The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-03
AN OPEN LETTER.
ANDREW d. WHITE ADDRESSES
ONE TO GOV. CJLBERSoN.
Says That the "Bfsn,arcIz Campaign
Document or at Least i Part OF
1t, is u Forgery.

! NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Hon. Andrew
d. White, writing from Ithaca, has adj
dressed an open letter to Governor Cul-
berson, of Texas, on the recent Bismarck
campaign document, in the course Of
which he says in part:
You have doubtless already learned
that both you and Mr.. Bryan have beer
/ deceived regarding the letter OF Prince
bismarck to you, and that the most i'm
pOrtant part OF 1t, as first published is a
forgery, the dishonest translation foisted
upon your eXceIIency and Mr. Bryan con-
tanning q long paragraph favoring the i'm
mediate and independent action OF the
United States in favor of bimelalhsm
which does not exist in the original.
OF course / acquit you both OF inten-
tional deceit, believing you both too high
minded TO profit knowingly by this forged
Interpretation. But what are the AInerl-
can people to think OF d. cause when re-
sorts to such &. far1nS criminal eXped1ent,
and which has not hesit2 ted TO exhiDiI
you and your candidate in the light of
dupes before sixty millions OF your fellow
citizens.
But, even conceding that the letter,
with or without its forged Interpretation,
proves that Prince Bismarck favors the
unlimited coinage of silver in the United
States, l respectfully submit that your
excellencys confGing application to the
prince for his opinion on this subject, and
the use of his reply made by yoGTseI1
and Mr.. Bryan, is possibly the most farci-
My reasons for this opinion are as fol-
lows: AS minister of the United States
to the German empire in 1879, 1880 and 1881,
/ carefully observed the decentralization OF
silver in Germany, which reached its con-
summation during those years. Possibly
Mr.. Bryan and your exceliency will be
amazed to learn that the controlling and
directing agent in that demonettZation was
none other than your kind correspondent,
Prince Bismarck himself at that time the
all powerful chancellor of the German
empire. Somewhat over half Of the silver
thus reduced to bullion was sold by the
German government, but the price ran 50
low that the sales were stopped, and the
German treasury was left with an enOrm-
Gus quantity of this deprecated money in
its Golfers, amounting, If l remember
millions of dollars. A little of it-sav two
millions of dollars-Germany managed to
work off upon poor Egypt under the
Khediye Tewfik; and as Bismarck is really
q patriotic, far-sighted statesman, he
would naturally be glad to find similar
dupe On this side Of the Atlantic and to
unload the remainder upon the United
States at say twice it's market value.
las g simple matter of fact, of which
l was directly and officially cognizant,
Prince Bismarck utterly declined to take
part in any general scheme of b!Inetallism
without the cooperation Of Great britain
though the United States and France
Jointly and officially united in urging it
upon his government.
Prince Bismarck IS, first of all. as many
Of his victims besides your excelleney and
Mr.. Bryan have had occasion to know,
a great German patriot devoted above
all things to German interests as he IN
der5tands them. Hence it was that he
demonetized silver and brought Germany
on a gold basis; and for the same patriotic
reasons which are now leading the great
Russian minister of finance, Mr.. Dewitte
to do the same thing Hence it was, TOO
that Prince Bismarck did his best to ex-
clude from Germany our American agri-
cultural products, and hence. doubtless il
& ti'af he shows his German patriotism
by obligingly suggesting to you, and
through you TO the American people, a
policy which would profit Germany to the
amount of about fifty millions Of dollars;
the German bullion brokers.
eff you think that the ex-chancellor
writes you in an affectionate spirit to-
wards Democracy, or towards the United
that you ask your respected Texas fellow
citizen, Mr.. Lasker, for his opinion on
this subject. He will, perhaps, give in
formation Of which your excenency ap-
the treatment OF the resolutions of the
United States congress regarding Mr.
Laskers eminent INSTRUMENTATION
which ware spurned and returned to the
United States contemporary by the great
German statesman.
How a governor of Texas could, In
crisis like this, ask the advice OF a for
eign statesman. who had thus grossly in
suited his state and country, utterly
passes my comprehension, and how p
candidate for the presidency of the United
States could quote with approval such o
letter from man who has thus treated
his country is equally astonishing.
For Prince Bismarck, as the statesman
and the patriot L have profound respect,
but he has always held democratic and re-
publican government in contempt"