Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1896 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

(of(IMEQF 73 Mon Efita of Eifi lotsjgiu. The New York Freeman’s Jonrnal has at some length explainec why the act demonetizing silver ib rigtly termed “The Crime of 1873.” After quoting trom tlie Congressioual Record the remarks of prominent members of the engross which passed the 1 w, the paper says:

In view of this the advocates of silver, and every one else who has a shred of rnorß een-e left to him, are justified ;uay, bound by the obligation of veracity to tiesiguate the law demonetizing silver as tho “Crime of 1873," tne as yet uupumshed crime that haßbro’t untold misfortune on the Ameiicau people. The St. Louis convention has resolved to maintain that fraudulent law and perpetuate its evil results. The Chicago conven. tion has resolved to blot it from the record and remove as far bb possible tho evils it has producedThe crime of 1873, according to the statement of Judge Kelley, given above, the silver bill, when it left the hands of the Committee on Coinage, did not demonetize the silver dollar. On the contrary, it made provisions for its continued coinage. After the bill was passed it was discovered that the provis ion for the silver dollar had been omitted—had been surreptitiously obliterated from the document!— Here we have the crime of ,73. Who did the nefarious work? By whose request or suggestion was it that this doctored substitute for tho original printed bill was not read in tbe House? Who shutoff debate by demand for tho previous question? To bring a crime home to its perpe.rator the first question asked is: Who benefited by it? The foreign and Wall street bondholders made millions by it. This faot in itsolt is not enough to convict but it affords a clue. With this clue in hand, wo introduce Mr. Ernest Seyed into tho conspiracy. A writer, quoted by Samuel Leavitt in his book, “Our Money Wars,’’ says:

“The English capitalists raised $500,000 and sent one Ernest Seyd to America to have silver demon* etized He came. In the bill was skillfully inserted a clause demon etizing silver. Before the bill passed, a member of the committee who had the bill in charge said that ‘Ernest Seyd, of Londo , a distinguished writer and bullionist who is now here, has given great attention to the subject of mint coinage. After having examined the fin t draft of this bill he has made various sensible suggestions, which the committee adopted and ißeorporated in the bill.’—(Congressional Record, April 9, 1872.) As Ernest Seyd is an interesting and important character in this conspiracy, we will follow him to Lon*, don and see what he has to say of his missionary work in America. L. 1892 Frederick A. Luckenbach, a former member of the New York Stock Exchange, made an affidavit in which the following statement occurred:

“In 18t>5 1 visited London, Enland, for the purpose of plaoing th< re Pennsylvania oil properties, in whioh I was interested. I took with me letters of introduction to many gentlemen in Loudon, among them one to Mr. Ernest Seyd, irorn Robert M. Faust, ex-Treasuror of Philadelphia. I became well acquainted with Mr. Seyd, and with h?s brother, Richard Seyd, who l understand is yet living. L visited London thereafter every year, and with each visit renewed my tcquaintance with Mr. Seyd. In February, 1874, while on one of these visits, and while his guest at dinner, 1, among other things, alluded to'rumors afloat of Parliamentary corruption, and expressed astonishment that such corruption, should exist, in reply to this he told me he could relate.facts about the corruption of the American Congress that would place it far ahead of English parliament in that line. Attar dinner be invited me into another room* where he resumed the conversation about legislative corruption. He said: ‘lf yuu will pledge me your honor as a gentleman not to divulge that I am about to tell you while 1 live, 1 will convince you that what 1 aid about the corruption of the