Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-10
E1noses the Banksrs, Trust.

Exposes the BanEers' Trust.
Something of sensation has been
caused in New York by the bold ar.
raignment of the republican party for
its perfdity and treahery, by Arson
Phelps Stokes, many time millionaire
and member of the 400. Mr.. Stokes is
q close student, a clear thinker and a
man who believes that the solemn
pledge of a political party should DO as
binding upon an administration as on
an individual He views with appre.
hension the plot of the banks, headed
by Banker Gage to form q gigantic
money trust, and though he fully real
ICES the risk he runs of suffering soci-
ally and commercially by antagonizing
the banks and corporations, he refuses
longer to remain silent in the presence
of the infamous plot of the present adj
ministration to further injure the
wealth creator for the benefit of the
banks, the Wall-street gamblers and
the corporations.
In a remarkable letter in the New
York World, on Sunday, January 9TH,
Mr.. Stokes has this to say in regard to
the perfdity of the Mckinley admins
tration and the conspiracy of the bank
ers:
"The pledge of the last republican
convention to promote international
tlmetalhsm is the most distinct and
unqualified in its platform:
international agreement with the
leading commercial nations of the
world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote
"rhis pledge brought to the republi-
can party votes necessary for the cleo.
tion of Mr. Mckinley"
After paying his respects to Mr..
Hanna, NJ Stokes continues:
"This boss and the republican adj
ministration are engaged in promoting
schemes to permanently establish gold
monometallism for the permanent ad-
vantage of national banks and other
corporations, capitalists and specula-
tors affiliated with the party, and to so
arrange matters that when the demo-
Gratis come again into power they may
find their hands tied, so that if the
president be democrat not suscepti.
BILE TO monetary influences he may be
bound by law to conform to the views
of the present administration.
"The plans proposed have the simple
objects above stated. Their complica-
ted forms remind us unpleasantly OF
the demonetization act of 1873, which
was ostensibly an act of II sections to
regulate details, relative to the mint,
assay offices, and coinage" etc
"These elaborate schemes show how
badly frightened the gold party bosses
and bankers are by recent elections
and other evidences of popular awal-
ening."
1t is interesting to read such bravo
words from gentleman who belongs
to the "four hundred" of New York,
and man who possesses
the largest country house in America.
Not that these facts make him any
more authoritive as a witness, but it is
valuable to have the claim, which the
reformers have so shamefully abused
for making, corroborated by a man
that has an international reputation
as an able financier. Banker Cages
selfish plot to establish the money trust
is arousing the Indignation of the la
boring men Of our nation and the agra
rian population Of the country and
now it seems that even the dearest
headed millionaires who are bankers or
promoters of trusts and monopolies Az
becoming alarmed-B. o. Flower.