The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-09
FORGED DOCUMENTS.
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY APPEARING
IN POPULlST PAPERS.

Some Articles Which Are Going the
Rounds Are Glaring Forgerles-The List
Is - Long One and Is Growing Day by
Day-Some Exposures.
1t would be a matter of some inter-
est to the country II the true source
OF the numerous forgeries which fur
nish the principal campaign stock In
trade Of the Populists could be discov-
cred. 1t has been heretofore the i'm
preston, even among their political
opponents, that Mr.. Bryan and his po-
litical managers were honest, although
wrong in their political views. If they
are responsible for the numerous cold
FLOODED attempts to deceive the voters
by means of forged documents, which
are constantly appearing in the Popu-
list papers, that estimate will have to
be revised. The probabilities are strong,
however. that neither Mr.. Bryan nor
his nominal party managers are re-
sponsible, but that these documents
emanate from the literary bureau OF
the silver mine owners. yr
The list of these forgeries Is a long
one and II grows longer from day to
day. The most ancient, and the one
most often exposed, Is the one concoct-
ed In the attempt to bolster up the
Populist lie that Ernest Seyd, the
agent of British capitalists, was in
Washington City at the time Of the
passage Of the act demonetizing silver
in 1873. and used money to influence
that legislation. When it was shown
that Mr.. Seyd, who was in fact BIZ
metallist, had not been in the United
States since 1856. certain Populist
newspapers published a pretended ex-
tract from a speech made by Repre-
sentative Hooper as follows:
'Mr. Ernest Seyd of London, dis
tinguished writer (now here). who has
given great attention to the subject Of
mints and coinage, after examining the
first draft of the bill, furnished many
valuable suggestions, which have been
incorporated in the bill" The words in
parentheses, now here" were never
used by Mr.. Hoopeivend were not in
his speech as published, but were de-
liberately and wilfully forged, for the
purpose of bolstering up a lie. This for
gerry has been exposed time and time
again.
Another forgery Of more recent date
is one which has been published time
and time again in every Populist paper
in the country, and has been made the
theme Of countless Populist editorials.
This was an alleged editorial from the
London Financial News, to the effect
that with free coinage of silver the
United States could destroy England's
commercial supremacy. The London
Financial News has repeatedly exposed
and denounced this forgery, but the
Populist newspapers continue to pub
lish the forged editorial as authentic.
Another article going the rounds of
the Populist press is an alleged extract
from an editorial by the London Times.
One OF our local contemporaries repro
duced 1t. This was one of the most
glaringly absurd forgeries which has yet
appeared in print, for 1t represents the
Thunderer as using the language of
the most rabid type of wild-eyed Pop
ulists.
An alleged bankers circular" is an
other forgery, equally ridiculous in its
conception with the forged Times edi-
torial. This also, as has the so-called
Hazard circular" been exposed time
and time again as forgery pure and
simple. but the ,Populist editors, either
ignorant themselves or banking conf
IDENTIFY upon the ignorance and
credulity of their readers, reproduce
them again and again, with unblush-
ing audacity, and base arguments in
support of their position upon these
fictitious documents.
The campaign of Mr.. Bryan has had
from tho OF 10 yfah dfcftv
ton of being one, and the first one in
this country, based purely upon an at
tempt to stir up class and sectional
hatred. 1t has now acquired the fur
Their discredit of having thus early in
the day brought out more forged evil
dence in the attempt to bolster up the
arguments of it's leader than all the
presidential campaigns which the
country has yet seen.
- We do not claim that forgery is a
novel weapon in Democratic hands.
The "Morey letter" of the Garfield
Is an instance to the con-
trary, but that was an isolated case.
In this particular campaign, however,
the forgeries are not apparently spo-
radio; they come out with such regu-
larity and appear in so many different
parts of the country with such appar-
emit spontaneity, to force the conclusion
that there is a literary bureau, in the
employ Of some one, engaged regularly
in their manufacture. We can conf
IDENTIFY expect hundreds more before
the campaign is over. The early ex-
posures of such as have already ap-
peared may, however, discount the eff
feet Of those which viii appear.-Seat-
tie (Wash.) Post