The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-04
CHAPTER XII.-Covr1NUED.


e be saw there the glowing youthful beauty
Of the woman through whom his life had
baan wrecked. By and by he reused him
elf and continued:
~ had no intention of speaking to you so
fnlly Of these things" he said, but | have
aIIowed myself to run on, and, III excuse, l
NAV say that you are the first human being,
MS Give, to whom have ever spoken Of
as eDjsode of my life. l have told it to
..on because felt impelled to do so.
tnew that YOU would respect my confidence
and understand my feeling. And | also
had another object, which will now ex-
plain.
NV mind not 10 let my calamity crush me.
As tbere was no place for me at home, l set
myself to making home in the midst OF
affairs: and my original crusade upon cor
rlIption and Incompetence in politics was
taken I'D with all the added energy that
comes from desire to escape from oneself.
But | met with an opposition upon which
had not counted.
The fellow who had come across my path
i VII call him Fowler-had received large
sums of money from me, and had entered
into what are called politics. He was
shrewd and supple, and utterly unprinci-
pied He used his ill-gotten money with
good effect. and advanced him self with
wonderful rapidity. Such men can make
themselves very useful to bigger men, who
do not care to inquire into the character
OF their henchmen, if they can attain their
ends through them. Fowler realized, as
had done, the almost unlimited power of
the great tinanciers; but he plotted to get
that power on his own side; and in sup
porting it to aggrandlze himself he began
to be recognized as a powerful and able fell
low.
"A short time before this | had become
acquainted with Max well Golding He is a
man who has made his own way and posses
ses remarkable traits of character. | did
not like the system he represented, or the
methods he adopted; but liked him. He
WAS in earnest, he was patient, he had far
reaching views, he could plan vast enter
prises, and, if any unexpected conditions
arose, he could alter his plans SO as to meet
The new situation. He has the mind of
great commander and statesman, but he
cares little for name and fame; he regards
the reality of power more than to see his
power recognized; and he is convinced that
The most real power III modern civilization
is money. He processes small belief in hui
man virtue and honor; but his own private
life is blameless and he never departs from
his own code of business morality. From
ole point of view he is a merciless brigand;
from another, he is a man who simply takes
things and men as he finds them and makes
them the instruments of his designs But
after all is said, there is a personal fascina-
ton about the man, which / have felt, and
which | believe to be at the bottom of some
Of his most remarkable successes. 1t is a
cold sort of fascination, and he does not
seem to exercise it consciously; but it binds
men to him and makes them anxious to serve
him, they know not why. ...
81 was frank in stating my aims to Gold
ing--that | wished to do away with the
class to which he belonged as political and
economic factor in the country. He listened
TO my arguments, and assented to many of
them; but the only argument he was used
TO: You can't stop it. 1t is natural here,
and now, that money should be power l
have money and mean to use it The
morality Of his use of capital of its ulti-
mate effects upon the welfare of the nation,
he would not discuss I'm not sentiment
talist, he said. Nations are not made of
paper constitutions and declarations, but of
men and women. We may pretend to be or
to profess anything, but we are nothing but
so many men and women when all's done,
and we propose each to do the best he can
for himself At the same time he had no
objection TO my opposing him and what he
represented to the utmost of my ability.
you are right enough in the abstract he
said, and if you think you can realize your
theories go aheadr'
well, my dear young lady, went ahead
with all the strength l had. The money
which Fowler took from me hampered me
somewhat, aud had settled 100000 on my
wife las | must call herr in such a manner
that she could touch only the interest of it.
! bought newspaper and used it to incul-
cate views I r11aHa effort fO
the paper, and for a time it was favorably
received by the public. By and by l be-
came convinced that an enemy was work
ing against me- | could not see him, |
could not touch him, but | was aware of
him at every point. His attacks were sub
tie and made from twenty different direc-
lions, but they were all OF the same char
aoter. They aimed at vital points-to dis
credit me socially, politically, personally.
found that people whom l rad always re-
Rarded as staunch friends were inoculated
with the poison ! tried to trace down the
SANDERS AID insinuations to their source,
but IN vain. was like man blindfolded,
striking at invisible assassins. At length
one OF the most powerful papers, command
ing an immense circulation, began publish
Ing series of articles on the same subjects
which was treating i'll my paper. They
puTported to take the same ground that |
did, but with differences, slight in appear
ance but vital in quality, that led to very
allen conclusions. At the same time. there
We're transparency yelled illusions to my
paper and to myself, insinuating doubt as
70 the integrity and disinterestedress of my
aims. The effects of all this was first to
lorestall and prevent my arguments, and
tnen TO dlscredit me as a journalist and
man; yet all was done with such cunning
and seeming candor as to sound like imper-
sonai zeal for the public welfare. | did
what could, and spent what l had, but in
spite of all, the circulation of my paper de-
creased every day. and advertisers fell off.
was obstinate, for believed was in the
Nght, and that wrong would prevail; | took
OUT mortgage on the paper, and laid out
most OF the money in renewed efforts to ex-
tend It's circulation; but the tide continued
toset steadily against me- When the mort
gage fell due tried to get it renewed But
discovered that it had been bought up by
some other person; this person foreclosed,
ana was bankrupt. On that day | re-
ccNved letter from Fowler, avowing that
II was he who had been secretly acting
against me all along, and who had now for
we second time accomplished my ruin.
ms etter enlightened me as to various OBJ
s Sure points in the past. / went to see
Goldingl
"Hereceived me alone In his private Of
nee; began to tell him that had fought
70 the end, and had been defeated, but be
interrupted me- Il know all about it, he
sad. told you if you thought you could
succeed 70 go ahead but you have had