The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-14

The campaign OF forgery goes nerriiy
CT. TIE mint FOR the free coinage Of ST.
YER roorbacss keeps Up It's daily output
OF forged circulars and spurious affida-
Wits is latest mintage "a an AFFIDAVIT
by one Free r1c;x A Lucken5ach, Of Den
yer, who swears that ne was intimately
acquainted with the late Ernest Seyd and
cha, Mr.. Seyc told him IN 8 burst OF after
dinner confidence The Whole story Of the
corrupt means b. which The dernonetiza-
ton Of silver In 1873 vas brought about
According TO this startling revelation.
Dir. Seyd came to this country IN the win
ter OF isT2-s as the representative Of the
governors Of the Bank o. England. W th
s5oeo in British gold and authority 70
draw for en- additional half million or
more 10 use In br5bing the American con-
gress TO commit the crime Of 1873. MIR
seyc. so the story runs. saw the com
maitees Of the house and senate and paid
the money" but how much or TO whom
LGckentach forbears 70 say.
OF course the probabilities are at least
sixteen 10 one caat there Is no such man
a. Luokenbsch and no such affidavit In
existence. The whole story Is a lle out OF
whole cloth from the same loom which
has turned out the other forged affidayits
Quotations and circulars put Ia circulation
hy the: Bi-MetalIgc League and the silver
raIne owners The makers ana ut,erers OF
these forgeries must have very low
oplnson OF the intelligence OF the American
voter IL they think he can be made 10
swallow q mess OF snch gross and pal
pablo lies as these Of the supposttitious
Luckenbaca.. and the cause must be
very bad one which resorts TO such means
30 achieve It's ends
This particular lie about Ernest seyd
and his British gold has been refGtec 50
often and so completely that II seems like
staying The slain to retute |. again. II "a
moreover 20 grotese1e and prepos,crous
thaf II v hard TO conceive that any sane
ran could believe /, or any homes; man
repeat CT circulate t. However as II is
on LIS travels again. IL may be wort tn while
10 athcfnpt to give Il - quists1s once more
Tho fullest rcfutation. perhaps. Is given
hy the we'll known authority. Mr.. Horace
White. n his Money and Banking o.
s1o Mr. white says
'One Of the charges repeated year after
year sas that a man named Ernest Seyd
came 20 this country from England In
1s71 bringing fio0cco sterling. with which
- hribed con Eress 20 pass The lsw demon
etizlnx silver The only foundation FOR
this fable wss that he Hon samuel
Hooper said when introducing the BILL IN
the house. April 2. isT2:
" Mr. Ernest Seyd Of London. q dts
tfnEuisae6 writer who has given great
attention to the subiec; OF min's and coin
age. after examining he first draft OF tha
BIZ. Furnished many valuable suggestions
which Rave hAen Incorporated IN this bill
Congressional Globe. page 2sas)
"0u this foundation tae whole super
structure - SeYa's mission 81 bribery ans
corruption was bu,lt. All who had any
reA3 acquaintance wien the subject knew
that Ire story must 30 false because Nr
2eyd was a bl-metaiHst his writings On
fHs1 sFhfae1 hesn~ weii known. They dif
rot know how false e. wua hrReVcr. I'M
~ Senator Noar. o. Messachusetts, on
the ga q August fSa3 Vro3ured On tne
senate the very letter written hv Seva
- Hooper IN is7s tn witch. among other
thmes he strongly uTse3 M }tcaner not
r. axree % the clause ~ tie bHi Etmorc.
ffaiug silver.
"Ahont re sam@ t!me Nr Woar made
fais exposure re son and hrosaec ~ NJ
rsv3 {theu 3ectss.ti1 wrote .sffer iaintiy
= ths Ne0 York Eveo'ns P7sg. ts'5inr
ro-lce - "a assault ppon hls memory.
teaTing fae ehsree in every particular
a~3 fecta-.ar frHt ST. ees-f has not hem
II. IRE U9'fe1 States siaca 1884,
"Evea tAiy 8it r1' make an end e. ne
~ SANDER. r'- presently certain pNas-
rers pfso -et the extract from Mr. Hoop
sfs ~peseb 1u7tef above. ara Inserted in
81 A. e..