The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-02
MINING.
stocks.
"That Grlp OF GoId.n

The silverites are distributing among
their folio gers a small leahet, entitled
tine Grip OF Il i'd, aud of which they
must make mucn account, as we under
stand millions OF copies have been spread
broadcast over the country, some OF
which have reached this neighborhood.
Having been informed IRON good author
Ity. apparent Y a denial from the editor
OF the London Financial News himself,
that the statements contained in such
leafet were forgeries, we SO stated in the
Evening News, but we had no sooner
done 80 than we received marked"
copy OF paper published in Peoria which
maintained the statements were correct
giving az authority letter purportinp
TO be from the Hon. II. A. Coffsen. OF
Wyoming.
The News, having no intention or de.
sire, even to gain its point, 10 mislead
its readers, at once wrote TO the head
quarters Of the republican national com
mittee, at Chicago, aud enclosed the two
articles which had been publishei in it's
columns and eDqulred for the facts Of tn,
case, and last evening received The follow.
ing letter, from which our readers must
Judge Tor themselves whether the stat,
ments contained in That Grip of Gold"
were fOrgeries or not:
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHICAGO, ld-., Srptemb-r 20, 1896 (
Mr.. FRED Mackenzie, Editor Eyening
News, Calumet, Michigan:
DEAR SIR:-l our letter Uf the 22d haH
been referred To lie. Every statement in
the htIle leaflet Issued by this Committee
and entitled: That GRIP of Cioid-It IL
a Forgery" IL true presume that Won
have reeu the little circular which is being
scattered by the free silver people. "rbe
Grip of Cold" IL contains this state
ment: The article appeared in the LON
don Financial News during the week OF
March 10, last" The editor Of the Fl
nsnclai News says that the article did
not appear ia that aperat any time and
that II II contrary TO his views.
The claim that u made for or by Mr..
ii. \. Colleen, If Wyoming. that he u-ed
the article ia his speech made in Conyre-.
June ., 1894, IL without foundation
La the hrrt y ace, the Grip of Gold" cir
cular contains numerous re erences TO
occurrences IN the spring and early sum
mer OF this year, matters which of course
could not have been published in 1894 a.
claimed by Mr., Cuffren. The truth Of the
matter II, a. you will see by re'erring To
the Congressional Record 53d Congress.
second Session, psgs 1859. the matter
quoted in MIR. Cofieen's spesch a. coming
ON the London Financial News il not
the matter circulated under the title "Ibe
Grip of Gold" have no means Of hand
by which / can verify MIR Coffeen'- quo
tatOn from the London Financial News.
but "a il il 40 radically different from thr
editorial views OF that paper. am decid-
edy OF the opinion that il never appeared
IA an editorial utterance It il possible
that something OF that kind might have
appeared az n communication, as that
paper IL in the habit Of printing commuD-
ications on all sides Of financial questions.
but refusing To be bound by the utter
ances OF it, correspondents. do nor
say that this il the case in this particu
lar quotation, but am decidedly OF the |
opinion that it in 40.
THAT Grip Of Gold" as il was and il
being circulated, il an out-and-out forp
cry and the pretense that there was simp- |
ly q mistake made in the date OF publ |
cation ~ not only false but il silly and |
shows the desperate straits into which /
those relying upon such campaign meth /
DDS fnd themselves placed.
Truly yours,
n X GEna