The Butler weekly times., 1896-08-20

about his missionary work in Amer.
ica
! In 1892 Frederick A. Luckenbach
former member of the New York
Stock exchange, made an affidavit
in which the following statements
occur:
I'm 1865 visited London, Eng
land, for the purpose of placing
there Pennsylvania oil properties in
which 1 was interested I took with
me letters of introduction to many
gentlemen in London, among them
one to MIR. Ernest Seyd, from Robt.
| NJ Faust, ex treasurer of Philadel-
phia. 1 became we'll acquainted
with Mr.. Seyd and with his brother,
Richard Seyd, who, I understand, is
yet living, l visited London there
after every year, and with each visit
renewed my acquaintance with Mr.
Seyd. In February, 1874, while on
one of these visits, and while his
guest at dinner, I among other
things, alluded to rumors ahoat of
parliamentary corruption, and ex-
pressed astonishment that such cor
ruption should exist. In reply to
this he told me he could relate facts
about the corruption of the Ameri-
can congress that would place it far
ahead of the English parliament in
that line. After dining he invited
me into another room, where he re
sumed the conversation about lepis
lative corruption He said ''If YOU
will pledge me your honor as a gen
tleman not to divulge what am
about to tell you while 1 live, will
convince you that what said about
the corruption of the American con-
gress is true I gave him my prom
Use, and he then continued: Il went
| to America in 1928, authorized to
secure, if I could, the passage of a
bill demonetizing silver. It was to
tbs interest of those whom repre-.
sented-the governors of the bank
of England-to have it done I took
with me 100000, within structions
if that was not sufficient to accom-
plish the object, to draw for another
S5OO,0c0, or as much more as was
necessary. l saw the committees
OF the house and senate and paid
the money, and staid in America
until knew the measure was safe.
Your people will not comprehend
the far reaching extent of that meas.
ure, but they will in after years.
Whatever you may think of corrup.
ton in English parliament, I assure
you 1 would not have dared to make
such an attempt here as I did in
your country"
Such is Ernest Seyd's confession
such the history of the "Crime OF
1871 such the way in which the
standard dollar was dropped from
our coinage.
Strange and incredible as it ma,
seem, the platform of the St. Loui.
convention maintains as part,
principle that the law thus passed
by the intrigue of English capital
ists must not be abolished withou,
! the consent of these same conspira
tors against the welfare of the Amer
. lean people. Our national honor, W.
, are told, require that we must con
tinue Indefinitely to suffer the evil re
suits OF that criminal conspiracy
: Every effort to free ourselves from
t the iniquitous burden is called rem
) diation. In view of these things. il
. is not difficult TO understand the in
tense earnestness and enthusiasm O
the common people at the Chicago
convention and the brusque name,
in which they treated the profession
, al politicians, the political hacks
the plant tools of the organized ane
conspiring wealth that caused th,
evils of which the laboring people
: are the victims.