Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-05
MILLER IN WALL STREET.


r.t.-- Of Gotham-A Plea for the An
-r.-4tion or the stock JObbers and
r.rsnriaI sharks Of the Metropolis
re uanites Of New York and Their
terrible work.
--- Letter IN PHILADELPHIA Press.
r-. ~ierras. more than a quarter Of a
--- AGO. when we were accustomed
-.--E -rua one dead who had taken part
--- murder Of the so-called, prophet, JO-
smith. we knew il was the work Of
r.. r1-i-as Of the Mormon Church. But
mere U1werless 20 revenge and spoke
" respect Of the terrible Danites, for
knew but his nearest neighbOr
r--r Mormon DANTE. sworn to Sc
r and 90 vengeance. When Brigham
--- was arrested for completely in these
Am r.-- iu the summer OF 1872, / was sent
T-H.. There and then / urged in the
London Times that the only way TO put
@. these murders was 10 destroy
F.. uLu-tes themselves. John ID. Lee.
e.. leader Of the Danites, was arrested,
e.. ard shot and a final end was made
-.tl. Dauites OF the Sierras.
Elt the Danites Ct New York are far
formidable. They are quite as reck-
45 and being without any religion they
.ara no restraint CT limit TO their terrible
rk. Nel. as with the religious fanatics
q salt Lake, they can be reached and ut
t-r.y annihIlated by public opinion. And
.l this end. 90 the end that the owls shall
-00st in Wall street, along with Beecher
and Talmage and others, / devote my
strength The great, brave and generous
s-- &c America VIII respond. The end
~ll- De reached in tire, no fear Of tina 70 /;
l tLe people want is TO know the clean,
. frozen truth.
A --atistician estimates that Of the thou
-lrl failures a month, nine-tenths are
from Wall street. Let this plead my eX-
els. f1- repetition on this dull subject
HT many homes, then, are each year
made -e-0late by these mysterious and
Invisible DaUites Of New York who sit
le-Iui their heaped-up millions and man.
.-. Wall street, Tens Of Thousands; YES,
.rr-'as co thousands.
Ir -le -a-ks OF the Nile, near Cairo, l
--a watch two great shiny monsters
rr with uplifted Jaws. Their eyes were
closed. fEey saw nothing. They seemed
dead. The Egyptian flies, gnats, all
SITS q. Insects, filled their mouths. Bang
I-a ~eIr jaw falls. The monsters slid
a. into the slime they came from. These
$3.50 monsters here are just as deadly; just
is certain Of their prey.
now THEY SECURE THEIR PREY.
wish % know the process? IL is
. some rail DAD is watered beyCId
llity Of redemption, as Erie, for
aEllr la raised simply by the dictates Of
Ha N11ites from SI1 .000.OO0 to SIS, 900, 600.
These -G.derers. the Dauites. hold this
~ar--G stock. Now is this railroad
-ra.- praised, praised by the shaTpers,
g -.. skies. Lies, lies, lies are told for
days. weeks. month.
Tie stock goes up, up, up for months,
- rsay Centred, that started al 6, Is
...uaI. doomed, doomed till il touches
-r 100. A confidential point is put
OBJ IS . man who Obeys Gould and Van
i-- that 10 IS going to be a 10 per cent.
s.l.s and will stand at 200. 1t reaches
r.r par 10, par 20! The spiders sit back
r-.ir web and watch. The Danites'
-r step is at the old bankers hearth
s-a The honest old guardians all over
a land are losing sleep in lamentations
s they did net buy the stock when
---- started on its upward course.
l-e honest old banker in his dOtage, far
lUaF iu the country village, at last enters
ne list. From all parts Of the country he
c1ues. The cashier, all, have such a
s4eaarce t1 make a fortune, and no one
s1a- ever know. He, too, Will have
houses. horses. a home worthy OF his wife
ana babes. He buysi A thousand such
men The stock which the Danites
bought Jt g is sold 70 the honest, aye the
-, bank president and cashier and
----tl5u for par, par 10, par 20! and then
G..- OBJ u,thing in a single night Ten
-lslud homes are des0late. A pistol
s-- plunge I'm the water, razor across
Oh --reIt, @ raving maniac. But what
% al that: The DANTE Jay Gould, whose
partner was driven to suicide, has made
-l-IHu dollars.
lTE COMMON HERITAGE OF ALL.
Although I may not OWE blocks Of
Hr-~taue houses in New York, yet my
interest iu this town as a citizen, as a
t.f- the great and good, as a lover Of
e.-1W-men, as patriot, is very great
.ar this is a very great city-the
.a.~s iu the world. And the interest
every -rse'uSI citizen in the future Of
.---..r almEercIal capital. is very great.
l-l- LS Che CONN., ercial heart OF our land.
a. Che heart is so viii be the body. Il
N ORR IS unhealthy az hears, whether
leF1urel by parasites or is il peril
-- haltes, The stock gamblers, with
. 'lH1u-stdIned millions, still is our
interest," il the heart Of our lands heart
3, earnest and sincere for its good.
'-e' tle IVY rs growing up the colossal
ls OF our completed Republic, then
Fs so down 20 rest, to mediate, to
phlZe- 90 talk as the old Greeks
-s.t and taught when Plato and So
crates AMI their immortal followers
---=. their mighty thoughts, which no
Bat VIII or great temple 70 liberty, our
y ~ -e'Uge set upon a hill, be pleted
N- take on a selfish concern in its
Ht- and lashiOning9 II we surrender
i5i city 20 the absolute possession
laE kings. If we give il over 10 them
-aD llln--hOUse in which 10 allure
-A presidents, the cashiers, the men
-ls land who hold money in trust,
De able 10 carry the work forward
-1rl1us completiOny / fea- net. My
H--1i-er your interest and my inter-
Is. u --i- city, Z repeat, is great, greater
maj no Vanderbilt or Gould or any
with his tens or his hundreds OF
For his interest is only money
-.- Yours is a moral interest. an
----st, a social interest, a human
-. DO YOU answer that they, too,
human INTEREST,"
sl l1. No man car have any human
l this world who locks up hun
million dollars and lies down to sleep
where a hundred thousand peO-
--nEEy, ragged, wretched, with
-'a-l little babies dying at their moth
el,t f0r want OF nOurishment and
.-..-- No, that man has no interest in
--eAt city outside ST the very low and
--. money interest which he has pushed
verge OF madness.
IHE DEAD BANK PRESIDENT.
~. week the New Brunswick Bank
r- -r 100000. and the cashier and
gl lay dead. l was sent TO see
ana COW it happened. The cashier
-4d had a friend, / learned, who
ana could get "pOints" in specula-
So nom the mighty Danites Of New
-a. would they not betray himf They
81 others, would they not then
llls We do not feel that way
any one oilers as an advantage.
E know that this siren or that
gas betrayed others, bu- our pride,
lliLl, our selEimportance makes Us
20. we are not the one to be betrayed,
may have fallen to the lot Of
iLe cashier put in a few thou
COLLARS, tie man won. lost. lost, WOE;
-- tle excitement; it made his blood
-r had a glorious interest to him
-sl Us haste OF. Three hundred
s-I-4 dollars Of the banks money
ca up. Tho cashier threw him
--- Oh The bed that night; the fumes Of