The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-04
KNIGHTS OF THE SILVER CIRCLE.
They Initiate Carl BrOwne's show at
the Peace Monument.

Sir knight Of the Golden Contract"
1t is remembered of him that when he
made contracts in California, not ten
years ago. he, the Sir knight. who was
willing 10 lay down his life for the white
metal. in every operation in real estate,
for he is a seller. had II stated in the
bond that the money to be paid was 10
be in gold of the standard fneness and
weight Of the then gold dollar. lie said
afterward in a speech that this contract
was drawn by his agent. But no one has
ever heard of his canceling those con-
tracts, and making them payable, as
men usually contract. in the money of
the realm. Imagine Congressman Allen
of Mississippi as the hight of the Flow
ing Heart" Imagine car own congress
man, Bailey, as the Knight of the Flow
ing Locks" though time and experience
in congress have made him abbreviate
them from what they were when l first
looked on them and admired them. But
Of all the men in that procession Of the
knights OF Silver Bryan of Nebraska
will most interest me 1 know him well.
l know that he is honest and brave and
sentimental. L know that as soon as he
corrects the present bad, not 20 say devil
ish. monetary system he is going 10 start
anoher crusade just important as the
one in which he is now enlisted, TO wit:
to correct the idea that Shakespeare
wrote Shakespeare. He knows that Bacon
wrote what are commonly supposed to
be Shakespeare's works.
He knows it with that heartfelt, honest
knowledge that he knows the unlimited
coinage of silver will benefit all the world.
and the mine owners in Nebraska In par
ticular. Surely if he is in the procession
he cannot but be known as the Knight
of the Sorrowful Nisage," or the Knight
of Tears" or the knight Who Wants TO
Die" 1t was in the time of French in
1,
madmen-the time of the French revolu-
ton, according to Carlyle, when some one
of the leaders, have forgotten his name
because l have been reporting congress
said that what he wanted was few hun
dred men who knew how to die. What
recruit Bryan would have been! l have
heard him stand in the house and declare
in the most beautiful way that he would
like to offer his life for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at 16 to l. There
never was a smile crossed my face, be-
cause l knew the man. But the unfeeling
crowd did jeer, shamefully jeer. L am
gold bug, but l take no stock in sneers or
jeers to beat down an honest man, as they
did that day. And at this minute he
would die for the cause which he adYo-
Yates. He would die for it at l6 to l, be
wounded for it at Il to /, and perhaps
receive bodily, but not serious bodily, in
jury for il at Is to !.
These knights are honest but peculiar
people, and this reminds me of a sir knight
the braVest and best of modern times, Carl
Browne the man who not only carried
the hGlbert of CoXey, but would rest
lance and ION them with the greatest
gallantry. Browne, strong of arm, as a
knight should be, with the peoples cause
a heart it should be with all knights.
concluded after he had served sentence
in Jail for walking on the grass growing
l,n init 1 On a he
peoples cause was shrinking, concluded
to do some thing in the way of the knights
of old. So he got together few followers
and went to the Peace monument at the
foot of Capitol Hill. about hundred yards
from the capitol itself. But l will tell the
story as 1 heard il from homely and
graphic lips.
Bill" said Congressman Culberson to
me, did you see Carl Browne do the
great death act to-day?" And the inter
rogation came in that long, fascinating
intonation not to say a whine, that he
alone can command when he wants atten-
ton and no contradiction. l had heard
of it, and knew it pretty WELL but L want
cd to hear from him.
How was it?" l asked.
We'll" he replied, you have never seen
anything like it, and will never sec any
thing like it, l have been in a great many
murder cases where there was pathos.
L am a Tree silver man. ana lneIe is pa
thoS in that foot deep all the time, but
Carl made me ashamed of myself to-day
for effect. That is, 1 mean, when it comes
down to stage business, and cold, clammy
stage business, / have never met a lawyer
or silver man that was remotely in it with
Carl. Why, he went up to rho Peace mon
ument, sitting sideways on a side saddle
with a whole lot Of white tute on his head
as a wig. He had shaved off his whiskers
and at first l thought he was a woman,
You know am little heavy of foot, but
as l was my way to the capitol to at
tend to some business for a friend or two,
just to write letters indorsing them as
consuls, 1 hurried up to see what was go
ing on. Now, Bill, you know me, and you
know that it takes great deal TO dis
turb me, but confess to you that Browne
completely confusticated me. He rode up
as close as he could to the Peace monu-
ment. Then he began to say something
in an exciting way to the Goddess of Lib
erty on the top of the capitol, to beseecn
her or rail at her, l don't know which,
and then, ali at at once, shrieked "Liber-
ty is dead and I'll take an oath if he
didn't fall off his horse. l thought the
saddle had turned, because you know that
a side saddle is the most uncertain of
saddles, and that was what he was rid
ing.
"As soon as he fell two or three men
jumped out and carried him to a closed
wagon standing within ten feet of where
he fell. In a minute the canvas sides of
the wagon were rolled up and, bless me !
there he was, kneeling by a fake grave in
the wagon. You see, they carried that
grave there in the wagon just for Browne
to fall off his side saddle get put in the
vehicle, and when the sides were raised
he was seen kneeling at the last resting
place of Liberty"
The colonel reflected a moment pulled
at one of the brand of cigars that all the
world knows he smokes, and said: Pill,
there hasn't been anything seen like it
since Othello smothered Desdemony."
Bryan may profess his willingness to die
Bryan might die-for silver. The chances
are that he will die before ne sees an era
of 16 to /: but If he does l will prove by
Col. Culberson, the best critic 1 have ever
met, that he cannot do it as we'll as Carl
Browne, who did it so well that an unpre-
JUDGED congressman declared that there
had never been anything like it since the
time when Othello smothered Desdemony.
1 wantd to say something about other
gentlemen of the silver persuasion who
might become knights, but this article is
long, and the subject, the recourse to such
a means of bolstering falling movement
by the organization of a secret society. is