Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-06-15
IRONTON. MO. THURSDAY. JUNE IS, 1899. NUMBER
Anglo-Saxon Slavery.

IA OuT uSAt ISSu0 "o Will U6Sfu tn'
publication of series of articles re
vealing the treachery of Cleveland
| second administration, in securing tn,
| final demonstration of silver and tn,
issuance of more than $3.50, 200, 900 o
interest-bearing bonds in time o: peace
The articles will be written by an at
torney who stands near the head of tht
Western bar, gentleman of eruditior
and wealth, and man of large influ
ence, socially and politically. Those
who know him accept his unsupported
word as absolute truth. He is con
servative by nature and training. anG
constitutionally opposed to everything
having the least resemblance to sensa
tion. This gentleman will relate only
what he heard and saw, or received
from others under conditions thai
would admit the information as eYi
dence in any reputable law court.
The avowed object OF the conspira
tors was the establishment of an Anglo
Saxon white slavery in America, by
means of the demonetization of silver,
the crushing weight Of hopeless debt,
and the concentrating power of inter
est. During a business trip to New
York in 1892, the author of the arti-
cles unintentionally overheard a con-
ference of the conspirators, which was
addressed by a prominent Eastern at
torney who is still living. and who
was subsequently, appointed by Cleve-
land to fill vacancy in the Supreme
Court, but the Senate refused to ratify
the appointment. This circumstance
is well-known and will be remembered
by many of our readers. This was be-
fore Cleveland's second election. The
Speaker outlined the policy to be pur-
sued, which was to enforce the repeal
of the Sherman Purchase law, and
thereby finally dispose Of silver and
lead up to the placing of bonds to such
an extent that they would create per.
manent national debt, such as they have
in England. He stated that this could
be done by the Republican party, and
that, in anticipation of the movement,
the Harrison administration had al
ready prepared the plates for printing
the bonds-a fact now we'll known to
all the people. But he claimed that it
would be better for this work to be
done by a presumably Democratic ad-
ministration, as it would divide. dis
credit and probably destroy any party
that became responible for it; and as
the Democracy was the party of the
people. the intended victims of the
conspiracy, the dirty work ought to be
done by an administration for which
that party would stand responsible.
We will not repeat all that was said
and done at this conference of the con-
spirators, as that will be given in full
by the author of the articles; but every
Democrat will remember how we'll the
programme was carried out. 1t was
held that the simultaneous treachery
of two such men as Cleveland and Car
Isle would so amaze and bewilder the
masses of the party as to lead to their
easy and perhaps permanent defeat.
knew that he could be depended upon !;
and it was also known that Carlisle
could be controlled through his family
relations. Carlisle was then next in
line for the Presidency, after Cleve-
land. so that the contemplated treason
was indeed an event calculated to as
tound and paralyze the people. Un-
der these conditions the fat ex-Presi-
dent was reelected, on a platform de-
manding tariff reform; but he was
hardly seated in the chair when he
called an extra session of Congress to
repeal the silver law, and by collusion
with the bank and bond conspirators
precipitated the panic of 1898 and
forced the sale of bonds, as had been
planned year before. Then followed
the disastrous campaign of 1894, and
the disruption and defeat of the Dem
ocratic party in 1896. Utter ruin
would have come to the Democracy
that year, and been succeeded by the
hopeless bondage of debt for the people,
except for the timely appearance of the
gallant young Nebraskan, who sounded
the note of alarm and led the most
wonderful political fight ever made in
the history of a nation.
AS a result of Cleveland's treachery
he retired from the Presidency worth
more than $7.O00,O0 which he accu-
mulated by means of opportunities"
thrown in his way by the conspirators,
to agreement. Secretary
Carlisle was corrupted through his
family relations, as had been prear-
and more than $2,000.000 in
cash were paid as the price of his
Another incident of the
was the shameful contract
made in 1895 by Secretary Carlisle
with the agents of the Rothschilds,
which was given in full in our issue of
May IL, by Mr.. Bronson c. Keefer.