Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-03-14
REPUBLICAN BOND RECORD.
Secretary Sherman Entered Into Private
Agreement with the Rothschilds, and
Fleeced this Government out of
Millions and Millions.
Republican Record the Blacklist I'm
the NaziOnss History.


lished by the government in 1880 on
%'Specie Resumption Aand Refundlng
the National debt" to discover that es-
sentially the same difficulties confront
ed the treasury then as embarrass it
now, and that essentially the same
measures were chosen to surmount
them. The arguments that make out
Carlisle's contract blackmake out Sher-
mans biacker.
The first argumentwhich Lodge and
his fellow blackguards use is that the
treasury has put itself ia the power Of
foreigners. The Jews have US on the
hip. But what are the names of the
''parties OF the second part" in the
eompacts made by Secretary Morrill, in
1876 and Secretary Sherman in 1877
and 1878? Why, they axe the dreadful
names at the sound of which every
true American starts in horror, unless
he is in a position where he must get
loan-the names Of Rothschild. Selig-
man, Rapheal Kuhn. Leob, Hoffman
and others as OminOus. aOn April II,
1858, the following cable. message was
received at the treasury in Washington,
than which, as the, orators say, nothing
more damnlng ever appeared in a gov
ernment publication:
Very pleased we have entered into
relations again with American govern
ment. Shall do oursbest to make busi-
ness successful. lRoTHaCHILDs-
What a splitting of throats and
cracking of ear drumst there would be
over such a message .Inow-the Jew
firm gloating over a ,victimized Secre-
tary!
The second argument to show ex-
ceeding blackness of the Carlisle con-
tract is the fact that it gives the syndi-
cate an option on all bonds that may be
issued. up to next October. E this
makes tie Carlisle contract bis ok, it
makes tie Morrill, and Sherman con-
tracts blacker. Those documents gave
the wicked foreign syndicate not an
option, but an ''exclusizFe right to SUBJ
scribe for further bonds. As a matter
Oftfact on. two occasions. MI. Sherman
. had offers for several millions of bends
at better figures than the syndicate
would give. He was obLidged to de-
cline them on the ground that the syn
&iicate had monopoly. This makes a
mere option look positively white.
Finally, they say, the syndicate is
going to make an enormous amount. Of
money. This Is what worries Mr..
Sherman. Selling bond at lO4 which
may soon be placed at 118 Or 120 is too
much for him. Senator Gray forCibly
retorts that the great Ohio trimmer
really makes the favorable situation
created by the prompt action of the
treasury the ground for condemuing it.
IF the action had not been taken no
bonds could have been sold at any price.
The nation WAS only three days away
from bankruptcy. Owing to that
emergency and by surnounting it tie
bankers were able to make profit out
of their investment. This is sufi-
cient answer on general principles.
But a better answer to Senator Sher-
man Is Ol tIl0 bu4uOA0C SCL u. II III Is
.sfaulty and improvident" TO sell a
81 bond at 1O4 with the prospect of
seeing it quoted at 11S. what is it to
sell per cent bond at 100, only to
have it quoted in a few years at 1876?
Senator Sherman dwells in an even
more fragil glass house than this. He
admits that the motives and character
Of Secretary Carlisle are beyond snspi-
cion. Was the same said OF him in
1S77-T9? Has he forgotten the ugly
talk in those years about Fort Sher
man?n Has he no memory for con-
gressional inquiries for demands for a
list of commissions paid land they run
up into the millions). for the complaints
about double interest allowed favored
banks, and, in particular, for the
charge that he had practically handed
one million dollars of profits to single
bank in this city? Has he no recollec-
tion of the talk of indictlng or lmpeach-