The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-10-23
|CAMPAlGNFORdEPY
LAID BARE.
Fictitious Document AS,
cribed to a New
York Banker. :"
WALL STREET BuGaBoO
Free Silver Men Engaged IN
Circulating Another For
gery-A Search For %.
Francis Forsythe, 2
the Alleged Author.
Especial Correspondence

alleged letter said to have been written to
Judge r. G. Bell Of Fort Wayne, Ind. II
was originally printed in the Fort Wayne
Journal and has boon widely copied by
the free silver press. Notwithstanding its
obvious spuriousness 1t finds many believ-
ers among the more Ignorant people. Itisa
question whether it was originally intend
cd as a joke or whether 1t wus deliberately
written to foster the impression that this
is n campaign Of the rich against the poor.
1t Is difficult to conceive how any person
Of ordinary intelligence could be deceived
by Its absurd sentiments. Whatever may
have been Its purpose 1t has not been with
out q certain influence, and 1t is for that
reason only TINT 1t Is digni1ed with this
explanation.
The letter purports to have been written
by ~. Francis Forsythe, New York
banker" with IN alleged Office at 1711
Wall street" "Mr. Forsythe" announces
that he is member Of sthe COMMITTEES Of
political education Of Wall street, !" what
Over TINT may be, and his letter Is filed
with references to the Tower CLASSES, and
TO gentlemen, like Mr.. Aston, Mr.. Rookie
TELLER and Nj. Carnegie" He complains
that tho Capitalists are forced to loan
AAbAOy uV buSh Lntc6 az bii6y Ctk1 KeHs IL
they cannot get 10 per cent, they must
take o, and Il not 0, they must take 8. p
He asserts that .if workingmen cannot
get dollar a day, they ought to be salts.
fled with rs cents or 30 cents. They arc
really extravaganza. They buy meat four
or Eve times in the week. They even in
dulge in pie, which is no kind Of food for
workingmen and docs them no good, They
cat wheat bread whom rye IL more suit-
able, and so on through two columns Of
type 81
When this alleged letter wns first brought
to the attention OF the Republican pational
committee, u careful inquiry was institute
cd to discover the whereabouts of ssMr.
Forsythe," but without avail. Neither
could his Office at "7ll Wall street, be 10.
Gated, for the good and sufficient reason
that the numbers on that street do not ex.
coed 1870, and that I'll Wall street, would
be about in the middle Of the East river.
This explanation WINS made TO several cor
respondents, and eventually found its way
Into print Mr.. Forsythe's" address In
the more recent publications Is now placed
at III Wall street" Notwithstanding the
Obviously false character Of the letter, the
silver press finds q justif lcation for printing
1t In the high character OF the gentleman
to whom 1t was sent. - These papers.
however, carefully avoid commenting ON
the manifest absurdity OF the publication.
Today further inquiry was made to .
discover "Mr. Forsythe's" whereabouts,
but II resulted In o second failure. In
other words, there Is no Wall street com.
mittcc Of political elucation," there ia no
"7l1 Wall street, (" there Is no 81. Francis
Forsythe"
The Mortimer building at IL Wall street
has been overrun for the past two weeks
with people looking for /" Mr.. Forsythe. y,
Letters by the thousand addressed 10 him
have been taken there, but nobody know
him. Firms in the building. notably Hal
sey and Hudnut, whose names are in the
Bankers and Brokers' Directory. nave hee,,
flooded with letters from the west and
south where the spurious document has
been published. At first the Arms In fine
building tried to answer tho letters. saving
10 each intuirer thntuJI Franc;s Forsvthes,
was unknown and that tlilioent inonjry ~,
the floor Of the exchances had fniIcii n
disclose tho presence of any sucb ,,orso,,i
whether banker. broker. clerk ar hnctet
shop operator. within theentire l,onnio,,a.
Of Wall street. Tho hel,ef xyas er,,rassss
that he was n will.o,.thc-wisn Wost ~
tho letters syhich haesn ,,tfia Moss q
a week ago to come in snch nnant sI;.
TINT tho question ~ most, M ,,,af,a a. ,,ases
sary for tho flrma rccoi,I,, tta,,, -. a.,.s.
thcm in the wnsto mn nc,. hnssat ,,o,o 1 t..,l,
people vrbo were SATISFIED thu. :, -,
was a fraud. vet there were ,n,nv ,,as s s,u
firms who wished To no mt T., .o,,r,m,s
cation with aForsvthen n tbaro ,.as s..a,,
person. The letters f,na,iy hoc, me s su
a nuisance TINT they were ,nersiS ,o s -,
at and thrown into tho ,vas+a 49,, f.a.,ss.
In themeantime tho ;nnitor n rho o nmi,J
ing had been refusing .thonsands . ~ Letter, s
the. had cora .,,are.sa., - .ss VI ie..els
"Forsythe," and they were taken hactr n,