The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23

1OA@NAOAS~tA NN(o
/ in the present national campaign, an
other opportunity to draw the deadly
parallel" in politics. This is the way
he put 1T to Herald reporter yester-
day:
''All have heard, and read, of many
methods employed by confidence
men to catch suckers on the never
failing gold brick game. But one herein
described, which went in Kansas City
some years ago, and cost the sucker
$4,000 seems to be the most novel of
any of them.
Two men disguised as miners, APP
peared in town one day They soon
had a victim located, and proceeded to
work upon him and his bank account
without delay. They confided in him
how they had run across an Indian
while down in Arizona who had in HIS
possession a brick OF gold, worth $20,000
that the Indian was wholly unconscious
Of its value, etc; that they had hardly
been able TO set the Indian TO so much
as let them handle it, he being very
suspicious of the white man; but that
they had succeeded in bringing him
'N~-@
Uses Of tobacco and whisky plenty"
and that he might not escape they had
been compelled to watch him night and
day, ETC.; but that after getting the
indian as far as Lawrence, Kan. he
grew contrary and they couldn't make
him bulge step farther, and believed
an entire stranger could secure it, if
he worked upon him cautiously. The
sucker fell into the trap and arranged
to accompany them the next day.
Upon arriving at Lawrence (forty miles
out from Kansas City, the confeder-
ates walked him cut TO the outskirts
OF the town and by a peculiar whoop
brought the Indian up out Of the brush,
where, in his terror of the pale face,
he had hidden himself. He was so
wild that he would net come near, and
the trading had TO be conducted by one
OF the confedeTahes who acted as in
te1preteT, and carried propositions and
answers back and forth. The Indian
was familiar only with United States
money in bills Of 800 denomination
and after big pcw-wow it was set
tied that the vfcrfm would give him
sixty 500 bills for the brick The
sucker chuckled to himself over how
he was robbing Mr.. Indian. When Mr.
Sucker presented his check for sixty
SlOO bills the bank could not cash such
an unusual demand, but to oblige their
deposltoc, sent out and got enough
from other banks to make up the re-
Qufred amount. To cut this true story
short, the money was paid over; the
parties TO the transaction separated:
and it is needless to say that the as
say of the brick carried the usual
value
rs the game now being repeated only
on stupendous scale?
Are the Republican campaign man.
ayers and their Clevelandfstic coad-
TUTORS, the confederates?
rs Mckinley their Indian?
Are the people being played?
is Mckinley stopping in the brush
little short Of the destination of the
con-man?
rs Mckinley conscious of the value
of gold, except that he knows that the
con-man wants it?
rs the gold dollar the usual money?
is this great nation being buncoed?''
A great husky drummer jumped Sam
Ewing yesterday on the silver ques-
list, Tillman is an, anarchist and the
people who follow Bryan are anarch-
lists, Populists and silverites.'' With
this he gave mine host of the Cullen
a, look of triumph and derision
See here, young man. said Mr.
Ewing, Mr.. Bryan is not an anarch-
list nor Populist. He is a gentleman
and an honest man, and this is more
than can say of many of those who
so viciously assail him. I am silver
man, but l am not an anarchist, and
you dare not tell me that I am. The
Populists are not anarchists, and you
know it, and you also know that there
are but very few anarchists in this
country. [ came from staunch Re
publican stock and I have heard nv
grandfather and my father talk of the
good time to come when this country
should get protection. I have lived to
see three years OF this long sought-for
protection, and what was it? Nothing
but the protection of the classes at the
expense Of the masses You do not
know what you are talking about, and
are so narrow in your views that you
are not willing to let people hold opin-
ions contrary to yours. We are not
anarchists, but patriotic, country-lov-
ing people. The fact IS, you are in the
same boat with the anarchists, for you
would destroy, without the slightest
hesitation, half of the money metal of
this country, and reduce the masses
to the condition of slaves and poems
roll in wealth, become autocrats,
Rothschilds and Jay Goultls''
When Sam had completed his perora-
ton the great husky drummer sneaked
off to the bar, where he sought to
drown his chagrin with a big glass of
Mulvey's best.
The call for a meeting of old soldiers
to form an 'Ofd Soldiers Is to 1 Silver
al, II = -,
the old veterans last evening. The
meeting was held at Williams hall,
No. go West Second South street. The
veterans numbered 203 old soldiers, and
enthusiasm reigned throughout the
meeting.
F. G. Bailey called the meeting to
order and Charles r. Berry was chosen
temporary chairman.
The club was organized by the cleo
ton of Charles R. Berry, president;
Jacob Walcott, vice president; Captain
F. c. Bailey, secretary, and Joseph
Bush treasurer.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Wal
colt. Berry, J. w. Campbell, John Wit
deck and others, consisting of veterans
who had previously been allied politi-
caliy with the Democratic, Republican
and Populist parties, but all of whom
declared that they are now for Bryan
and free silver to the exclusion of all
party fealty.
A committee composed of j. T. An
derson, Joseph Bush and Jacob Wal
colt was appointed to draft an open
letter to be published in answer to
General Sickels' letter asking all old
soldiers to vote for the gold standard.
The meeting adjourned to meet Tues
day evening at a place to be designat-
ed by the president. The club expects
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