Mohave County miner., 1892-09-03

I S"@t GtuV VNu "obAt = hOsSs sVSa s"S
bill. took 1t upon the word Of = prom
inens democrat, and q prominent re-
publican, and do no. know that voted
at all. There was no call OF the House
and nobody opposed that bill that know
Of. il was put through on the faith Of the
report OF the chairman OF the committee
having the Sill in charge. Dozens Of bills
are passed that way" Now our friend
Mr.. Sevd, whom Mr. Hooper says kindly
helped him fix up his bill. here 10 an ex.
tract from the Bankers Magazine, Aug
ust, 1873. "Silvsr being dsmonetixed in
Germany. England and Holland, = cap
ital Of 100000 was raised. and Ernest
Seyd, OF London. WAS sent to this coun-
try with this fund, as the agent Of tor
eign bondholders, to effect the same oh.
ject." To prove this assertion, in May,
1892, the Denver News prints the sworn
affidavit Of +. A. Luckenbach, who il one.
OF the best known and substantial citi-
zens OF Colorado. That in the year 1874
he visited London to place some oil prop
critics and while there was the guest Of
Mr.. S-yd. One day after dinner the
conversation turned on the question Of
bribery, and Mr.. Seyd declared there
was no such system Of bribery in Eng.
land As in America, and afteI pledsing
Mr.. Lnckenb,ch to secrecy during the
lifetime OF Mr.. Ssyd he told him the par.
ficnArs Of the demonstration OF silver
In America.
Il went to America in the winter OF
1928, authorized TO secure il l conld,
the passage of u bill demonstrating silver.
IL was TO the interest of those repre-
sentei, the governors OF the Bank Of
England, To have IL done. / took with
me l0J, 900 pounds sterling, with instruc-
iions il that sum was insufficient to ac
complish the object, 10 draw for another
lOJ,0)o pounds, or as much more ~ WAS
necessary" H. said that German bank.
ers were also interested in the scheme
He was the financial adviser ot the bank
He said: 81 saw the commi tee Of the
House and Senate, pail the money and
staid in America till knew the measure
was safe" He would not give Mr..
Luckenbach the names Of the men 30
whom he paid the money. 1t vas not
necessary. We have the names Of the
committee in the congressional record,
and know the men who have defended
the rasc ally scheme ever since; and a
person who defends villisny that was
paid for in cash, is most liable to have |
pocketed some OF the money. Besides
the unamni'y with which they worked
goes TO show they were not ticke,ed. +,
just simply hired to take few hundred |
millions from their countryman who |
trusted thems and hand 1t over TO bond |
holders who knew them, augmenting all
private debts and curtailing the ability
to pay. And now Mr. John Sherman's
pet objection to free coinage il, that il |
will reverse that beautiful operation.
What pity that this spasm OF virtue
didn't strike him in ~ and '73; what q
pity somebody didn't up and save us
then. Alas! We thought in our easy go.
ing way, that men went to Congress for
honor and neighbors understood them
better. But, oh, how IL must gall them to
know that Mr.. Seyd bought them at half
price. But never mind. Mayhap the
grateful gold bugs will gather their re.
mains together in the sweet bye and bye
sGd build them q monument that will
make Washington and Grants blush
with shame. They surely owe il 10 them.
Some OF our political friends tel, us We
don't understand the subject. They are
mistaken. We have listened to l6 years
oil beautiful aud artistic lying. divided
about equally with their official career
between the two great parties, until We
have had fair show to arrive at the
truth by the rule Of contraries II no other.
What We are failure at, 10 in drawing
the fine lines between lying and mis-
representation, and robbery and legal
spoliation.
When Hayes ran for President In rs
silver was an issue for the first time. 1t
was the first vote for Colorado. Mr..
Sam N. Wood, an ex.Congressman,
stumped Colorado for Mr.. HAYES. He
was master hand in talking silver f.
nance. Mr.. Hayes carried Colorado
largely In response to Mr.. Woods talk,
and those three electoral votes made it
possible for Mr.. Hayes to hold the presi-