The Washington times., 1894-06-24
.OLOMBIA The new NATION
Apostle Won Swartwout Comes Here
to Manifesto Congress.
OLD ORDER OF THINGS TO PASS
Money, Barter, Trade. Corporations, Deeds,
Bonds, Notes, and Stocks to Be Abolished
New "0rder Of Builders" to Prevail-His
Occult Coat t-of-Arms-Millenn at Hand.

Dr. William H. Won Swartwout, of New York,
the founder and seIf-appointed exponent of the
"new departure in politics." and editor Of the
"Olombia Commonwealth Hercules" is in the
city, accompanied by Mrs. Swartwout, and is
stopping at the 81 James His mission here is
to present to Congress petition embodying his
theories, and to formally project plan which
he contends will inaugurate an era of universal
equity and peace, and bring the whole world
within the bounds of the new colombia Com
monwealth."
The scheme he has matured, after twenty-five
years of patient study,is to do away with money,
barter, and trade, abolish the charters of exist
ing corporations, cancel all deeds and titles to
land. repudiate bonds notes, and stocks, and
render Of no value all money bearing the gov
ernment stamp, for which he will substitute
system under his new "order of builders"
DR. Swartwout is not foreign born citizen, n
fact which he is anxious to have fully under
stood. He claims his plan and the universal
panacea which he prescribes for the ills OF life
TO be distinctively American.
TRACES HIS ANCESTRY TO ADAM.
He was born OF Dutch stock in Utica, n. Y, in
1896, and is of n distinguished genealogy that
traces back to the time when his ancestry occu-
pied the Black forest hundreds of years ago.
The first of the family to land in this country
came from Holland in 1910 and settled with the
New Netherlands Colony, now New y ork. The
present head of the family is Baron Swart-
won't, of kirkoven, Holland. The doctor insists,
however, that he traces his ancestry back beyond
the first Adam, and consequently he takes but
little stock IN ancestral or family names The
occult significance Of the family name, however,
and the astronomical emblems are claimed TO
be of great value in divinng the events and ap-
pointed times OF certain sacred propheses
DR. Swartwout is a pleasant-iaced, miid-inan-
nered gentleman He discusses his theories
earnestly and impresses the listener as one who
is thoroughly at home with the subject and fully
convinced of its importance He tells of the
family coat-of-arm5, describes ii minutely, and
explains its several occult features mcr"'y as he
would discuss any other portion of tho scheme
he expects TO bring before Congress.
His coat-Cf-arms figures a factor In this
economic structure OF his. 1t consists of the fg-
ure oi a white lion, rampant, bearing heart
and surmounting ducal coronet signifying
great humanity; beneath these is Il shield, upon
which appears the figure of a black lion, ram
pant, with heart in The upper right and left cor
ner and beneath the lion a heart
The significance OF all this Is that he is the one
member of his family who was born for the full
hllment of the great work upon which he is en-
saed- II makes him a cosmopolitan fer tho
performance OF certain work in this cosmopoli-
tan nation. The prophecy is the millennium, and
he claims the kingdom of heaven Will start in
at hand Ills full name has an occult or spiritual
Specification, meaning .'out of the black forest"
or ''out of darkness into light
oLoMBIA FLAG on THE CAPITOL DOME.
Prior 10 the introduction of his plan and the
presentation of his petition TO Congress, DR.
Swartwout proposes to elucidate both in n public
lecture, which is announced to be given at Typo
graphical Temple. opposite the Pension offlce,
on q street, next Tuesday evening, the 26th III
stant To this lecture he invites Senators and
Representatives, that they may DO prepared for
the reception of the formal document when he
appears at the Capitol for its presentation His
petition is, in effect, first. for a hearing by the
House of the Olombia manifesto; and, secondly
that the Olombia peace flag shall be unfurled
from the dome OF the Capitol a signal to the
people of the United States and the whole world
that the reign of equity and peace on earth is
begun under the new name of Olomba and
now presents the only solution of the money
problem, etc, with an effective and permanent
system for the elevation Of the universal people
10 prosperity, Justice and contentment.
The Olombia peace nag, which he has with him
and which he expects 10 have no difficulty in
placing upon the Capitol, was exhibited to q
TINES reporter last evening. 1t is by y feet in
dimensions, with white ground bOrdercd with
gold, and in the center blazing sun with the
word Peace" He has also with him a sample
of the Columbia United States transition
flag, which is smaller than the others. IL has
fourteen stars on q b.ue field, with blazing sun
in the center and bearing the word Colombia"
A PURELY EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.
DR. Swartwout claims that his movement is
purely educational His appeal is 10 reason,
and he pIoffers, he declares, n reasonable and
practical solution OF the present social difficult
ties without impoverishing anybody His scheme
is quite rs good for the CONGRESSMAN as for the
tramp He does not recognize the so-called .n-
dustrial armies as having any connection with
his movement, except as examples of the pres
ent social unrest.
He the If the world. ia
ing ON the crest of volcano, and the Olombia
comes to save the people from destruction. The
word OlOiubia has seven occult signifcntOns,
but one OF which he is willing now to divulge.
That, briefly Stated, is "Millennial no-money
commonwealth. or Heaven on earth" The re-
mainder of the interpretations will be given
when the present trouble is settled. Tho form
of government which he will inaugurate
will supersede in competent government. and Is
already sufficiently systematized 10 become i'm
mediately effective 1t Will become the founda-
tiCn which will answer the worlds needs for LOO
years at the end OF which period the people will
not require even a substitute for government
The doctor has, at his own expense. carried on
the campaign for the introduction Of tho new
system. 1t now comes into position not a n
reformation, but as transformation. We have
been ages in getting ready, and the time is now
ripe for the fulfllment OF the prophecy OF Jesus
Christ when he declared that the time would
come when there would be greater works than
His
MARTYR TO HIS FAITH
The author of this remarkable new declara-
tion of independence" confesses to having led an
eventful life. About twenty-five years ago he
introduced his theories and for making the pre-
diction that in the fullness of time the new order
of things would be instituted he claims he was
driven out of the country. He decided away
S50,00O worth of property and went TO Europe.
After wandering through Palestine and max
ing an extended tour through the east ION loot,
like u tramp, he came back with more money
than he had when he started, which was the evil
dence 10 him of the fact that God Almighty was
back of his life work. Since his return he has
been engaged in journalism and in disseminate
ing information about the millennial period that
in his opinion has just dawned.
lie he's not the appearance of a crank HIS
most startling declarations made in quiet,
firm tone. without the shadow of excitement,
and his conversation is conducted precisely as
though he We're discussing the most common
place event and not startling revelation of an
impending revolution. The matter, he claims,
has been in his keeping for twenty-five years,
but now it has gotten beyond him and is ready
for the public
just how the public will receive his "Olom-
bian" idea, and how soon tho world will accom-
mOdate itself to the new order Of affairs, re-
mains to be seen.
Armour Will Die Poor