The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-24

never was charged in that way, to my
knowledge Or belief, by anybody, to my
knowledge or belief, except by Senator
! Sherman.
Senator Sherman says: 'sMr. Hooper Of
Massachusetts, wrote to a friend to pro-
| cure the views Of Mr.. Seyd on bimetallism
and Mr.Seyd did write Mr.. Hooper a letter
ter, dated February II, 1872, and that let
ter was in favor of bimetallism." Mr..
Sherman says: "Mr. Seyd, in a letter
which, thank God we have now here be-
fore us, showed that he retained his views
upon bimetallism and that he never could
have uttered such language as this anar-
ohist and enemy Of mankind attributes
to him. It stamps the statement of that
man lie, made out of whole cloth, to
arouse and agitate good, sensible, honest
! people. braid him as a liar wherever
| he lives.'
That is according to the logic of Sen
ator Sherman, it being proved by the de-
clarations of Ernest Seyd himself, that
Feb. II, 1872, he was in favor of bimetal-
| lism; therefore it is utterly impossible
that in 1873, year after, he sold out to
the British money power and by corrupt
means procured the characterization Of
silver.
| Oscar Wilde, having written and pub
lsshed some very fine moral sentiment
cannot possibly be guilty of sodomy; and
the sanity Breckenridge of Kentucky
having talked to the Kentucky presby-
teries so piously and eloquently on Chris
tianity, cannot possibly be an immoral
man. When Senator Sherman delivered
his speech in the United States senate in
1893, he was not advised of the line of de-
Tense now adopted by the Seyds, to-wit.
| That Ernest Seyd, ST., was not in the
| United States in 1873
On this point Senator Sherman saws:
'The letter (of Seyd referred toy is dated
| long before Mr.. Seyd is said to have come
| here, and as to whether he came here, /
| HAVE NEVER HEARD DENIED. MR.
| HOOPER HAS STATED THAT MR.
SEYD CAME HERE; THAT IS THE
END OF IT."
| What, then, becomes of the special at
tempt Of Alfred T. Story, the correspond
| ent of the New York Voice, and the at
| tempt of the Seyds, by an unsworn state
| ment, and by circumstantial evidence, to
| prove that Ernest Seyd was not in this
country in 1873?
In part 3, Forty-second Congress, sec
ond session, page 1904 Congressional Rec
| ord, are the following words uttered by
Mr.. Hooper, of Massachusetts,, who had
the coinoge bill in charge: "This bill was
prepared two years ago, and has been sub
mitted to careful and deliberate examin-
alton. 1t has the approval Of nearly all
the mint experts in the country, and the
sanction of the secretary of the treasury
Mr.. Ernest Seyd, of London a disting-
uished writer who has given great atten-
ton to the subject of minis and coinage
AFTER EXAMINING THE FIRST
| DRAFT OF THE BILL, FURNISHED
MANY VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED
IN THE BILL"
| Senator John Sherman denounces Mr..
Luckenbach as a liar, because he stated
that Mr.. Seyd claimed to have acted as
the agent Of the Bank Of England to de-
monetize silver Mr.. Sherman says that
| is impossible, because Mr.. Seyd was a BIZ
metallist! And yet nearly every man in
| the congress of 1873, who voted for the
Hooper bill, claims to be bimetallist.
Mr.. Hooper says that 'Mr. Seyd, after
examining the first draft of the bill, made
many valuable suggestions, which were
| incorporated in the BILL
| Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts. Con-
| gressional Record, part 1, volume Z page
125, said: ERNEST SEYD WAS HERE
AT THAT TIME AND HAS BEEN
HERE SINCE"
Hon. William D. Kelly, M. c., of Penn
! sylvania, said that che saw the original
part of the bill WHICH DEMONETIZED
! SILVER, AND THAT IT WAS IN THE
HANDWRITING OF ERNEST SEYD.' =
1t will be noticed that Mr.. Lucken-
bach's affidavit is full and precise in stat
ing when and where he was born, where
he lived and what business he was en-
gagged in, and he refers to several gentle
men well known in both Philadelphia and
| New York, and even of national reputa-
| ton. Mr.. Luckenbach is man of culture
and at one time was reasonably wealthy
He was member of important boards of
exchange in Philadelphia, New York and
| Denver. Is it not singular that no gentle
| man of any character whatever at any of
those Cities has ever attacked the reputa-
ton Of Frederick A. Luckenbach for truth
and veracity? 1t was left for Senator
Sherman, acknowledging himself stran-
ger to Mr. L., speaking on the floor of the
United States senate, and protected by
| his privilege, to pronounce Mr. Lucken-
bach "a liar wherever he was" and upon
grounds so illogical that a "tombs shys-
| ter would blush to use them.
[ am permitted to publish O. brief ex-
tract from a private letter, dated New
York, May 6, 1895, written by Mr.. Luck
enbach to his sister, Mrs. Mattison.
Speaking of attempts that had been made,
and of whose good faith he was evidently
suspicious, to get from him further state
ments about the Seyd affidavit, Mr. L.
says: Il trust you will help me to ignore
any attemuts to draw me out on that line
For your own information I will say that
my affidavit had nothing to do with my
failure in business in business in Denver
in 1898, and granting that it had and l
have suffered financially by it, l would
never accept either money or position for
doing an act which | then considered it
my duty as a good citizen should do, to
expose fraudulent practices in all, espec-
tally in high places. l have the clear con-
science of knowing that EVERY WORD
OF MY SWORN STATEMENT IS
! STRICTLY TRUE. notwithstanding
that my veracity and character has been
questioned and vile names given me by
the press, that has an opposite way Of
stating the subject"
| Senator Sherman is indignant that any
one should call in question the integrity
and good faith Of either the British gov
eminent or the American congress-
For centuries the British government
has considered subsidies or the bribery of
| the parliaments or legislatures Of foreign
governments perfectly Legitimate. The
| legislation Of our own congress shows that
for the last thirty years all important
financial measures have been brought
about in the interest Of Wall street,
through bribery and corruption. Not only
the demonstration of silver, but the
credit mobilier, the Pacific railway, and
the credit-strengtheninga acts are conspic-