it is con
venient and accessible, yet free from the dust.
Fortified Hills is on the river
car line, twenty minutes from
the city hall.
You can tell it when you get
there by the beautiful stone
gateways to the “places’’ with
the delightful parks in the cen
ter. You can tell it by the
,trees and the shrubbery and
the flowers.
Captain J. T. Mills is at ’trie
office on the property, and will
he glad to shew the property
and plats to those who are in
terested.
It's a nice Sunday afternoon
ride, and you'll enjoy the quiet
and beauty of Fortified Hills.
The prices and terms were
made to fit the pay envelopes
which contain from $25 to S4O
and SSO.
Turman, Black & Calhoun,
Agents
Successors to S, B,Burman & Company and
Chas, H, Black
203-208 Empire Building, Atlanta,
smoke and noise of
the city. Once there,
it will be hard to re
turn. Fortified Hills is
a section of beaut v.
Investigate Fortified
Hills. It is worth
your while. If you
have longed for a
home within the com
pass of your weekly
pay envelope, your
probelm is solved.
Fortified Hills is for
the home-builder and
the terms will fit your
pay envelope.